Tyrone Power and Alice Faye Star in Old Chicago at Imperial
The Imperial Theatre schedule lists Tyrone Power and Alice Faye in Old Chicago next Sunday. The week continues with The Sullivans starring Anne Baxter and Thomas Mitchell and Buffalo Bill in Technicolor with Joel McCrea Maureen O Hara Linda Darnell and more. The Laramie Trail with Bob Livingston and Smiley Burnette closes the week with The Tiger Trail as an added feature.
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Imperial Theatre
Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Chicago
the Imperial
Anne Baxter
Thomas Mitchell
Imperial
Buffalo Bill
Harry A. Sherman
Linda Darnell
Buffalo Bill Cody
Villians
Bob Livingston
Smiley Burnette
Laramie Trail
Weldon Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Pvt. Alex Lassiter of Fort Bragg spent a few days at his home in Weldon this week. Bill Hudson from Norfolk visited friends in Weldon on Sunday. Whitt Moore of Norfolk visited in Weldon over the weekend. Mrs. Cay Day and daughter of Norfolk spent last week with Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Carter. Mrs. Frank Taylor of Norfolk spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Anthony.
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Alex Lassiter
Fort Bragg
Bill Hudson
Norfolk
Weldon
Whitt Moore
Cay Day
W. A. Carter
Frank Taylor
W. H. Anthony
Dickens' Name Presented as Ex‑AAF Football Player Roster
The roster submitted to Headquarters Second Army Air Force lists Sgt. George Dickens and five Ardmore AAF men from Ardmore Oklahoma along with Roanoke Rapids High School and High Point College football experience. Dickens is 22 and six feet two inches, with four years at Roanoke Rapids High School and one year at High Point College.
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George Dickens
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Ardmore Aaf
Okla
Second Army Air Force
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dickens
Roanoke Rapids High School
High Point College
Gaither Home on Twenty Day Furlough from Camp Shelby
Private James H. Gaither son of Mr and Mrs G W Gaither of Halifax spent twenty days at home on furlough after service in the Atlutians. He is now stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi.
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James H. Gaither
G. W. Gaither
Halifax
Camp Shelby
Miss
Rakestraw Eason Tie The Knot In Emporia Va Ceremony
Mavis Irene Eason daughter of Mrs. Lillie Eason and the late Everett Eason and Thomas Dale Rakestraw from Kansas City Mo were united in marriage last Saturday in Emporia Virginia at 430 PM. Present were Mrs. Lillie Eason and Miss Gertrude Holmes of Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Rakestraw will reside in Kansas City.
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Rakestraw - Eason
Mavis Irene Eason
Lillie Eason
Everett Eason
Thomas Dale Rakestraw
Src
Kansas City
Emporia
Gertrude Holmes
Roanoke Rapids
Rakestraw
Bridge and Shower Honor Miss Bobbitt
Enfield hosted a bridge and shower Saturday night for Miss Mary Eleanor Bobbitt of Raleigh and Enfield whose engagement to Elmer Billman was announced. The Kimball home featured roses and peonies. four bridge tables, bingo prizes, corsage, and a silver token were part of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enfield
Elsie Kimball
E. W. Byrd
Mary Eleanor Bobbitt
Raleigh
Elmer Billman
Shelbyville
Ind
Kimball
A. C. Nichols, Jr
John Parker
Frances Hofler
Miss Bobbitt
Bobbitt
Robert Kimball
Hugh Sherrod
Catherine Parker
Durward Anderson
Corrinne Hofler
Myrtle Winifred Matthews
W. C. Cates
Mildred Gray
Henry Hillard
Sam Ewell
Anne Pope
Mary Shaw
H. C. Murphy
Town Talk at Brink funeral for Rook family victims
Attendees include Rev L A Tilley and many local residents at the funeral for Johnnie J. Rook and his nine year old son Johnnie Lee who died in Saturdays accident in Brink. Local visits include Mrs Clinton DeBerry and Miss Erma Birdsong with John Baird. Pvt Robert C Rogers reports to Parris Island. Kirk Taylor of Norfolk visited relatives.
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L. A. Tilley
John Baird
J. M. Taylor
Lloyd Bryant
Ernest Acree
Agnes Pearson
Ben Gray
Tommy Norwood
Edward Dav's
Benjamin Archie
Johnnie J. Rook
Johnnie Lee Rook
Brink
Clinton DeBerry
Erma Birdsong
Garysburg
Robert C. Rogers
Parris Island
S. C
Kirk Taylor
S 1 c
Norfolk
Thomas Perkinson
A. D. Waters
Richmond
Mattie Witherspoon
Local residents share weekends across Virginia and Maryland
Eddie O Donnell and others spent Saturday in Rocky Mount. Doris Hedgepeth of Westhampton College visited her parents in Petersburg and Richmond. Hedgepeths and Bunches traveled to Richmond, and a Baltimore visit followed for Marjorie Householder and Virginia Jones. Several others spent weekends in Danville Richmond and went to Fresno for a husband’s visit. Attendees joined a funeral in Petersburg for W T Melvin. Mary Louise Ray and Lois Lyles visited Emporia on Sunday.
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Eddie O'Donnell
Louis Grimmer
Joyce Witherspoon
Betty Wynn Ingr
Rocky Mount
Doris Hedgepeth
Westhampton College
Richmond
M. H. Hedgepeth
W. G. Bunch
Elizabeth Faison
Marjorie Householder
Virginia Jones
Baltimore
Perry Smith
D. L. Balmer
Danville
A. W. Willliams
Maggie Brown
Fresno
California
Pfc
James A. Brown
Paul K. Harris
Newpot News
Pattie Ellis
Rosa Livesay
Lloyd Faison
Jake Rentz
R. D. Harris
Troy Livesay
W. T. Melvin
Petersburg
Mary Louise Ray
Lois Lyles
Emporia
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Roanoke Ave
Tickle
E. D. Harbour
Optometrist
Roanoke Rapids, N
Hardy Bobbitt
Virginia Ogletree
Justis Shaw
Annie Matthews
John Walton
Eunice Cuthrell
Roanoke Rapids, N. Y
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Spider Woman
Richard Arlen
Allan Jones
June Vincent
Don “Red” Barry
Sundown Kid
Yardley
Leigh — Coty
Paris
Griffin Drug Company
Koanoke Ave
Johnson’s Cabs
Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Levon
WFEK
Barbara Stanwycke
J. McCrea
Banjo
Gary Grant
Joan Garfield
Don Ameche
Frances Dee
Happy Land
Frisco Kid Blackmailer
Batman
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