The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania • 21

1 I "TT- Tr'TT 'T'rrr 'Trrrr "rrrrrrr TWrw The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pa. 21 Thursday, May 13, 196a Hanover Theater Days To Be Observed And Today 37 Years Ago vt vA 0 iCEEATSTARS 'J-'SWm 5'r3S? I 1'Cj i The State Theater The Hanover Theater, As Of Today Opening Of Theater In 1928 Auspicious Occasion Chauneey Kieffer which, as a permanent asset to the.been removed. height of 35 feet. The p.m. Sept.

21, 1928, with E. A appeared in theaters throughout community which may well feell The heating plant was instal-ium averages 50 feet in height, jHirschman, York business lead-this part of the country. proud of possessing one of theled two stories below ground sloping from the entrance to a er, as the dedication speaker. The old residence was remov-lmost beautiful and up-to-date level. ed by Contractor William J.

theaters in this part of the coun-Klunk during the summer oLfry-' height of 65 above the stage. Miriam Little. York, sang The TLe stage itself is 30 feet Star Spangled Banner, and the 1 theater was in operation. Excess Baggage, starring William Haines, was the first film offering. For the opening an extra feature, Around The Town," had been prepared, pre- The Spanish style of architecture had just a hint of the oriental in the sweep and flow of its curving lines.

Vermont verde antique marble was used in various parts of the theater. The Hanover Theater building The structure was of Indiana limestone and brick with floors of concrete, marble, tile and terrazzo. The walls were decorated with ornamental plaster, with frescoing and other decorating by Brunet Studios, New 1927. Gemmill and Biilmver, York architects, were designated to plan the new theater. O.

H. Hos-tetter, Hanover contractor who had built many of Hanovers major structures, received the Hanover Theater Days will be marked in the community beginning tomorrow with formal rededication of the refurbished and renamed movie house on Frederick Street. Rededication of the theater as the Hanover will take place during ceremonies inside the auditorium starting at 9:15 p.m. tomorrow. The Hanover Senior High School band of 140 pieces has been engaged to march to the theater for a brief concert outside at 9 p.m.

Formal tape cutting will take place at 9:15 p.m., after which the band will march into the theater. A brief rededication ceremony will take place with Mayor John, C. Harman participating. The feature film. Cheyenne Autumn, which will be shown! beginning at 6:15 p.m., will be repeated after the rededication.

Plans for rededicating the theater in fulfillment of William Goldman's promise to community leaders to make one more try at keeping the movie house operating recall to some of the communitys residents the fanfare which accompanied opening of the building, then the State Theater, nearly 37 years1 ago. Advent of a new theater had been announced June 24. 1927, with disclosure by Fred C. Bit-ner, Hanover, and Nathan and Louis Appel, York, that an op tion had been obtained on the property of the Amelia Eiehel-berger estate on Frederick Street near Center Square. The property, the former Wirt home, had figured prominently in the Battle of Hanover June 30, 1863.

The house had been built about 1850. At the time of their announcement, the Appel interest operated the York Opera House and the Orpheum, Strand and Capitol Theaters in York, along with movie houses in Red Lion, Dal-lastown, Reading and Harrisburg. Bitner had been manager of the Hanover Opera House for seven years and previously had his own theatrical company, the At the time it was built it wassenlng movie views of various occupies the full lot width of estimated about 90 miles of elec (personalities of the community. contract Nov. 15, 1927, and York City, with O.

Pisani, Ital- three days later construction ian artist, in charge. 57V5 feet on Frederick Street'tncal wiring had been and extends 214 feet to an alley I along with about 3,200 used, Nathan Appel died before the lightitheater was completed, but his was begun. The work was completed early in September, 1928. The theater, costing about at the rear. In the building of the theater 425,000 bricks, 128 tons of structural steel and 3,900 bags of cement were used.

The stone front rises to a bulbs of varying size and color, son and Bitner, who served as Emergency lighting equipment manager, were on hand to re-is part of the installation forjceive the congratulations of the use in the event of failure of the! town and its people as well as regular electrical supply. I The formal opening came at! (Continued On Page 251 The theater was originally-designed for 1,036 seats, but the capacity was reduced to 976 to permit greater spacing between $250 000, was described in The'rows. A $20,000 Wurlitzer organ Evening Sun of Sept. 21. 1928, installed at the time since has Tomorrow, FRIDAY, MAY 14GALA REDEDICATION WILLIAM GOLDMANS NEW LUXURIOUS (few HQ CHMSS mnnnnnc IIlIlVAIR-CONDITIONEOflitalililll BAND CONCERT! DOOR PRIZES! ENGLISH BICYCLE AM-FM TRANSISTOR RADIO $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE 25 PAIR GUEST TICKETS HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL PARADE TO THEATRE AND PLAY BOTH OUTSIDE INSIDE FOR CEREMONIAL REDEDICATION 4S DOORS OPEN 6:00 P.M.

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