Pontiac Township High School - Pontio Yearbook (Pontiac, IL)

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i Q E 5. Sinee N24 the Crescent Theater has been showing top li1liL'fl Hollywood movies. The theater hzts the most inod- ern fzieilities. and draws crowds from all over the coun- ty. XVhen talking pictures were introdueed, the Crescent wus the second theziter in Central Illinois to enjoy the showing of such movies. Now the eity has two theaters- The Engle und the Creseent. AAQIQ1. J 5, The eity's first opera house was built und owned hy Mr. Lord, XVhen it was destroyed hy fire in 1884, Mr. Folks became the proprietor and manager of the only opera house in Pontiac Cpielured ahovej. Minstrel shows, dramas, and Yttudexille :lets were performed on this stage. High School commencement exer- cises were held here sinee the school did not have :in auditorium.

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Y TIME PAST'S auswm' to YVatl's Drug Storm' was the Spa. sonuflinu-s known as thc Cave of thc YVinds lmccaiisv young folks gathered thcrc to talk and cat irc crvain Young mcn of the clav were somctimcs interested in doing something othvr than just eating irc Crcani. as arc' todays youths. I'util l869 Pontiac was called a 'Amudholv propcnrf' Tho mud uscd to gvt so dt-cp in thc stu-cts that it was up to thc axles on lulggic-s, recalls one of thc c'ity's old timers . Aftcr ISG9 the strccts wcrc drained hy dc-vp ditches running to the rivvr, Stone, haulcd from tht I. S. Ballfofk farm, was laid in thc' c'c'ntcr ol' thc strvt-ts. In l895, thc' slrccts around thc square wort' paved. At onc lilnv. thc fitv had thc bust slrvcls in thc CUIIIIIV. Picturvd ahovc is a vit-w of Madison Strcct looking wcst. 4