“There is change in the things I loved, Ben Bolt. They have changed from the old to the new; but I feel in the depths of my spirit the truth-there never as change in you” (Thomas Dunn English, “Ben Bolt”, circa, 1890)
My father, Max Thomas managed the Ben Bolt from 1977 until he retired in 1989. The theater was like one of his children. He was proud of it’s beauty. The child aged with grace and he was saddened when it was gone.
In May, 1994 my father turned 75 and my brother Phil and I gave him a surprise birthday party in the lobby of the theater. Even used the old concession stand for popcorn and pop. The venue was a perfect place to celebrate the man we loved in a place he gave so much of himself to. They are both missed.
“There is change in the things I loved, Ben Bolt. They have changed from the old to the new; but I feel in the depths of my spirit the truth-there never as change in you” (Thomas Dunn English, “Ben Bolt”, circa, 1890)
My father, Max Thomas managed the Ben Bolt from 1977 until he retired in 1989. The theater was like one of his children. He was proud of it’s beauty. The child aged with grace and he was saddened when it was gone.
In May, 1994 my father turned 75 and my brother Phil and I gave him a surprise birthday party in the lobby of the theater. Even used the old concession stand for popcorn and pop. The venue was a perfect place to celebrate the man we loved in a place he gave so much of himself to. They are both missed.