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  • <p>August 15th, 1952</p>
  • <p>Photos from 1951 (left) and 1955 show that the Kitty Fork moved north a smooch to a wider, larger field. Both images © HistoricAerials.com, used by permission.</p>
  • <p>From the Oct. 29, 1949 issue of BoxOffice.</p>
  • <p>35mm slide image credit Frank Hemenway.</p>
  • <p>August 19th, 1954 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>July 1977 Grand Opening print ad courtesy Vintage Bend Facebook page.</p>
  • <p>December 22nd, 1967 grand opening ad</p>
  • <p>June 25th, 1976 grand opening ad as a twin</p>
  • <p>1965 end of season ad</p>
  • <p>Printed in 1953, this ad probably fell into the public domain, but I can’t guarantee it.</p>
  • <p>April 10, 1957</p>
  • <p>April 17, 1950</p>
  • <p>June 29, 1954</p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.</p> <p>Photo courtesy of the Basham family</p> <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills was officially opened in January 1959 trading as Rural Districts Pictures, with a capacity of 150 cars and a screening policy of five nights. This consisted of three program changes a week. A special area was set aside in the style of a traditional picture garden for 40 deck chairs.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=kode\\\"\\\\k=do\\\\e\\\\\\\")\\\\'=);-'t:n1lhegoe(.Adakct"+ "eroh?.tdnklhegoe<.(dxkeio+}=idtkr)h(.Adakc)e+o(+A1aicteroh=.xd)k=+i{)2-+t;"+ "n1lhegoe(.id0ki<r;f='(=o;;\\\\'x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\eo\\\\}xc=edokr)h("+ "mdrC.anCroSf+g;i2t==cx08c1f+;)-<i(tie3o)r(hA.ddCkacc)e+o;=t{n+liehog<e;.=d"+ "(koi;0'ixr\\\\f'\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\"+ ">%\\\\d,?Ar21pqfsglrCjoeq4ldqrpvgh%l%A@_o_lh#w_wr%1pqfsglrCjoeq4ldqrpvghrl"+ "o=dw%l@ph_kidu%#h?l+zwwuh1xqrp\\\\fg\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\"\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\k\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\o\\\\\\\\=\\\\\\\\dk\\\";e\\\\o\\\\"+ "\\\"k\\\\do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j.io(n'';)\\\"\\\\x='';for(i=0;i<(kod"+ "e.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length"+ "?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'')\\\";x;'=;'of(r=i;0<ik(do.eelgnht1-;)+i2={)"+ "+xk=do.ehcratAi(1++)okedc.ahAr(t)ik}do=e+xi(k<do.eelgnhtk?do.ehcratAk(do.e"+ "elgnht1-:)'';)\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+"+ "kode.charAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Building the Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.- Building the screen.</p> <p>Photo - Constructing the screen - courtesy of the Basham family.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%rnhg_%@,>**,=04wkqjohh1rg+nDwdufkh1rgBnwkqjohh1rg?n+l{.h@rg\\"+ "u0000nl,w+uDkd1fghnr,..4+lDwdufkh1rg@n{.,~@5l.,>04wkqjohh1rg+nl?3>l@u+ir*>"+ "@*>{_%__h{r\\@u0000gfnh,r+ugkFpduF1rqiujVl.w>@5{@;f43.f,i?>+0ll6w,h+rDugkF"+ "1dgfnhfr,@.~>.wlqkojhhr1?g>n@l+3rl>u*i{*__@___%>__A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxg"+ "ni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x__/____.__Gogzixknu41j7qo/z1x.nG4gjiqk1u"+ "\\u0001C8~1/AC7on/m3kz4tjrqkBuA.Co.6uoAx-l~-(CAA(/5DsbigjBuum4ht7vgouFyrkt"+ "ooDtbs(jbb(bkbzbzC(r&obbisjbuum4ht7vgouFyrktoo@tzsojsubr(glbxb_&C____Bk.nb"+ "gk(oz}xz4kt{suiCjj(qk@u_%______hgrn_%__h@rg_%nn>gr@hrnhgv1oswl*+,*u1yhuhhv"+ ",+m1lr+q**,%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?+nrgh1ohqjwk04,>l.@5,~{.@nrgh1fkduDw+l.4,.nrgh"+ "1fkduDw+l,\\u0000nrgh@{.+l?nrgh1ohqjwkBnrgh1fkduDw+nrgh1ohqjwk04,=**,>\";x"+ "='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+=Str"+ "ing.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Building the Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in.</p> <p>Photo courtesy of the Basham family.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"x=edok})c(edoCrahCmorf.gnirtS=+x;821=+c)0<c(fi;3-)i(tAedoCrahc.edok"+ "=c{)++i;htgnel.edok<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\"{@hgrn0000u\\\\,f+hgrFudkFprui1jqlu"+ "wV@.{>;54@.f,3?f+il>60,l+wDhgrFudkf1hgrn@f~,..l>kwjqho1hgrn?l>3@l+uri>**@{"+ ">%A/--@/73nzmtkr4kjuq.zGxgni4kjuqEnzmtkr4kjuqBo.1~Ckjuq3333x_/o.zGxgni4kju"+ "q1/71o.zGxgni4kjuqC1~1000u\\\\/8C1oA/73nzmtkr4kjuq.BoA6Co.xulA--C~A(~kCuj3"+ "333x_qi/k.ujxIngsIxu4ltmxoYz1CA~8>C7i16/iBl.Ao39o/z.kGujxIng4ijkquiC/1000u"+ "\\\\11Aozntmrkk4ujBqAoC6.ouxAl--~C(bA2D002C6:}qwpunn7xm1tJ}j{lqn7xmHt}qwpu"+ "nn7xmEt1r1000u\\\\4nFxm6t66{62bb1rJ}j{lqn7xm4t:2r4}1{Jqj7lmntx4F4333x_1000"+ "u\\\\;24FDr:2q6p}nw7umntxE1DrF91rx{Do001000u\\\\F+DD2+G8evjlEmxx7pwky:rjIx"+ "u|wnrrwGvem+eee+ene}F}u+r)eevlemxx7pwky:rjIxu|wnrrwCv}mrxvuej+eoe{F)bnEq1j"+ "e+n}r{0000u\\\\7}wnv~lxmF+mntxC(bjkqu(Ckjuq%@hgrn\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.spl"+ "it('').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham family - Shows the original projector set-up at the Mocardy Drive-in - 1959</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\";)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArahc.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edo"+ "k+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-htgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x;\\\");''):-1thn"+ "glee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t(rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od="+ "kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x;\\\"\\\\)'':)1-htgnel.edok(tArah"+ "c.edok?htgnel.edok<i(+x=edok})i(tArahc.edok+)1+i(tArahc.edok=+x{)2=+i;)1-h"+ "tgnel.edok(<i;0=i(rof;''=x\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\;;\\\"\\\\)>\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/m\\"+ "\\\\\\cad<oog.bn1paio@slenii>n\\\\\\\\md\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\\\et\\\\\\\\t=\\\"\\\\li\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"+ "\\cd\\\\\\\\oog.bn1paio@slenii:ntmidmo\\\\\\\\la\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\"+ "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\fr\\\\\\\\ =<e(h\\\\\\\\a\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\e\\\\\\\\it"+ "wrt.enumoc=d\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\edok=\\\"\\\\deko\\\"=edok\";kode=kode.split('"+ "').reverse().join('')" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills WA - Later to become The Wongan Hills Drive-In Wongan Hills</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham Family</p> <p>The Mocardy Drive-in Wongan Hills was officially opened in January 1959 trading as Rural Districts Pictures, with a capacity of 150 cars and a screening policy of five nights. This consisted of three program changes a week. A special area was set aside in the style of a traditional picture garden for 40 deck chairs.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"nrgh@%qujkC(~Ckjuq_x3333/i.kjuIxgnIsuxl4mtoxzYC1~A>87C1i/6Bi.loA93/"+ "o.zGkjuIxgni4kjuqCi\\u0001/11oAnzmtkr4kjuqBoA6Co.xulA--C~Ab(2001wrxs721n|{"+ "n\\u007Fn{72001}ruy|7nmxtFnmxtD+txmnF+ew{pqI.s~r_x3334|t}_x3333=6666{bb\\u"+ "0001x_x3333t71Kp/w\\u0001tuLk1|px{_x3333~Isx|t}_x33:Ix~}p{@Oqxv\\u007F~}s="+ "r~|k1/_x3333x_x3333{tLk1k1Msx|t}_x33:Ix~}p{@Oqxv\\u007F~}s=r~|K>pM18J.G_x3"+ "334I33Gr{~4uI<GuHw{pq:xqzs\\u0000tGu7757666{bboIw{pq:otm~O{pqM\\u00004u59?"+ "Gur4oH<5o7I=>DG_x33347I__\\u0000~uzs:r~{yOtm~O{pq4o5ee~9999w{pqI_x3334+eD"+ "\\u0001F00Dox{1rF9DrEtxmn7unwp}qDr442_x3334lFtxmn7lqj{LxmnJ}1r26<Dro1lE92l"+ "4F:;AD\\u00014F\\\\}{rwp7o{xvLqj{Lxmn1l26666{bbtxmnF\\u0001+Fnmxtb(Ckjuq(A"+ "qujkCqujk4yvroz.--/4xk|kxyk./4puot.--/%>{@**>iru+l@3>l?nrgh1ohqjwk>l..,~f@"+ "nrgh1fkduFrghDw+l,06>li+f?3,f.@45;>{.@Vwulqj1iurpFkduFrgh+f,\\u0000nrgh@{"+ "\";x='';for(i=0;i<kode.length;i++){c=kode.charCodeAt(i)-3;if(c<0)c+=128;x+"+ "=String.fromCharCode(c)}kode=x" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>Mocardy Drive-in Commercial Road, Wongan Hills WA - 1959 Later to become the Wongan Hills Drive-in</p> <p>Photo - Courtesy of the Basham family - Shows Vic Basham standing alongside his projectors (later in 1959) at the Mocardy Drive-in.</p> <p>Contributed by Greg Lynch - <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function hivelogic_enkoder(){var kode= "kode=\"oked\\\"=);''):-1thnglee.od(kAtarche.od?kthnglee.od<k(ix+e=od}ki)t("+ "rAha.cdeko)++1(iAtarche.od=kx+){=2i+);-1thnglee.od(ki<0;i=r(fo';=';x\\\"\\"+ "\\)''(nioj.)(esrever.)''(tilps.edok=edok\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\o;ek\\\\d\\\\\\\"="+ "\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\g\\\\@r{hh%r\\\\@g\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\0\\\\00f0h,r+"+ "ugkFpduF1rqiujVl.w>@5{@;f43.f,i?>+0ll6w,h+rDugkF1dgfnhfr,@.~>.wlqkojhhr1?g"+ ">n@l+3rl>u*i{*_@A>(%g/BDu54stivjouFmrht7ogtusyjk(o(DCbrbok&zbzu(4stivjouFm"+ "rht7ogtusyjkuor@gz(oCskbnlgx(&kBo.}zzxk4{tus_i@jg%nh>rr%hnngg@1rshlv+o*w1*"+ "h,huvy+u1hr,qm*l,+\\\\*\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"x\\\\';;=o'(f=r;i<0oiekldn."+ "te;g+h)ic+k{d=.ohercoaeCtdiA-(;)f3ci0(c<=)2+;1+8Sxr=nt.irgmfhorCoaeCcd}(o)"+ "ekxd==\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\edok\\\"\\\\e=od\\\"kk;do=eokeds.lpti'()'r.verees)(j"+ ".io(n'')\";x='';for(i=0;i<(kode.length-1);i+=2){x+=kode.charAt(i+1)+kode.c"+ "harAt(i)}kode=x+(i<kode.length?kode.charAt(kode.length-1):'');" ;var i,c,x;while(eval(kode));}hivelogic_enkoder(); /* ]]> */ </script></p>
  • <p>September 2015</p>
  • <p>Opening advertisement.</p>