History: Owen Theatre, Owen, Wisconsin

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Surnames: Krom, Hamm, Richardson

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 20 Jun 1946

Owen Theatre Sold

George Krom, owner and manager of the Owen Theatre for the past seventeen years, this week announced the sale of his property to Leonard Hamm, Owen, and Paul Stasek, of Curtiss.

Mr. Krom plans on leaving Owen Tuesday and will fly to Portland, Ore., where he will spend about ten days locating a home for his family in that city, as they expect to move to that section of the country this summer.

Further announcement pertaining to the sale of the property, and date of change of ownership, will be made next week.

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----Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 13 Jul 1950

For the past several years he (Dell R. Richardson) had been employed as projectionist at the Owen Theater. He tended to this work up until the night previous to a stroke on the 24th of June, 1950.

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----Source: STAR NEWS, July 21, 1999

Phillip R. Vollrath (1940-1999) worked at Maules Dairy in Owen until 1987 and then worked for Hurd Millwork in Medford until 1998. He and his wife also owned and operated the Owen Theater from 1981 until 1986.

Advertisment for the Owen Theater featuring Elvis Presley in "Kissin Cousins"

Owen, Clark Co., Wisconsin (Thorp Courier, 5 Jun 1964)