Roanoke Rapids Theatres Feature Rooney Garland Babes in Arms
Next week at Roanoke Rapids theatres Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland star in Babes in Arms for the Sunday show returning engagement. Also The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O’Brien runs Monday-Tuesday. Granny Get Your Gun Wednesday with May Robson and Margot Stevenson and Shooting High Thursday-Friday with Jane Withers and Gene Autry. The Three Mesquiteers Cowboys From Texas Saturday plus Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe. A Future Farmers banquet followed with a club gathering and local officials noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
George Brent
Imperial Theatre
May Robson
Harry Davenport
Margot Stevenson
Granville Bates
Hardie Albright
Granny
Miss Robson
Nevada
Margot
Albright
Jane Withers
Gene Autry
Jane
Gene
Will Carson
Wild Bill Carson
United States
Carson Corners
Majorie Weaver
Frank M. Thomas
Robert Lowery
Katharine Aldridge
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jack Carson
Hamilton MacFadden
Cee Kee
Texas
Town Talk highlights local visitors across several states
A string of social notes lists residents and guests visiting from Edenton Kinston Wilson Raleigh and Richmond with travelers also noting return trips from St Marys and Florida. Duke university students Miss Sara Crawford Towe and Miss Lillian Lee are home for holidays with their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Hedgepeth
Portsmouth
E. M. Bidgood
J. A. Moore
Elizabeth Moore
Edenton
City
T. M. Bullock
Thurman, Jr
William Bennett
Wilson
R. I. Starke
J. E. Smith
Raleigh
Virginia Moseley
Kinston
Sara Crawford Towe
Lillian Lee
Duke University
J. H. King
Littleton
Jack Lipscomb
Madeline Lipscomb
H. C. Wirtz
Paul Ray
Mary Louise Ray
Richmond
Hugh Douglas
Lelia Parsons
Hopewell
A. L
Sara Thompson
Helen Davis
J. E. Buck
Christine Buck
W. T. Phillips
W. A. Harris
B. D. Johnson
W. P. Edmonds
Billie
Greenville
J. B. Edmonds
Alice Cole
Merle Cole
Fuiday
R. S. Taylor
A. B. Williams
Sybil
B. P. Smith
Doris Smith
Edythe Keene
Fayetteville
Clifton Grant
J. H. Pair
Elsie Pair
Werdell Woodruff
Dewey Hersey
Richmond, Va
Wedding Cake Reception Follows Rehearsal in Portsmouth
Mrs. Dora Hawkins and Mrs. Hayward Cherry hosted a Saturday cake cutting for the wedding party and guests at Mrs. Cherry’s home after the rehearsal. Attendees included Mesdames Kee Powell Flowers Curran Coburn Co burn Morgan White Markham and others with Miss Hawkins and Rev Rogers among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCrary-Hawkins
Dora Hawkins
Hayward Cherry
Caroline Markham
Portsmouth
Maxine Hawkins
Clyde Fulghum
Ella Lee Taylor
Alease Smith
Alice Merritt
Cleta Lewis
Naomi Powell
C. T. Rogers
Bennie McCrary
T. B. Browning
Howard Hawkins
Clarence Coburn
Sam Powell
Robert Flowers
Mayo Coburn
Sam Hockaday
W. C. Morgan
Wm. Farber
Father Son Banquet Hosted by Lit tleton High School FFA
Agriculture students at Lit tleton High School hosted a Father and Son banquet in the agricultural classroom on March 21. Covers were set for 78 as Home Economics girls served a meal. Clarence King acted as toastmaster, with opening ceremonies and blessings led by John W. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littleton High School
Home Economics
Clarence King
John W. Jones
Leon Wright
A. J. May
FFA
Murphy Ellis
William Cheek
Clyde Spraggins
Harold King
Charlie Shearin
Farmer Creed
Stith Harris
Courtney Saddler
Johnie Aycock
Courtney
Weldon Junior Woman's Club Meeting Highlights
The Weldon Junior Woman's Club met Tuesday evening at Mrs. J. A. Vaughan Jr. home with Miss Christine Alston as co host. President Tennie Green presided as Miss Francis King read minutes and new roll. Rev Lawrence Stell of Roanoke Rapids spoke as guest. Ice course with pink and white cakes nuts ended gathering with about twenty members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon
J. A. Vaughan, Jr
Christine Alston
Tennie Green
Francis King
Lawrence Stell
Roanoke Rapids
Kiwanis Club Presents Minstrel Cast Dance Night
The Kiwanis Club hosts an informal dance for the Minstrel cast in gratitude for their work on The Gay Nineties. The event runs from 8 to 12 with no intermission at the High School Gymnasium on Friday April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Briggs and Briggs Visit in Skippers Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Briggs and their relatives Miss Carter Briggs George Sawyer and Jr. Briggs spent Sunday afternoon in Skippers Virginia visiting Mr. and Mrs. Happy Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Browning
B. Marks
Norfolk
Va. Beach
P. B. Lynch
Richmond
Jennie Rainey
John R. Williams
Plymouth
G. E. Williams
Lettie Armstrong
Glenn Gurley, Jr
Winterville
David Bright
A. W. Briggs
Carter Briggs
George Sawyer
Jr. Briggs
Skippers, Va
Happy” Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roanoke Rapids Theatres
Mickey Rooney and
Judy Garland
Imperial
Mickey Rooney
Douglass Wilson
G. F. Crawley
Steve Acai
F. L. Riggan
D. A. McPherson
Co. C. Abernathy
W. C. Matthews
Halifax County
Singing America
The
Future Farmers of America
Bill Allsbrook
W. C. Allsbrook
Lib Brown
Julia Moseley
Dorothy Harris
William White
Detroit
Mich
Jr. Woman's Club
the Fighting
Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
Take This Woman
Martha Raye
Charlie Ruggles the Farmer's Daughter
Marjorie Reynolds
John King
Midnight Limited
Fu Manchu
Flash Gordon
Peoples and Imperial Theatres
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