Lions Club Mid-Summer Festival Tickets On Sale Now
Roanoke Rapids prepares for the Second Annual Lions Club Mid-Summer Festival to be held August 8 through 13 on Roanoke Avenue grounds. Girls compete for Queen of the Exposition by selling advance tickets with prizes including an $85 diamond ring. Advanced tickets cost 10 cents and gate admission rises to 25 cents.
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Lions Club
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
Pable
Edwin Akers
Window of
Land Brothers
Smith's Hotel
Ted Speight
Crescent Amusement Company
Hollywood Extra Girl Blasts Film Illusions
An anonymous writer in Cosmopolitan recounts the 1929 Hollywood extras world. She details Central Casting, wardrobe power, and TechniColor limits, revealing how the life of an extra is trapped by bureau systems and social barriers while noting Garbo’s rare appeal.
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Hollywood Extra
Hollywood
Paula Wayne
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Motion Pictures
Central Casting
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Janet Gaynor
Casting Bureau
Garbo
Luther Burbank
Expresson
Herbert Knight 43 Dies in Train Accident in Muskogee
Funeral services for Herbert Lee Knight 43 were held at his mother’s home with Rev J R Poe and others officiating. Knight a longtime newspaper man, was killed by a train in Muskogee Oklahoma last Tuesday. He is survived by his mother three children three brothers and two sisters. Interment followed in the family cemetery near Rich Square with attendees from Weldon.
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Herbert Lee Knight
Knight
Mid-West
Muskogee
Okla
J. R. Poe
Aulander M.E. Church
Lonnie Lasser
B. P. Robinson
Weldon
W. L. Clegg
Bethel
E. 5. Crawford
Rich Square
Mr. Knight
John Knight
Aulander
Mildred
Ruth
Herbert
W. L. Knight
Edgar Knight
Chapel Hill
N. C
Norfolk
J. R. Williford
C. O. Talley
Richmond
Mrs Marvin Hawkins and Miss Marie Hudson Visit Murfreesboro
Mrs Hawkins and Miss Hudson were in Murfreesboro on Tuesday, engaging in local activities and social visits. They toured nearby shops and attended community events, enjoying the day's southern town hospitality.
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Marvin Hawkins
Marie Hudson
Murfreesboro
Childrens Day Program at Spring Church July 24
The annual Children’s Day service at Spring Church is set for Sunday July 24 with an 11:00 a.m. pageant titled A Child’s Quest for Christ followed by an address by Rev. Cunningham Emporia Va a returned missionary from Cuba. Musical features include Mr J T Clark and Miss Dora Clark from WEED Rocky Mount. Dinner will be served on the church grounds and members and friends are urged to attend.
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Cunningham
Emporia
Cuba
J.T. Clark
Dora Clark
Rocky Mount
Memb
Local Residents Return From Visits Across States
Mrs J Holt Evans and daughter Betsy Anne visit Tennessee relatives. Miss Annie Mae Sherrod returned home from Statesville. S W Kent back in Washington DC after visiting daughter Mrs W F Dickens. Mrs W W Kitchen returns to Scotland Neck after visiting daughter Mrs Sam Arrington Dunn. Will Robertson family visit Crewe Virginia relatives. Mary Long Cherry returns to Richmond from visit with Gene Bobbitt. Mrs John C Williams returns to Oxford after two weeks with J K Newton. Clyde Hunter Marjorie Dickens Anne Boyd Whitaker back from Virginia Beach. F M Dickens Sallie Dickens Peirson Dickens A C Nichols Jr return from Asheville. Mamie Lee Kimball returns from Greenville with Catherine Tyson. Tyson accompanies her home for a few days. Mr J B Britt and children likewise mentioned.
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J. Holt Evans
Betsy Anne
Tennessee
Annie Mae Sherrod
Statesville
S. W. Kent
Washington City
W. F. Dickens
W. W. Kitchen
Scotland Neck
Sam Arrington Dunn
Will Robertson
Ruth Bryan
Crewe
Mathews Family and Hugh Sherrod Jr Visit Virginia Beach
Mr and Mrs Leonard Matthews and children and Hugh Sherrod Jr spent a few days of last week at Virginia Beach.
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Dren
Leonard Matthews
Hugh Sherrod, Jr
Virginia Beach
Society Ex poses dark secrets in tattoo revealing
Ex society writer Mary Ward exposes high society tattoo trends in a July Town and Country piece. She notes Mrs Paul Abbott, Mrs Arthur White and many socialites with tattoos ranging from butterflies and hearts to elephants and flags, tracing the spread from navy and colleges to social registers.
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Mary Ward
Paul Abbott
Arthur White
Hadie Hames Yates
Caresse Crosby Young
Bettina Belmont
Dorothy Parker
Ogden Starr
J. Bryan
Navy
Miss Ward
DKE
Phi Delts
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Philadelphia
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Spring Church
Enfield
ECA Transformers
Mallory
Yaxley
Jensen
M. Westbrook
Jackson
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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