I remember when the theater became a venue for live plays and performances, known as the Act One Theater. This was, I believe in the mid to late 1970’s. Nellie DeArmand, a first grade teacher at East Side Elementary School in Edinburgh, organized the entire thing along with an “acting troup” of other local residents.
I recall the Pixy well, as I attended matinees there as a child in the 1960’s and early 70’s. Saturday afternoons cost a dollar to get in and included two movies, with a 15-20 minute cartoon-filled intermission in between. It was owned by Bice Sconce, who owned several other theaters as well. Mr. Sconce lived in a huge house on the hill near the old high school, next to an equally large house owned by Esqueline Bruce. As I recall, original Disney artwork on the walls which was recently uncovered was painted there by David Barrett of Edinburgh sometime in the early 1960’s. I often credit the Pixy as being the place where Cherry Coke got its start—-ipon request, “Hot Dog” Barrett would put a squirt of cherry juice in your coke for you.
I remember when the theater became a venue for live plays and performances, known as the Act One Theater. This was, I believe in the mid to late 1970’s. Nellie DeArmand, a first grade teacher at East Side Elementary School in Edinburgh, organized the entire thing along with an “acting troup” of other local residents.
I recall the Pixy well, as I attended matinees there as a child in the 1960’s and early 70’s. Saturday afternoons cost a dollar to get in and included two movies, with a 15-20 minute cartoon-filled intermission in between. It was owned by Bice Sconce, who owned several other theaters as well. Mr. Sconce lived in a huge house on the hill near the old high school, next to an equally large house owned by Esqueline Bruce. As I recall, original Disney artwork on the walls which was recently uncovered was painted there by David Barrett of Edinburgh sometime in the early 1960’s. I often credit the Pixy as being the place where Cherry Coke got its start—-ipon request, “Hot Dog” Barrett would put a squirt of cherry juice in your coke for you.