News: Colby (Opening 13-29 drive-in - 1970)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surname: Hodd

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, WI) 5/11/2016

Originally published in the Tribune-Phonograph on Thursday, May 14, 1970

13-29 Drive-in theater opens Friday

The Abbotsford and Colby chambers of commerce offered congratulations to Robert Hodd on the completion and opening of the 13-29 Drive-in movie theater in a full page ad May 14.

The chamber of commerce salute you in helping the progress of our two fine communities, the ad states. “Much luck and many years of success are our wished to you.”

The 13-29 Drive-in, located between Colby and Abbotsford on Hwy. 13 officially opens Friday, May 15, 1970 with a double feature including “Journey to the Far Side of the Sun: and “Eye of the Cat.”

Shows start at dusk Friday, Saturday and Sunday.