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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

7

Farce program pages entertain with acts and mischief

A lively program features Cupid Counted Out and a mock movie audience scene with popcorn, a crying baby, and theater seat chaos. Albert McKeen plays a flat tire in a model T Ford sketch while Charles Addlington acts as the crank. Nellie Williams Joe Dryfield and Robert McCartney perform comic readings and a final Mooncreek Hollow piece.

Albert Bud) McKeen Charles Addlington Albert McKeen Néllie Williams Joe Dryfield Robert McCartney Mooncreek Hollow Cracky

Center Holds Stunt Night at Lawson Center

Community staff presented Stunt Night during Open House Week at the Lawson Community Center. The humorous program drew loud audience laughter with Elsie Ringler and others performing the first duet as the highlight of the evening.

Lawson Community Center Elsie Ringler

Lettuce Freshening Tip Sparks Crisp Salad Hint

A reader suggests adding a few drops of lemon juice to water to revive and refresh lettuce and other salad greens. The method aims to restore crispness and extend the greens’ freshness.

The Doctor Takes a Wife at Strand Theatre

Loretta Young stars opposite Ray Milland in a lively comedy about a writer who praises spinsterhood and a doctor who distrusts women. They pretend domestic bliss, clash in private, and become entangled in a murder case witnessed by a detective and the ex’s jealous girlfriend. Paige faces the death sentence. Miss Drew gets life.

Loretta Ray Young Milland Reginald Gardiner Gail Patrick Serean George Sect al Xeownai Loretta Young Miss Young Strand Theatre Columbia Mr. Smith Washington Ray Milland A.D Paige Miss Drew

Women Without Names at Strand Theatre

Paramount presents Women Without Names at the Strand Theatre led by Ellen Drew and Robert Paige with Judith Barrett Louise Beavers and John Miljan. Directed by Robert Florey the drama follows a waitress and an engineer whose romance ends when the wife’s ex husband disrupts their happiness.

Paramount Strand Theatre Ellen Drew Robert Paige Judith Barrett Louise Beavers John Miljan Wiliam R. Lipman Horace McCoy White Robert Florey Miss Drew

Millionaire Playboy at Dixie Theatre with Joe Penner

Joe Penner stars as a shy playboy hopeful who has never felt love and seeks a cure at a glamorous hotel filled with eager kissers. Intrigue erupts as his rich father hires thugs to seize the hotel from the young owner Linda Hayes while Penner’s schemes unfold.

Joe Penner Dixie Theatre Penner Joe Linda Hayes

Bill Elliotts Guns Roar In Man From Tumbleweeds

Wild Bill Saunders arrives in Gunsight to aid Iris Meredith, faces the bandit gang, and organizes a ranger effort amid a town afraid to act. The film blends action and romance with Elliott delivering dramatic gunplay and quick-draw heroics.

Bill Elliott Wild Bill Saunders Dixie Theatre Columbia Flaming Frontier Wild @ill Gunsight Saunders Iris Meredith Elliott Miss Meredith Wild Bill State Rangers

Legion of Lost Flyers at Opera House

Universal adventure drama stars Richard Arlen and Andy Devine as ace pilot and comic sidekick. The screening at the Opera House promises action packed two fist fights and lively chase scenes in a new chapter of the Legion series.

Rick Gillan Arlen Alaska Anne Nager William Lundigan Guvin Williams Ona Munson Theodor von Eltz Jerry Marlowe Jack Carson Leon Ames Leon Belasco David Willock Edith Mills Christy Cabanne Ben Pivar Pivar Maurice Tombragel Universal Richard Arlen Andy Devine Legion of Lost Devine

Shorts About Your AAA Farm Program

A brief note on household purchases tied to the AAA Farm Program mentions a housewife buying a nine cent one pound loaf of sliced bread wrapped in waxed oil paper. The line reflects everyday use of farm support programs influencing lower cost staples.

Bishop Strider to Preach at St Matthias Sunday

Rt. Rev. Robert E. L. Strider will preach and administer the apostolic rite of confirmation at 11 o clock Sunday morning at St. Matthias Episcopal Church. Rev. George E. Manson announced. Strider is a leading West Virginia pulpit orator and is expected to draw a large congregation.

Robert E. L. Strider

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