News Article: Drive-In Theatre Opens Friday - Something new in the way of theater entertainment for moving picture fans of this region will be unveiled Friday night when the Traverse Drive-In Theater, first outdoor theater to be completed north of Muskegon, holds its gala grand opening. The theater is located six miles north of Traverse City on US-31 along the bay shore, just this side of the village of Acme.

Construction was launched on the theater project, owned by the West Michigan Theatre Corporation, last fall on a 12-acre plot of ground which has facilities for accommodating over 500 cars of show patrons. Landscaping of the grounds is just bing completed. Friday's premiere showing will feature a first run picture, to be shown just two days after national release. Theater officials stated that quite a number of first run pictures will be shown during the summer season.

The Traverse Drive-In will offer shows every night, with two performances to be offered on a single billing and one and half shows for double features. The schedule is so arranged that any patrons who arrive at the thater bt 10:00 p.m. will be able to see a complete show. In addition to the finest in sound and projection equipment, the theater will have a refreshment building combined withe the projection booth. Comfortable chairs will be available for walk-in patrons and those who wish to leave their cars. A special children's playground has been installed for youngsters to use prior to shows. A feature will be free pony rides for children before the show starts.

Bottle warmers will be available for babies at the concession building without charge, and the theater will offer car hop service to its patrons, with a complete line of refreshments offered by the concession. Theater patrons may signal for car-side service by using a siganl light on the switch of the individual speakers available for each acr. Officials invite drive-in patrons to visit Northen Michigan's newest theater of its type, pointing out that entire families may come to the show and that patrons may wear informal garb. Officers of the theater firm operating the Traverse Drive-In are Glen Beach, White Cloud, president; Glenn Wallace, Scottville, secretary; Bion Rockwell, Suttons Bay, treasurer. (Traverse City Record-Eagle 6/29/50)

News Article: Morning Worship at Acme Drive-In Theatre - There will be a morning worship service on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at the Acme Drive-In theater. This service is sponsored by the council of churches and Reverend Alvin Doten will preach on "Faith For Your Troubles." The choir of the Wllllamsburg church will sing. (Record-Eagle 7/25/58)

Update: I went to the Traverse Drive-In in the mid 1970''s during my college days when there was something I wanted to see. When you were at East Bay Beach just east of Northwestern Michigan College, you could see the screen from the beach across the bay. (Waterwinterwonderland.com/Tom 3/10/09)