Boxoffice-Septemeber.19.1953

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for admission, and distributing the cans
to the needy. It also conducted a soup kitchen
during those days.
Christmas parties were held each December
24 for poor children of Houston. When the
parties outgrew the theatre, they were moved
to the City Auditorium.
And it was while one of these parties was
in progress on December 24, 1951, that Horwitz
died In a local hospital. The news was
kept from the children so that nothing could
detract from their happine.^^s as the toys and
bags of fruit and candy were distributed.
Horwitz was the first manager of the theatre
with Cannata as his righthand man. It
is closing under the management of Joe
Valenti.
Drive-In Named Dona-Lin
LOHAINE. TEX.— The ni-w drive-ni iindtr
construction here for Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Bond, owners of the Lorex Theatre, will be
named the Dona-Lin. The drive-in is located
east of town on Highway 80. The theatre
will accommodate 300 cars. The Bonds cho.se
the name Dona-Lin after their only two
grandchildren—Donna Jan and Ray Lynn
Beights.
Houston Boys Club Used
By Average of 261 Daily
HOU.STON The nuiiiiihi biillellii il Ih.
Variety Boys Club records a membership ol
2,585, an average dally participation of 261
and participation totaling 78,428 for the June-
July-August period. Activities Incl-.ided ii
1,600-mile tour through Austin, San Antonio,
Del Rio. Alpine. Fort Davis and the Carlsbad
cavern. An art cla-ss will have its work featured
In a Sunday magazine section of the
Houston Chronicle. Crafts, library and
athletics were all popular. Gym attendance
reached the 17.974 mark. In the special Interests
groups, stamps, model planes, photography
and fencing all were well represented.
Wide Screen to Big Spring
BIG SPRING. TEX. Ike Robb, manager
ot the Rltz Theatre here, reports a wide
screen and stereophonic sound will be installed.
SAN ANTONIO
"The National Theatre has a new top price
of 32 cents for adults anytime ... In
celebrating Mexican Independence day September
— 16, the Alameda billed two big screen
hits "Esos de Menjamo" and "Amor Salvaje"
Wolfe of the Southern Theatre
Co. here is back from a vacation in Mexico . . .
All three film exchanges were closed Labor
day.
Sidney Schaenfield, assistant manager and
treasurer at the Majestic, returned to work
following a two-week vacation spent hereabouts
... A. Terrazas now is the new projectionist
at the Charro Drive-In . . . Tom
Mills, motion picture operator at the Majestic,
has been on the sick list . . . After 26 years
in the Aztec booth. Bill Keeler now is chief
projectionist at the Majestic.
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The Majestic candy bar has added a new
item for sale. It is 3-Movie magazine
The Aztec premiered "Blowing Wild" September
The Alameda will get the first
17 . . . 3-D Spanish picture early this fall ... All
Interstate theatres showed the "Spencer
Tracy Comes to Texas" trailer and audience
collections were taken at each showing to
benefit the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
for polio victims.
Mrs. Ann Schafer, Empire cashier, divided
her two-week vacation between Austin and
Reopens at Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.—The Ritz Theatre
has been reopened, equipped with a new
panoramic-type screen.
Galveston. Mrs. Schafer has been working in
theatre boxoffices for the last 30 years . . .
August Lynn Krueger, Majestic manager,
leaves this month on his annual vacation . . .
Los Churumbeles de Espana were to headline
a variety stage show held in the municipal
auditorium theatre Wednesday cl6) . . . The
Varsity Drive-In is sporting a classy new
station wagon.
Eph C'harninsky, head of Southern Theatre
Co. here, attended the recent Variety Club
Turtle derby at Dallas . Merl Wolf,
manager of the Arts, returned from a Mexico
City vacation.
The Runge VFW Post 9189 sponsored a twonight
showing of "Stalag 17" at the Runge
Theatre, Runge. All profits went to new
VFW Community park there . . . Joe Garcia's
National Theatre burned recently. No films
George Monsive, who is the only Charro were lost in the fire, which occurred early
member of Local 604, Corpus Christi, was a
in the morning. The house w^as located at
recent visitor. Monsive works in the booth
Asherton . . . Visiting the Mexican film exchanges
of the Palace there and was honored at the
were Father Romero of the Kerrville
local's 30th anniversary banquet held in the
parish, who was here to book pictures for the
Gulf coastal city Wednesday (9i night .
fall and winter sea.sons, and the Rev. F. Altamira.
Walter Tinney, Texas projectionist and head
El Campo; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parker,
of Local 407, is back from a vacation to the who operate tent shows In Mooring and Cash
Yellowstone National Park and Colorado .
Dan Quinones sr., operator at the Majestic,
Store, Tex.
returned from a visit to the Grand Canyon in Mrs, Sarah Shelton, secretary in the Azteca
Arizona.
Films office, has purchased a new Ford .
Lloyd Munter, Yolanda manager. Eagle Pass,
and Mrs. Jose Navarro and her little daughter
were in town booking film for the new forthcoming
months. Her husband owns the
National Theatre at Taylor. Jack Cayton,
theatreman of Loving, N.M., was a recent
caller at Clasa-Mohme.
The Majestic Theatre will put in $25,000
worth of special equipment for its showing of
"The Robe," which will open here October 8.
Interstate officials said. Other openings in
Texas at the same time include at Fort
Worth, Houston and Dallas.
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