Garrett Movie Theatre
ca 1930s or 1940s
Randy Bentley / Garrett Historical
Old Movie Show House, Garrett
1919
Randy Bentley / Winchester Francis / Garrett Historical
Building Contract for Moving Picture Theatre, Meat Market, Colored Church, Lodge Room, and Theatre in Wayland
Contract dated May 21, 1927 between Elk Horn Coal Corporation and J.J. West, Inc. for the erection of a Moving Picture Theatre, Meat Market, Colored Church, Lodge Room, and Theatre for Colored in Wayland, Kentucky
May 21, 1927
Wayland Historical Society
Garrett Amusement Hall, 1914
The Amusement Hall was located where Snyder's Service Station was located. This building housed a movie theater, a pool hall, a soda fountain and a barber shop. At one time silent movies were shown, and a Mrs. Banks played music.
1914
Randy Bentley / Garrett Historical
Lawrence Keathley Theater (Martin Theater)
Picture 1: Theater marquee, circa 1951 or 1952
Picture 2: Inside the theater, taken circa late 1940s or early 1950s.
Submitted by Richard Salisbury
Interview with Russell Patton (1907-1994)
Recording 1: Patton shares stories about the Hueysville community, especially practical jokes his father played.
Recording 2: Patton shares more stories from the community. He talks about Garrett Theater, fox hunting, his father pulling teeth, going to dances, bean stringings, pie suppers, and watching films at Bosco Theater. He talks about his grandfather (Wiley Patton), a sulfur fire, and his skill at throwing rocks.
Recording 3: Patton talks about going to work in the coal mines as a teenager, as well as employment at a factory and Bethlehem Steel. He talks about his father's (Morgan Patton) work in logging and railroad, and his father's travels. He also shares stories from the life of his grandfather, Wiley Patton.
June 7, 1979
Submitted by Richard and Susan Salisbury.
Interview with Rondal Hayes
Recording 1: Hayes discusses his family history and shares stories from his childhood. He talks about beginning to teach children at church and describes what religion and prayer mean to him. He discusses what he hopes to instill in the young people he teaches.
Recording 2: Hayes talks about the history of the Hueysville Church of Christ. He discusses the donation of land for the church and its construction, which began in 1909. He talks about the church's ideology, and women in the early days of the church. He describes the first records of the church, the use of the upstairs, his hopes for the future of the church and its current purpose. Hayes discusses the presence of the Ku Klux Klan and early preachers of the church. He describes working at his store (F.P. Hayes General Store) alongside his father.
Recording 3: Hayes talks about his family's experience during the Great Depression. He discusses his father's store and personality. He talks about taking positions in the church and his dislike for preaching at funerals. He describes Alice Lloyd College's involvement in his community, his school building burning down, and the teachers he had as a boy.
Recording 4: Hayes talks about his childhood, including games he played and how Christmas was celebrated. He talks about practical jokes played in Hueysville, shares tales from his father's store (F.P. Hayes General Store), and describes members of the community. He talks about the development of his father's store and the construction of the railroad beside the church.
Recording 5: Hayes talks about Garrett Theater and what he did for fun as a boy. He shares several stories about fox hunting.
Recording 6: Hayes talks more about fox hunting. He discusses his grandmother, fear, coal camp houses, and old practices in coal mining.
June 6, 1979
Submitted by Richard and Susan Salisbury.
<a title="Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/4" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965</a> <br /><a title="Hueysville Church of Christ" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/25" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ</a><br /><a title="Frank Hayes Store" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/26" target="_blank">Frank Hayes Store</a>