Wilmington News-Journal from Wilmington, Ohio • 20

THE DAILY NEWS rWILMINGTONOHIO 3 Best Wishes on our Thirtieth Anniversary! TAKE CHANCES KNOW YOU ARE PROTECTED To Chakeres Theaters 30th of the big beautiful MURPHY THEATER 7 4 1574 Waihington li Angele California 245 55th St Now York New York jammed the theater" He helpedfrustrate any confusion In the crowd was the most orderly ever seen and While the Murphy you of having goal entertain ment daily only two exits were necessary to empty the theater Joe Hi Murphy said "AU losses are covered by isherman Gets Help In Snogging Trout OGALLALA Neb July lcader: I fish wns alive but its scrappmess George Hoover at Ogallala I was gone when Hoover reeled saysjie wouldn't tell this 1 him in story except that he had two wit nesscs He had snagged a 21 inch rainbow trout But it was a sec ond hand catch The trout previously had been hooked by someone else The broken leader still hung from the sMsrt iiivuimi awwwa mwa isoiia caught in the eyelet of one of the iHUAUt Wil llis UiUAVH 4VUUV1 SIW i itsn wns anvc due ns scrappmess "Insures" This Community of having the Best in Entertainment Week after Week screen and spread rapidly to the scenery Persons in the theater were unaware that there was a fire so rapidly did the thin wisp of flame envelop the screen The asbestos curtain was dropped hurriedly and kept the flames backstage "iremen battled the blaze for more than anhour and used the two lines of hose in the thea ter and another line from the outside Dense 'smoke behind the asbestos Curtain hampered their work Little smoke' spread into the auditorium Some damage was caused by water 1 Scenery Lost 4 Murphy placed the jheater damage at $25000 Beautiful scenery including the Betsy Ross flag drop and grand drapery which had been placed in the theater under the personal supervision of the late Charles Webb Murphy its donor was lost as were the Courthouse and street scenes Two complete scenery sets and 56 sets of lineswere also destroyed as bestos curtain also was dam aged "Sound equipment and screen the property of Phil Chakeres Springfield lesee of the theater was destroyed at a loss esti mated at'morethan $5000 Cashman owner of the broadcasting equipment esti mated his loss at $90 A repro ducer cables and controls and wiring were lost He saved a valuable microphone and other equipment "Ralph Lloyd and members of his orchestra saved all their in struments and music "To Kroger Babb secretary of the Enterprise Club and co announcer of the radio program goes much of the credit for handling the large crowd which Congratulations To Phil Chakeres Inc and To The Lieurance Insurance Service Upstairs 24 Seuth 8L Wllmingten Phene 2442 WE INSURE you against all types of accidents and loss car home farm person aeroplane etc The Murphy Theater It has been our pleasure for many years to supply the Special Screen Announcements date strips and Prevue Trailers for the Murphy Theater screen well asthp more than 40 other Chakeres Theaters thruout Ohio and'Kentucky We are happy to list these theaters among the thousands thruout thecountry who regard bur screen announcements as an essential part of their operation May we wish for you many more happy and successful anniversaries 1 IRVINGMACK foe KhnadcVJ 1 1934 ire at Murphy Proved Value of Asbestos Curtain Damage Totaled $30000 New Curtain Up Now Value of the asbestos curtain that separates the stage of the Murphy Theater from the audi torium was clearly demonstrate ed in the fire on Sun day January 14 1934 when damage estimated at $30000 was caused to the stage scenery andequipment However the crowd of more than 1000 persons that jammed the theater for the Enterprise Club Variety Hour broadcast which had Just been completed hardly even saw the fire so ef fectively did the curtain function and the crowd filed out of the theater without confusion present man ager of the Murphy Theater pointed out that the asbestos curtain which was put in place when the theater was opened in 1918 worked perfectly although it had been in place years The curtain then and the pres ent one was equipped with fusable links that quickly meltif there is a fire and drop the curtain Into place protecting the audience from any fire on the stage Nasses Was Hurt This fire is believed to have started from a burning cigarette thrust against the motion pic ture screen William Nasses manager of the theater suffered painful injuries when a piece of scenery fell and struck him on the back of the neck He was re moved home by Dr Regan and Kenneth Kerr Story of the fire ap peared in the News Journal Jan uayr 15 1934 said in fire started at the lower right corner of the picture COMPLETELY EQUIPPED LABORATORIES IN CHICAGO NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES LMACK TRAI LER CO 1327 Wabash Ave Chicago' 5 Illinois I ijB.