And, finally, just one advertisement from the slim ad section in the back. Just the one because the rest were text only. But the theater went all out. I'm sure this cost extra. I do wonder who wrote that cutline though ... and if the theater liked that.

They had one screen. It was the first theater in town, opening in September of 1926. It stuck around until April of 1984. Two other small theaters closed the next year. And though theaters come and age and go quickly, that marquee, would have kept a lot of cool character downtown if they'd maintained it. But they didn't think like that in the 1980s. College towns seldom do these days, either.

As of this writing, there's a nail salon, a beignet joint, and a dumpy pita restaurant in that spot today. There are also two other little spaces there that they can't keep businesses in, and this in the heart of town. But, maybe, if that marquee had somehow stayed in place ...

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