Andy Hardy Film to Play at Peoples Sunday
The Andy Hardy series returns with Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble starring Mickey Rooney and Lew Stone at the Peoples Theatre starting Sunday through Tuesday. Rooney in college misadventures with the Wilde twins and romance with Bonita Granville headlines a schedule including Voice in the Wind and Two Girls and a Sailor, plus The Falcon Out West and Mojave Firebrand in the following days. A War Bond event with band concert accompanies Two Girls and a Sailor.
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Lee
Lyn Wilde
Rooney
Wainright
Wilde Twins
Bonita Grande
Dean
Herbert Marshall
Andy
Lewis Stone
Marshall
Miss Granville
Orestra
Camp Butner
26 Negro Men Taken By Army From Halifax County
From a group of 91 color ed selectees sent to Fort Bragg Halifax County reports final physicals reduced the corps to 26 recruits. Names listed include Mack Alston John Daniel Howard Harris Burgess Williams Burgess Edmonds Brown Jefferies Freeman Evans Alston Smith Davis Davis Johnson Cooke Alston Plumb Alston Hockaday Bert Robinson Long Price among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
Halifax County
United States Fighting Forces
Mack McKinley Alston
John Thomas Daniel
Howard McKinley Harris
William Henry Burgess
James Thomas Williams
Robert Lee Burgess
Roosevelt Edmonds
Jackson Floyd Brown
John Ellis Jefferies
James Noah Freeman
Esthmus Evans
Herbert Alston
David Smith
Cornelius Henken Davis
John Henry Scott
Edward Lea Johnson
William Calvin Cooke
Plummer Alston
Purnell Plumb
Virgil Barn Alston
Jacob Adams
Lonnie Freggie Hockaday, Jr
John Thomas Bert
Sandy Lee Robinson
Thomas Long
Walter Price
Bill Roberts Visits Bainbridge Parents This Weekend
Bill Roberts of Bainbridge Maryland spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs W H Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Roberts
Bainbridge, Md
W. H. Roberts
Sgt Hasty Wins Air Medal Award
Sgt William D Hasty of Roanoke Rapids tail gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on bombing missions over Europe. At 20, he has six combat missions, and is the son of Mr and Mrs W S Hasty of 788 Williams Street. He graduated Roanoke Rapids High School in 1942 and joined the service February 3 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Hasty
Roanoke Rapids
Europe
United States
Sgt. Hasty
W. S. Hasty
Williams Street
Roanoke Rapids High School
Town Talk Guests from Nearby Towns and Duty Calls
Miss Sarah Cox of Chapel Hill visited her parents Mr and Mrs N D Cox. Marine William Johnson visits this week. Alton and Bill Savage of Newport News Virginia spent last week with Mrs Marion Hudson. Miss Mary Virginia Jenkins and Mrs Ollie Horton spent a week at Virginia Beach. Mr and Mrs C F Crumpler of Norfolk were guests of Misses Ruth and Viola Glover. Sgt Bessie Bell of Fitzsimmons Colorado is on furlough visiting friends. Miss Dorothy Lee McClure of Newport News spent last week with Misses Betty Wynne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Cox
Chapel Hill
N. D. Cox
William Johnson
Alton
Bill Savage
Newport News
Marion Hudson
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Ollie Horton
Virginia Beach
C. F. Crumpler
Norfolk
Ruth
Viola Glover
Bessie Bell
Fitzsimmons, Colo
Dorothy Lee McClure
Betty Wynne
Wolhar family honors graduates at Sacred Heart Academy
Teresa Wolhar received the athletic award at Sacred Heart Academy Belmont during graduation exercises attended by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wolhar and other relatives. Visitors included Mrs. Charlie Gibson and Bobbie Jean. Charles Wolhar transferred to Independence Kansas for basic training. Marcus M. Smith on 7 day Navy furlough with sister Mrs. Calvin Medlin.
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Margaret Anne Ingram
W. A. Wolhar
Franklin Sullivan
Patsy Wolhar
Sacred Heart Academy
Belmont
Teresa Wolhar
Charlie Gibson
Bobbie Jean
Emporia
Calvin Medlin
Dickie and
Jimmie
Rich Square
Frank Smith
Reggina Smith
Charles Wolhar
Sikeston
Independence
Kan
Marcus M. Smith
U. S. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
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Andy Hardy
Peoples
Francis Lederer
Sigrid Gurie
Prague
Island of
Guadalupe
West
William Clemens
Om Conway
Falcon
Carole Gallagher
Lyle Talbot
New York
Miss Gallagher
Cliff Clark
Ed Gargan
Don Douglas
Joan Barclay
Talbot
Sus
Conway
The
Bill Elliott
Yee
Deooles
SUN
Mickey Rooney
Tom Conway
Barbara Hale
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
James Cagney
Margaret Lindsay
Roanoke Raplds
Heatres
WCBT
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