Princess Theater
South Fulton Street,
Wauseon,
OH
43567
South Fulton Street,
Wauseon,
OH
43567
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This was a very small theater in a small town. It had a lobby that was about 10 feet wide and 20 feet long . A wall of glass blocks seperated that from the seating area. The town had a Native American influence and from that came the name.
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Jerry Rupp
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Jerry, according to the 1951 Film Daily Yearbook, the Princess had seating for 585 at that time. Also, in that same Film Daily Yearbook, speaking of Native American influence, there is a second, smaller theater listed in Wauseon (without a street address unfortunately) called the Chief, seating 240.
It looks like both theaters were located on South Fulton Street: Wauseon had two theaters, the Princess, which was on South Fulton Street in what is now the Yoder Family Pharmacy closed about 40 years ago, and the Chief, which was across the street and up a ways, closed a few years earlier.
The Chief was located on N. Fulton St. and it showed primarily Westerns. The Princess closed in 1964 And the Chief somewhere 1954.
I have an update about The Chief Theatre, It opened in 1939 and soon after WWII was over, it closed.
The Princess was stated around 1911-1913, when a man named Walter Caddell moved from Detroit Michigan. He came here with his company, Lancaster & Small Comedy Company, And he liked Wauseon so much, he moved here and organized the Princess with a man named Harry Sinerick.
The owners-operators of the PRINCESS and CHIEF were Paul and Yvonne B. Touney. They were also in the fountain-pen business. Mr. Touney passed in 1963 and Mrs. Touney died on September 20, 2000 at age 95.
Correction: Mr. Paul Ray Touney was born on August 8, 1898 and passed away in September of 1964, coincidentally with the closing of the PRINCESS.