Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — WILL REMODEL OPERA HOUSE [ARTICLE]

WILL REMODEL OPERA HOUSE

Present Interior Will Be Enlarged and Altered Considerably. J. H. S. Ellis has announced his intention of thoroughly remodeling the interior of the Ellis theater. Present plans are to remove the entire present balcony and make a new one that will extend from the rear of the present balcony to the front of the building. The main floor will remain as at present, and beneath the proposed balcony will he constructed several suites of office rooms. The new balcony will have two stairways leading to it instead of one as now..