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SATUBDAT, AnUL Mk, 1M» TBS CAMidUkA lUtM Announcing - GRAND OPEN NG This Week THURSDAY- APRIL 3,1952 ‘‘Entertainment Under The Stars” Managed By Home Folks: • JOE BELL HORACE MIMS “THE FAMILY DRIVE- IN THEATER” Picture of the new College View Drive-In Theater which is scheduled to be opened this week, Thursday night, April 3, 1952, and nightly thereafter. - - _ “Come In The Car The Way You Are” Will Accommodate 200 CARS COLLEGE VIEW (Alston Avenue Extension-1 Mile Out-Cor. Highway 55 And Riddle Road) lAiriPnMP rnilCQfV ''WeClve car Service Promptly At The wW Cikw wivlb r w ■ ■ Finest Drive-In Theat«%r in Tiie Soiftli” EVERY NITE IN THE WEEK POPCORN SANDWICHES SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS. BARBECUE HOT DOGS - HAMBURGERS SNACKS That’s why I ask Pa to ask Ma to ask me wher^’d like to go eat the next time the family goes out for dinner. And you can betcher life we end up at . . . . Eat While Enjoying The Movie CAlVpY COFFEE CHEWING GUM CIGARETTES CIGARS ICE CREAM ^ CONFECTIONS HOT SOUP OF ALL KINDS. COLLEGE VIEW CONCESSION STAND - (AFTER THE MOVIE, COME TO THE SILVER DOLLAR) 1 MILE OUT ALSTON AVENUE EXTENSION (CORNER HIGHWAY NO. S5 AND RIDDLE ROAD f- AT DRIVE-IN THEATER ENTRANCE) Durham’s First Drive In Theatre For Negroes Opens This Week Local dignitaries and busiess- men have been Invited to par ticipate in the ribbon-cutting and Gala Grand Opening, Thursday Night, April 3, of the new, fabulous College View Drive Inn Theater, located one mile out on Alston Avenue ex- __ tension. , Co- managers, Joe Bell and Horace Mims, and concession . owner, T. E. Hayes are inviting Durham Citizens to help make the opening of ^e, first colored Drive Inn Theaier here that cost about $89,000 a big success. A. C. Lewis, formerly of the Berry Construction Company, was contracted to install the in dividual inter-ear speakers end individual lights for each ve hicle with a capacity of ^00 cars, the hard, graveled field has a moon glow lighting affect. Hundreds of cars and a ca pacity audience Is expected.at the opening of the theater which has as its slogan, "Come In The Car The Way You Are." The Concession can serve you sup per, popcorn, sandwiches or re freshments while watching the picture. They offer counter and car ^ services to families and sweet hearts, who may want, to eat or ■moke in the cool lummer eve nings “with entertainment un-1 the best movie programs avail- der the stars.” able with a balanced diet of The management promises I musicals, mysteries, comedies. Ibe Ooapelain*. tamouB alngbig group ot Diirtuun..who 1^111 rendw several nnmbert at the annnal ineetliic of the Noirth C*ro- Hn« Interdenominational Cihen AssocUtkm which meets in Wil mington fw ita S7th annnal session, Snnday, April SO are shown above. The Gospelaire* are under the direction of Miss Thelma Bailey (standinf) in the baek of the i^oto. Tho»e seated rsad- ing from left to right are: MIssm Annie Belle Caesar, Emma Blan- Ml and Mary Maago. westerns, and dramas. The fin est bookings from the South’s Film Capitals, Charlotte, Atlan ta, and New York too, will be offered the best entertainment and the best films that can be obtained anywhere, will be shown. White stone walls and a neon lighted front gives an imposing affect to this new avenue of en- tertaiofnent, long looked for ward to by Durham Citizens. It will accommodate 200 cars and especially appeals to the family trade. The head of the house can leave work, pick up his wife and kide and have an evening of fun along with food, without having to change clothes. The shows will be nightly at 7:15 p.m. until, and the theater will open at 6:15 p.m. Durham is expected to give a big send off to this latest and newest member of the family of seven thousand,' five hundred motion ^picture theaters in the country, which have an average , atten dance of 90 million people. GOLDSBORO HAPPENINGS ivftss Marie Chestnut^ spent last weekend home with her parents. Miss Chestnut is a stu dent at State Teachers College In Fayetteville. The Floral Club of Eastern Chapel Baptist Church met at the home of Miss Julia Mac Pearson on North John Street. There was a ham raffle and the amount raised was $36. The Knights of Pythinris Lodge turned out on Sutlday, March 23 at Antioch Baptist Church, corner of Pine and Vir ginia Streets at 3 o'clock. Miss Frankye Robinson’ of Bennettsville, S. C., was last weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Simmons. The Dramatics Club of Pike: ville Training School presented a play entitled “Senior Free dom” in Fayetteville on Satur- SPRING CLEANING??? DOfS YOUH GARDEN WRNmite Nea> TOUCHING UP? day, March 15. Irene Reid was honored as being an A-1 ac tress. On March 31, the Dramatic Club of Pllceville Training School will present the Drama Guild of Fayetteville State Teachers College in three one act plays, in the school audi torium. f) DEVOE Mirroldc Enamel gives outdoor furniture a tile*like gloss—brilliont colors—that defy sun and rain... resist mildew, alcohol and alkali I SEE YOUR DEVOE DEALER LYON PAINT COMPANY Corner Foster and Chapel Hill Stmts Opposite Washington Dnke Botel Seagram’s ■LINDID WHISKIY •U FfeMl OirfM NMd i^M» »i^r^ tHaOhw CwjSPli II. Oryihr Wf IWfc
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