New Bell Theatre

The Bell Theatre opened in 1916 by Mr. and Mrs. M.S. Owings. But 13 years later the bells tolled for the venue when the competing New Sanger got sound in 1929 and a new Sanger was under construction. Mrs. Owings and M.C. Armstrong operated to closure on May 5, 1929 under competition from the sound film era’s New Sanger Theatre and an even better theater under construction.