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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1939

Page

9

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle at Peoples Theatre

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in the Castle romance biopic at the Peoples Theatre Sunday to Tuesday, tracing Vernon and Irene Castle from early Broadway to global fame and ending with Vernon's wartime death. Edna May Oliver and others co star as the supporting cast. Also shown is Tell No Tales with Douglass Dumbrille and Gene Lockhart, plus the musical Some Like It Hot starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross opening May 12.

Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Peoples ‘Theatre Vernon Irene Castle Vernon Castle Lew Fields Fields Irene New York Paris Royal Flying Corps Texas Robert E. Lee Edna May Oliver Walter Breenan Janet Beecher Etienne Girardot Melvyn Douglas Louise Platt Peoples Theatre Nick Carters Douglass Dumbrille Gene Lockhart Tom Collins Jean Fenwick Halliwell Hobbes Florence George Hobart Cavanaugh Peoples Bob Hope Shirley Ross

Town Talk: Local Guests and Weekend Travel Highlights

Newport News visitors joined J. S. Pearson for dinner in Valentine Virginia. Numerous locals attended picnics and Sunday visits in Worrell's Mill Murfreesboro Kinston Roanoke Rapids Enfield Norfolk Elizabeth City and Richmond.

Harry McClure Dorothy Lee Newport News J. S. Pearson Valentine A. F. Nackley Mildred Liverman Mildred Morris Bennie Radcliffe Raymond Coker Worrell's Mill Murfreesboro Lula Harris Elizabeth Glover D. B .Camp A. M. Glover Kinston

Missionary Meeting Held at Enfield Church

Mesdames G. M. Smith J. B. Batton Paul V. Matthews J C O dell Susie Gooch C W Davis and S M Thompson attended the District Missionary Meeting convened Wednesday at the Methodist Church in Enfield North Carolina.

Mesdames G. M. Smith J. B. Batton Paul V. Matthews J. C. O’dell Susie Gooch C. W. Davis S. M. Thompson Methodist Church Enfield N. C

Class Picnic Highlights High Attendance Record

The 8-1B class with Miss Mary B. Cannon gave a Friday picnic. The class averages one hour off each month for good attendance. Eight months’ attendance stands at 99.34 percent with 42 enrolled and 42 absences. church attendance is also strong with every pupil in church each Sunday.

Mary B. Cannon

In Memoriam for W. C Spencer

In memory of my father W. C Spencer who left us on Mother's Day 1929. Dearest father we miss you more than we can tell. We loved you but angels loved you more. His devoted daughter Mrs James McDaniel.

W. C Spencer Angels

Longs On Cruise To Bermuda

Dr. and Mrs. T W M Long and Misses Bettye Gray Long Catherine Crewe and Nick Long sailed from Norfolk Virginia on the Queen of Bermuda Tuesday at 6 00 p m for the first cruise meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society of which Dr Long is Secretary Treasurer.

T. W. M. Long Bettye Gray Long Washington, D. C Catherine Crewe Nick Long Norfolk N. C. Medical Society Dr. Long

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