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Jenks man to "Reminisce" about 1950s Bristow movie memories
Published: 6/26/2012 4:05 PM
Last Modified: 6/26/2012 4:05 PM

The Princess Theatre in Bristow in the 1950s, during a renovation. Courtesy of the Bristow Historical Society.

The edition of "Reminisce" containing Nick Aston's story, the June/July edition entitled "Summer at the Movies."

The 1950s were a golden age of moviegoing for kids, a time when a couple of quarters could purchase a movie ticket, a soda and a popcorn -- with a little change left over.

Jenks resident Nick Aston captures the spirit of that time and that idyllic experience in his article printed in the latest "Reminisce," a nostalgia magazine with a special June/July edition entitled "Summer at the Movies."

The magazine (it's been carried at Steve's Sundry in the past, as well as other local retailers) features reader-submitted articles -- reminiscinces, if you will -- and for this edition they selected Aston's memory of attending the "picture show" in Bristow in the 1950s.

As a teen, Aston delivered monthly show calendars for the Princess Theatre in Bristow on much the same route he covered delivering Tulsa newspapers, earning him 75 cents and five free movie passes.

Aston's humor shows in several of his recollections, such as attendance of motion pictures being branded a sin by his church and others.

"I couldn't see why God didn't want me to see a great movie," he wrote in the article. "So I decided that the sin designation had to be a mistake made by some old deacons who didn't like movies or who didn't want kids to have fun."

Other such observations on Aston's part can be found in the article, along with a nifty photo of the Princess that was provided by the Bristow Historical Society.

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