News Article: Outdoor Theatre - Don Garey is back from wintering in Florida, and is anxious to get his outdoor theatre in operation. Location is on M-37 at the golf course road. Mr. Garey picked the location as midway between White Cloud and Newaygo and between Fremont and the Hardy-Croton complex. Building is concession center and projection booth. Framework, pictured from rear, is for the huge screen. (White Cloud Eagle 4/18/63)

News Article: M-37 Drive-In Theatre - Don Garey has hit his target date of being open for Memorial Day. His M-37 Drive-In Theatre was scheduled to open Wednesday evening with a double feature which will run through Saturday. An ad in this issue gives the program. Under Mr. Garey's policy, there will be no Sunday shows. Monday and Tuesday will feature two for the price of one admission. The theatre, located on M-37 between White Cloud and Newaygo, will have 254 speaker staions. The outdoor screen is 64 feet wide and 32 feet high. The two-story building is 15 x 40, with rest rooms, projection room and concession area on the ground floor and living quarters on the second. Mr. Garey choose his location as a central point to White Cloud, Newaygo, Fremont and the Hardy-Croton complex. (White Cloud Eagle 5/30/63)

News Article - M-37 Drive-In Purchased by Sundown Theatre Corp. Newygo, Mich - The M-37 Drive-In has been purchased by the Sundown Drive-In Theatre Corp. of Spring Lake from Jack Loeks Sr. of White Cloud. Steve Eisner, who heads the firm which bought the theatre has named Mrs. Carole LaRue as manger of the theatre. Under the new management, the M-37 ran brand new films on an intial Friday-Saturday basis until school was out and then increased its playing time to four days a week-Thursday to Sunday. Five other drive-ins in Michigan are owned and operated by Eisner. They are at Ludington, Spring Lake, Three Rivers, Mt. Pleasant and Houghton Lake, as well as one in Massachusetts. (Box Office Magazine 6/23/69)

Update: The M-37 Theater of White Cloud/Newaygo is closed. Land is being developed around it, and the lot is suspiciously clean (2 years ago, it was overgrown). The screen, projection booth, and snack bar seem intact. (Jeff Raterink 1/31/00)

Update: The M-37 Drive-In Theater is now home to someone. The snack bar is being used as a home. There is also a house trailer on the lot. The screen and ticket booth are also still standing, but the marquee is gone. (Michigandriveins.com 9/9/00)

Update: The M-37 Drive-In Theater's snack bar continues to be used as a home, and the screen remains intact. (Michigandriveins.com 4/27/03)