Dixie Center for the Arts

The Dixie also owned another theater just a couple doors south of the Dixie. It was named The Varsity but had a fire sometimes in the 1940s and was closed for some time. It was finally remodeled and reopened as the State Theater, early in the ‘50s, the first movie shown being Red River. It only opened on Tuesday through Thursday, if I remember right. It did not last long, being unpopular because of the short schedule, and also because they never had newsreels, cartoons, or shorts. The theater finally closed and Sam Thomas Merchantile moved into the building.