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•7First Drive-InTheater to OpenSoon Near HintonBy Staff WriterHIN PON Summers County'sfirst open-air theatre soon will be in operation, according to plansannounced by Carlos B. Garten,one of four members of the Gar-tlt; n family who plan to invest an estimated $2 ,000 in a theatre having a capacity of 500 autos.The Gartens have purchased |11 Mr acres oft the lower end of 1 the John Milburn farm on Route If ^ 12, about eight miles east of Hin- Jb, ton, and plan to begin construction within the next 10 days.The site, between Route 12 and the Gretnbner River, is a few minutes drive from Hinton, Forest Hill, Indian Mills, Marie, Red Sulphur, and Taleott, and within short driving distance of Ballard and PeterstownThe theatre will be modern in every respect, Garten said, and liett overv effort will be made to makev ‘bthe county’s first such enterprisea model foi the future * 11Those interested in the project dang are Mi and Mis. Carlos B Gar hers, i* ten, and his son and daughter-in-\ law, Mr. and Mrs Magee Garten, all of Hinton.flv 10
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, May 14, 1950
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