Rockfish Festival Draws Hundreds in Weldon May 9 10
Hundreds of visitors from several states attended Weldon’s first annual Rockfish Festival held Thursday and Friday. The event opened with a masquerade street dance won by Miss Georgia Willis Tilghman and Lynwood J. Judkins Jr. A parade, floats, a rockfish muddle, flower show, May Day pageant, and coronation ball followed with May Queen Mary Virginia Whitfield and royal court honored by Mayor J. T. Maddrey.
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Weldon
Georgia Willis Tilghman
Lynwood J. Judkins, Jr
Junius Daniel Chapter
U.D.C
Music Club
Pepsi-Cola
Mary Virginia Whitfield
Ruth Robinson
Mamie Nash
Pauline Merchant
Jean Kilduff
Martha Carter
Jeannette Robinson
Mary Betty Sutter
Johnnie King
George Joyner
Ann Brown
Fay Pierce
Betty Davis
Katherine Merchant
Annie Lou Rowe
Susan Shepherd
Jean Conwell
Peggy Suiter
Judy Strong
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Suiter
Patty Gar Carter
Mary Ann Daniel
Geneva Applewhite
School of Dance
Meade H. Mitchell, Jr
J. T. Maddrey
Patty Carter
Elizabeth Sutter
Bob Jones
Pitts Sunday Showcases Peggy Moran and Tom Brown
The Pitts Emporia Theatre presents Oh Johnny How You Can Love with Peggy Moran and Tom Brown on Sunday May 19. Next is The Florian with Robert Young and Helen Gilbert Monday and Tuesday, followed by Mexican Spitfire and Two Thoroughbreds Wednesday, Little Old New York Thursday and Friday, and Three Texas Steers Saturday with The Three Mesquiteers.
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Pitts Emporia Theatre
Johnny
Tom Brown
Peggy Moran
Robert Young
Helen Gilbert
Lupe Velez
Leon Errol
Eddie Cantor Returns to Weldon With Multiple Shows
Eddie Cantor performs at the New Theatre Weldon for two days with Rita Johnson and Bonita Granville in 40 Little Mothers a non musical film featuring Cantor songs. Abe Lincoln in Illinois screens next with Raymond Massey in the lead.
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Eddie Cantor
New Theatre
Weldon
Rita Johnson
Bonita Granville
Cantor
Robert E. Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Raymond Massey
Mickey Rooney
Gene Reynolds
Virginia Weidler
Fay Bainter
George Bancroft
Tom Hdison
Kit Carson
Bob Baker
Middleton
SUN
MON
Little Mothers News & Act
Covington Heads to Charleston Naval Hospital for Two Weeks
Dr. J. M. C. Covington city eye ear nose and throat specialist left today for the Naval Hospital at Charleston South Carolina where he will spend two weeks on active duty returning to his practice at the end of that time. Covington previously spent two years on active duty with the Naval Medical Corps before coming to Roanoke Rapids several years ago.
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J. M. C. Covington
Naval Hospital
Charleston
South Carolina
Covington
Naval Medical Corps
Roanoke Rapids
Irvin Dickens Spends Monday in Town with Parents
Irvin Dickens spent Monday in town accompanying his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dickens, enjoying a family outing.
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Irvin Dickens
Mrs. C. A. Dickens
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Fayetteville
Curt Gore
Cora Fisher
Rocky Mount
Kathryne McDaniel
Jackson
J. Frank West
Emporia
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Florian
Alice Faye
Fred MacMurray
Little Old New York
Texas
Theatre
TVES
WED
Ruth Gordon
Mary Howard
Fay Painter
Young Tom Edison
Levon Theatre
Enfield
N. C. Sun
Johnny Apollo
I Am
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
W. 2Nd Street
Sparkle
Olives
Ann Page
Peanut Surfer
Jer
Yfield
Eos
Bokar Coffee
Daily’s
Angelus
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