10—The Ferf Arthur News WEDNESDAY, JUKI It. mi

gest enter ta inment success The]Bolshoi, which ends its -south jwestern premier performancew i t h a Sunday matinee, was al-most half sold out before iheshow began. HcmLsFair officials

formance run at San Antomo'sjiooked wi th anticipation towm!HemisFair world's f a i r Tues- a complete gross sellout of $230,

000

Ballet Is BigFair Success

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — TheBolshoi Ballet opened a 7 per-

dav eveningThe 50 dancer troup from Rus The Bohhoi tickets ranged in

su already is lieinisfair's big- price from J12JX) to $5__

A Sincere

comeTo Our New Neighbor

P L A Z A I & IITwin Cinema

2925 Pork Place Plata

Cancer DressingsMeet Is ThursdayThe dressings division of the

service committee of Mid-Jef-ferson county unit of the Amer-can Cancer society will meetThursday morning

Mrs Grady Rooertson, divis-ion chairman, announced thesession for 9 30 o'clock, m theFellowship hall of the FirstMethodist church of Port Ne-i.hes

Anv-one wishing to work withthe group is welcome, she said,ano also always needed are oldwhite sheets and shirts Thelatter are used m making dress-ings and other comfort itemsfor area cancer patients.

Economic OpportunityMeeting Wednesday

BEAUMONT — The Jeffer-tunity commission will hold us

i monthly meeting Wednesday at1 7 p m at the Community Serv-

ices building auditorium, 650Main street, it was announcedtoday by J G Hendncks, act-ing director

rtlfred Z McElrov, president,urged all board members to bepresent as many important mat-ters will be discussed

KITCHEN CLEANINGIf there's not enough "elbow

room" in %our kitchen it'll re-quire a lot more "elbow grease"to clean A floor and countertopof easy-to-clean tiles can sa\es'ou a lot of time and effort

El Paso Man KilledEL PASO (AP) — Danny

Parker, 34, of El Paso waskilled Tuesday when he appar-ently lost control of his car andit struck a curb and then autility pole.

Best Wishes To

PLAZA TWIN CINEMA

May You

Always Play

To Packed

Houses

L&WSheet Metal Works

6516 Gulf way Dr. Dial WO 2-4631

CHECKING OUT CQUIPMCNT— Projection equipment has been checked out m preparation for Thursdays opening of Plaz<T w i n Cinema Each <t the two separate auditorium.* will h<ive a 70 mm "superopuc ' screen and the finest stereophonicsound system off ic ia ls of Gulf States rheaters announced 1 caturc attractions for the opening will be "Bandolero" star-ring Dean Martin lames Stewart, Raquel W<-lcn, Andrew Pnne and Clint Ritcmc and 'The One and Only, Genuine, Ong-mn! famih Band ' a Walt Disne.v prxluction fea tur ing Walter Brennan, Buddv Lbsen, Lesley Ann Warren, John David-son and ranet Blair (Watkins photo)

i Man Dies in Mishap' SULLIVAN CITY, Tex (AP)

— Lige Watkins, 67, of RioGrande City was killed Tuesdayafter the car he was driving raninto a telephone company build-ing m this Lower Rio GrandeVallev town

Speaking Of "Academy Awards" - - -

The Planners And Builders Of P I a i a

Twin Cinema Deserve A Special Award

Of Recognition for Bringing Southeast

Texas Such A Fine Entertainment Cen-

ter.

Th« new PUi« Twin Cinema Building U«ve$ nothing

undone in bringing to the people of the Port Arthur

Area the finest facilities for top quality entertainment.

We know, because we were fortunate enough to be

selected as paint contractor on this fine new building.

Clarence HarringtonPaint Company

5209—7th Sr. Dial YU 2 5272

CINEMA-(Continued from P.ipc 1)

cious projection room in whichfour projectionists will be on

[town USA of Beaumont are aUrthuran, is president of Gulf operates approximately 150 the-i jomt ven tu re of London Proper-(States Theaters and Jim De- aters. both indoor and drive-ins,

We Congratulate

The Builders of The New

PLAZA TWIN CINEMA

It will be a credit to our town as a beautiful

new architectural show place and as a center

of fine entertainment for all ...

It was our pleasure to serve as the Plumbing Con-

tractors on this Modern New Theater Center.

StellyPlumbing & Heating

1204 Montgomery Dial RA 2-4012

Port Heches, Texas

•u t v larry Fontana acting as their_. , , 'loral representativePatron comfor was upper-, T G Solomon, a former Port

most in planning the theater andboth types of seats are lu\unouslv upholstered There is plen-ty of leg room between rowsTortv two inches has been allowed between rows instead ofIhe usu.U 1(5 to 10 inches

Citrpetfd throughout, Ihe color motif is predominantly coralwith a touch of avocado accented with Mark wrought iron Thewal ls of the lobbv are m asoft green and l ight ing is providcc! by decorative wroughtiron Spanish chandeliers

Drhc-Up EntranceA two lane 'drive up entrance

from 36th street .int! a spnciouslighted parking lot are extraconveniences pirn ded for pat-rons There w i l l bo four dm-i n f > entrances into the parkingaren including one from IhePirk Plam complex

j Construction crews have been'work ing around the clock tocomplete the in te r ior of the the

in te r f o r I h u r s d a v s i n i t i a lmovies Sinie two f ine feature1;hid been booked theater off ici ils decided to go ahead withthe opcnme w i t h the exterior ofthe bui lding s t i l l in the f ina lsnpes of construction

\t i press luncheon Tuessdavtheater officials pointed out the!id\innges of i run s c r e e n 'theater 1 hcv hope to be ableto book famiK movies for onescreen while the othor auditor-ium features movies more appeilms; to adults The startingtime between features will rwstiperred a l lowing a 10 minuteinterlude between auditoriums inorder that persons waiting forfimilv, members attending theother side won't have a lon<jv v n i t m c period

\Vhcn the doors open for busmess Thursdav at 12 30 p m"B?ndolero" w i l l be showing inthe l irpfr aud'tonuin ami'Timilv Bind" in the smallerone

Red Brick UsedThe "structure is of red bncV.

wi th v v h i t e trim and v\as con-structed b\ R L Scott of Bak-er construction in associationw i t h Rov Ha\cs Gu> Edwardswas the a'-cmtect and Mrs Nan

{ties, Ha>es Interests and G u l f Neve is in charge of the firm's m Arkansas, Alabama, Florida,States Theaters The 1 a 11 e r operations Officers of the Pla-'Louisiana. Mississippi, OKlaho-will be in charge of the oper za Twin Cinema are W B rna, Tennessee and Texai Theatmns of both theater? with C pndres joe Haves C Larr> home office is m McComb,

[ ontana and l l o v d Haves M.ss , with branch offices mGulf States Theaters todav New Orleans and Dallas

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II PLAZA TWIN CINEMA IIw

HOno of the finest theatres in the State of Texas m.

3001 36th St and Park Plaza, Port Arthur, Texas ||

YS Wednesday, June 19, 1968 T<

H Ribbon Cutting at 6-00 p m. IIBy the Honorable Lloyd Hayes "'

II Mayor, City of Port Arthur ••II Open House from 6-00 p m to 7-00 p m. ||

H We point with pride to the Plastering Work done by us II

on the New Plaza Cinema Building. '"D P

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Best WishesTo

Gulf States Theatreson the Grand Opening of

the new

Plaza Twin Cinemaone of the finest theatres in the state of Texas

3001 36th St. and Park Plaza, Port Arthur, TexasWednesday, Jure 19, 1968Ribbon cuttmq at & 00 p.m

by the Honorable Lloyd HayesMayor, City of Port Arthur

Open House from 6-00 p m to 7:00 p.m.. . . and our thanks to the planners and builders of this fine building for theprivilege and pleasure of serving general contractor.

Baker Construction Co.General Contractors

2940 Commerce Dial YU 2-6419

Marcus is doing the land-

Plaza T w i n Cmcma and Show

This Message Compliments Of Centex Materials:Supplier! of Icady-Mix Cpncrcr*for the new Twin Cinema luilding

CENTEX MATERIALSReady-Mix Concrete

Cer. 14th & Ft. Worth Avt. Dial RA 2-8341

And Best WishesFor A Successful Opening Of The

PLAZA TWIN CINEMA I and IITheatre — 3001 36th St. and Park Plaza

— Port Arthur, Texas —

Plaza II500

Rocking Chair Seats

Newest and Finest in Texas

The Paint Division Of

INDUSTRIES

Supplied the paint far the beautiful newPlata Twin Cinema Building

Acres of Free Parking

Plaza I1000

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t, IndustriesPaint Division

Dial YU 3-3259 2533 . 9Hi Aye.

CONGRAJULAJIOHS

AND BEST WISHES

for a "Long Run"

Of The New

PLAZA TWIN CINEMAMay Your Open House Lead The Way To

The Continued Growth And Development

Of Our Entertainment And Cultural Ad-

vantages.

LENNOX AIR CONDITIONING

Central ducted air con-ditioning and heat pumpsystems for residential,school, commercial and industrial use. ARI rated. In-stalled separately, or added by factory-trainedcrews. Free estimating Prompt service on all makes.

EVANSREFRIGERATION CO.

In Pert Arthur

Dial YU 2-8810 1810 7th St.

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3-Car Crash Fatal [ The same kind of

HOUSTON (AP) - M W !pUstIC conuuners th3t yHoppe, 3S, of suburban Bellaire'1" > o u r refrlgerat°r and

Twin Cinema Includes Two Comolete Auditoriumsdied Tuesdav of injuries received in a collision of threecars.

are idea! for holding thing*%ou'l! need in the car. and for

Liuto housekeeping, too.

Gulf States Theatrescardinally invite you to attend

the Grand Opening of

the new

Plaza Twin Cinemaone of the finest theatres in the state of Texas

3001 36th St. X Park Plaza Port Arthur, Texas

Wednesday, June 19, 1968

Ribbon cutting at 6:00 p.m.

by the Honorable Lloyd HayesMayor, City of Port Arthur

Open House from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

- - - At which time we respectfully call your attentionto the cabinet and mill v/ork we did on

THE NEW CONCESSION STANDS

YENTZiN'SCABINET WORKS

820 Ft. Worth Dial YU 3-3001

We Join With A Grateful

Community In Extending

Best Wishes for A Big

Success In The Open House of

Plaza Twin CinemaThe beauty of the new Plaza Twin Cinema

Building is enhanced by custom made iron

grill work decorations by Huckabay iron

Works.

IRON WORKS5330 Gulfway Dr. WO 2-4981

WEDNESDAY. JUNE l?, 19*8 The Port Arthur News— T T

BO'HC p u k i n g f f > r your tr ip | A ->pcom! medical kit for tra*IM > !" ( % f •'" i t(*ms 'n- '£ 'vuing, wh.ch might be packed

' ^ Aopt t. or.lt" ai.d foun.l c.u / '< ' ' '> <^w<! of vitamins, thyroid,ly w h e n iW"d<d illorgv prescriptions, and such.

Workmen !ia\e bwn busj thfc. «c«-k completing thp t«o VTiaratB (ullj draped aiidlloriumt «hlch \»H1 conipriMi lhe new Plaza T\\1i> Ciiionia. Oiw wlnp willpatrons and \U1| be furnished «ith Uiree pn*h-back chairs. The swond XV*"E wHl «*«t 500 and will bo equipped with lux»ii-yO'r*f rocUnc chillis. TwosmjultamH)Usly at all times. The n<"« theater opens Tlmrsdaj. ijWatJdns photo) _ __ _

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Musical TO Be (Movie Made onOne of Plaza _ ,Opening shows jlexas Location

"The One and Only Genuine. > i 1*1 ^Original Family Band'', one of, 1$ ffalft Up6f1G

"Bandolero", one of the

Cursillo DanceIs Set Saturday

towards a remodeling of thechanel, according to• center's

merman Miller,'chairman

Jr . committee

sending them to Cursillo ChapeljFund. P. 0. Box 3783, Beaumont,jTexas 77701 i

Sincere Best WishesFor A Successful

Gala OpeningOf The New

PUZA TWIN

CINEMA I & II

Newest And Finesf In Texas

Wo poinf with prido to tho work on this fine new

building done by Sailoy Masonry Company.

Bailey Masonry Co*AH Types of Masonry

2422 - 15th St. Dial RA 2.8618Port Neches, Texas

the opening attractions when"

General section committee, _. , -, _„ ,members of the Cursillo mo\e ' Donations of S3 50 per couplemerit of the Beaumont diocesejwi" be asked «t the door Mi l le r

|will sponsor a benefit dance said Members of the Cursilloj Saturday at the Cursiilo center mo\ennent who cannot attend(auditorium, from 9 p m. until 1 ' the event and \\ould like to make

' , < » m contnbutions to the chapel re-

has all the earmarks of becom-ing another successful familyattraction from Walt DisneyStudios Starring Walter Bren-nanr Budd\ Ebsen. Lesley AnnWarren. John Davidson andJanet Blair, the picture ib aking-sized s l i c e of -westernAmericana during the 18<$Q'sset to the music of the Academyaward winning Sherman broth-ers

Based on an autobiographicalnovel by S4 year-old Laura Bow-er Van Nuys. the story is abouta large musical family w h omoved from Nebraska "to Da-kota Territory and became em-broiled in the Cleveland-Harri-son presidential clecfon of 1888

Bill Anderson produced a n dMichael O'Herlihj directed therelease.

To authentically recreate theera. Oscar-winning costumerdesigner Bill Thomas based thecostumes for the picture on per-iod tintype;, and magazine adsMrs. Van Nys, who now re-sides in Rapid City S D , alsohad a photo alburn vuth many

[pictures of the actual family[band taken during the ISSO's

You Are Invited......Everybody's Invited

To The Open House of The New

PLAZA TWIN CINEMAone of the fines* theatres in the

State of Texas3001 36th St. and Park Plaza,

Port Arthur, TexasWednesday. June 19, 1968

Ribbon Cutting at 6:00 p.m.by the Honorable Lloyd Hayes

Mayor, City of Port ArthurOpen House

From 6:00 p.m. to 700 p.m.

We appreciate serving as Roofing Contractor on such a well planned anaFinely Constructed Building for Port Arthur.

Sinclair Roofinn Co.2940 Commerce Dial YU 2-6419

premiere Tuesday in Dalin one of the largest pre-1

', mieres ever held in Texas.Foi the first time in the his-

tory of mouon pictures a worldi premiere was planned for televivmg with the gala festivitiesappearing "live" on more than20 television stations throughoutTevas and Oklahoma Approxi-mated four million personswere expected to see the showOn hand were the motion pic-ture's stars Dean Martin, James

JStewart. Raquel Welch, AndrewPrme and Clint Ritchie as wellas director Andrew McLaglenand producer Robert JacksNoted Texas humorist CactusPr.'or acted as host

In Texas Setting"Bandolero" is set m Texas

following the Civil War. Stew-art and Martin portray brothersiwho nad fought on opposingsides Miss Welch appears asa voung Mexican woman, widow,of a wealthy rancher. Also inthe film is George Kennedy whowon an Academj Award forBest Supporting Actor in "Cool1Hand Luke "

1 Filming was done atVillage, a tourist attraction inisouthwestern Texas about sev-jen miles north of Brackettville 'The village is a replica of asmall western town built some10 \ears ago as the backgroundfor "The Alamo" The "Bando-ilero" construction crews addedsome seven buildings to the jvillage giving it a face-liftmgifor the 20th Century-Fox produc-|tion The entire village wasako repainted into aged, pas-tel shades

35,000 Uriels MadeSome 35,000 adobe bricks were

made on the spot m order tobuild a pueblo of more than aidozen buildings, a water well.jseveral high adobe walls, astable area and cantina In ad-dition to f i lming at the villageand pueblo, the company moved!into various exteror locations!around Brackettvilie includingDevil's River. Pinto Creek, Tur-key Mountain and a dry creeknear Turkey Mountain Devil'sjriver represents the Rio Grandein the fi lm Some filming wasalso done at Cage, Ariz.

4-H Club Tea SundayThe Sunset 4-H club '.vill hold

a silver tea Sunday at St. PauMethodist church, 821 Texasavenue Hours have been setfrom 4 to 7 p m The public isextended an invitation to attend,according to Mrs. Virginia W.Thomas, group leader

Best Wishes For The "OPEN HOUSE"Of The New Plaza Twin Cinema

We furnished, fabricated and erected Structural and miscellaneous steel and

famished and erected steel joists and roof decking in the lovely new building

for Plaza Twin Cinema.

Beaumont SteelC O N S T R U C T I O N C O M P A N Y

STEEL FABRICATORS & ERECTORS515 South 4th St.

:VYSPAPLKfiRCHi\

Beaumont, Texas

Best Wishes To All From

RAMIREZ MEXICAN TILE

We wish to thank Baker Construction Company for

the opportunity of doing the Hie work on the lovely

New Plaza Twin Cinema building.

We feel that if is good to have this new theater

in our community and we know that it will in the

future help Port Arthur become a powerful city.

We also wish to thank Our Capable Helpers,

They are Nacho Ramirez, Rey Gonzalez and Ricky

Stone.

RamirezMexican Tile

645 DeQueen Dial YU 2-7612

G. C. Fells

Is "Guilty"He Confesses,

He Did It ... And

Has Received A Special

C o n s t r u c t i o n ' ' O s c a r ' '

For His Outstanding Glass Work

On The New Plaza Twin Cinema Building

G. C. Fells points with pride to the glass work on the marvelous new

Plaza Twin Cinema Building. The custom glass doors, the ticket booths, mir-

rors and other glass Installations were done under the persona! supervision of

G. C. Fells.

Now Mr- Fells extends thanks and offers best wishes as he invites you to

Wednesday's Open House.

PLAZA IH FIRST and FINESTGOLDEN TXIAHGIE

AGULF

STATEStheatre

OPEN HOUSE TODAY!

A DM A DM1 rm - O rm

SEATS!

AHPLE PARKING!

We're "Busting" with Pride!. . . Yes. we're unveiling our new, ultramodern, PARKPLAZA Twin Cinema today.

This is your invitation to visit the newest and most

beautiful Twin Theatre in Texas . . . We're quite pleased

and we're sure you will be when you visit us today.

T DU a DU OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING AND i[/ rm - T rm DEDICATION — 6:00 p. M. ;;

• Starts

Tomorrow

REFRESHMENTS SERVEDFULLY LIGHTED PARKING LOT COMPLETELY DRAPED AUDITORIUM

FINEST PROJECTION NEWEST STEREO-PHONIC SOUND SYSTEMLUXURIOUS ROCKING CHAIR SEATS 70 MM SUPERSONIC SCREENS

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