Fredonia Drive-In
535 Filmore Street,
Fredonia,
KS
66736
535 Filmore Street,
Fredonia,
KS
66736
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The Fredonia Drive-In was located on the north side of town at the intersection of Filmore Street and N. 6th Street. It was opened in June 1954 when it was operated by Mr & Mrs George Wadlington. It was still open in 1960.
Today, the land is private property and only the faint outline of the drive-in and some of the ramps remain.
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From BoxOffice, Jan. 11, 1960: Harley Fryer of Lamar (MO?) “has acquired the Kansas Theatre and the Fredonia Drive-In in the Wilson County seat in the southeast part of the state from A. W. Pugh and the new management will be effective Thursday (17). Fryer’s brother Richard will manage the Fredonia operation”.
The July 3, 1954 issue of Boxoffice ran a short article with three small photos on the new Fredonia drive-in. It was owned by Mrs. and Mrs. A. W. Pugh of Columbus KS and their daughter and son-in-law, the George Wadlingtons, who had owned the West Theatre in Parsons for eight years.