Boxoffice-August.11.1975

Earl Perry Sr. Is
Tent 45 Chief Barker
NEW ORIJiANS— luirl l'crr> sr.. president
of Oydcn-Pcrrv Theatres, h.is hcjii
elected chief barker of Tent 45. Variety
Club.s
International.
His election follows the recent death of
past chief barker Eugene T. Calongne. The
election took place July 29 at club headquarters
in the Andrew Jack.son Restaurant,
which was owned by Calongne.
Perry had served as proiperty master before
his nomination to the club's highest
position. Tent 45 ha,s been involved in providing
funds for the Bright School for the
Deaf, the Burn Center at Charity Hospital
and other children's charities.
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Record 2nd-Quarter Sales,
Earnings for Wometco
MIAMI — Wometco Enterprises announced
per-share earnings, net income and
sales rose to record highs in the second
quarter and first fiscal half of 1975, ended
June 14.
Primary per-share earnings in the latest
quarter climbed 45 per cent to a record
52.7 cents, compared to 36.3 cents last
year, while net income rose 40 per cent
to a record $3,039,000 from $2,173,000
a year ago.
Wometco president Mitchell Wolfson
noted, however, that net income and earnings
per-share figures include an after-tax
gain of $414,000, or 7.2 cents per share,
resulting principally from the sale of Channel
12 of Jacksonville, Inc. "Even without
this gain, second-quarter per-share earnings
would have reached a new high of 45.4
cents, a 25 per cent increase, and net income
would have been up 21 per cent to
$2,625,000," he said.
Sales in the quarter rose 10 per cent to
$40,177,000 from $36,645,000 registered in
the similar 1974 period.
In the fiscal half-year or 24-week period,
primary per-share earnings moved up 35
per cent to a record 82.8 cents from 61.2
cents last year, while net income rose 30
per cent to $4,782,000 against $3,675,000
in 1974.
Sales in the fiscal half-year reached $76,-
545,000 from $69,709,000 last year, a 10
per cent increase.
Motion picture boxoffice receipts in the
company's Florida and Caribbean markets
remained about even with last year's record
level.
Primary per-share earnings are based on
5,775,000, the average number of shares
outstanding during the period, and 6,009.-
000, the average number of shares for the
comparable period of 1974.
Wayne Visits Illinois
From Central Edition
SPRINGFIELD, ILL,—John Wayne and
six
business associates recently visited southern
Illinois coal fields seeking a site for a
coal gasification plant they intend to operate
as a private enterprise.