Boxoffice-Febuary.28.1953

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ST. LOUIS
pnul Krueger, co-general manager of the
Fred Wehrenberg circuit, will give a report
on drive-in theatre operations in Texas
at a meeting of the board of the local MTO
March 10. Krueger recently made a three-day
trip by airplane, train and automobile to
inspect drive-ins in the Dallas, Galveston.
Fort Worth and Houston areas.
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George Pliakos, veteran owner of the
Criterion and Regal theatres, in the Jewish
hospital for a checkup . Andy Dietz, general
manager of the Andy Dietz Enterprises, was
back on the job Monday after a sojourn in
St. John's haspital for a checkup
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E. A. JOHNSON'
Redwood Falls Amusement Co.
Redwood Foils, Minn.
Walsh, district manager for Warners, was
in Omaha
. Dickson, former eastern
Missouri exhibitor. ha.s returned to his home
in Phoenix. Ai-,z.
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Ed Ditzenberg has joined WB as a booker.
He is a son of the late FYed Ditzenberg. East
St. Louis exhibitor . . . Bill Ford, owner and
manager of the Bland in Blandinsville. has
been made manager of the 66 Drive-In at
Springfield. 111., starting on March 16. The
66 is owned by Kerasotes Theatres, for which
Ford had worked at Peoria before buying the
house in Blandinsville. Concerning his theatre
in Blandinsville, he said Mrs. Ford will
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remain there to operat* the theatre provided
the future patronage warrants keeping the
theatre open
Milton F. Napier, a vice-president and
general counsel of the Better Films Council
of Greater St. Louis and a former state senator,
has filed notice with the board of election
commissioners of his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for controller of St.
Louis.
Exhibitors seen along Filmrow: Bob Johnson.
Fairfield. 111.; Keith Coleman. Mount
Carmel, 111.; Bill Williams. Union. Mo.; J. M.
Ennis. Quicy. 111., and John Rees. Wellsville,
Mo. . Weinsheink. district manager
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for Publix Theatres. Alton, visited the circuit's
headquarters in Chicago Jim Johnson,
manager of the Hollywood and Majestic theatres.
Albion. 111., for the Turner-Farrar Theatres
the past five years, recently re.sign to
accept a job with a defense plant at Pontiac,
Mich. George Dunn of Harrisburg has succeeded
Johnson in Albion.
The next meeting of the St. Louis Loge of
the Colosseum ol Motion Picture Salesmen
will be held in the Melbourne hotel March 14
... A total of $361.50 was collected by the
Marlow theatres in Herrin. for the 1953 March
of Dimes, while the two Marlow theatres in
Murphysboro collected a total of $601.06 for
the same purpose .
Theatre Supply
recently sold Walker screens for use in the
Marlow Theatre, Herrin, and the Marlow in
Murphysboro, and 3-D equipment including
Walker 3-D screens for the Globe in Salem,
and the Palace in Fan-field. 111.
Bill Guinan, salesman for McCarty Theatre
Supply, was home ill.
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KansaB City,
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B'uild Airer Near Charleston, 111.
CHARLESTON. ILL.—Tomey Falk and
Jack Taylor, who own and operate the
Okaw Drive-In on U.S. 36 near Camargo, 111.,
are building an outdoorer near here. A spring
opening is planned.
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