had an outdoor picture show (or not far to go for one)
and most of the bigger cities could claim several. For
Turkey, Texas, it was the Midway, a modest Drive-in
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enough for this rural community of half a thousand
people. The screen at the Midway had been lit for
32 seasons before it went dark, and remained dark
another 13 years before being acquired and restored
by a local schoolteacher (let that be a lesson to you!).
The reopening of the Midway in May of 2000 was the
first of two resurrections that occured in Texas during
Season 2K (the second one was Abilene's T&C Drive-in).
The screen is easy to spot from the road - painted with
a huge American flag motif on the back. On front It's lit
with a single feature on weekend nites, April - October.