Ritz Memories of the Ritz Theatre in Lebanon Tennessee
The narrator recalls family involvement in the Ritz Theatre built in 1928 by Judge R H Templeton, opening with The Jazz Singer and The Ghost Talks. He details projector operations, marquee duties, bank nights, box office etiquette, and life around the cinema, plus later work at Texan Theatre and wartime theater management in Dalhart.
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Lebanon
Tenn
R. H. Templeton
Ritz Theater
Ritz
Rose Stryker
Howard Gray
Daddy
Wellington Leader Era Highlights from 1951 to 1981
Readings from The Wellington Leader document a 1951 drive by Dominican Sisters for a 50,000 expansion at St Joseph’s Hospital, a 1971 county park acquisition near Salt Fork River, 1981 crop yields and farm concerns, and a 1981 sheriff bust of a teens party with marijuana. It notes fires on local landmarks, soil and water conservation views, and community civic updates.
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Dominican Sisters
St. Joseph's
Dodson
Wellington
Middle West
Canada
Salt Fork River
Highway 83
Zook Thomas
Thomas
Collingsworth
New England
Wellington High School
Sullivan Hardware
Afi Amarillo Hospital
Exa Cudd
Sharon Starkey
Chuck Wilbur
Virginia Ford
Edna Wooldridge
Juan
Virginia Kirk
Jan Johannson
Sherry Cromartie
Teddie Allen
Freda Jones
Dottie Mankowsky
Joyce Chase
Dan Chase
Tim Chase
Carolyn Chase
Laura Bauernfeind
Henry Wells
Bettey Baumgardner
Pink Dickens
Bob
Gay McAlister
Tommy
Marilyn Beabana
Reef
Lean
Sevin Michael” A Sanford
Sue Skelton
Delia B Ford
Wes
Kim Reeves
Anna Kay
Beverly
Bob Robb
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West Avenue
Texas
H. Deskins Wells
Virginia Robey
News Scnitor
Suzanne Maxwell
Priscilla Sullivan
Panhandle
Neil Wilbur
Betty Winslett
Janie Duncan
Collingsworth County
Wellington Leader
Fox
Todd Moore
I W. 2Nd St. Shamrock
West Side Square
Wallington, Texas
J. A. Coleman
PMA
Bill Hughes
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Hiram Cudd
Priscilla Chase
Vivan Scarberry
Dora McClaskey
Darlene Hunter
J. M. Moore
Pete Melton
Jackie Strong
William McClaskey
Earl Clement
Charles Caldwell
Aberdeen
Scotland
Collingsworth Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Jane McAllen
Chamber
Cottiffierce
Temple Slay
Westell Leeper
Jim Light
Did
Commissioners Court
Lucky Corner
O.K. Loving
8Th and
Dalhart Street
8Th
Arlington Streets
Verhon Ratzlow
Phillips
Jamies Sullivan
Sullivan
Brown
Don Reeves
Fresno
Reeves
Marian Airpark
Glen Taylor
Tracey Davis
Ian Forton
Kim Cook
Cody Phillips
Ariat Parker
Richard Perez Carroll
Anc
Wr Gee
Memphis
Tuseday
Salas
Eienis
Wellington Church of Givet
Wellingtor Forum
Kelley Gomrau
Dodson Town Hall
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