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...Winn's tirade, took him to a window, pointed out how inefficiently the crowds were being handled: Here was a gate not being used; there a parking space in utter confusion. Whipping out a blueprint of the grounds, Andy Frain presently persuaded Matt Winn to sign over the ushering to him. For last week's running of the Derby (see p. 40), Usher Frain needed the help of 250 trained aides brought from Chicago, 500 high-school and college boys hired locally. Clad in snappy blue & gold uniforms and rigorously trained, they got from $5 to $10 apiece...
Other regular Frain assignments include Brooklyn's National League ball park. Cleveland's Thistledown and Bainbridge race tracks. All told, Frain employes usher at some 40 events a day; a permanent staff of 1,500 work out of Chicago, New York, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Los Angeles, London and Dublin. The annual payroll is over...
Youngest of 17 children, Andy Frain- who now clears $15,000 to $25,000 a year -was born poor, never went to high school, started his ushering career as a sideline to being a helper on a department store truck. He found ushering generally inefficient, characterized by stupid or unpleasant workers who made their living on tips for showing balcony patrons to orchestra seats. From Paddy Harmon, manager of the Chicago Stadium, Andy got his first big job; was soon so successful that Chicago hoodlums demanded a cut. He beat up their emissary. Four mobsters then tried to shoot...
Morse will have general charge for the arrangements for the Class Day and commencement for the class Day and Commencement exercises starting during the week of June 20. Charles L. Burwell will act as head usher, with Oliver P. Bolton and Clifford W. Wilson assisting...
...also announced that two assistants, Oliver Bolton '39 and Clifford Wilson '39 will help Burwell in drawing up the long list of their class-mates who will aid during Commencement week. It is the first time that the head usher will have assistants in this task. The list of ushers will be disclosed later in the spring...