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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1941

Page

5

Northwest Passage At Roanoke Rapids Imperial Next Week

Tracy Young star in Northwest Passage at the Imperial Sunday only. Comrade X, Phantom Submarine and Trail of the Vigilantes play different days. Gene Autry returns Saturday for Ride Tenderfoot Ride with a Green Archer chapter.

Roanoke Rapids Theatres Tracy Young Spencer Tracy Robert Young Franchot Tone Gene Autry Tenderfoot the Green Archer

Town Gossip Highlights Weekend Visits and Travels

The column catalogs numerous weekend trips and visits to towns across Virginia and North Carolina. Families and friends including the Newsomes, Coburns, Woodruffs, Matthews, Allen, and Taylor clan members are noted visiting Richmond, Norfolk, Emporia, Newport News, and Durham among others.

Mrs Hersey Receives Shower For Bride Dewey Hersey

Mrs Hersey honored Miss Hattie O dell and bride elect Dewey Hersey with a party at her home Friday evening. Guests wrote verses in a bride book and played games before a salad course and a miscellaneous shower. Guests included Mrs Dewey Hersey and others listed.

Hattie O’dell Dewey Hersey Elise Pair Hersey Mesdames Charles Dickens Jack Newsom Lucy Rook

Bride-Elect Mary Emma Smith Feted At Tea And Shower

Miss Mary Emma Smith bride elect of Littleton was honored at a tea and lingerie shower hosted by Mrs. Horace P. Robinson and Mrs. Roger C. Moore on January 9. Guests greeted by Mrs. Robert Thorne and Mrs. W. W. Johnston joined in a receiving line led by Mrs. Horace P. Robinson and Mrs. Roger C. Moore. Tea served in a room with lace cloths, silver candelists, white tapers, and a centerpiece of fern, white carnations, and snapdragon. Assistants served open face sandwiches nuts stuffed dates and fruit cake.

Mary Emma Smith Littleton Horace P. Robinson Roger C. Moore Robert Thorne W. W. Johnston Ben Long Rives Harold Smith D. A. Rose Norman Mitchell IC. C. Abernathy

Kerr Newby Kerr Wed In Raleigh Tabernacle

Miss Dorothy Matilda Newby of Littleton wed Lyle Kerr in Raleigh at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Dr. F C Feezer officiating. The bride, in soldier blue, is the only child of Mrs Dora Newby and Wade Newby. Kerr, son of the late Mr and Mrs John Carrington Kerr of Lynchburg, is with CCC Camp 2431. They plan to live in Littleton.

Dorothy Matilda Newby Littleton Hermon Lyle Kerr Tabernacle Baptist Church Raleigh F. C. Feezer Dora Newby Wade Bryan Newby Rocky Mount Mr. Kerr John Carrington Kerr Lynchburg, Va

Cooley Butler Wedding in Emoria Virginia

Miss Helen Butler and Lt. Marvin C. Cooley wed in Emoria Virginia on Wednesday January 8 at 4 30 p m in the presence of intimate friends. The bride is Jefferson Street native and daughter of Mr and Mrs S W Butler while the groom is stationed with the Army Air Corps in Tampa Florida. They will reside in Tampa after a dinner hosted by Mrs J W Fanney on Jefferson Street.

Helen Butler Marvin C. Cooley Tampa Florida Emporia

Also Mentioned on This Page

Imperial Anita Louise Bruce Bennett Miss Louise Bennett United States Anenes Tone Kanser William Cattlemen’s Association Crawford Devine Auer Eee Lewis Stephenson Fremont M. C. Newsome F. M. Coburn Clarence Coburn Charlotte J. H. King Clayston Phillips Richmond Alice Cole Lloyd Baird la Crosse R. A. Baird Ruby Garne Newport Rufus Woodruff W. V. Woodruff C. B. Matthews Hollywood Emmett Matthews, Jr Elizabeth Wolhar Marcus Allen Elizabeth City W. A. China Stella Wilson Portsmouth J. C. Vick Billy Waters Norfolk Robert Turner Frances Grant Conway W. A. Grant Margaret Mildred Burton Mary Coburn Woodruff Margaret Edwards Abe Drye Raymond Treadwell Danville B. D. Johnson Greenville W. M. King and Son Wilmer Earl Hopewell Mose Sharpe Ruby Royal Ida Morris Bob Benson Robert Hester Newport News Doyle Cameron Richmond, Va William Peed Mount Pleasant D. A. Hudson 5. O. Gray Williamston Jack Gray Dick Buxton B. Bunn Rupert Hardy Camp Jackson Columbia S. C Toyd Jackson Lindsey Siegfried Pat Daniel Lelia Murray S. B. Turner W. T. Edwards T. D. Parker Rich Square J. O. Slade R. O. Bray Cleophus Bray Durham Duke Hospital Billy Brown Warrenton Elsie Edwards Maurice Allen Washington, D. C W. P. Allen Charlotte Ann Hargrove Weldon Murrell Hudson J. W. Taylor Mary Frances Taylor Greensboro Ella Lee Taylor Emily Taylor John Bounds New York S. J. Bounds Miss Smith Mrs. Hersey Deooles Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr Comrade X Fredric March Betty Field George Brent Ann Sheridan lez-Leon Out West William Boyd Texas Mysterious Dr. Satan Franchot Peggy Moran Trail OF the Vigilantes Kerr - Newby Cooley Butler
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