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No source says outright where the name came from, though the Ellwood family's Spade Ranch ran pasture in eastern Hockley County, and the same circuit later had drive-ins named XIT and L.F.D. in Littlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 1950 The Exhibitor named Dorsey Oliphant, formerly assistant manager of the Floydada theatres, as assistant to Jeff Hardin, the Wallace manager at the Spade. It was a small house, parking about 250 cars in 1956, when W.B. Blankenship is listed as owner. A commenter's photos show a staff party in August 1951 and the marquee in June 1955. Trade directories carry it through 1964, and a coming attractions poster survives from June 1966, with the town's name misspelled. Nothing found gives a closing date. 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