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Memories and appreciation for having worked in a theater inspire woman to donate $125,000 to Auburn’s State Theater
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January 12, 2010 at 7:45 am
AUBURN, CA — She did not do it for notoriety, but as a personal memorial to having worked in a movie theater during the Great Depression. Viola Wrigley recently gave $125,000 to the effort to restore Auburn’s State Theater as a performing arts center.
Wrigley, 93, worked at the Tulare County city of Exeter’s movie house as a girl during the Depression era.
Jobs were hard to come by and Wrigley started out as a flashlight-wielding usherette before graduating to trusted cashier at the family owned enterprise.
The money she earned helped put her through college in Visalia and sent her on her way into a successful design and business career that continues to this day.
There’s more in the Auburn Journal.
Comments (2)
God Bless her and long may she and the State Theatre live!
The moral of this story may well be: “Be good to your theater employees.” I wonder how many young people working in theaters today will reflect so positively years later about their time and experiences working in a modern multiplex?