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In 1894 Walk boro was a community without an actual theatrebuilding Traveling stage shows had visited the town and appea*ed in the ol concert halls, one of which wav located on the third floor of what is now the Tioga Count*/ Savings and Trust Co building; another in the building now occupied by the Masonic Lodge, and a third in the present Carson Block, which at that time was known as the Opera House Block.It was m that year of 1894 that William Bache built the Bachc Auditorium and gave it to the community for use as a theatre and school .auditorium, to be handled by a Board of twelve trustees. After 60 ivears this old wooden theatre building can no longer measure up to the State building and safety re-quirements for Theatres and so Wellsboro's first actual theatre memory The Behae Auditorium was used for public gatherings and stage shows until 1912, when it was leased by Alan B Dean and Arthur H Dartt, to be used for the showing of motion pic tures Shortly afterward, Mr Dean's interest was bought by Mr Da*tt who later sold out 1) O B. Roberts and Son In 1921 the lease was taken over by the Arcadia Theatre Company and moving pictures were discontinued in the Auditorium it being used only foi public gatherings and stage presentations A few jcarsajo it was again equipped fc--movies but the coming of the Drive1 n theatre made this venture an unwise one and it wa, again uv’d only for stage ptir-pies It was !art used for the presentation of the Queens at the S a‘e Laurel Festival in June of 1953T.ie fir.»t mov ie theatre in V/clbboro was the Dreamland which was located next door to the Parkview Hotel where the White Front is now in business. It was operated from 1908 to 1912 by Alan B Dean and Arthur SpencerWallsboro's second movie theatre was called the Pastime. It was in the reu of what is now Newberry's 5 10c Store It too went out of business in 1912 IIhad three successive owners, Fred Halloek. Herrington Briggs, and OB Roberts and SonThe Arcadia Theatre was built in 1921 bv the Arcadia Theatre Co, then owned bv Leon H Kloek and Irvin J Foeht In 1926 the Company was purchased by Mr Wn L Wood in and Mr Wm.H Scigol of Towanda, Pa Mr Lawrence Wood in. the present manai'T assum?d his position at that timeS,lent Moviev and Vaudevillewere p-esented until April 9,1929 when the first all talkingpicture “Mother's Boy was shownS nco then thf theatre has been kept up to dale and is equippedto show 3-D, wide screen, Cine-mascope, Vista vision, Superscopeand all the other new motion picture innovations.On Mav 14, 1952 the Arcadia Theatre Company opened the ‘Y’ Drive-In Theatre mid-way between Mansfield and Weilsboro at theJunction of Routes 6 and 860. This outdoor theatre is open from mid-May until mid-October each season.The Old Block Howe(ConHunt'd from Puki? 3 )or opening history of the Block House Country, we will now proceed to the historic circum stance that originated the name*About the year 1790 Sir William Foultney purchased of the State of New York a large a-_mounl of land, comprising thenorthwest part of Steuben, and the east tier of -townships of AJle^ gheny County, etc, and as there was a very manifest desire to emigrate and settle those land, on the part of very many fror# Central Pennsylvania, it became necessary to have an overland communication to the waters ofthe Chemung; consequently in tilt* latter part of 1701, or early part of 1792, Col. Thomas Williamson, who represented Sir William Pouitney, and perhaps Sir George Hornly, commenced the construction of such road up the Lycoming Creek, then up Trout
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Wellsboro Agitator
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Sep 23, 1954
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