Boxoffice-May.21.1979

NAC President Lowe Appoints
Ten Regional Vice-Presidents
The appointment of ten regional vicepresidents
foi the National Assn. of Concessionaires
was recently announced by
NAC president Perry Lowe of Theatre
Management Services. Lowe said the vicepresidents,
four of whom are new associ
ation officers, will play a vital role in .is
sisting NAC to work effectively with all ol
its members.
As an example, Lowe called the association's
regional meetings, several of which
are held each year, an important aspect ol
the NAC's "grass roots" approach to
reaching
concessionaires. He also pointed to the
success of this year's ShoWesT convention,
hosted annually by members in 13 western
states, which attracted more than 2,000
delegates.
The ten regional vice-presidents and the
areas within their regions include:
Region No. 1: Fella Goldberg, Standard Box Co.,
Chelsea, Mass. (Connecticut, Dekrwaie, District of
Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Puerto FUco, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and
West Virginia.)
Region No. 2;
Inc., Memphis,
, „,
-
Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Tennes-
Region No. 3: Paul Leikowitz, L & L Concession
Co., Troy, Mich. (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan
and Ohio.)
Region No. 4; Gerald Toohey, Nebraska Concession
Supply Inc., Omaha, Neb. (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska.)
Region No. 5: Frank G. Liberto, Liberto Specialty
Co., San Antonio, Tex. (Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.)
6: Region No. Chesler, Norman Theatre Candy
Distributing Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. (Arizona,
Cahlorma, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.)
Goetze Appoints Jim Coyle
Assistant Sales Manager
Melvin Goetze, chairman of the board
and president of Goetzc's Candy Co., Inc.,
recently announced
Jim Coyle
the appointmemt of
lim Coyle as assistant
biiies manager. Coyle
will assist Spaulding
Goetze, vice-president
and sales manager for
the firm, with the
company's national
network of brokers.
Prior to Coyle's acceptance
of the managerial
position with
Goetze's, he was regional sales manager for
Y & S, now a division of Hershey Foods.
Coyle will reside in Baltimore, Md.
New Board Members Elected
To Theatre Equipment Assn.
Jeiry Sunshine, executive director of the
Theatre Equipment Assn., recently announced
the results of the annual board of
directors election.
Worth Baird was elected as a director to
the manufacturing division and John Burlinson
Jr. and Phil Judd were re-elected to
this
division for another term.
Paul Voudouris was elected as a director
to the dealer division and Jim Barry and
Dan Miller were re-elected to this division
J.
for another term.
The association extended its sincere
Region No. 7: Robert Bond, Sterling Recreation
Organization Co., Bellevue, Wash. (Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.) thanks to retiring board members Chuck
Lahti and Don Moore in the dealer division
Region No 8: Frederick Corrigan, Valley Fair
Entertainment Center, Shakopee, Minn. (Minnesota,
North and South Dakota and Wisconsin.)
and Glenn Berggren and Andy Marglin in
Super Puff't Popcorn
Region No. 9: Sydney Spiegel,
the manufacturing division.
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. (Eastern
Ltd.,
Canada including the provinces; New Brunswick,
Newloundland, ScoUa, Ontario, Nova Prince Edward
Island and Quebec.)
"Is it wrong to shout 'Movie!' in a crowded
fire house"— Steve Martin, comedian,
Region No. 10; Jack Senior, Harlan Fairbanks Co.
Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada. (Western Canada
including the provinces: Alberta, British Columbia,
from the album "Let's Get Small."
Manitoba and Saskatchewan.)
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(203) 552-4183.
DISCia/MaRaTHON
Reader's Service Card
MGM Sound Department Begins
Major Modernization Project
Work is now underway for the complete
modernization of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Studio sound facilities with an expected
completion date early this fall, it recently
was announced by Roger Mayer, MGM
vice-president of administration.
Three fully renovated re-recording rooms
will feature custom-designed Quad/ Eight
consoles, Compumix processors, high-speed
Magnatech projection equipment, Dolby
four-channel stereo capabilities and all-new
support equipment.
Already in operation is the Dolbyequipped
six-track stereo dubbing facility in
the MGM Theatre, considered by many to
be the finest available in the industry. "The
Deer Hunter," which has won an Academy
Award nomination this year for best sound,
was one of the more recent films re-recorded
in this facility, which also has 70mm projection
capabilties.
MGM's Foley Stage and a top-flight
Foley crew, equipped with all necessary
props, are available to develop whatever
background sounds may be required.
MGM's scoring stage represents one of the
finest facilities acoustic available for music
recording in the industry. Sheffield Laboratories
has just completed construction of
their direct-to-disc record recording facility
which will utilize the MGM scoring stage.
MGM's fully modernized sound departmen
is supported by 17 projection rooms
with 16, 35 and 70mm capabilities as well
as 4 or 6-track stereo, and seating up to 387
persons. Surrounding the sound department
are 171 editorial rooms.
Alphabetical Index
of Advertisers
Automoticket
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Ballantyne of Omaha *
Bally Case & Cooler >*
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Bevelite-Adler
Big Three Theatre Group
Canrad Honovia, Ballantyne, Strong 5
Butler Fixture & Mfg '*
Canrad Hanovia ^
Cemcorp *
Christie Electric Corp *
Ciro Equipment Corp j*
Cretors, Inc. ]^
Dixie/Marathon
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Eprad, Inc. '°
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Alan Gordon Enterprises '
Hurley Screen Corp *
Irwin Seating Co '
Kintek, Inc. '
Kneisley Electric Co '*
LocRod, Inc. '^
The Marble Co , Inc 10
Horry Melcher Enterprises '
National Theatre Supply
'
Norman & Friddell *
RCA Service Co )*
Seating Corp of New York 1*
Sclby Industries, Inc *
Sign
Products
(Rapid Change Letter Co) 8
Soundfold
International
Tcchnikotc Corp 1*
Western Service & Supply "
Xetron Products Div.
(Carbons, Inc.) *
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