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NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
The Nashua Exchange Club held a benefit<br />
at a Nashua theatre December 11.<br />
Admission to the show was a can of food,<br />
the collection being turned over to the<br />
Salvation Army for Christmas distribution<br />
to needy families.<br />
The Capitol Theatre in Hillsborough,<br />
which was closed recently, was entered by<br />
thieves who took an estimated $250 worth<br />
of candy. Police chief Richard Kaye said<br />
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JANUARY - EEBRUARY INSPIRATION<br />
EVERY<br />
the burglary probably occurred between<br />
November 23 and 30. The movie establishment<br />
is located on Hillsborough's main<br />
street and had been operated by Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Walter Heath . than 1,200<br />
persons crowded the State Theatre in<br />
Manchester December 10, when Goldovsky<br />
Opera Theatres presented a performance<br />
of "Don Giovanni" under sponsorship of<br />
the Opera League of New Hampshire.<br />
Mrs. Alice M. Fitzgerald, 89, died December<br />
10 at the home of her son Ernest,<br />
manager of the Interstate Theatre Corp. in<br />
Rochester. She was a native of Stoughton,<br />
Mass., and had resided in Rochester for<br />
the past six years.<br />
NEW HAVEN<br />
roll<br />
The Saraceno Capitol, Middletown, has resumed<br />
its Sunday matinee rock and<br />
stage shows . . . Sal Adorno jr. has<br />
installed electric in-car heaters at his<br />
Middletown Drive-In, Middletown . . . Mike<br />
Adorno sold a discount department store<br />
on sponsorship of two free kiddies shows<br />
at the Palace, Middletown.<br />
'Clowns' Benefit Showing<br />
NEW HAVEN—Sperie P. Perakos, vicepresident<br />
and general manager of Perakos<br />
Theatre Associates, arranged the southern<br />
Connecticut premiere of UA's "A Thousand<br />
Clowns" at the de luxe Beverly, Bridgeport,<br />
the opening night's proceeds going to the<br />
Fourth Congressional Voter Education<br />
campaign.<br />
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pre-Christmas show for children was<br />
held at the Strong Theatre in Burlington<br />
December 18, with "Snow White and<br />
the Three Stooges" as the screen feature.<br />
The attraction was announced in a Burlington<br />
Free Press advertisement donated<br />
by the Malletts Bay Drive-in and the program<br />
was co-sponsored by several Burlington<br />
business firms.<br />
Off-season advertising space in the Burlington<br />
Free Press, which has been offered<br />
free to various organizations in the area<br />
by the Mountain View Drive-in, was recently<br />
used for a one-day benefit showing<br />
of the John Wayne film, "Circus World,"<br />
at the Weldon Theatre in St. Albans. One<br />
dollar donations were taken for the benefit<br />
of the freshman class at St. Anne's<br />
Academy in Swanton.<br />
"My Fair Lady" opened at the State<br />
Theatre in Burlington December 22 direct<br />
from its premiere showings. It was a<br />
special engagement at special prices and<br />
there were no reserved seats . . . Free<br />
shows for youngsters were given at 1 and<br />
3 p.m. December 18 at the Strong Theatre<br />
in Burlington, where the screen attraction<br />
was "Snow White and the Three Stooges."<br />
The free tickets—red for the 1 p.m. show<br />
and brown for the 3 p.m. program—were<br />
available at most downtown stores in<br />
Burlington.<br />
Former Stage Manager Dies<br />
HARTFORD—Charles Obert, 70, retired<br />
Allyn Theatre stage manager, died in New<br />
Port Richey, Fla.<br />
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