Of course you are in a slump Vee. It is FEBRUARY in Niagara County. What else can you expect. It will pass. You can't stop sending us your wonderful memories. Genealogy is a lot more than names. It is the people who make the family history that are important. And when you talk about trips it brings to mind other vacations and trips that I have made. Hopefully I will write about them if only for my grandchildren. Do you remember movies on a Saturday at the LaSalle theater? I had a boyfriend who had a job as usher. He would let me in free. We stayed all day and watched the double features and them maybe watched them again. It seems they were mostly cowboy films. What was the name of the theater? Barbara Moll

Dear Barb, To answer your question about the name of the LaSalle Theater, that's what it's name was. And oh yes indeedy I remember the Saturday matinees very well indeed, especially in the late 1930s. Not only were they double features, mostly cowboy films, but also included in one low, low price (10 cents?) was a cartoon and Pathe News. But in thinking back on those Saturday matinees which were really just for kids, I also recall from the dim recesses of my mind the gangster films! For some dumb reason I remember knowing who/what a "mouthpiece" was at the early age of 7 or 8! But MOST of all I remember going to the LaSalle Theater in 1939 and watching the most glorious film ever made, The Wizzard of Oz!" It was actually in COLOR!! But I have to add a giggle here. When I was 15 or 16 years old and my two girlfriends and I were all madly in love with the actor Alan Ladd, we took the long IRC bus ride to LaSalle to drool over his manliness in the film "Two Years Before the Mast!" Oh sigh, flutter, flutter! The three of us were truly in love! :-) Yes those were the innocent years and although I'm not saving this message to add to the number of memories I have shared with you, even if I did, who among my niece's children or grandchildren would have a clue as to who Alan Ladd was. (Another sigh!) vee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:37 AM Subject: [FOLKS] Slump > Do you remember movies on a Saturday at the LaSalle theater? I had a > boyfriend who had a job as usher. He would let me in free. We stayed all day and > watched the double features and them maybe watched them again. It seems they were > mostly cowboy films. What was the name of the theater? > > Barbara Moll > >

I know of a couple whose last name was Ladd. They thought Alan Ladd was divine, so much so that they named their son: Al N. Ladd. Ugh! Anna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [FOLKS] Slump > Dear Barb, > > To answer your question about the name of the LaSalle Theater, that's what > it's name was. And oh yes indeedy I remember the Saturday matinees very > well indeed, especially in the late 1930s. Not only were they double > features, mostly cowboy films, but also included in one low, low price (10 > cents?) was a cartoon and Pathe News. > > But in thinking back on those Saturday matinees which were really just for > kids, I also recall from the dim recesses of my mind the gangster films! > For some dumb reason I remember knowing who/what a "mouthpiece" was at the > early age of 7 or 8! > > But MOST of all I remember going to the LaSalle Theater in 1939 and watching > the most glorious film ever made, The Wizzard of Oz!" It was actually in > COLOR!! > > But I have to add a giggle here. When I was 15 or 16 years old and my two > girlfriends and I were all madly in love with the actor Alan Ladd, we took > the long IRC bus ride to LaSalle to drool over his manliness in the film > "Two Years Before the Mast!" Oh sigh, flutter, flutter! The three of us > were truly in love! :-) > > Yes those were the innocent years and although I'm not saving this message > to add to the number of memories I have shared with you, even if I did, who > among my niece's children or grandchildren would have a clue as to who Alan > Ladd was. (Another sigh!) > vee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:37 AM > Subject: [FOLKS] Slump > > > > Do you remember movies on a Saturday at the LaSalle theater? I had a > > boyfriend who had a job as usher. He would let me in free. We stayed all > day and > > watched the double features and them maybe watched them again. It seems > they were > > mostly cowboy films. What was the name of the theater? > > > > Barbara Moll > > > > > > >