drivein.com states this drive in was closed in 1968.The land transaction may have occured then.but the last movie was closer to 1970.I recall going to my brothers johnston high school graduation in june of 1969.afterwards he and his friends went to howard johnsons to eat (now a cvs drugstore at the intersection of hartford and atwood.then to the pike.he also recalls it being open the following year before closing along with the rt 44 in smithfield a mile or two away.
drivein.com states this drive in was closed in 1968.The land transaction may have occured then.but the last movie was closer to 1970.I recall going to my brothers johnston high school graduation in june of 1969.afterwards he and his friends went to howard johnsons to eat (now a cvs drugstore at the intersection of hartford and atwood.then to the pike.he also recalls it being open the following year before closing along with the rt 44 in smithfield a mile or two away.