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Dcd Niorum. rxitulive dlroctor of the I'tiltpd
Tlientrc Owners of Oklahoma and chief
barker of Variety Tent 22 of Oklahoma, and
his wife Billle. who also Is his private secretary,
drove to Dallas to attend the Texas
Drive-In Theatre Owners A.s.s'n convention
this week 1 19-21 >. The UTOO convention
will bo held In Oklahoma City March 6. 7
and Red hopes to get some good Ideas at the
Texas meetUiK. He intended to line up the
Kreatest array of speakers and entertainment
that the UTOO has ever had.
Harry E. MrKrnna of Screen Guild Productions
of Oklahoma flew to New Orleans to
attend a regional meetInK of American International
pictures (21. 22i. AIP has had a
lot of Rood boxofflce attractions In the last
few months, and promises more In the near
future. McKenna and Lois Scott operate
Screen Guild here . . . R. B. Carson has reopened
the Miami (Tex.) Theatre Friday
through Monday, two changes, and hopes to
t>e In full operation In the next few months.
Mr. and Mrs. George Lederer of Yale, Okla.,
were on Filinrow recently buying and booking
pictures for the Rex Theatre, closed for
several months following the death of former
owner Glenn Dalton. The Lederers
leased the house from Mrs. E>alton. who is
now conducting kindergarten .school clas.ses
in her home at Yale. The Lederers previously
operated theatres in Lynn and Barnes,
Kas.
ExhibitorN seen on Filmrow included Layton
Carter. Chief. Seminole: Jep Holman.
Waldron. Lindsay: Gerald and George Walje.
Ritz at Comanche and El Rancho at Ringling:
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\V T Kirby. Tiinf. Welumku. B. J. McKenna
jr.. Oklalioma at Norman. Perry at Perry and
E. Jones. Star and
Tall Chief at Fairfax ;
Harmony. Sand Springs, and Rll/, Skiatook;
Hank Robb and Alex Blue. Admiral Drlve-In,
Tulsa: J. E. Jones, Sand Springs Drive-In,
Tulsa: Mrs. Sam Ridgeway. Trend. Maysville:
Claud Thorp, Gem, Ryan, and also theatres
and drlve-lns In Burkbumett and Henrietta,
Tex.: Jesse Jones, Ritz, Crescent,
which he expects to reopen In the near future.
G. •£. "Buddy" Benjamin, formerly with
National Screen Service and now w ith Theatre
Po.ster Service, which Is operated by Bob and
Charles Smith, attended the Texas drive-ln
theatre convention . L. Barton, who
does the buying and booking for Barton Theatres,
was a recent Filmrow visitor. Bob does
not get down on Filmrow very often. He reports
black-topping the parking lot at the
Redskin Theatre in Capitol Hill, and also
the lot for the offices which are situated
just back of the Redskin on 30th street.
Robert Covey, operator of the Laveme Theatre.
Laverne. and wife recently made a trip
to California on business and pleasure. They
were away for two or three weeks. His
mother, Mrs. Paul Covey operated the theatre
while he was away . . . Jerry, .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Virby Conley, who operate the
Ellis and Ranger Diive-In at Peri-yton, Tex.,
recently had two winnei-s in the 4-H Club
livestock show in Perry ton. His sheep won
first and second places in the sheep division.
The theatres in Pen-yton bought one of the
prize hogs at the show and gave the money
from the resale to the 4-H club.
Johnny Pagan owner of the Buena Vista
Drive-In at Borger, Tex., has just opened a
new 24-lane bowiing alley and cafeteria in
the same building about half way between
the main part of Borger and his drive-in theatre.
He reports bu.siness excellent in both.
Business has held up exceedingly well during
the winter weather In his drive-in. Mr. and
Mrs. Fagan attended the Texas drive-in convention
in Dallas . and Mrs. Creal
Black. Washita Theatie. Cordcll. were visiting
relatives in Perryvllle and Burney. Mo.,
two or three weeks.
Everett Mahaney, who recently took over
the operation of the 54 Drive-In in Guymon.
Okla.. is doing some remodeling. He expects
to i-epalnt the tower and fences along with
his concession stand, and has planted 200
trees around the drive-in grounds. He expects
to tear down the old enclosed theatre, which
was u.sed In cold weather. This burned out
.several years ago and was never rebuilt by
the former owner, W, Lewis Long. Everett
expects to bring his front ramps back and
make a larger and more beautiful playground
for the kiddles Says It will take some
time to get It In .shape, but It will be one of
tine best and most beautiful drive-In theatres
In the okliilKima City territory.
II I. n.H-hm. DaJhart. Tex., expects to re-
()|Kii his El KiiJirho Drlve-In Ea.str Sunday.
April 6 He rerintly booked Tlie Ten CommandmentJi"
in his Mission Theatre for 11
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in Sunray and Lockney, Tex., Ls now
the operator for Mr. Boehm in the Mission
booth. Adams recently moved his family to
Dalharl and is looking forward to the homecoming
of his son, who will be mustered out
i)f the armed forces March 8.
oth.r theatres In this territory which have
booked The Ten Commandments" for an
extended run are: Terry, Woodward: RIalto,
Alva: Rook. Watonga: Lyric, Spearman. Tex.:
54 Drive-In. Guymon: Royal. Pauls Valley:
Allred. Pryor: Rex. Nowata, and Forgan, Porgan.
According to Paramount officials, bookings
are coming in Just about as fast as they
are able to .serve them. This picture recently
played at the Star Theatre. Dumas. Tex., for
two weeks and broke every record In the
town. Admission charges for these extended
i-uns are adults. $1.25 at night, matinees 90
cents; 50 cents children at all times.
D. V. Terry, Woodward and Terry. Woodward,
reports he will reopen his Terrytlme
Drive-In April 4 or 5 ... J. S. Worley. Shamrock.
Tex., expects to reopen his Pioneer
Drive-In on Easter Sunday. Worley Just returned
to Shamrock after a business trip to
Dallas and Oklahoma City .
Jones,
a longtime exhibitor in Oklahoma, now at
Alva, is remodeling the Alva Drive-In. which
he recently bought from Jim Kelley. He Is
building new ramps, and is giving the entire
plant a complete overhauling and expects to
have it in operation by Easter Sunday.
The 20th-Fox sales force attended the oneday
division sales meeting In Atlanta Thursday
Making the trip were Marlon Os-
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borne, manager, salesmen Nelson Macarty.
Jack Whelihan and Grady James.
Roy Starling, Fort Worth,
Dallas Exhibitor, Dies
DALLAS-Roy Vi.'-ton Starling, owner of
the White Theatre in Fort Worth, died at
the home of a daughter there last week. He
had been in ill health
Starling was born in Alto and attended
schools in Crockett, where he was captain
of the football and baseball teams. He later
attended SMU here and was a member of the
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
About 1935 Starling operated the Star Theatre
in Forney and later the Texan in Mesquite.
both small towns near here. Afterward
he operated the Grove in Pleasant Grove
and Urban in Urbandale prior to their annexation
into the city of Dallas. During
World War II. Starling owned the Texas and
Wings in Grand Prairie and seri'ed as their
Chamber of Commerce president in 1948
Starling is survived by his wife, three
daughters, his mother, two sisters and a
brothers, and four grandchildren. Pallbearers
were A. M. Morgan. Ernest P. Herber, Dan
Lawson, C O Haney, W. O. Mathews and
Curtis Shllllngbtirg.
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BOXOFFICE January 27. 1958