Dona-Lin Drive-In
I-20 Frontage Road and County Road 438,
Loraine,
TX
79532
I-20 Frontage Road and County Road 438,
Loraine,
TX
79532
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The Dona-Lin Drive-In was opened in 1953 by Percy Bond. It was named for two of his children, Donna and Ray Lynn.
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Approx. location for this drive-in was I-20 Frontage Rd. between E. Pacific Ave & County Rd. 438.
The September 19, 1953, issue of Boxoffice reported that the 300-car drive-in theater that Mr. and Mrs. Percy Bond had under construction on Highway 80 east of Loraine would be called the Dona-Lin, named for their only grandchildren, Donna Jan and Ray Lynn Beights.
The concession building appears to still exist, the site is now a farm and still has the same outline. Also the remains of the road sign are still there.
The front of that “farm,” or whatever it is, shows a street address of 9335 (per July 2019 Street View), but I can’t get Google Maps to use that number accurately on the I-20 Frontage Road.