Hawaii as seen from Roanoke Rapids through a hometown lens
The piece blends a Roanoke Rapids family notice with a lake of island prose about Hawaii. It notes Corporal Leonard Glover stationed in Hawaii for three years and references a local resident’s name, EB Matthews, in a distant trial tale. It weaves curious travel lore with film reviews and vivid island imagery.
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Leonard Glover
Hawaii
E. B. Glover
Hamilton Street
Roanoke Rapids
Onous
Corporal Glover
EB. A. Matthews
Halifax
Matthews
Hawaiian
Central Pacific
California
United States
Congress
Orient
Pacific
Miss Gaynor
Gaynor-Farrell
Ginger Rogers
Jimmie Dunn
Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Charles Farrel and Janet Gaynor in A Very Honorable Guy
Charles Farrel and Janet Gaynor headline a film with Joe E Brown and Alice White in A Very Honorable Guy. Brown plays a gambler who loses luck, mates with danger, and after jail, faces a racketeer's demand for $500, forcing desperate schemes.
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Charles Farrel
Janet Gaynor
Joe E. Brown
Alice White
the Peoples
Brown
Alice
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C Farrell
James Dunn
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