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: March<br />
First Union of MPMO<br />
Marks 40lh Birthday<br />
ST. LOUIS—Five surviving charter members<br />
of the Moving Picture Machine Operators<br />
Local 143 of St. Louis, the first projectionist<br />
local to be chartered by the International<br />
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes,<br />
were presented gold life membership cards<br />
March 11 at ceremonies that marked the<br />
40th anniversary of the founding of the local.<br />
Richard P. Walsh, international president,<br />
was guest speaker.<br />
FIVE PAY NO DUES<br />
The five members, survivors among 26<br />
who signed the charter, are George D. Rafferty,<br />
employed at Panchon & Marco's Pox;<br />
A. P. Petill and T. J. Brown, both of whom<br />
work at Loew's Orpheum; Fred Kessler, retired<br />
from active work, and E, C. Siegfried,<br />
who works at the St. Louis Amusement Co.'s<br />
Shenandoah Tlieatre.<br />
With their gold life memberships, the five<br />
are excused from paying future union dues,<br />
but if they continue to work regularly will<br />
pay the customary percentage on their earnings.<br />
The anniversary celebration, which was in<br />
the nature of a banquet and dance for the<br />
members and their ladies, started shortly<br />
after midnight March 10, since March 11 is<br />
the anniver-sary of the start of the union.<br />
The past-midnight start was to enable all of<br />
the members currently employed to attend.<br />
There were about 500 present.<br />
PRESIDENT WALSH ATTENDS<br />
Walsh came in by plane from New York<br />
City. Others in the delegation representing<br />
the international were William P. Raoul, general<br />
secretary and treasurer: Felix D. Snow<br />
of Kansas City. sLxth international vice-president<br />
and member of the general executive<br />
board, and Frank H. Stickling of Elgin. 111.,<br />
international representative in charge of the<br />
affairs of the St. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood<br />
Local 6. also an affiliate of the lATSE.<br />
Local unions in Springfield. Mo.. Alton. 111..<br />
East St. Louis. 111., and Gillespie. 111., also<br />
were represented.<br />
Lou Walter, the sole holder of a gold honorary<br />
membership card in the local, flew in<br />
from Dallas to attend. He currently is southwestern<br />
representative of Ampro.<br />
Leo Canavan is president of Local 143 and<br />
Harry A. Barco is the business agent.<br />
Erlse Quick's House Burns<br />
PIPER CITY, ILL.—Fire destroyed the Ace<br />
Theatre here recently. Erlse Quick, owner.<br />
said the loss was not fully covered by insurance.<br />
The American Legion hall, the<br />
second floor was damaged.<br />
Work for April Opening<br />
EQUALITY. ILL. — George W. Joyner of<br />
Shawneetown, 111., who is rebuilding the old<br />
Strand Theatre Bldg., hopes to have his<br />
new 300-seat theatre open by April 15 or<br />
May 1. It is his first venture into the motion<br />
picture business.<br />
Assures Riverside Theatre<br />
RIVERSIDE. ILL.—Harry L. Brundage assured<br />
the Chamber of Commerce at a recent<br />
meeting here that the contemplated new<br />
theatre in Riverside will built be as soon as<br />
government permission is given.<br />
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