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ctlord commented about Temple Theatre on May 4, 2015 at 11:29 am

The Temple Theatre building was last owned by Reginald and Richard Ashman of Caro, Michigan. They leased the building and it was used as a men’s clothing store called Fred’s. He was a friend of the Ashman brothers and was part of a group of local businessmen who played cards together. I was fortunate to be a distant relative of the Ashman brothers and worked at both the Strand and Caro Drive In. I also had the opportunity to visit the up stair location of Fred’s Men’s Wear and saw a large number of old fliers, an arc projector (that I was told was the first one used at the Strand and then moved to storage), and I also saw a number of old canisters that were used to transport film. I can not say for a fact that the location of the store and the theatre were one in the same.