The new Thruway Movie Theatre had a special feature that was visible to everyone who visited the theatre. On the sidewalk in front of the theatre was a plaque that announced a time capsule that was to be opened in 50 years, in 2019.
The Thruway Theatre has been replaced by a variety of businesses, such as the Hand and Stone Spa, but the time capsule remains embedded in the sidewalk. In 2014, the year 2019 doesn’t sound quite so far away…it’s just around the corner, and then everyone will know what was important enough to to be included in the time capsule in 1969.
Photo courtesy of Molly Grogan Rawls.
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I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD TO BELIEVE BUT I WAS THERE WHEN THAT TIME CAPSULE WAS PLANTED BY DAN AUSTELL AND HE QUOTED AS THE TAPE RECORDER WAS PUT IN THE CAPSULE… (REEL TO REEL PORTABLE)…. MORE THAN LIKELY IN 2019 NO ONE WILL KNOW HOW TO OPERATE THIS THING…. AND MY SISTERS PICTURE ..SHE WAS CROWNED MISS THRUWAY . HER NAME IS MITZI DUNN TREDWELL AND TRUST ME …WE WILL BOTH BE THERE FEB 14, 2019….. JOHN DUNN
Hi John, this is Tim Clodfelter at the Journal. Can you provide us with contact information for yourself and your sister?
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Thruway theatre was a big part of my childhood in the early 70’s my mom would buy movie tickets at a discount from my school Griffith Elem for the summer.
My mother Jerrel Bell was asked to write a letter of what she thought it would be like in 50 years . Her letter is in that time capsule. I just found out they’re going to open the Time Capsule February 16th on a Saturday but have not decided on a time . my mother is still alive and we will all be there for the opening
I stood in line many times for the theatre, atop that time capsule. As a child, I thought it was about the size and shape of one of the Apollo space capsules – big enough for 3 astronauts. Nope.