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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 />
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