Boxoffice-October.01.1955

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OMAHA
"Two exhibitor families in the Iowa territory
have additions to their families—the
Travises at Milford and the Johnsons at
Onawa. Jim and Jean Marie Ti'avis of the
Strand and the Lakeland Drive-In at Milford,
have a new daughter named Patti Jo.
They also have a 16-month-old son Michael.
Arnold and Anne Johnson, who have the
Iowa at Onawa, have a boy, their fifth child.
The new little Johnson was born September
24. also the birthday of their eldest child,
Judy, who is 12.
Jack McCarthy, exhibitor at Louisville,
escaped serious injury when his car went
out of control on a gi'avel road and he was
thrown out of the auto. Others in the family
received minor injuries . . . Filmrow friends
of Elaine Carlson, who left MGM as secretary
to office manager Evelyn Cannon, gave
her a baby shower . . . Mrs. Georgia Rasley
is coming along well. The O'Neill exhibitor
was injured in a fall.
Harold "Fete" Carlson, exhibitor at Laurel,
has a profitable chinchilla business in operation
. . . Shirley Babb. MGM biller. has reentered
Omaha University but is continuing
on her job . . . Hai-ry Wood, 20th-Fox auditor,
sent word to the Omaha exchange he got
caught in a five-inch snow in Canada .
Delores Jones has been named 20th-Pox biller
replacing Clara Murphy.
Tony Goodman, Warner office manager,
shot par golf for 36 holes to win the Indian
Hills Club championship. He defeated Ed
Krawczyk, 1 up, to succeed Gordon Glewwe
as champion, having defeated Glewwe in a
The Warner Shorts and
previous match . . .
20th-Fox teams are tied for the lead in the
Filmrow Bowling League. Bill Barker, Co-Op
Booking Service, holds the top game mark
at 207.
Byron Hopkins, owner of the Rex at Glenwood,
has opened a six-alley bowling emporium
in the old Gem Theatre with semiautomatic
pin setters. The Gem was ravaged
by fire some time ago . . . Norman Nielsen,
RKO manager, reported his oldest boy. Norm
jr., ha.s enlisted in the Ai-my and is stationed
at Camp Chaffee, Ark., until transfer to Camp
Carson, Colo.
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Ray Damato has joined the Columbia staff
as booker Low, Columbia inspector,
is vacationing . . . Filmrow visitors
included R. V. Fletcher, O'Neill; Ernie Kas.sebaum,
Seward; Phil March, Wayne; Howell
Roberts, Wahoo; Don Campbell, Central
City; Ollie Schneider, Osceola; H. C. Carlson,
Laurel; Jim Travis, Milford; Arnold Johnson,
Onawa; Mrs. C. N. Johnson and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Johnson, Red Oak.
Robert Williams Hosts
200 Nuns at Screening
DAVENPORT. IOWA—Two hundred nuns
of the Quad-City area were guests recently
of Robert Williams, manager of the Sunset
Theatre, at a showing of "Rose Marie."
The children of St. Vincent's home also saw
the picture as Williams' guests.
Several weeks ago Williams opened the
doors of the Sunset to the sisters, who were
in attendance at the St. Ambrose summer
school. During his five-year tenure at the
westend theatre, Williams has at regular
intervals provided special showings of outstanding
pictures to entertain the sisters
and the St. Vincent's children.
Omaha Secretary Stung
On Bitter-Sweet Holiday
OMAHA—Lucille Sorenson, secretary to
Manager Vincent Flynn at MGM returned
from vacation with a combination story of
bees and fishing which she titled, "The Bitter
and the Sweet."
She and her husband spent a week in
Minnesota and got in some excellent fishing.
"Of course, they were biting especially
good when we had to leave," she related.
"But that wasn't bad enough—when we got
home we found we had a houseful of bees."
A .swarm had settled in the house and found
a w'ay into every room. Lucille was stung
several times while eliminating the intruders
with the help of an insect exterminator.
Stars Appear at Airer
BROCKVILLE, ONT. — Manager Gen-y
Brown of the Brockville Drive-In had stars
and members of the cast and production staff
of the all-Canadian film, "The Little Canadian,"
make personal appearances on the
roof of the refreshment building at the drivein
here recently.
Herb Stolzman Buys Two
MOHALL. N. D.—The Lyric Theatre here
has been bought by Herb Stolzman. The new
owner also acquired the Falls .showhouse at
River Falls, Wis., recently.
Sale at Farmington, Minn.
FARMINGTON, MINN.—The Lyi-ic Theatre
here has a new owner. He is William J.
Hoffman of Abbotsford, Wis., who purchased
the house from E. O. Olson of Northfield,
Minn.
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PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WIS.—After having
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