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By Ted Crampton at the Turn of the Century, the Hills Around the Town Of n by Ted Crampton At the turn of the century, the hills around the town of Thomas, West Virginia, were covered with thick forests. This was soon to be changed by the "timber barons" who sent in gangs of timbermen to fell all the noble trees. Toiling alongside these timbermen were men from the small mining camps. Money flowed as if just invented. In 1905, Hiram Cottrill arrived in Thomas from Pennsylvania and built what he grandly called Cottrill's Opera House. The building bears that name to this day. John C. Thompson, an employee of Cottrill's between 1910 and 1942, provided this author with the history of the building. In its early years, the opera house played host to road shows doing one­ night stands. Mr. Cottrill was the owner-operator of a saloon occupy­ ing the ground floor of the opera house. With the coming of prohibi­ tion, he sold everything, including the theatre, and bought a farm else­ where in the state. The new owners operated the the­ atre, and entertainment ran from one-night stands through a variety of plays, finally turning to movies. The movies, with piano accompaniment and live shows added at times, soon became the prime attraction. In time the theatre again changed hands, go­ ing to a Mr. Sutton who renamed it Sutton's Theatre. The new manager always procured the best equipment, and his shows were a real treat. The original invest­ ment in a Photoplayer, a player piano with a small organ attach­ ment, was later replaced by a much - larger Photoplayer with two organ - attachments complete with traps. Early in 1928, a 4-rank Wurlitzer organ, Opus 1840, Model B, was in­ stalled in the theatre. Alas, its stay was short for the following year the introduction of talking pictures 15 D:ECAL·· THEATRE.- .COLCHESTER'S NE . LUXURY·. ,CINEMA _CON 'I_'IN UOt.JS PERFORMANC E DA IL Y 2 till 10.30 p .m. M_ONDA Y, MARCH 2nd, · AND ALL Tlllil · WE'EK · Ronald Colman in "CONDE .MNED -" !- With ANN HARDING. Dl.l>'ed<•n Hinh· NUoa' No\·el •• Co1ukmn ,·J. lo l)eyi J' t.lanJ ," ON THE STAGE: Dir ect from T he Cacilno De Purl'!. Sen ntlon al E n1!t1i m e;_t of "LE..S TROIS MATAS" BE UT Y AND GRAC~ . MA~ BRUCEON THE MIGHTY WURLITZERORGAN. HELR0'l'l0?\8 DY TH E R EGAL O R CHEST RA. IPopu,Ja ,.. P .. loe• o r Adm l•• lo n- ~~cflJ~i::~~~ - .':·-::~--_-.·: _:)~ ~,$ ~-~-- Privalo .l.loxf's to Heat G 10;-. 1':veuing3 6J. lo 2, 4. ).~...,.~ ~~~~~f?'.5i:~ ~ ~..:..-,.....Jr'~ D .UtOAIN M Tl l<~ES DAILY. l~or Sen.ts occupitld bofo,~ -1o' cloclc 3,1., 6J. .. 1/· & 1/6. • R E STA URANT OPEN DAl l,Y 10 a.m. t ill 10 p,nt . Wurlitzer Opus 1840 was installed in Cottrill's Opera House (above), Thomas, West Virginia, in 1928, when it was known as Sutton's Theatre . Three years later the organ had been shipped to England and was playing in the Regal Theatre, Colchester. This advertisement ( right) appeared in the Essex County Standard on February 21, 1931. made musical accompaniment ob­ The organ was purchased by air­ Opera House? Over the years, decay solete. line executive Jim Crampton, a lover and neglect have taken their toll, However, across the Atlantic, in of theatre organ since boyhood. He but the opera house with its ornate England, the arrival of "talkies" had purchased the water mill at Ox­ Italianate interior still stands. Help coincided with an intense rivalry nead, in North Norfolk, and modern­ for its restoration is at hand, for the among theatres to provide more ized the miller's house alongside present owner, Mrs. Betty Stewart, lavish entertainment programs. where he now lives with his wife, last year donated the theatre to the using the theatre organ to augment Barbara. The four-story water mill Alpine Festival Association of Tuck­ the orchestra, to accompany stage was built a hundred years ago and its er County, who, with assistance from acts and to provide solo interludes. waterwheel is still there but no the Arts and Humanities Division of This resulted in the installation of longer in use. With imagination and the Department of Culture and His­ over 500 unit organs in Great Brit­ good taste, Jim has now converted tory of the State of West Virginia, is ain. the second floor into a roomy, com­ planning to reopen the theatre after After its removal from Sutton's fortable concert room seating about its restoration. This writer is sending Theatre, the little Wurlitzer was re­ 100. At one end stands the console of recordings of the organ to them so turned to the factory for the addition a British Compton theatre organ , that the voice of the Wurlitzer may of a Tibia and Chrysoglott/Vibra­ presently being installed. At the once more be heard in the theatre phone. Then it was once more crated other end is the lofty chamber con­ where it first sang out over 50 years up and transported across the ocean taining the five ranks, tonal and ago. to England where it was installed in nontonal percussions and effects of Acknowledgements: Mrs. Mari­ the Regal Theatre in Colchester, a the Wurlitzer organ. The swell wyn M. Smith, Editor, The Parsons military garrison town in the county shutters are hidden by wall-to-wall Advocate; Mr. John C. Thompson; of Essex. A theatre of some sub­ curtaining which can be opened to Mr. Walter Smigal, of California; stance, the Regal offered daily pro­ reveal a movie screen. Clifford Manning, theatre organ grams that included a movie, a news The Wurlitzer console has been historian; John D. Sharp, photo­ feature, on-stage entertainment and immaculately restored to its beauti­ grapher. □ selections by the Regal Orchestra. ful mahogany finish , and the stop­ When the theatre was newly-opened keys, manuals and pedalboard have in February, 1931, Max Bruce was all been renovated. That the organ is England the organist. Several months later, in frequent use is a tribute not only aound upon his departure to the Bijou The­ to the Wurlitzer craftsmen of yester­ atre in Johannesburg, South Africa, year, but also to today's craftsmen This summer? the bench was taken over by Tom who have brought back to mint con­ Walker who remained at that post dition something tha t would have de­ Get your passport now! until 1963 when the organ was re­ cayed and faded away years ago. For more information, see moved due to modernization of the To go back to the beginning of the Feb/March issue - page 32. theatre. story, what has become of Cottrill's 16 THEATRE ORGAN APRIL/ MAY 1980 .
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