Boxoffice-February.26.1973

.Aland's Sbaun Madvor Principal
Speaker af NAC Seattle Regional
SEATTLE — Speakers who will
participate
at the forthcoming Northwest regional
convention of the National Ass'n of Concessionaires
and National Ass'n of Theatre
Owners of Washington and Oregon at the
Washington Plaza Hotel March 4-6 and the
schedule of events have been announced.
Delegates will begin arriving Sunday, March
4, with registration beginning at 6 p.m.,
followed by a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m.
The convention officially will open Monday,
March 5, and the delegates will be
welcomed by Lloyd Hughes, Harlan Fairbanks
Co.. Seattle, NAC convention cochairman.
Greetings will be extended by
Virgil Odell, Odell Concession Specialties
Co.! Caldwell. Ida.. NAC director-at-large
and member of the NAC convention committee,
and Fred Danz, Sterling Recreation
Organization, Seattle, NATO regional president.
Heading the list of speakers at the Monday
morning business session are: Shaun
Maclvor. Glasgow, Scotland, whose subject
"Theatre Operations—Domestic and For-
is
eign"; Harold F. Chesler, NAC president,
who will conduct a concessionaire brainstorming
quiz, and Vernon Parks, president,
Employers Ass'n, who will discuss OSHA
(the Occupational Safety & Health Act).
Starting at 2 p.m., the theatre and concessionaire
groups will hold separate seminar
sessions. Theatre delegates will convene
at Cinema 70 and 150, where product reels
will be shown. Additionally, they will discuss
such topics as "Censorship," "Advertising."
"Film Buying" and "Self-Service
vs. Rushup."
Panelists are; Jack Dallas, operations
manager. United Theatres, Seattle; Jack
Lovett. Lovett Interstate Theatres. Portland,
and William W. Proctor. William W. Proctor
Co., Denver.
The NAC seminar, convening at the same
hour in the Washington Plaza Hotel, will
hear panelists discuss such subjects as "Concessions
and You," "Manufacturers Look to
the Future" and "Hiring Practices." Panelists
are: Jim Ohms, national accounts
manager. Gold Medal Products Co., Cincinnati;
Frank M. O'Brien, Coca-Cola USA,
Atlanta; Duncan Shaw, Carnation Co., Los
Angeles; Henry Cretors, Cretors & Co.,
Chicago, and Virgil Odell and Jim Coleman,
SOLARC
Brighter
Burning
Independent Theotrc Supply
2750 S. HousUn
San Antonio, Tcxos
Blevins Popcorn Co.. Nashville. There will
be a question-and-answer period following
the session.
Tuesday, March 6, delegates will convene
at 9 a.m. and be welcomed by Vernon B.
Ryles jr., Poppers Supply Co. of Oregon,
Portland, NAC director and NAC convention
co-chairman. Speakers who will discuss
the subject of ecology are: David Senescu,
president, Epcon Co., and Al Munro, attorney-at-law.
both of Seattle, and Claire Pratt,
head of solid waste division, state of Washington,
Olympia, Wash.
A tradeshow consisting of local suppliers
exhibiting theatre and concession equipment
will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the
Lexington and Concord rooms of the Washington
Plaza Hotel and will run until 5
p.m.
Zollie M. Volchock, vice-president. Variety
Clubs International, will act as master
of ceremonies at a luncheon March 5, at
which time delegates will be welcomed by
John Chambers, deputy mayor, city of Seattle.
A dinner, following a cocktail reception,
will be held that evening at which
Bud Saffle, Saffle Theatre Service, Seattle,
and NATO convention committee member.
will act as master of ceremonies. Following
dinner, delegates will attend a film preview
at
the Cinerama Theatre.
Tuesday. March 6. delegates will gather
in the Washington Plaza Hotel's Bainbridge
Room for luncheon, hosted by all sponsoring
firms and tradeshow exhibitors. Jerry
D. Vitus, Sterling Recreation Organization,
Seattle, NATO convention chairman, will
act as master of ceremonies. Clifford D.
Lorbeck, Supurdisplay/ Server Sales of Milwaukee,
assistant to the NAC president, will
speak.
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Principal speaker at a dinner that evening,
following a cocktail reception, will be
Roy B. White, president. National Ass'n of
Theatre Owners. Fred Danz. Sterling Recreation
Organization, Seattle, member of the
NATO convention committee, will act as
master of ceremonies. There will be dancing
from 9 to 11 p.m.
Among the sponsoring firms and tradeshow
exhibitors are: American Seating Co.,
Wm. Anderson Co., Charles H. Bereford
Co., Blevins Popcorn Co., S. F. Burns Co..
J. G. Clark Co., Coca-Cola USA, Cretors
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CARBONS
Long Lasting
U.S. Theotre Supply
941 W. Boy St.
Jacksonville, Flo.
National Distributor
& Co., Danske Distributors, Dobb Corp.,
Dr Pepper Co., Durkee's Foods, Harlan
Fairbanks Co., Hills Bros. Coffee, Lily
Tulip Cup Corp., National Equipment
Corp., National Theatre Supply Co., Nifty
Costume Co.. Odell Concession Specialties
Co., Optical Radiation Corp., Pacific Theatre
Equipment Corp., Poppers Supply Co.
of Oregon, Rich Products Co., Solo Cup
Co., Supurdisplay/ Server Sales, Sweetheart
Cup Co., Taylor Freezers and Vogel Popcorn
Co.
Advance registration at a fee of $30 for
individuals, $55 for man and wife and $25
each for groups of five or more, which includes
the food functions and receptions,
now is being received at NAC-NATO convention
committee headquarters, c/o Saffle
Theatre Service. 2421 Second Ave.. Seattle.
Delegates requiring rooms are urged to
send requests for reservations direct to the
Washington Plaza Hotel. Fifth at Westlake,
Seattle.
The convention, with the theme of
"Strike It Rich in Seattle at the 'Gold Rush'
of '73," will be attended by theatre owners
and food service-vending operators in the
leisure-time field from the entire Northwest
region. It is anticipated that more than 200
theatre owners and concessionaires will be
on hand.
Montana's 'Big Sky
Roundup' March 6J
BILLINGS, MONT.—The 1973 NATO
of Montana convention will be held March
6-7 at the Northern Hotel, Billings, it is
announced by Tim Warner, convention
chairman. Titled "The Big Sky Roundup,"
the conclave this year will be addressed
by Roy White, president of national NATO;
Harold Chessler, president of the National
Ass'n of Concessionaires; Bob Tankersley.
president of the Rocky Mountain Motion
Picture Ass'n; Ross Campbell, NATO director
and chairman of the limited marketing
committee; George Buzzas, president
of NATO of Montana; Jack McGee, vicepresident
of the Midwest division, National
General Corp.. and George Roscoe, head
of e.\hibitor relations, NATO.
The event will start Monday evening,
March 5, with a 7 p.m. cocktail party at
the Northern Hotel for early arrivals.
Registration will be Tuesday morning,
March 6. at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the
Northern.
The kickoff luncheon will start at 11:30
a.m., with business sessions Tuesday afternoon,
Wednesday morning and Wednesday
afternoon. Along with these sessions will
be "fun" evenings. Tuesday evening, March
6, there will be a "western hoedown" at
the Seventeen Club, with dinner and dancing
in a western atmosphere. Advises Warner.
"Bring your western duds, since no
dudes will be allowed." Wednesday evening.
March 7, there will be a grand ball with
the theme "There's No Business Like Show
Business.''
Every phase of the motion picture industry
will be covered, according to War-
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