Boxoffice-January.08.1955

KANSAS CITY
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JJtuyvae P. Musselman iMrs. Ray), veteran
exhibitor who operates the Roach Theatre
at Lincoln, Kas., has been at St. John's
Hospital in Salina for observation. Her husband
is taking her to Mayo's for further
tests this coming week. Doctors have been
unable to determine the cause of her jaundiced
condition Chic Evens, 20th-Fox
publicist, left for Las Vegas, Nev., with Mrs.
Evens to attend the wedding of their daughter
Sherli to Erwin Goldman, newspaperman
with the Los Angeles Times, The wedding
took place Tuesday i4) at the Last Frontier
Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas and the young
couple are honeymooning at the Flamingo.
Sherli has been living in California the past
two years.
Nick Sonday, general manager of Consolidated
Agencies, broke diet training over the
holidays and as a consequence has been back
in Research Hospital for observation and a
complete checkup. He became ill early New
Year's morning. Nellie and Ed Cremins of
Des Moines stopped in the home office Monday
i3). Ed is Lloyd Hirstein's assistant at
the Capitol in Des Moines and Nellie operates
the concessions. They were on vacation. William
Wade, manager of the Palace at Wichita,
was in for a conference last week as was
Veldon Hon, manager of the Davis at Higginsville.
Clark Rhoden, chairman of the board for
the Popcorn Institute, will attend the meeting
to be held in Chicago on January 19 as
will Frank Bamford, Fox Midwest conces-
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000,000 pounds of popcorn stored.
Fred Souttar, Fox Midwest district manager,
reports the death Friday (31) of Harry
Keiffer of the Wichita Eagle. At one time
Keiffer operated the Grand and Strand theatres
at Salina, Kas. Souttar also reports
the Regent at Newton is being remodeled,
with new floors, new seats and a new front.
The Chief has had Cinemascope installed
so that the Regent can close until the remodeling
is completed and when it reopens
it will be called the Pox. The Wichita at
Wichita gets CS, so now all Fox Wichita
houses have installations. Manager Zeb
Pruner is back after an illness.
Vern Skorey, sales manager for 20th-Fox,
and wife have returned from a short trip
to visit his brother in Denver. Howard Kinser,
salesman who lives at Newton, was in for
the sales meeting Monday 1,3) .. , Hank
Doering of the Peoples at Garnett, Kas., was
on Filmrow booking in preparation for having
to spend several months at the legislative
sessions at Topeka. Hank is a state representative
. . . J. W. Shi-eve opened his
Giles Theatre with Cinemascope over the
holidays. Guess where he bought his equipment.
John McCarty of the McCarty Theatre
Supply of St. Louis visited the Shreve Theatre
Supply Co. over the holidays. McCarty
is a business associate of J. W. Shreve
Bud Truog. office manager for United Artists,
is pleased to announce that in the current
Bob Benjamin Drive the Kansas City
exchange is in first place. The weeks from
February 20 to March 5 have been designated
Ralph Amacher weeks in honor of UA's
local manager.
L. J. Kimbriel of Missouri Theatre Supply
and Mrs. Kimbriel flew to Mexico City and
Acapulco for a ten-day vacation . . . Gene
Sichelman, home office representative, has
arrived for several weeks in the Columbia
exchange ... Ed Hartman of Hai'tman Booking
Agency counted one of his best Christma*
presents the greeting by telephone from
his daughter Elaine in Guam .
. Jerry Haile,
Universal salesman for
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northern Kansas,
spent Christma-s with his parents in Dallas
. . . Harold Wirthwein, Allied Ai-tists western
division sales manager and Roy Brewer, in
charge of exchange operations, are due Monday
(10) in the local office . . . Elliott
Hechtman, son of Nat Hechtman of Capitol
Flag & Banner Co., has returned to Missouri
University after spending the holidays with
his parents.
Joe Redmond, Fox Midwest publicist, is
deep in the plans for his Westport high
school 25th anniversary class reunion. Joe
graduated in 1930 and is helping round up the
other 400-odd graduates for the celebration
in May. So far. 125 have been located.
group of business associates . . . Marvii
farb of Denver, division manager for
Vista Pictures, spent several days in tc
past week . . . Woodie Latimer at L&
corn said he and his staff were busy
inventory and getting out Uncle Sam's
. .
idea of Dan-ell Shelton of the Strand ai
Kansas exhibitors seen recently on t.
included J. H. Neeley of Hays, Nick K
Holden and Oswego, Dan Blair of Smit
ter, W. C. Mosher of Blue Mound, Lilj
of Hill City, Ml", and Mrs. Ben Phi
Oskaloosa . Missouri visitors includec
Hayob of Marshall, Bob Robinson of
Fox Midwest carried out the (
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cil Bluffs, Iowa, for Small Fry New-
Eve celebrations. He started last year
a noon "blow-off" after the kiddy shi
it was picked up by the other Fox hoi
M. Terman Converts Es
In Chicago to Art Hous
CHICAGO—Mandel Terman, well
local businessman with art films
chosen hobby, has taken over the i
Essex Theatre lock, stock and barre
Essex, located at 717 West Sheridan P
one of four houses redecorated and re
two months ago. It is the only
'he newly reopened theatres which hs
been operating on a consistent schec
Terman's venture into the theatre fc
was motivated, he says, because he
to provide the neighborhood in which
sides and conducts his business with ;
tre presenting first class films in t
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category. The Essex is located in a
quite devoid of theatres. A feature fi
the Essex is a large free parking
patrons.
Operating under the name of Ai-t 1
Operating Corp., the Essex will conti:
double featm-e system, seven nights
and Sunday matinees. Terman stated
ever, that plans are in the making
single picture policy, with a featuret
perhaps a news film.
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KANSAS CITY—President Beverly
of the Kansas-Missouri Allied Indep
Theatre Owners has announced the po;
ment of the board meeting until Mondi
from Monday (10 1. A report on th
meeting in Chicago will be made.
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Arnold Gould, city manager for Durwood
Theatres at Jefferson City, is on a three-week
vacation trip to New Orleans with Mrs,
Gould. Another city manager on vacation
with his wife is C. Clare Woods of St. Joseph.
They went to Mexico . . . Lou Patz left for
Miami, Fla., where he will meet Herman
Robbins, president of National Screen Service,
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