Pages past - Oct. 20

On this date ...

1979: The 31-year-old Yucca Drive-In movie theater on South Prince Street in Clovis had been torn down the day before.

The Clovis News-Journal reported the drive-in was built in 1948.

“Remember those great summer nights?” the photo caption read.

“It was first dates, popcorn and soft drinks, ’53 Mercs with skirts, horn-honking and a host of other youthful memories.”

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