Roanoke Rapids Wins Guard Medical Unit Over Rocky Mount
Roanoke Rapids outbid Rocky Mount for the National Guard medical unit. General Metts cited greater local enthusiasm in Roanoke Rapids as key to the decision, with Rocky Mount businesses deemed less enthused. The unit’s Collecting company will be established in Roanoke Rapids, amid plans for an armory and WPA support.
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Rocky Mount
N. Y
Roanoke Rapids
National Guard
T. A. Avera
Chamber of Commerce
J. van B. Metts
Metts
Raleigh
Newell
Melton
Avera
Masonic Temple
Allan Jones and Walter Connolly At Pitts Sunday
On Sunday only April 21 the Pitts Theatre in Emporia offers The Great Victor Herbert starring Allan Jones Mary Martin and Walter Connolly.
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Allan Jones
Walter Connolly
Pitts
Emporia
Victor Herbert
Mary Martin
John Wayne
Claire Trevor
Edmund Lowe
Margaret Lindsay
Lloyd Nolan
Tex Ritter
Miss Kathryn West Visits Parents With Roommate
Miss Kathryn West and Miss Jessie Jones of Mere dith spent the weekend with Miss West's parents Dr. and Mrs. J Frank West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn West
Jessie Jones
Meredith
Miss West
J. Frank West
New Theatre Weldon Schedules Week of Films and Stars
The New Theatre Weldon opens the week with Three Cheers for the Trish starring Priscilla Lane and Dennis Morgan. The Bluebird with Shirley Temple follows, then Grapes of Wrath features Henry Fonda and Dorris Bowden. Saturday offers Two Fisted Rangers and Young As You Feel with Overland with Kit Carson chapter.
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Charles Starrett and Sons of the Pioneers
TWO Fisted Rangers
Jones Family
Kit Carson
Town Talk Net Weekend Visits Mentioned
Miss Catherine Burnette of Garysburg visited with Mr and Mrs John Baird over the weekend. Edna Moore returned to Erwin after several weeks with Hazel Vaughan. Clara Hearne spent Friday in Richmond Virginia. W C Duke and W E Lane were in Rich Square with W T Duke on Sunday. Lib Overton spent the weekend at home in Greenville. Thelma Daughtry spent the weekend in Greensboro. Haywood Williams of Washington DC visited relatives Mr and Mrs George Phelps.
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Catherine Burnette
Garysburg
John Baird
Edna Moore
Erwin
Hazel Vaughan
Clara Hearne
Richmond
W. C. Duke
W. E. Lane
Rich Square
W. T. Duke
Lib Overton
Greenville
Thelma Daughtry
Greensboro
Haywood Williams
Washington, D. C
George Phelps
Mary Norwood
Roxboro
Claude Keene
Lula Williams
Norfolk
Mabel Smith
Cecil Smith
Petersburg
Bynum
C. H. Williams
Lawrenceville
A. W. Williams
Addie Griffin
Jack Lipscomb
Frank Neal
Wake Forest
L. S. Neal
T. B. Glover
O. L. Smith
Burlington
Wilber Anderton
Fredricksburg
J. P. Anderton
Raymond Barrett
Small Son
Goodrich
Charlotte
Frank Mitchell
Henderson
Julian Glover
J. F. Welch
Rocky Mount
Jake Lassiter
R. J. Askew
Potecast
Pat Crowell
Concord
Local Social Roundup From City and Nearby Towns
Sunday visitors span multiple towns with the Phelps and Woodruff families hosting. Residents including Miss Norwood and Miss Hearne travel to Roxboro and Bynum while others visit Norfolk Petersburg and Burlington for weekend gatherings.
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Allegheny
Gulliver's Travels
Riders of Frontier
Priscilla Lane
Dennis Morgan
New Sunday
George Phelps, Jr
Elton Phelps and Son
Portsmouth, Va
Henry Woodruff
NEW Theatre
Weldon
N.C
SUN
MON
Adm
Priscille
Lane
Thomas Mitchell
Allan Hale
TVES
Shirley Temple
Maurice Maeterlinck
Henry Fonda
Dorris Bowden
Charlie Grapewin
Jane Darwell
Levon Theatre
Enfield
N. C. Sun
Wace
Frigidaire
Iwrigidaire
America
E. W. Smith Incorporated
DIAL
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke RapiDs, N. C
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