I don't know where you got the 18 years old. I was 10 years old
when I started running projectors at the FARRIS THEATER in
Richmond Mo and started running at the HI-WAY 13 drive-in in
Henrietta Mo in 1950 when it opened in 1950.
Sorry to be so long in getting back to you but I finally made contact with my friend who used to work at the drive-in and he said all land that the drive-in and bowling building had been turned back to farming land as it was before the drive-in was built.
I don’t know for sure. I haven’t been back there since the early 80’s. I now live in Hollywood Ca but keep in touch with
a friend who now lives in Kansas City Mo. He worked in the concession stand at the theater. Will touch base with you after I talk to him. I heard that that the drive-in property
had been turned back into farming land as it was when the theater was built.
Hi Joe. I was the projectionist at the HI WAY 13 DRIVE-IN
THEATER when it opened in 1950. I was born in Camden Mo in 1932 and my grandfather use to take me to the Eagle Theater when I was very small and when I started at the Drive In I became aquantied with the projectionist at the Mainstreet Theater and would visit quite often on Saturday before going to work at the drive-in.
I think what we have is a failure to communicate.
There are 2 sites listed for the drive-in with BOWL in the one I am now which evidently contains information only to the BOWLING building. But it sort of appears like it is for drive-in theater information. It is confusing to me how it is set up.
Because the bowling alley building was on the same property as
as the drive-in. As you turned off from the hi-way onto the
drive-in theater property the bowling alley was on the right hand side across from the boxoffice.
I was the projectionist at the Hi Way 13 Drive In theater
when it opened in 1950. I started running projectors at
the Farris Theater in Richmond Mo in 1942. Any questions
feel free to ask.
JOEL VOGEL
Sorry to be so long in getting back to you but I finally made contact with my friend who used to work at the drive-in and he said all land that the drive-in and bowling building had been turned back to farming land as it was before the drive-in was built.
I don’t know for sure. I haven’t been back there since the early 80’s. I now live in Hollywood Ca but keep in touch with a friend who now lives in Kansas City Mo. He worked in the concession stand at the theater. Will touch base with you after I talk to him. I heard that that the drive-in property had been turned back into farming land as it was when the theater was built.
Hi Joe. I was the projectionist at the HI WAY 13 DRIVE-IN THEATER when it opened in 1950. I was born in Camden Mo in 1932 and my grandfather use to take me to the Eagle Theater when I was very small and when I started at the Drive In I became aquantied with the projectionist at the Mainstreet Theater and would visit quite often on Saturday before going to work at the drive-in.
I think what we have is a failure to communicate. There are 2 sites listed for the drive-in with BOWL in the one I am now which evidently contains information only to the BOWLING building. But it sort of appears like it is for drive-in theater information. It is confusing to me how it is set up.
Because the bowling alley building was on the same property as as the drive-in. As you turned off from the hi-way onto the drive-in theater property the bowling alley was on the right hand side across from the boxoffice.
I went to the Eagle Theater quite often when I was little
and it was quite a few blocks from the Mainstreet Theater.
I can only assume it was called 13 Bowl because it was next to Hi Way 13 highway and Hi Way 13 Drive In Theater.
I was the projectionist at the Hi Way 13 Drive In theater when it opened in 1950. I started running projectors at the Farris Theater in Richmond Mo in 1942. Any questions feel free to ask.