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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1942

Page

10

Remembering Dimes and Dismissed Sunday Clothes

A guest column recalls a childhood dime lost through a grill at a bank in Durham and a parade of memories about Sunday clothes, a Mammy’s boy, and language curiosities. The piece wanders through reflections on childhood, family, and language while musing on persistent questions about words and meaning.

Durham Tobacco Company Paul

Charlie Chaplin Dictator Film At Pitts Theatre

Pitts Theatre Emphoria shows Chaplin in The Great Dictator Thursday and Friday with Hitler and Mussolini portrayed as monkeys. The schedule also includes Brian Donlevy in A Gentleman After Dark on Thursday, Three Mesquiteers in West Of The Cimarron Saturday, Ken Murray in Juke Box Jenny Sunday June 14, plus a Wednesday double feature The Night Before The Divorce and The Corpse Vanishes.

Pitts Theater Emporia Brian Donlevy Pitts Cimarron Ken Murray Charlie Chaplin Hitler Mussolini

Local Visitor Notes and Weekend Guests

Miss Mildred Ray Grant returned to Emporia Monday after visiting Miss Mary Louise Ray. Milton Loy of Charlotte spent the weekend here with friends.

Mildred Ray Grant Emporia Mary Louise Ray Milton Loy Charlotte

Leven Theater Week Offers Hollywood Romance and Westerns

Olivia De Havilland and Henry Fonda star in The Male Animal at Leven Theater with a comedy and act. Tuesday brings Wild Bill Hickok Rides with Constance Bennett and Bruce Cabot. Thursday features Song of the Islands with Jack Oakie Victor Mature and Betty Grable. Saturday doubles with Gentleman At Heart and Lone Rider In Texas Justice. Also at Seven in Enfield We Were Dancing and Captain Of The Clouds. Mrs K B Hamilton of Lynchburg visits local hosts.

Olivia de Havilland Henry Fonda Hollywood the Leven Constance Bennett Bruce Cabot Bill Hickok West Levon Jack Oakie Victor Mature Betty Grable Cesar Romero Carole Landis George Huston Seven Enfield Captain of the Clouds

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