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. . Burl<br />

Dalgre, Osage. Plaquemlne; Ed Jenner of<br />

the Laurel, Marrero and West Lake driveins,<br />

and Jack Minckler of the Ritz Theatre<br />

and Jack's Drive-In at Bogalusa . . . Other<br />

exhibitors seen here and there included<br />

Phillip Salles. Covington; John Luster.<br />

Page Amusements. Natchitoches; Frank<br />

Olah jr.. Star- at Albany; Lewis Adolph.<br />

Venice, and Messrs. Pittman and Edwards<br />

of Amite . . . Kay Sacco returned to her<br />

booking duties at TOSCO after a vacation<br />

spent at home . son of Kay Richard<br />

of Masterpiece Pictures, made his first<br />

communion Saturday In the St. Louis King<br />

of Prance Church . J. Ballam will<br />

observe his 14 years of sei-vice with Hodges<br />

Theatre Supply January I. Ballam joined<br />

Hodges in 1949 as engineer in charge of<br />

theatre maintenance, moving from Altec<br />

where he had served in like position for<br />

several years. "I suppose I'll be on my<br />

present job. God willing, for many years to<br />

come," he said. "I prefer road work."<br />

'Bounty' Bow to Benefit<br />

ORT Guardian Program<br />

MIAMI BEACH—The southern premiei-e<br />

of "Mutiny on the Bounty" will be sponsored<br />

by the Southeastern Florida Region,<br />

Women's ORT, December 20 at Florida<br />

State's Sheridan Theatre on Arthur Godfrey<br />

road.<br />

One of the group's principal programs is<br />

its Guardian project which fui-nishes food,<br />

shelter, clothing and recreation for 660<br />

schools in 20 countries throughout the<br />

world. It Is for this project that the premiere<br />

is being held. Mrs. George Linden is<br />

head of ticket sales, assisted by Mrs.<br />

Richard Shenken and Mrs. Irwin Godwin.<br />

Florida State is holding a private Invitational<br />

screening December 19 of the movie,<br />

with all seats reserved.<br />

Abbe Lane, who has a January 30 date<br />

at the Fontainebleau Hotel, will come in a<br />

day earlier to sing for another ORT benefit<br />

at the hotel. Her mother, who Is an ORT<br />

officer, lives here.<br />

Daniele Gaubert Signed<br />

From Western Edition<br />

HOLL'TWOOD—Harold Hecht and Yul<br />

Brynner have signed Daniele Gaubert, who<br />

appeared In "Flight From Ashiya," to a joint<br />

contract, calling for eight pictures, with the<br />

actress under an exclusive option Individually<br />

They<br />

or jointly to either Hecht or Brynner.<br />

also have loanout rights.<br />

MIAMI<br />

J^rs. Lillian Claughton, head of the Claughton<br />

circuit here, attended the Orchid<br />

Ball luncheon at the swank Indian Creek<br />

Country club with her daughter. Mrs. Jerry<br />

Matthews. It was a benefit for the<br />

Papanicalaou Cancer Research Institute.<br />

Incidentally. Mrs. Claughton has been<br />

named chairman of Miami Beach's Beautification<br />

committee.<br />

A Walt Disney film, "Prowlers of the<br />

Everglades," was shown at the Miami Public<br />

Library Audubon Society youth program<br />

this month . . . Michael Wager, movie and<br />

TV actor who has played in such films as<br />

"Exodus," "King of Kings" and "Hill 24<br />

Doesn't Answer." was in the cast at the<br />

University of Miami orchestra's oratorio<br />

recently at Miami Beach and Dade County<br />

auditoriums.<br />

Nate Farber is chairman for the testimonial<br />

party the Miami Showman's Ass'n<br />

is giving the outgoing president. Max<br />

Sharp. December 18 at the Eden Roc Hotel,<br />

Miami Beach. Sammy Walsh will be the<br />

toastmaster . Ives was noted dining<br />

at F^mpernlk's the other night.<br />

Jimmy Bamett, manager of Florida State's<br />

Olympia Theatre, has had quite a problem<br />

ti-ying to figure out how to squeeze 27 members<br />

of Stetson University's Pershing Rifles<br />

from Deland in his three-bedroom house.<br />

His son Tom is a member of the unit which<br />

win be here for the New Year's Eve<br />

Orange Bowl parade. As an army outfit,<br />

the group was supposed to stay at one of<br />

the army bases around here, but since the<br />

Cuban crisis came up, all available base<br />

housing has been occupied by troops.<br />

Bamett is a past president of the Miami<br />

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The Lions got busy and made an-angements<br />

for John Pierce, manager of the Lindsey<br />

Hopkins hotel school to give the Stetson<br />

unit lodging New Year's Eve. The Stetson<br />

boys will leave after the Alabama-Oklahoma<br />

game. New Year's Day in the Orange<br />

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