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DALLAS<br />

IJerbert Stroud got in one last booking trip<br />

in 1948 for his two theatres at Hamilton,<br />

in 1948 for his two theatres at Hamillon.<br />

Jack Arthur of Crosbyton. an exhibitor and<br />

furniture store owner, was doing likewise.<br />

Sam Lewis of the new Ward Theatre in<br />

Monahans stopped a few hours on his way<br />

SELL YOUR THEATRE PRIVATELY<br />

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Theatre Sales Exclusively<br />

3422 Kinmore Dallas 10, Texa<br />

Phone T3-2026<br />

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home from Oklahoma City where he told<br />

federal court how pictures were played by his<br />

theatre and two others operated by Theatre<br />

Enterprises.<br />

Jake Webb of the Bantex Theatre in Bandera<br />

said he brought Tuesday's welcome rain<br />

to this city. It wasn't raining when he left<br />

but later radio reports said precipitation was<br />

nearly general over the state before the end<br />

of the day. M. J. Birdwell was here from<br />

Las Ci'uces, N. M.. and bought drive-in equipment<br />

for the new airer he and a partner are<br />

SOUTHWEST TICKET<br />

& COUPON CO.<br />

2110 CORINTH STREET<br />

DALLAS (H-7185) TEXAS<br />

to open there in the spring. They will call<br />

it the Organ Drive-In Theatre, named for<br />

the Organ mountains nearby.<br />

George Josephs, assistant to Abe Montague<br />

TICKETS<br />

ROLL<br />

in the Columbia home office, has arrived for<br />

a visit to the local exchange. His mission is<br />

to check on availabilities for various theatres.<br />

All film salesmen are taking a customary<br />

two-week Christmas vacation from December<br />

18 to Jan. 3. Exhibitors do not usually buy<br />

during this period anyway, which was the<br />

reason the yuletide holiday was established<br />

a number of years ago.<br />

H. L. Holzendorf, who has served the Manley<br />

organization for several years, particularly<br />

in Florida and more recently with Herb<br />

Turpie in Colorado, has been transferred to<br />

New Orleans to sell in the Crescent City<br />

territory. Holzendorf spent a few hours in<br />

Dallas visiting the local office en route to<br />

his new assignment.<br />

The National Screen Service Christmas observance<br />

was for Friday, too, but at noon and<br />

for employes only. A. program of songs and<br />

recitations was carded. A real Santa Claus<br />

was booked to distribute gifts and then a<br />

big turkey dinner as the windup. Other<br />

Christmas affairs were to be plentiful along<br />

the Row but most of them were to be staged<br />

in the coming week.<br />

The Warner club was all set for a big<br />

Westerns-Featyres-Serials<br />

Tower Pictures Co.<br />

HAHOLD SCHWARZ<br />

J02V, S. Harwood St. Dallas 1, Texas<br />

Phones C-7357 and R-3998<br />

Chas. E. Darden & Co.<br />

fl»oue ^ 308 S. Harwood<br />

Riverside-6134 / / / //^// / / /<br />

DALLAS. TEXAS P.O. Box 2207<br />

80 BOXOFTICE :: December 25, 1948

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