Andy wrote:
> George Shirley said...
>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> George Shirley said...
>>>
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>> George Shirley said...
>>>>>
>>>>>> My second favorite was and still is Whoppers malted milk balls.
>>>>> But... but... you only got those at the movies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe I was deprived!??
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>> They were available at five and dimes, candy stores, and some grocery
>>>> stores when I was a kid. I first found them at the Saturday movies. My
>>>> folks would give me a quarter and I would ride my bike the five blocks
>>>> to the Lamar Theater in Beaumont, TX. Cost a dime to get in and then
> you
>>>> could get a cold drink and a bag of popcorn for fifteen cents or a cold
>>>> drink and two nickel boxes of Whoppers for the same fifteen cents. You
>>>> got to see a couple of cliff hangers and then either a western movie or
>>>> a Tarzan movie. Then there would be contests for prizes. Go at 8 am,
>>>> turn you loose at noon. Cheap baby sitting.
>>>
>>> George Shirley,
>>>
>>> Great!!!
>>>
>>> Thanks for the memories!
>>>
>>> I'll smile all day now!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Andy
>> I visited the old neighborhood in the late seventies, first time in many
>> years. Drove by the old Lamar Theater and it was an "Adult" movie house.
>> Probably didn't even sell Whoppers anymore.
>
>
> Ain't that a DARN shame too!!!
>
> Probably R-rated stuff too, huh!??
>
> Andy

From what I read in the paper when they closed it down it was more like
X-rated.