Posted on: EauClaire Co. Wi Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaire/553 Surname: WALTER, BLANK, ZIEBELL, SCHROETTER, HARRINGTON, MARQUARDT ------------------------- In response to the query of the Bowling alley attached to the theater in Eau Claire Co: I don't believe the WAGNER family ever owned the State Lanes. I remember the State Lanes being open during the 1960s as my parents used to bowl there as well as at the Wagner Complex up on the other end of town. I believe the theater was renovated about the time that the State Lanes closed down, and I am thinking that was in the mid to latter 1960s, since my girlfriends and I used to take the Greyhound Bus to Eau Claire for a day and just shop. There was another bowling alley built about the same time that was halfway between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, out by the old Stardust Drive-In Theater, just off Hwy 53. Not sure if this info helps, but it might make it a bit easier to narrow down dates, if necessary. Candy