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Boxoffice-Septemeber.19.1953

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goods<br />

for admission, and distributing the cans<br />

to the needy. It also conducted a soup kitchen<br />

during those days.<br />

Christmas parties were held each December<br />

24 for poor children of Houston. When the<br />

parties outgrew the theatre, they were moved<br />

to the City Auditorium.<br />

And it was while one of these parties was<br />

in progress on December 24, 1951, that Horwitz<br />

died In a local hospital. The news was<br />

kept from the children so that nothing could<br />

detract from their happine.^^s as the toys and<br />

bags of fruit and candy were distributed.<br />

Horwitz was the first manager of the theatre<br />

with Cannata as his righthand man. It<br />

is closing under the management of Joe<br />

Valenti.<br />

Drive-In Named Dona-Lin<br />

LOHAINE. TEX.— The ni-w drive-ni iindtr<br />

construction here for Mr. and Mrs. Percy<br />

Bond, owners of the Lorex Theatre, will be<br />

named the Dona-Lin. The drive-in is located<br />

east of town on Highway 80. The theatre<br />

will accommodate 300 cars. The Bonds cho.se<br />

the name Dona-Lin after their only two<br />

grandchildren—Donna Jan and Ray Lynn<br />

Beights.<br />

Houston Boys Club Used<br />

By Average of 261 Daily<br />

HOU.STON The nuiiiiihi biillellii il Ih.<br />

Variety Boys Club records a membership ol<br />

2,585, an average dally participation of 261<br />

and participation totaling 78,428 for the June-<br />

July-August period. Activities Incl-.ided ii<br />

1,600-mile tour through Austin, San Antonio,<br />

Del Rio. Alpine. Fort Davis and the Carlsbad<br />

cavern. An art cla-ss will have its work featured<br />

In a Sunday magazine section of the<br />

Houston Chronicle. Crafts, library and<br />

athletics were all popular. Gym attendance<br />

reached the 17.974 mark. In the special Interests<br />

groups, stamps, model planes, photography<br />

and fencing all were well represented.<br />

Wide Screen to Big Spring<br />

BIG SPRING. TEX. Ike Robb, manager<br />

ot the Rltz Theatre here, reports a wide<br />

screen and stereophonic sound will be installed.<br />

SAN ANTONIO<br />

"The National Theatre has a new top price<br />

of 32 cents for adults anytime ... In<br />

celebrating Mexican Independence day September<br />

— 16, the Alameda billed two big screen<br />

hits "Esos de Menjamo" and "Amor Salvaje"<br />

Wolfe of the Southern Theatre<br />

Co. here is back from a vacation in Mexico . . .<br />

All three film exchanges were closed Labor<br />

day.<br />

Sidney Schaenfield, assistant manager and<br />

treasurer at the Majestic, returned to work<br />

following a two-week vacation spent hereabouts<br />

... A. Terrazas now is the new projectionist<br />

at the Charro Drive-In . . . Tom<br />

Mills, motion picture operator at the Majestic,<br />

has been on the sick list . . . After 26 years<br />

in the Aztec booth. Bill Keeler now is chief<br />

projectionist at the Majestic.<br />

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The Majestic candy bar has added a new<br />

item for sale. It is 3-Movie magazine<br />

The Aztec premiered "Blowing Wild" September<br />

The Alameda will get the first<br />

17 . . . 3-D Spanish picture early this fall ... All<br />

Interstate theatres showed the "Spencer<br />

Tracy Comes to Texas" trailer and audience<br />

collections were taken at each showing to<br />

benefit the Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation<br />

for polio victims.<br />

Mrs. Ann Schafer, Empire cashier, divided<br />

her two-week vacation between Austin and<br />

Reopens at Corpus Christi<br />

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX.—The Ritz Theatre<br />

has been reopened, equipped with a new<br />

panoramic-type screen.<br />

Galveston. Mrs. Schafer has been working in<br />

theatre boxoffices for the last 30 years . . .<br />

August Lynn Krueger, Majestic manager,<br />

leaves this month on his annual vacation . . .<br />

Los Churumbeles de Espana were to headline<br />

a variety stage show held in the municipal<br />

auditorium theatre Wednesday cl6) . . . The<br />

Varsity Drive-In is sporting a classy new<br />

station wagon.<br />

Eph C'harninsky, head of Southern Theatre<br />

Co. here, attended the recent Variety Club<br />

Turtle derby at Dallas . Merl Wolf,<br />

manager of the Arts, returned from a Mexico<br />

City vacation.<br />

The Runge VFW Post 9189 sponsored a twonight<br />

showing of "Stalag 17" at the Runge<br />

Theatre, Runge. All profits went to new<br />

VFW Community park there . . . Joe Garcia's<br />

National Theatre burned recently. No films<br />

George Monsive, who is the only Charro were lost in the fire, which occurred early<br />

member of Local 604, Corpus Christi, was a<br />

in the morning. The house w^as located at<br />

recent visitor. Monsive works in the booth<br />

Asherton . . . Visiting the Mexican film exchanges<br />

of the Palace there and was honored at the<br />

were Father Romero of the Kerrville<br />

local's 30th anniversary banquet held in the<br />

parish, who was here to book pictures for the<br />

Gulf coastal city Wednesday (9i night .<br />

fall and winter sea.sons, and the Rev. F. Altamira.<br />

Walter Tinney, Texas projectionist and head<br />

El Campo; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Parker,<br />

of Local 407, is back from a vacation to the who operate tent shows In Mooring and Cash<br />

Yellowstone National Park and Colorado .<br />

Dan Quinones sr., operator at the Majestic,<br />

Store, Tex.<br />

returned from a visit to the Grand Canyon in Mrs, Sarah Shelton, secretary in the Azteca<br />

Arizona.<br />

Films office, has purchased a new Ford .<br />

Lloyd Munter, Yolanda manager. Eagle Pass,<br />

and Mrs. Jose Navarro and her little daughter<br />

were in town booking film for the new forthcoming<br />

months. Her husband owns the<br />

National Theatre at Taylor. Jack Cayton,<br />

theatreman of Loving, N.M., was a recent<br />

caller at Clasa-Mohme.<br />

The Majestic Theatre will put in $25,000<br />

worth of special equipment for its showing of<br />

"The Robe," which will open here October 8.<br />

Interstate officials said. Other openings in<br />

Texas at the same time include at Fort<br />

Worth, Houston and Dallas.<br />

WOULD YOU BUY<br />

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