As I recall, the area around the Drive-in was referred to East Pike. Samuell Blvd goes east from East Grand Ave. down a steep hill to a valley across White Rock Creek and then up a steep hill at Grove Hill Cemetery. The hill to the West was West Pike and the hill to the East was East Pike. I lived in the East Pike area as a kid on the road that connected Ferguson Rd. and Samuell Blvd. I could be wrong but that is my memory of East Pike.
I went to the matinees at the Major Theater every Saturday afternoon after it opened in 1947. Sat in the couples seats in the balcony with my girlfriend. They had personal appearance there by major movie stars like Roy Rogers. They also held the Dallas Yo-Yo championship there sponsored by Dunlop. It is the only theater I have ever seen with a sound proof baby crying room were parents could go with their baby and still watch the movie. Great idea. A movie company made a short movie at our elementary school (Bayles Elementary) using the students as the cast and it was shown during the matinee. They planned to do the same at other schools but it never happened.
The theater was located just a little east of the Grove Hill Road on the North side. Just West of the theater there was a Texaco service station on the corner of a road that connected Samuell Blvd and Ferguson Road. The road was demolished when the Interstate 30 was built. A small portion of this road is still there.
I worked at the East Pike (Samuell Blvd) Drive-In as a ticket taker for about a year just after it opened in 1950. I don’t remember the Drive-IN sign as shown in the photo. The sign was near the street.
As I recall, the area around the Drive-in was referred to East Pike. Samuell Blvd goes east from East Grand Ave. down a steep hill to a valley across White Rock Creek and then up a steep hill at Grove Hill Cemetery. The hill to the West was West Pike and the hill to the East was East Pike. I lived in the East Pike area as a kid on the road that connected Ferguson Rd. and Samuell Blvd. I could be wrong but that is my memory of East Pike.
I went to the matinees at the Major Theater every Saturday afternoon after it opened in 1947. Sat in the couples seats in the balcony with my girlfriend. They had personal appearance there by major movie stars like Roy Rogers. They also held the Dallas Yo-Yo championship there sponsored by Dunlop. It is the only theater I have ever seen with a sound proof baby crying room were parents could go with their baby and still watch the movie. Great idea. A movie company made a short movie at our elementary school (Bayles Elementary) using the students as the cast and it was shown during the matinee. They planned to do the same at other schools but it never happened.
The theater was located just a little east of the Grove Hill Road on the North side. Just West of the theater there was a Texaco service station on the corner of a road that connected Samuell Blvd and Ferguson Road. The road was demolished when the Interstate 30 was built. A small portion of this road is still there.
I worked at the East Pike (Samuell Blvd) Drive-In as a ticket taker for about a year just after it opened in 1950. I don’t remember the Drive-IN sign as shown in the photo. The sign was near the street.