Volume 9 , Issue 25

Britton, OK Jr & Sr High School

"The photo of Britton Jr-Sr High school is from the 1948 high school annual but the school was built in late '20's or '30s.

The next photo is of the Britton Theatre on the north side of Britton Highway (the main street). It was formerly known as the Ritz Theatre before the newer theatre was built (about 1947) on the south side of the street, and then it was remodeled for awhile into a roller-skating rink and a couple of years later was changed back to a theatre showing double features on Friday and Saturday only. Years later the building was sold and became doctors offices. I worked at both theatres, and later became a theatre owner myself (first in a tiny town in Missouri, just after serving in the Airforce. Then I returned to Oklahoma to attend college at Oklahoma City University (majored in electronics engineering) and worked as a projectionist at the Lakeside Theatre. Later became a film editor at KWTV channel 9 and while there, leased small town theatres in Tuttle and Minco, Oklahoma, before moving to Perry to operate the indoor and drive-in theatre). I still live in Perry, and own and manage an antique mall." -- Roy
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