Potato picking contest Potato Blossom Festival.

VERDUN THEATRE

in 1946 Milton Smallman, Sr., and his son Emmerson opened the Verdun Theatre. This was a large building located on the corner of Willow Avenue and Kent Street. it had red upholstered seats and a canteen where popcorn and candy bars were available. Some of the original seats can still be seen today in the community sports centre. In 1961, the theatre closed only to be reopened in 1964 by Keith Cooke and Milton Smallman, Jr, under the name of Venus Theatre. They operated the theatre for only a short time. There has been no theatre in O’Leary since then and one must travel to the Princess Pat

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