Boxoffice-April.07.1958

about PEOPLE / and PRODUCT
Harry Weineks ;ippointment
as a^sisiant
theatre sah >
manager for t li i
Pep>si-Cola Co. was
announced by Charles
N. Baker, vicepresident
in charge of
national accounts and
syrup sales. Welner.
who will report to
Norman Wasser. theatre
sales manager,
Harry Weirter
has been with Pepsi-Cola since 1955. serving
in the national accounts department.
He was district manager of the central division
prior to his recent appointment.
D. Douglas Lauder has been elected director
of Canadian Kodak Co., Ltd.. and
Canadian Kodak Sales, Ltd.. both affiliates
of Eastman Kodak Co. Lauder is secretary
and sales manager of each of the Canadian
firms. He succeeds James W. Spence as a
director with each company. Spence had
resigned as chairman of the board of each
firm, effective January 1, but had remained
as a director until Lauder's election.
Lincoln McConnell. who joined Canada
Dry Coi-p. in 1936 as manager of the
Philadelphia division, has been elected
president of Canada Dry International.
Inc. He had served as a vice-president of
the international organization since 1949.
McConnell succeeds Wilbur M. Collins, who
retired March 1 under the firm's retirement
program.
Ervin R. Geib. a nationally recognized
authority in the theatre arc carbon field,
has retired as manager of arc carbon sales
for National Carbon Co.. division of Union
Carbide Coi-p.. after completing more than
50 years with the firm. He will devote himself
to his hobby, photography. FeUow
workers provided him with several pieces
of fine equipment for following this hobby
at his company-sponsored dinner in his
honor.
Capital investments worth $62,000,000
are to be made this year by Eastman Kodak
Co. at plants, research laboratories and
offices in Rochester, N. Y., Kingsport,
Tenn., and Longview, Tex. Various Kodak
regional sales divisions, processing stations
and other units in the United Stales will
also .share in the improvement program.
The amount to be invested in improvements
this year sets a company record, exceeding
last year's budget for the same
purpose by $2,000,000.
Irving Cohn is president and manager
of the Alamo Concessions Supply Co.,
which he opened recently in San Antonio.
Cohn was with the Jefferson Amusement
Co. 20 years, being a director at the time
he resigned to organize the concessions
supply firm. The company is handling a
complete line of supplies and equipment,
including lines carried by the Houston
Popcorn & Supply Co. A. J. Schmitt, owner
of the Houston firm, also has an interest
in the San Antonio company.
The Royal Photographic Society of
Great Britain has named John I. Crabtree,
a retired Kodak research scientist,
as an Honorary Fellow, Crabtree received
the recognition because of contributions to
"major developments in the practice of
processing in the black-and-white, stiU and
motion picture fields," 'While with Kodak,
Crabtree founded the department of photographic
chemistry in the Research Laboratories
and later was in charge of the
motion picture film developing department
at Kodak Park.
A SIX-WEEKS tour of European subsidiary
offices of 'Westrex Corp. took Fi-ank A.
Ungro. executive vice-president, to eight
countries. Ungro returned to the New
York office March 25 after stops in England,
Belgium, R-ance, Algeria, Switzerland,
Italy, Spain and Portugal.
R. A. "Al" Stelner has been appointed
vice-president in charge of sales for the
Lacy-Dane Corp., a new national organization
for marketing hot and cold food
and beverage equipment. The fii'm has
headquarters in Chicago. Steiner recently
resigned as vice-president and director of
now HEYER-SHULTZ
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HtYtK—/tHUL L, INv^. Factory Street, Cedar Grove, New Jersey
sales and advertising for Helmco, Inc., after
being with that company 18 years,
A decade of serv- "
ice as executive secretary
for the organization
now
known as the National
Ass'n of Concessionaires
is being
completed by Tom
Sullivan. Piior to assuming
his present
office, Sullivan, a
DePaul Law School
graduate, was Midwest
Ton} Sullivan
representative for a candy manufac-
turer. The NAC was known as the National
Ass'n of Popcorn Manufacturers when Sullivan
took office. It later became the International
Popcorn Ass'n, then the Popcorn
and Concession Ass'n, after which
the present name was adopted.
The following concerns have recently
filed copies of interesting descriptive literature
with the Modern Theatre Information
Bureau. Readers who wish copies may
obtain them promptly by using the Readers'
Bureau postcard in this issue of The Modern
Theatre.
L- 1841—A catalog page describing "Toilaflex,"
a heavy duty plunger for clearing
theatre toilets of any shape or size, has
been prepared by the Stevens-Burt Co., a
division of 'Water Master Co. The natural
rubber plunger utihzes accordion-action
cup compression, enabling it to work from
any angle to force air deep into a stopped
up toilet trap.
L- 1842—Plastic marquee letters may be
quickly repaired even by inexperienced theatre
help with the use of Plastic 'Weld, according
to two circulars prepared by the
Plastic 'Weld Co. Chemical action is employed
to "weld" together broken pieces of
a letter. Plastic-'Weld also is said to add
life and color to a repaired marquee letter.
Coating the entire sui-face of a letter with
the welding chemical will greatly increase
the strength of the plastic.
L-1843—EPRAD equipment and construction
services available for drive-in theatres
are described in a folder released by
Electrical Products Research and Development
Co. The folder offers especially timely
aid for the outdoor theatremen who may be
new to the field and who seek experienced
guidance in technical aspects of equipment
selection and operation.
Dust is a big problem with most driveins
as it detracts from their location, increases
maintenance cost and definitely
keeps business away. Many operators of
drlve-in theatres have eliminated dust by
using calcium chloride.
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