\ The Dallas Post Dallas, PA | Wednesday, May 8, 1991 Ta asa . person in her generation of her family to receive graduate from .college. She is also graduating as the ‘Department Marshal, the gradu- ‘ating senior who has the highest , grade point average in her depart- ‘ment. When the ceremony is over . Brokenshire is not sure where her life will lead. She laughed when "she said, “I guess the inevitable is "upon me as I'm forced to look into . the job market — something I've "managed to avoid so far.” She is preparing to look for a "job, hopefully in a theater area. “I hope I can find something in the “realm of organizing events,” she said. Brokenshire doesn't rule out the * possibility of continuing on towards a Master's degree either. “I'm al- "ready looking at maybe taking more oA WL EE RWC WT WE em classes,” she said. “I'll have to talk ,it over with my husband and see where things head. After all, classes have been a big part of my life.” Dallas Drive-in opened 40 years ago By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Only the large weather-beaten screen and a few mangled speak- ers remain of the once popular Dallas Drive-In, which opened in April of 1951 with one of the then- popular Marx Brothers films. The first owner of the Dallas Drive-In was B. G. Coon Construc- tion Company who leased the ground from the Van Horn family of Dallas Township. The manager was Vern Grof. Later the owner, according to Tom Alexander, whose parents were the last owners, was a woman from Brazil. Alexander does not know her name. “My parents, Mary and the late Peter Alexander, purchased the drive-in during the summer of 1958 and ran it until 1982. They didn’t own the property, they leased that, but they purchased the large Ee Th ENN Ne (Rt. 309) 480.5. Mt. Blvd. Mountaintop, PA 18707 (717) 474 -9666 a HeOeUsReS ZR Quon Through SAT. 10-5 P.M. (} : : THURS. 10-8 PM. LS ) Savings up to 20% on . AA ERE RE Yard Sale Saturday, May 11th Many Clearance Items : Rowe and saltglazed pottery © Aromatique ™ : Cat's Meow Village™ o Lizzie High Dolls * Cotton Coverlets ® Baskets ® Beeswax Candles Tinware ® Stencils and Paint ® Food Items . Dried Floral Arrangements : All Cross Stitch Supplies screen, the candy stand, and the speakers for 500 to 600 cars. “In the early days of the drive-in, it was crowded every night and originally there was a playground up in the front for the younger children to play during the films,” Alexander said. Alexander said when his par- ents owned the drive-in, they opened up only the front section because by that time only about 250 cars came. “We always played double fea- tures,” said Alexander. “One film would be one that played at the conventional theatres and the second one was usually a ‘B’ film. The people usually came to be entertained and fromJune through August. The weekends were crowded. The week nights were slower.” Tom's father booked the fea- tures and his mother managed the refreshment stand where popcorn was a popular item. “We made the popcorn fresh daily at our Forty Fort Theatre and broughtit out to Dallas,” Tom said. Tom was in charge of the food deliveries and the advertising. The Alexanders had high school stu- dents who staffed the stand and the ticket booth. They also had ramp boys who checked the cars to make sure no one would sneak in. “The first film we played was ‘Phantom,’ a horror film”, Tom explained. “We had two projec- tionists, Ron Colman of Ashley and Earl Orcutt of Forty Fort.” In their lastyear the Alexanders didn’t believe the drive-in would continue to be a good investment because the business was begin- ning to dwindle due to television and videos. “The 80's were a pretty bad decade,” said Tom, “So my father didn't renew the lease and we ] of the shows that could be seen auctioned off the candy stand, and the speakers.” “It's sad to go by and see nothing but the weather-beaten screen still up there.” “It was an interesting business while it lasted,” said Alexander. 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