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T^on nicks, liiniicr niiuiiiKi'i "I the Paramount
exchange here and now holding
thn*. same position In Cincinnati, made his
last trip 'home" over the weekend to pack
his belongings and move, bag and baggage, to
hLs new home in Ohio. Mrs. Hicks left with
Don but their daughter Sue Is staying with
the Carl Olsons until the end ol the semester
at Drake University. She will then Join her
parents and resume her college studies In
Ohio.
Lou l*vy. U-I manager, spent a couple of
days In Dubuque last week . held
a press screening of "My Man Godfrey" at
the Paramount .screening room January 16
Marcus, Columbia district manager,
spent several days In the office here
recently . screened "Cowboy"
for circuit executives last week. It was well
received . held a rummage sale
January 18 at the Rummage Sale Center . . .
Mildred Bat>cock. Paramount, is still recuperating
at home but hopes to be back, at
least on a part time basis, in another week or
so . . . Tommy Cataldo, Paramount assistant
.'hlpper, has been promoted to the post of
head shipper. Vem Stevens is the exchange's
new assistant shipper.
It's been bu.siness as usual at the Varsity
Theatre here while the new .seats were being
Installed and the handsome new front built.
Bob Frldley, co-owner of the hou.se. ha.s been
packing them in with good foreign films and
reruns of top pictures . Szyperskl,
manager of the Ames Theatre Co., has taken
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which Is based on motion pictures . . The
Union Board al the University of Iowa Is
sponsoring screen shows on Sunday nights at
the Union for students.
Small Town. USA." a picture taken In Anamo.sa,
Iowa, last July by the United States
Information Service to be shown In nine
countries In E^irope. had Its premiere in Anamo.sa
January 23 at the Evans Theatre. The
picture wa.s shown for three days without
charge. The film was made to show Europeans
how people live, work and play in small
town communities In the United States.
Osceola, Wis., Theatre
Closed by Emil Nelson
OSCEOLA. WIS The Star Theatre, operated
by Emil Nelson for .several years, was
clo.sed early thi.s month. The theatre will remain
closed, at lea.sl lor the remainder of
the winter.
Nelson went to Duluth to visit his daughter.
Fargo TV Plan Up Soon
FARGO. N. D.—Whether this town of
40.000 population will have a second television
station will be decided by the FCC after a
January 27 hearing in Washington on the
North Dakota Broadcasting Co.s application
to build and operate on Channel 11 here.
Station WDAY-TV, now operating on Channel
6. has been granted a petition to intervene
and will present arguments in opposition
to the grant. Other TV stations nowbeing
operated by NDBC are at Minot. Bismarck
and Valley City, and projected is a
station at Aberdeen, starting July 1
Reopens 3 Days Weekly
MILFORD. IOWA—Jim Travis, owner of
the Strand, reports the hou.se will be open
for the remainder of the winter on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday evenings.
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MILW AUKEE
Ouck Herw>K. Man About Milwaukee" and
amusement editor for the Sentinel, has
used his column to praise the theatre industry
for efforts put forth in support of the
March of Dimes. Particularly named were
Andy Spheerls. president of WEMP and the
Towne Theatre Corp., as county director of
the drive; Angle Provlnzano, owner of the
Plx Theatre, as co-director; Ben Marcus, who
heads the chain bearing his name, as chairman
of state collections; Eddie Johnson.
Roo.sevelt Theatre, city chairman; Harold
Pearson, executive secretary for Allied, coordinator
of collections; Foike Peterson, former
theatreman and now in public relations,
directing the drive's public relations, and
John Soell. vice-president and manager of
WISN. WISN-TV. chairman of the talent
show. And no fees!
The city motion picture commission, reelected
these officers at the city hall: Henry
Rozga. president; Mrs. G. Eleanor Meyers,
vice-president; Valentine J. Wells, executive
secretary, and R. Pierre Druecker. treasurer
For the 29th consecutive year, the Press-
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Gazette cooking school held forth January
14-n at Green Bays Bay Theatre. With
2.050 seats in the theatre over 8.000 advance
tickets sold, it brought a lot of people back
to the theatre. Thousands of dollars worth of
prizes were added incentives. Rentals of this
sort can be mighty helpful and lucrative
when held during some of the duller days of
the week.
Strange. "Blackboard Jungle." the film
which raised such a rumpus here when it
appeared at the downtown tlieatres. was
shown under the Community Program banner
at the Public Museum. January 17. The
"Calne Mutiny" appeared there January 10
Crandon Theatre at Crandon. closed
last fall by Frank Rivers, was reopened January
17 by Richard Conway, who owns the
building. He opened with an Elvis Presley
picture . . Possibility of reopening Two
Rivers' RIvoli Theatre was discussed by members
of the Two Rivers Chamber of Commerce
and Milwaukee's Screen Guild Producers
Co. The RIvoli was operated for over
20 years by the BerkholU Enterprises of West
Bend.
Rusted Sign Taken Down
CEDAR RAPIDS. lOWA-The large Paramount
sign on the Paramount Theatre building
here has been taken down. Manager
Willis Ford said the sign's tin was rusted to
the ixjint where complete recovering would
have been necessary. Two new signs on the
marquee will replace the old sign which
weighed about 4'j tons.
Local 332 Re-Elects Officers
CLINTON, IOWA— Local 332 of projectionists
re-elected Chauncle Andrews as president;
C Tlntey. vice-president; A. Hubbard,
secretary and treasurer; Paul Nadelhotfer.
buslne.-s agent, and Charles Snyder, trustee
tor three years The other trustees are C. E.
Baker and Tlntey
San.ihor Theatre Closed
M. (iHlXiOH. MINN The Sanshor Theatre,
uwni-d by Frances Maddy Hernlund.
Tucson. Ariz . was clo-sod recently
BOXOFFICE January 27. 1958