DRIVE-UP BANK ON MAQUOKETA'S WEST SIDE. HUNDREDS OF ADULTS
AND KIDS STARTED COMING AT 6 AND SOME DID NOT GO HOME UNTIL AFTER 11, AFTER THE MOVIE. THE WEATHER WAS VERY NICE.
NOTE THE BUMPER STICKED!
THE FACE PAINTING TENT WAS BUSY. SO WAS
THE 61 DRIVE-IN TRAIN WITH ENGINER CASEY
CASEL AND SEVERAL BANK EMPLOYEES AS
CONDUCTORS.
THESE M-S-B CUSTOMERS RELAXED AFTER ENJOYING A FREE SANDWICH
OR TWO, COURTESY OF THE BANK. THE JACKSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN
DID HAMBURGERS ON THEIR BIG GRILL AND THE JACKSON COUNTY PORKP
PRODUCERS PREPARED THE PORK RIBLET SANDWICHES. THE SANDWICHES WERE SERVED UNDER A BIG WHITE TENT AND THERE
WAS A DRINK TO GO WITH THEM.
AND THERE WAS A LINE-UP ALWAYS AT THE CONCESSION STAND, WAITING
TO GET IN FOR FREE POPCORN, COURTESY OF MAQUOKETA STATE
BANKS.
IT WAS A FUN NIGHT. ONE PROBLEM, WAS THE PROJECTOR. IT DID
NOT WANT TO SHOW THE MOVIE. IT WAS MISSING THE RIGHT KEY.
THE PROJECTOR KEY, LIKE A PASSWORD ON A COMPUTER, ALLOWS THE
MOVIE TO BE SHOW, MANAGER JACK JONES HAD TO CALL AN EMERGENY NUMBER TO GET IT AND CONSEQUENTLY THE MOVIE STARTED NEARLY AN HOUR LATE.
THOSE WHO COULD NOT WAIT, WERE GIVEN A PASS FOR A DIFFERENT
MOVIE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.
A BIG THANK YOU TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KEVIN BURNS AND MANY OF HIS EMPLOYEES FOR SPONSORING THE EVENT.
THE 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE, IN YEAR NUMBER 67, IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR
IN IOWA AND EFFECTIVE TONIGHT, WILL BE OPEN EVERYNIGHT UNTIL
MID AUGUST AND THEN WILL GO BACK TO WEEKENDS ONLY UNTIL MID OCTOBER.
THE DRIVE-IN WAITING FOR FIRST CARS. WEEK DAYS, THE GATE OPENS AT 7 AND WEEKENDS AT 6:30. TWO NEW MOVIES FOR ONLY $8.
KIDS $5. UNDER 5 FREE. BRING FOOD ALONG AND TAILGATE
IF YOU LIKE. BRING A LAWN CHAIR OR BLANKET OR COUCH AND A PORTABLE RADIO SO YOU CAN WATCH THE MOVIE UNDER THE STARS.
BE THE FIRST MOVIE TONIGHT AT THE 61 DRIVE-IN.... AND WILL EASILY BE THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE OF THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND.
IT IS ALSO SHOWING DOWNTOWN AT THE VOY THEATRE.
THE SECOND MOVIE TONIGHT AT THE 61, THE HIT MOVIE, "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOLUME 2" AND ALSO RATED PG-13.
MEMORIAL WEEKEND OFFICIALLY STARTS THE BIG MOVIE SUMMERTIME, WHEN EVERYONE SEES A MOVIE OR TWO OR THREE...OR MORE.
NOTHING BEATS SEEING A MOVIE ON A BIG SCREEN WITH GREAT SOUND.
