Jenks Drive-In

Not far from Augusta, Georgia is the town of Millen, Georgia and unlike a lot of smaller towns outside of Augusta, this town had two drive-in theatres. The Jenks Drive-In was your typical small town drive-in, but unlike Augusta, one would need a supply bug spray in the summer, Millen being below the Fall line, has swarms of Georgia gnats and how anyone in July could enjoy a movie there, well, they would have to be a local.

The Jenks Drive-In, none the less, parked a nice size of 350 cars, one of the larger drive-ins outside Augusta. It was owned by Pal Amusement Co. which owned quite a few South Georgia theatres. I would assume it stayed open to the 1960’s at least.

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen, Manteno, Illinois on May 28, 2010 at 4:36 pm

The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures, 1967

PAL AMUSEMENT CO.

THEATERS & DRIVE-INS (9)

Georgia

8 others plus

MILLEN: Pal Theater, as you can see, no drive-in, only Millen listing.

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50sSNIPES on July 15, 2026 at 5:57 am

Opened on November 28, 1951 with Bob Hope in “Fancy Pants” (unknown if extras added). The screen is already gone by 1970. The exact address is 3846-3836 US-25, Millen, GA 30442, located next to Old Route 23, three miles south of Millen.