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Renovation Begins as City Opera House Passes to Local Control
The City Opera House will shift from Warner Bros to Marva Theaters Company this Saturday at midnight, ending decades of outside management. Dan Weinberg of Braddock Heights leads the company which also runs Mt. Lena drive in and Virginia theaters. The venue will close for renovations to finish by mid October and reopens as a first run house with major Hollywood releases. Edward Crowther is named manager, replacing his previous Opera House post. Irving Beall named Hiway Drive-In manager. he was Opera House projectionist. Calves top at 36 dollars per hundredweight as Woodsboro auction reports showed medium good butcher heifers selling at 19 to 20.50 per cwt.
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Mt. Lena
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Edward A. Crowther
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Hiway Drive-In
Dual Highway
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Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc