Honky Tonk Stars Gable and Turner Return to Imperial
Hollywood couple Clark Gable and Lana Turner headline the Imperial’s one day return engagement in Honky Tonk. Roanoke Rapids patrons will also see The Fleet’s In with Dorothy Lamour and William Holden starting Monday. Oblliging Young Lady, Juke Box Jenny, and The Last of the Duanes with Spy Smashers are scheduled later.
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Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Hollywood
The
Imperial
Miss Turner
Gable
Roanoke Rapids
the Imperial
Dorothy Lamour
William Holden
Ken Murray
Harriett Hillard
Charlie Barnet
Milt Herth
Wingo Manone
King’s Men
Barnet
Murray
Miss Hillard
George Montgomery
Former Local Man Ends Own Life in Biscoe
Max Higgins once overseer in Patterson Mills weave room and a familiar figure in the area shot and killed himself at his Biscoe home on Wednesday morning of last week, according to word received by friends this week. Higgins had been general overseer in the weave and dyeing rooms at Aileen Cotton Mills in Biscoe, leaving Roanoke Rapids a...
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Max Higgins
Patterson Mills
Biscoe
Higgins
Aileen
Roanoke Rapids
Local Man Found Dead In Biscoe Home
A former Greensboro resident, about eight years in the area, was found dead in the laundry room of his Biscoe home around 7 am Wednesday. The 44 year old man was in pajamas with a 16 gauge shotgun by his side and no suicide note was left. He is survived by his wife and five daughters. Burial services were held in Forest City.
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Betty
Doris
Patsy
Mary
Jane
Biscoe
Forest City
Monday Bridge Club Enjoys Hospitality at Mrs Loy Home
The Monday Bridge Club met Monday evening at Mrs. H. Loy showing three tables of players. Floral bowls framed the room as scores were tallied with Mrs. J. E. McGee leading the standings.
Local visitors include Rex Hospital nurse and guests
Miss Mildred May, a student nurse at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, visited her parents on Monday and Tuesday. Mrs John C. Smith and Mrs Lillian Taylor spent Sunday at Cape Henry, while Mr and Mrs E M Bidgood and Ann Bidgood of Portsmouth, Virginia were guests of Mrs W H Jones on Sunday.
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Mildred May
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
J. F. May
John C. Smith
Lillian Taylor
Cape Henry
E. M. Bidgood
Ann Bidgood
Portsmouth
W. H. Jones
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Turner
Honky Tonk
Joan Carroll
Edmond O’brien
Ruth Warrick
Miss Warrick
Shirley Temple
O'Brien
Teacee
N. C. State Fraternity
Kappa Phi Kappa
Paul Regan
Kington
Curtis F. Tarlton
Marshville
Junius E. Johnson, Jr
Catawba
Henry W. Cameron
Bessemer City
Warren C. Shaw
Mitchiner Banks
Louisburg
Stanley Taylor
Jackson
Gradie J. Wheeler
B. Allen
Charlotte
J .A. Duncan
Trinity
C. Raymond Hill
Pilot Mountain
J. B. DeLoatche
Greensboro
Masonic Lodge
Mesdames J. E. McGee
Carroll Wilson
Allen Zollicoffer
Ned Manning
Howard Pruden
Julian Allsbrook
Frank Hawley
Scott Benton
Elizabeth Griffith
Ruth Transon
Elizabeth Clark
Decoles
Robert Cummings
Priscilla Lane
George Murphy
Anne Shirley
44Th Street
Lynn Bari
Joseph Allen, Jr
Gene Autry
Wyoming
Harriet Hillard
Juke Box
Jennie
Duanes
Roanoke Rapids Theatres
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