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From: "Billy Covey" <>
Subject: Re: [ARDREW] MOSS theatres
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:07:43 -0500


Hi:

Oh yes, I remember the one in Back Gate and I think it was the same
people who set up the tent fly (no top) in Watson for a while. I
recall seeing Two Years Before The Mast with Alan Ladd in Watson.

Bill Covey
Author of Watson Is Where It Wuz
http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html
www.1stBooks.com


Subject: Re: [ARDREW] MOSS theatres


> I don't remember going to the movies but we lived for a short time
in
> Winchester, in an old store building, next to the drug store. We
were in
> transition for about 3 or 4 months after leaving Tillar before
heading for
> California. We were there in the fall of 1945. I know we went to a
lot of
> functions held at the school house but was wondering if they turned
the old
> store into a movie house. That would be a kick. That was an
interesting
> adventure to say the least living on the main street and I think my
spirit
> of adventure is rooted in some of those things. This probably wasn't
helpful
> but just brought back memories. Thanks, Mary
>
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:55:19 -0700, wrote:
>
> > Posted on: Drew Co. Ar Queries
> > Board URL:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Drew?read=39
> >
> > Surname: MOSS
> > -------------------------
> >
> > I would like to hear from anyone who remembers going to the MOSS
theatres
> > in Winchester, Rohwer, Backgate, or Halley during the period
covering
> about
> > 1945 or 1946 to about 1953. My parents, Calvin "Cap" MOSS and
Essie MOSS
> > ran the theatres, with the help of various relatives, and they
were
> generally
> > located in old store buildings, but the ones at Backgate and
Rohwer were
> > built by my parents. The one at Halley was a canvas wall, with no
roof
> > of any kind. We showed the older movies, and especailly the
westerns were
> > appreciated. If you have a special memory of attending the movies
at one
> > of these theatres, or have any old photographs of the crowd
waiting to
> > get into the theatres, let me hear from you. Virginia MOSS
FLESHER
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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