AUGUST 25, 1958 THE BILLBOARD GENERAL OUTDOOR 49 1958 WINNERS ARENAS & AUDITORIUMS BOG ILI FOURTH OF JULY CONTItT (Contest No. 2 for First Mass. BIG ELI SCRAMBLERS) Rank, Owner or Operator, State Weather, Receipts Des Moines Nears Profit; 11. Chas. Miller, Wk., rain, 9 pm S1,510,50 2.J. Portemont, Ind fair -warm 1,115.80 3. Lettie Harris, Ohio, fair -warm 978.50 Fair Breaks 4. James L. Reed, Iowa rain -mud 970.80 Facilities, Labor Assist 5. Wm. Collins, N.D., rain 779.70 A. H. Lucas, Mich., rainy - 442.70 Average receipts per Scrambler, 0999.66. By TOM PARKINSON BIG ELI SCRAMBLER is a profit -earner wherever it operates. If your number Is All Records high on our prospect list, there can be T DES MOINES, tthe Veteranse Memorial Auditorium may well e Scrambler for you this year. Write Ilk go into the black this year, due largely to for information, including price list AT2. the diligence of its SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Mass. manager, Horace Strong. If this happens, it will be despite a rather - ELI BRIDGE COMPANY Despite two days of rain the Bay unusual set of competing circumstances. State's first fair the 00 Case Avenue Jacksonville, Illinois Strong of season declares that his building's facilities have proved to be wound up ts seven -day stand excellent. There is a dividing curtain for the main arena, plus other Saturday (16) with shattered rec- usable spaces. The cooling system, which is in lieu of full air -con- ords in all departments. ditioning, <has proved out. It uses the ice rink equipment to cool Patronage at the Weymr-uth the air prior to an event. By practice in the few years the building Fair's 93rd year out -distanced any has been in operation, management has increased the cooler period other year in its history by chalk- from a maximum of four hours to a maximum of eight hours, de- ing up a total gate of just over pending upon how much of the building is involved, plus other 190,000. This compares with the factors. record up to last year which was While there is a preponderance of plus factors for the, building, it over the 150,000 mark. is the lesser negative side, of course, that causes the complications. Even with rain marring the rac- PERHAPS CHIEF AMONG these is the generally unrealized ing, horse players poured $581,183 fact that the nation's "largest legit theater" is in Des Moines. This thru the mutuel windows in the six is KRNT Theater, and it proves to be stiff competition for the shows days. This breaks the record that might otherwise be expected to put the municipal building achieved last year when $570,003 closer to the profit side. was wagered. The livestock and Thus Veterans Memorial has to step briskly in the convention poultry also ' had the biggest list field and others. And then it is up against Iowa liquor laws. There of entries to date with 4 -H Clubs is reason to believe that some conventions and similar events have signing up in greater numbers than ROUND-UP changed their minds about booking the building largely because ever before. persons in charge learned there were complications with serving Biggest night in the history of WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE RIDE liquor. These complications often can be resolved, but perhaps the event was the closing Saturday. the convention or trade show chairmen decide on a different course Total for the day was 42,000, the I FRANK HRUBETZ & CO. in that connection -a different location. highest gate so far. This was at- tributed to the fireworks 2880 S. 25th St. Salem, Ore. Those events which do play the building, and of course there display introduced for the first time this Phone: EM 3 -74)7 are many major ones that do, have found not only the facilities but also the service departments highly satisfactory, Strong reports with year. joie Chitwood's thrill show pride. Booking repeat business is aided by this situation. Once also drew record crowds to the two shows on opening Sunday. over the initial hurdle, there is every chance the building will hold FAtJ{ I its tenants for second and subsequent times. .PLAN :; BIGGER; PROFITS/ IT IS OVER -SIMPLIFIED by the thought that if labor relations Boston Garden AVAILARLE with can outweigh liquor restrictions, Des Moines Veterans Memorial SMITH & SMITH Auditorium soon will be among those paying its own way. Re-Elects Brown RIDES BOSTON -- Walter A. Brown was re- elected president and gen- ADULT FERRIS WHEEL Long Palmyra, N. Y., eral manager of the Boston Carden- ADULT CHAIRPLANE Route Arena Corporation last week at the annual meeting of the stock- KIDDIE SPACE PLANE MERRY -GO- ROUNDS MINIATURE TRAINS Up 5% to New holders and directors held at the BOAT AUTO PORTABLE ROLLER TRAILER-MOUNTED AUTO RIDE Boston Garden. Also re- elected, COASTER SKY FIGHTER TANK ATOMIC JET FIGHTER Of Fairs for among other officers, was Edward HORSE & BUGGY JOLLY CATER- J. Powers, who has been vice- presi - PILLAR HELICOPTER ROADWAY SPEED BOAT RODE 68,000 Mark dent and treasurer for many years. RIDE RODEO TWISTER T8 -CAR KIDDIE CHAIRPLANE CAT RECORD PLAYER RECORDS PALMYRA, N. Y. Attend- GACH Animals -- TAPES RIDE TIMERS CANVAS. WRITE FOR CATALOG ance at the 103d annual Great AMERICA'S FINEST SHOW OTTAWA -- More than three Palmyra Fair was a 3,000 increase ALLAN HERSCHELL dozen fair dates will have been to a new record of 68,000; it is played this year by the Jungle reported. The result topped the CO., INC. KIT. 1E80 SMITH AND SMITH, INC. previous record close to 5 POSTERS Racing attraction booked by GAC- by per WRITE NmIFTIt Tmlt{6Nl'J[NDA, N. Y. SPRINGVILLE, ERIE CO., NEW YO10K i` cent, Secretary W. FOR 1958. DATE BOOK Hamid. Unit has been in New Ray Converse "THE WORLD'S LARGEST fr1ANUFACTURfR said. CENTRAL Show Printing Co., Inc. York, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere MASON CITY IOWA OF AMUSEMENT RIDES" and has earned generally favor- Converse credited the increase to able comments. It consists of 26 enlarged promotional activities and acts including the former Kochman more exhibitors in all departments, racing greyhounds, clown Dime particularly in 4 -H activities where KIDDIE BUGGY RIDE 1 Wilson; Vidbel's elephants; Jack some 1,000 youngsters produced Joyce's mixed animal routine; Evy 2,500 Roch -o -Plana exhibits. Biggest day's busi- The Kiddie's Delight Karoly, high school riding; camel, ness was on Friday (15), Youth Rclì -o -Pinne llama, 001a0: NATIONAL RIDES elephant and shetland pony Day, I s slc3i ä'; I; Fly -a -Plane when Minnie Pearl was the racing, and riding mechanic for grandstand attraction. CENTURY FLYER Octopus About 22,- TRACKLESS TRAINS Midge -o -Racer kids. 000 attended the fair on that day. KIDDIE FERRIS WHEELS Bulgy the Whale KIDDIE BUGGY RIDE New features included the THE PONY TROT COMET, JR. COASTER 'Teen-agers' Canteen" with dance Ural HOUSES Marshfield, Mass., floor, built on the west side of THE STEEPLECHASE the grounds and featuring a record OLD MILLS AND CHUTES Fair Pulls 70,000 e.- COASTER CARS hop nightly. About 1,600 dancers MIRROR MAZES used the facility during the five - Write for Descriptive Circulars. COMPLETE KIDDIELANDS In First Three Days day fair ended Saturday (16), MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Good Also added was a basketball foul - NATIONAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE CO. weather favored the days shooting contest opening which went of P. O. BOX 488, VAC Phone: AMherst 3 -2846 DAYTON 117, ORIRO MERRY -GO- ROUNDS° of the 91st Marshfield Fair and well. Its salute to the golden years 1958 Jumping Carousels In 3 standard indications were that the records attracted 172 oldsters who were sizes - kiddie 20 ft.; teen -age 30 ft.; adult 32 ft.; larger sizes on special order. set last year would not only be guests of the fair management. Also KIDDIE RIDES: Ferris Wheels, Air- held but surpassed by at least a NEW MODERN AMUSEMENT EQUIPMENT plane. Ride, Water Boat Bide. small margin. In the entertainment division, Teithoffer Shows claimed midway KIDDIE RIDES THEEL MFG. CO. The first three days saw a total ADULT RIDES Phone: MU 2 -4351 Leaveinworth, Kansas of mare than 70,000 pass thru the grosses 40 per cent higher than last year. MINIATURE TRAINS gates, altho 15,000 of these were Ward Beam provided nightly grandstand attractions ROLLER COASTERS children admitted free from various including FERRIS WHEELS institutions and the Children's Day ice revue, hillbilly show, animal MERRY -GO- ROUNDS PLASTIC & FIBRE BEARS Tuesday (19). This figure was racing, and hypnotist Joan Bran- SHOOTING GALLERIES don. Also - For Any Type or Make of almost on a par with last year- but showing was Jack Koch FUN HOUSES Ferris Wheel. man's Hell Drivers. -- poor weather hit toward the clos- Welfe tacky complete r,atte,Pavgl Wire or Write for ing days. EASY TERMS: 25% down, three teLtttnti PLASTEIITE The pari -mutuel for on the balance. horse racing and Tuesday nights when five P. O. Box 412, Fort Worth, Texas the first two days the six-day acts of supplied by the Al Martin Agency KING AMUSEMENT INC. meet, based on an eight-race card, CO., of Boston appeared. P. O. SOX 308 PHONE: HO 3-11561 MT. CLEIIIBEN$, M10ECIILI(iAN was Monday, $78,801, and Tues- These were: Schaller Bros., gymnasts; Watkins' .: SW MI5E 111111111VME day, $78,805. This is slightly ahead Chimpanzees; LaBlonde Trio, com- . of last year. edy aeialists; Prince El Kigardo DISPLAY FIREWORKS Joie Chitwood's thrill show was grandstand and his wild animal act, and Kenny For All Outdoor Festivities.