AllieE. I liked the candy also, but not the hot dogs. It would be fun to have a reunion of all the people who worked there over the years. I drove by the place today and it really looks funny with out the box office, even though I know the box office has been gone for a long time. Maybe some day. Pat C
Hey, AllieE. When did you work at the Granada? I worked with Sue Hoppy, Terry La Porte, Mike Pruitt, Connie Hoppy , Nancy Deecey and some I can’t remember. Pat C
The Ontario Public Library has a section down in the basement full of old news papers. I once saw a bunch of stories and pictues of the Granada from the late 20’s. I’m sure one of the pictures has the box office in it. One day while changing ligh bulbs at the Granada, one of our guys jumped up on the candy counter and put his butt right through the glass top. We all panicked and ran to the nearest glass store and bought a new piece of glass. No one said anything and it went un discovered for a long time until one day someone was cleaning and saw small shards of glass in the corners of the counter below the glass top. It was our secret. Pat C.
I don’t have any photos of the old theatre but I worked there in 1964 and 1965. Mr Kirk was the manager and he wore a tuxedo every day. On Wednesday nights we would hook up with other theatres in the area and have a drawing for money. They would pay us 5 bucks to change the marquis. One time I painted all the dressing rooms under the stage. I also changed light bulbs in the ceeling. You had to climb up a long ladder on the right side of the stage and go out on cat walks. You had to lay on your belly to grab the light bulbs and we always dropped one or two. One time the movie just stopped. We ran up to the projection room and found out the projectionest had his girl friend up there and lost track of the movie, if you get what I mean. It was great fun working there and I saw some good movies. Pat C.
AllieE. I liked the candy also, but not the hot dogs. It would be fun to have a reunion of all the people who worked there over the years. I drove by the place today and it really looks funny with out the box office, even though I know the box office has been gone for a long time. Maybe some day. Pat C
Hey, AllieE. When did you work at the Granada? I worked with Sue Hoppy, Terry La Porte, Mike Pruitt, Connie Hoppy , Nancy Deecey and some I can’t remember. Pat C
The Ontario Public Library has a section down in the basement full of old news papers. I once saw a bunch of stories and pictues of the Granada from the late 20’s. I’m sure one of the pictures has the box office in it. One day while changing ligh bulbs at the Granada, one of our guys jumped up on the candy counter and put his butt right through the glass top. We all panicked and ran to the nearest glass store and bought a new piece of glass. No one said anything and it went un discovered for a long time until one day someone was cleaning and saw small shards of glass in the corners of the counter below the glass top. It was our secret. Pat C.
I don’t have any photos of the old theatre but I worked there in 1964 and 1965. Mr Kirk was the manager and he wore a tuxedo every day. On Wednesday nights we would hook up with other theatres in the area and have a drawing for money. They would pay us 5 bucks to change the marquis. One time I painted all the dressing rooms under the stage. I also changed light bulbs in the ceeling. You had to climb up a long ladder on the right side of the stage and go out on cat walks. You had to lay on your belly to grab the light bulbs and we always dropped one or two. One time the movie just stopped. We ran up to the projection room and found out the projectionest had his girl friend up there and lost track of the movie, if you get what I mean. It was great fun working there and I saw some good movies. Pat C.