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: December<br />
MARITIMES<br />
IJarley Wynn of the Capitol, Digby, N. S., was<br />
the victim of a daring armed robbery<br />
shortly before 11 p.m. after the theatre had<br />
been closed for the night. Two men went<br />
to a second floor apartment in the building<br />
occupied by Wynn and asked him to go downstairs<br />
to the theatre, claiming they thought<br />
they had dropped a pocketbook. Wynn complied<br />
with the request. When they reached<br />
the lobby one of the men pulled out a gun.<br />
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ordering Wynn to turn over the boxoffice<br />
money. Wynn opened the boxoffice and the<br />
men took some $60. The robbers had an<br />
accomplice outside the theatre with a car,<br />
said Wynn. An alarm was sounded by Wynn<br />
as soon as the men left, but so far no trace<br />
of them has been found. The Capitol is<br />
owned by the SPA Co. of Bridgeport, N. S., of<br />
which Arthur Fielding is president.<br />
George E. "Bob" Fulton, owner and operator<br />
of the Capitol in Oxford, N. S., whose slogan<br />
is "The Little Theatre With the Big Pictures,"<br />
has had a most colorful industry career. He<br />
was one of the first exhibitors to show<br />
16mm throughout the countryside of Nova<br />
Scotia for over 15 years. In 1948, he opened<br />
the Capitol Theatre in Oxford, where he has<br />
been an outstanding civic leader, having<br />
served on the council for two years. At present,<br />
he is president of the local Board of<br />
Trade and an active member of the Kiwanians<br />
and Canadian Legion. Bob is more than<br />
an amateur magician and is in great demand<br />
at conventions and social clubs. This art has<br />
served him well as added entertainment in his<br />
theatre at times.<br />
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Plans in Moncton. N. B.<br />
MONCTON, N. B.—There will be no new<br />
theatre constructed by the Franklin Hirschorn<br />
circuit on the site of Highfield and St. George<br />
streets, it has been made known by the town<br />
planning commission after inquiries were<br />
made.<br />
Fui-ther questioning by the commission has<br />
revealed that the old Kent Theatre, owned<br />
by the Odeon chain and destroyed by fire in<br />
1946. may be rebuilt in the spring.<br />
Charles Perrie Named<br />
Brockville Manager<br />
BROCKVILLE, ONT.—The Regent here<br />
has a new manager for the first time in ten<br />
years with the appointment by Famous Players<br />
of Charles Perrie,<br />
a native of Dundee,<br />
Scotland, as successor<br />
to Les Mitchell, transfeiTed<br />
to the Capitol at<br />
Welland. The 35-yearold<br />
Perrie served in the<br />
British navy before<br />
coming to Canada in<br />
1950. For Famous<br />
Players he was first<br />
assistant manager at<br />
Guelph, then went to<br />
L. E. Mitchell<br />
Sudbury, Oshawa and<br />
Peterborough.<br />
Mitchell, who has been active in corrununity<br />
projects since coming to Brockville in<br />
1945, joined the Famous Players firm in his<br />
home town of Guelph 15 years ago. Except<br />
for time spent in the RCAF during World<br />
War II, it has been a continuous service. He<br />
started in the Palace Theatre in Guelph.<br />
TV Watcher Misses Theatre Prize<br />
OTTAWA—It cost William Cox plenty to<br />
sit at home watching the TV instead of attending<br />
a theatre here. He missed getting<br />
$3,950 when his name was called in the<br />
Foto-Nite stunt at the Linden where the<br />
proprietor is Casey Swedlove. A second name.<br />
Miss Laura LaRocque, was called but she was<br />
also an absentee.<br />
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