I was one of the many young children that went to the Oxboro for the saturday matinees in the 50’s. The theater was opened in the early 50’s and I believe closed in the 80’s, I don’t know for sure about the latter, since I had moved away from Bloomington. The price of admission was 9 cents for kids. The popcorn was 5 and 10 cents, they had soft ice cream cones for 10 cents. Candy was the same price that you would pay in the stores. The evening movies were always first run, and I went many times with my older brother. I graduated from Bloomington High School in 1958, so you see I have a good memory of the theater because I took my first love there in 1953.
I was one of the many young children that went to the Oxboro for the saturday matinees in the 50’s. The theater was opened in the early 50’s and I believe closed in the 80’s, I don’t know for sure about the latter, since I had moved away from Bloomington. The price of admission was 9 cents for kids. The popcorn was 5 and 10 cents, they had soft ice cream cones for 10 cents. Candy was the same price that you would pay in the stores. The evening movies were always first run, and I went many times with my older brother. I graduated from Bloomington High School in 1958, so you see I have a good memory of the theater because I took my first love there in 1953.