New Boxing Club Forms to Promote Summer Fights
Roanoke Rapids locals organize the Rosemary Athletic Club to stage two outdoor boxing cards monthly through the summer. Promoter Lonnie Blackwelder, a noted middleweight, will direct shows with D. C. Smith of Greensboro defending the Carolinas title against Blackwelder in the first main ten round bout. Local fighters fill semifinals and prelims as a full night of ten rounds for the main event plus four other bouts.
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Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary Athletic Club
Lonnie Blackwelder
South
Blackwelder
D. C. Smith
Greensboro
Carolinas
Smith
Salisbury
Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again at New Theatre
The New Theatre Weldon North Carolina screens Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again with James Stewart on Sunday and Monday. The schedule also features Blondie Brings Up Baby with Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake, plus Brother Rat and a Baby with Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane on Thursday. Friday adds local-people features and a closing week with Overland with Kit Carson Chapter VII. George O’Brien in Marshal of Mesa City and Richard Dix in Marines Fly High are listed among week’s offerings.
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Marlene Dietrich
Destry
James Stewart
New Theatre
Weldon
N. C
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Dagwood
Wayne Morris
Priscilla Lane
Kit Carson
George O’brien
Marshal
Mesa City
Richard Dix
Enfield PTA March Meeting Highlights Health Program
The Enfield PTA met in the school auditorium with vice president Mrs Hubert Whitaker presiding. Mary Collins led the program committee as fourth graders presented a play and health talks followed by Fred Hoyle and Mrs W R Garnett. Attendance dollars were given to the sixth grade before adjournment.
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Enfield P.T.A
Hubert Whitaker
Mary Collins
Fred Hoyle
W. R. Garnett
Jackie Cooper in Seventeen at Pitts Sunday
The Pitts Theatre in Emporia shows Seventeen on Sunday March 31 featuring Jackie Cooper Betty Field and Otto Kruger.
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Jackie Cooper
Pitts
Pitts Theatre
Emporia
Betty Field
Otto Kruger
Studio Schedule Features Classic Film Lineup This Week
Monday and Tuesday present James Stewart Margaret Sullavan and Frank Morgan in The Shop Around The Corner. Gene Autry with Smiley Burnette performs South of the Border on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday showcase Remember the Night with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Saturday offers The Man from Texas with Tex Ritter.
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James Stewart
Margaret Sullavan
Frank Morgan
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Fred MacMurray
Barbara Stanwyck
Texas
Tex Ritter
Johnsons Laundry Adds Modern Linen Care Equipment
Johnson's Laundry installed extensive new equipment for laundering and caring for linen suits. The improvements include building upgrades and delivery units, making the Roanoke Rapids plant one of the most modern in the region. Wake Forest College guests Dave Fuller and M. C. Newsome visited over the weekend.
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Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
Dave Fuller
M. C. Newsome
Wake Forest College
Schedule Change Roanoke Rapids Post Office Times
Roanoke Rapids Post Office shifts outgoing mail closing to 8 45 p m after April 1 1940 affecting Seaboard trains 2 5 and 16 with 9 45 p m current time. Incoming rail mail times list trains and arrival hours for Seaboard Atlantic Coast Line and others.
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Roanoke Rapids
Seaboard
L. G. Shell
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Coast ,Line
Families Travel North Virginia Weekend
Miss Nancy Wolhar and Rickett Hawkins spent Sunday in Williamsburg and Jamestown Virginia. Mr and Mrs Clyde Martin and C D Martin Jr spent Sunday at Kechoughton Hampton Virginia visiting Mrs Martins brother.
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Nancy Wolhar
Rickett Hawkins
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Clyde Martin
C. D. Martin, Jr
Kechoughton-Hampton, Va
Mrs. Martin
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EXIDE
Brickell
Johnson's
RR Post Office
Johnson’s Laundry
Tueatre Emporia, Virginia
Destry Rides
News & Act
TVES
WED
Rita Rio
Levon Theatre
Enfield N
SUN
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