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Daniel Murphy Names<br />
Committees for lENE<br />
BOSTON— Appointment of members to the<br />
financial, grievance, membership and legislative<br />
committees of the Independent Exhibitors<br />
of New England was announced by<br />
Daniel Murphy, newly elected president, at<br />
the March meeting.<br />
He named the following committees:<br />
Financial— Walter E. Mitchell, chairman;<br />
W. Leslie Bendslev and Leonard Goldberg.<br />
Grievance—Samuel Resnik, chairman;<br />
Francis Peny, Morris Pouzzner Julian Rifkin<br />
and Maurice Safner.<br />
Membership and dues—Ted Rosenblatt,<br />
chairman; Mrs. Katharine Avery, Frank<br />
Bosketti, Norman Glassman and Dominic<br />
Turturro.<br />
Legislative—Francis Lydon, chairman:<br />
Meyer Stanzler and Warren Nichols.<br />
Ray E. Feeley, business manager, reported<br />
on the recent Allied board meeting in Washington<br />
and handed out printed copies of the<br />
report. Caravan was discussed but it was<br />
decided not to take action on this service<br />
until it could be discussed by a larger group<br />
at the convention May 4 and 5. Leslie<br />
Bendslev, co-chairman, reported on plans for<br />
the convention. A contribution to the Red<br />
Cross was approved. The meeting was attended<br />
by 30 members.<br />
NEWHAMPSHIRE<br />
"The Claremont city council is studying a<br />
proposed ordinance to regulate and license<br />
theatres and other amusement establishments.<br />
The scale of fees would include<br />
$25 a month for motion picture theatres.<br />
Claremont already has adopted an amendment<br />
rea.uiring attendants in charge of<br />
places of amusement to be of legal age.<br />
A free Easter costume was offered in a<br />
contest for the women patrons of the Colonial<br />
in Laconia . E. Morris,<br />
manager, did his bit for National Girl Scout<br />
week by showing a trailer at the Colonial<br />
and Gardens, owned by the same management.<br />
He screened a short featuring Celeste<br />
Holm in a di'amatization of Girl Scouting's<br />
need for volunteer help.<br />
The Nugget in Hanover has started a series<br />
of foreign films for the remainder of the<br />
season. Arthur Barwood, manager, is cooperating<br />
with John Finch, acting chairman<br />
of the Hanover League for Better Movies,<br />
in presenting the series which started with<br />
the Italian picture. "To Live in Peace."<br />
Three French films are also on the schedule,<br />
which will run through April and May.<br />
.<br />
During a recent theatre party, the<br />
Couples club of Etna attended a showing<br />
"The Swordsman" at the Opera House in<br />
of<br />
Lebanon Falls, Me., just over<br />
the New Hampshire line, has permitted Sunday<br />
shows. The town meeting vote was 106<br />
to 97 in favor of the plan.<br />
.<br />
Free Saturday morning shows for children<br />
have been started at the Opera House in<br />
Lebanon. Adults may attend by paying a<br />
small admission fee. Boy Scouts serve as<br />
ushers Polish films, "Miracle of<br />
Love" and "Dymsza in the Army," were<br />
shown recently at the Crown in Manchester.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: March 1948<br />
HARTFORD<br />
Jerry Govan, M&P Connecticut district<br />
booker, was in the Bahamas recovering<br />
from an operation Callahan,<br />
former checker for Columbia, was in from<br />
Boston. He's in the amusement park concession<br />
line now . Lloyd has been<br />
getting numerous comments on the newly<br />
installed Allyn marquee. the second<br />
It's<br />
downtown house in recent months to get a<br />
new outside sign, the other being the Strand.<br />
Condolences to Mrs. Pauline Sanborn,<br />
Colonial cashier, on the death in Lancaster,<br />
N. H., of her mother Grecula,<br />
.<br />
assistant general manager of Hartford Theatres,<br />
took the family to Bridgeport on a<br />
day off,<br />
James McCarthy has been named assistant<br />
manager at the Community Theatre, Fairfield,<br />
. . . Al Monty held finals of his weekly<br />
amateur series at the Poli in Meriden last<br />
week . . . Ernie Emerling, director of advertising<br />
and publicity for Loew's Theatres,<br />
was here visiting the Loew hou.ses with<br />
Harry F. Shaw, division manager, and Lou<br />
A. Brown, division publicity-advertising<br />
manager.<br />
Eleventh Annual Dinner Party<br />
MOTION PICTURE<br />
SALESMEN'S CLUB<br />
Sunday Evening, April 4<br />
SOPHIE<br />
Latin Quarter<br />
In Person<br />
TUCKER<br />
$6 Per Person, Tax Included<br />
For Reservatio7is<br />
HARRY F. GOLDSTEIN<br />
RKO Exchange<br />
HAncock 6-0457