born and raised in terrell texas…graduating from high school in 1967 i remember the “iris” very well…spent time in the projection room with a friend who had the job…the carbon rods would actually burn the film….amazing….
this was a “white only” theater…for years…the “lyric” was for the blacks……also amazing…smoking was permitted on the left hand side of the theater…
the person who owned and operated the theater at this time also opened “lamar lanes bowling alley”….his name, however i cannot remember….“lamar” was either his first or last name….the “shumpert” family took over sometime later…
born and raised in terrell texas…graduating from high school in 1967 i remember the “iris” very well…spent time in the projection room with a friend who had the job…the carbon rods would actually burn the film….amazing….
this was a “white only” theater…for years…the “lyric” was for the blacks……also amazing…smoking was permitted on the left hand side of the theater…
the person who owned and operated the theater at this time also opened “lamar lanes bowling alley”….his name, however i cannot remember….“lamar” was either his first or last name….the “shumpert” family took over sometime later…