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Waughn Fulton is now operating the Rialto
Theatre at Geneva under an all-new
policy that includes changes in the theatre
and concessions. Booking and buying is
being handled by Theatre Booking Service.
Pulton owns the Gamble Store and a furniture
store in Geneva. Harry Gould formerly
operated the Rialto . Renfro.
brother of Jack Renfro of Theatre
Booking, is back in the hospital at Hays,
Kas., for further treatment for injuries he
suffered in a motorcycle accident.
Jack KUngel. manager of the State Theatre
in Omaha for the Cooper Foundation,
gave thanks to his lucky star after a
narrow escape from death. Driving back
from Lincoln late one night he felt sleepy,
pulled off the road at Greenwood and
caught a quick nap. He started on tow'ard
Omaha and fell asleep as he was driving
across the Platte River bridge. His car
got across the bridge, went about 50 feet
into a ravine, clipped off a large tree and
stopped about 50 feet from the edge of the
water. Jack escaped injury but his car was
badly smashed.
Pat HaUoran, Buena Vista manager, was
in Clarkson Hospital for a checkup and
treatment of a high temperature . . . Don
Shane. Tri-State manager, and Carl Hoffman.
Omaha Theatre manager, attended
an outing and meeting given by Tin-
States at the Des Moines Wakonda Country
Club . Williams, Shane's secretary,
is vacationing in Colorado . . . Joyce
Anderson, secretai-y to Manager Don Mc-
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WRITC rOR SAMPIFS-WO I 7l at the
Brynwood Country Club. Members given
first preference. Tickets were handled by
Hugo Vogel and Morey Anderson . . . Guy
Williams, the Zorro of motion pictures
and television, will perform here at a
benefit Arabian horse show sponsored by
the Milwaukee Knights of Pythias, to be
held at State Fair Park, on September 9-
11.
Considerable local interest is being shown
in former Milwaukeean Tom Laughlln,
here on location shooting scenes which
will appear in his forthcoming film,
"Christopher Wotan." The first day's
shooting took place at Herman park, getting
scenes of a football practice session.
The next location was at Hoyt park pool
during morning swimming activities. The
film is being financed by a group of Milwaukee
men. and is directed by Laughlln,
who also has a leading role in the movie.
Johnny McKay, manager of the Riverside
Theatre, got a nice break in the Milwaukee
Journal with Walter Monfried's
article, titled: "Hitchcock Praises Robert
Bloch of Milwaukee, Horror Writer."
Bloch authored "Psycho" which opened at
the Riverside, with lines of waiting patrons
forming in both directions.
Herewith is the schedule in the forthcoming
promotion tiein between Teen Beat
magazine and the downtown theatres, designed
to arouse interest in the movies. In
the September issue. Teen Beat will spearhead
a contest to find the most eligible
teenage movie critic. The magazine was on
the stands August 23. and the deadline for
responses is set for September 10. On receipt
of the entries i telling in 100 words
or less*, invitations to the first 100 selected
will be sent out for a screening on
September 15. arranged by Louis Orlove.
public relations director for 20th-Fox.
From the 100 responses i their reviews on
the film
i winners will be selected
to act as Teen Age movie critic for the
ensuing year. Their reviews will appear
in Teen Beat in addition to their respective
school papers.
General Precision Net
Is Upped by 19.5 Per Cent
NEW YORK—Net income of General
Precision Equipment Corp. for the six
months ended June 30 rose to $2,467,136
or 19.5 per cent above the like 1959 figure,
and amounted to $1.57 a common
share. Sales increased 18 per cent to
$120,722,804. Second-half earnings are expected
to exceed those for the first half.
The board voted the following quarterly
dividends, payable September 15: Twentyfive
cents a share on common stock:
$1.1834 a share on the $4.75 cumulative
preferred stock payable December 15; 40
cents a share on the $1.60 cumulative
convertible preference stock; 75 cents a
share on the $3 cumulative convertible
preference stock, and 74 'o cents a share on
the $2.98 cumulative convertible preference
stock.
NC-2 BOXOFnCE :: August 29, I960