Olsen and Johnson star in Crazy House at Roanoke Rapids
Olsen and Johnson headline the week’s feature with Crazy House a wild comic caper full of slapstick and stars Allan Jones Leo Carrillo Robert Paige and Andy Devine The program runs Sunday at the Peace and Monday Tuesday at the Imperial with a cast of Universal gag givers and a musical lineup fine tuned for laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olsen and Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
Olsen-Johnson Boys
Imperial
Universal
Allan Jones
Leo Carrillo
Robert Paige
Andy Devine
Alan Curtis
Olsen and Pehuere
Percy Kilbride
Gar Kennedy
Franklin Pangborn
Billy Gilbert
Shemp Howard
Cass Daley
Thanksgiving program at Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club
The Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club held a Thanksgiving themed meeting. Paul Fields delivered a tribute tracing Thanksgiving from Pilgrim origins to modern times. Ray Finley led songs with Billy Waters at the piano and Clyde Martin operating a projection device. Lt. George Wood attended as guest of Leslie Towe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club
Paul Fields
Billy Waters
Ray Finley
Clyde Martin
George Wood
Leslie Towe
Lt James Webb Arrives as Aviation Cadet Instructor at Pecos Field
Second Lt. James W. Webb 22, son of Mr and Mrs B S Webb of Roanoke Ave, Roanoke Rapids, arrives at Pecos Army Air Field Texas to serve as an instructor for basic flying training. He earned his pilot wings and lieutenant bars August 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Webb
Pecos Field
Pecos Army Air Field
Texas
James W. Webb
B. S. Webb
Roanoke Ave
Webb
Roanoke Rapids High School
Pecos
Bryan Field
Home Economics Teacher Resigns to Join FSA at Dobson
Mrs. Marie B. Trulove resigns from William R. Davie School where she served as home economics teacher. She will become home supervisor for Yadkin and Surry counties with the Farm Security Administration at Dobson, assuming duty December 1. Her successor at Davie School is not yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie B. Truloye
William R. Davie
Farm Security Administration
Dobson
Yadkin
Surry
Davie
Town Talk Highlights Visits and a Birth Announcement
A series of visits occurs across Virginia and nearby towns as residents travel to Roanoke Rapids Richmond Ebony Oak City Dunn and Franklin. The hometown notes also report the birth of Ronald Paige to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Jones on November 21 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Balmer
Richmond
W. W. Norwood
Howard Jones
Ebony
Geraldine Kidd
Olive Gee Horton
O. G. Horton
Dick Bracey
Robert Keeter
L. E. Keeter
Scotland Neck
George Carroll
Norfolk
Martha Herrin
Dunn
Gladys Perkinson
Buddy
Oak City
John Pierce
Lee Jordan
Franklin
Lawrenceville
J. B. Norwood
Chester Jones
Ronald Paige
Cleophus Bray
Engagement Of Margaret Winslow To Cadet Edwin Williams
Mr and Mrs Robert Towe announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Winslow to Aviation Cadet Edwin Rudolph Williams son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Williams of this city The wedding is planned for early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Leslie Towe
Margaret Winslow
Edwin Rudolph Williams
Joseph Lawrence Williams
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O’rourke
Olivia de Havilland
Robert Cummings
Miss de Havilland
States
Charles Coburn
Cummings
Coburn
Fred Astaire
Joan Leslie
the Peoples
Miss Leslie
Astaire
Blade
Mag
Illinois
Chester Morris
Nancy Kelly
John L. Lewis
Morris
Richard Dix
Jane Wyatt
Kiwanis Club
Home Ec
Davie School
Dobson Fsa
Gee Horton
Arlington, Va
Towe - Williams
Roanoke Rapids Theatres
Deooles
Robt Cummings
Princess O'Rourke
John Nesbitt
Don Winslow
Coast Guard
Lucille Ball
Red Skelton
Dubarry
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Sherlock Holmes
Diana Barrymore
Hoot Gibson
Ken Maynard
Death Valley Rangers
the Masked Marvel
WCBT
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