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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1940

Page

7

Blondie Film Heads Pitts Theatre Sunday May 26

The Pitts Theatre announces a Blondie film with Penny Singleton in Blondie On A Budget. Mickey Rooney stars in Young Tom Edison in a separate Monday and Tuesday show. Wednesday features Millionaire Playboy with Joe Penner and Little Orvie. Thursday offers Light That Failed with Ronald Colman and Walter Huston. Friday and Saturday premiere Colorado Sunset starring Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette.

Pitts Theatre Penny Singleton Arthur Saxe Dag Larry Simms Blondie Mickey Rooney Tom Edison Joe Penner John Tarzan Jr.) Sheffield Ronald Colman Walter Huston Rudyard Kipling Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Colorado

Hero saves five men in Roanoke rapids and seeks Carnegie medal

A man recounts single handedly rescuing five men crossing Roanoke rapids above a four mile dam and delivering boat word to pull them to shore. He plans to apply for a Carnegie medal and urges vigilance on wartime prosperity and global economy.

Roanoke Four Mile Dam

Textile building repair work to begin mid June

C W Davis says WPA approved textile building work will start about mid June and finish by mid September to allow a full academic year. Plans also call for high school auditorium repairs and four more rooms at the colored school with NYA aid sought and local board pressing county action.

WPA Washington C. W. Davis Davis NYA County Board

Miriam Hopkins in Virginia City at New Theatre

The New Theatre in Weldon presents Miriam Hopkins Errol Flynn and Randolph Scott in Virginia City on Sunday and Monday with Allan Hale and Humphrey Bogart in the cast. Tuesday Wednesday features 20 Mule Team with Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo and Allan Baxter. The musical Two Girls on Broadway starts Thursday Friday with Lana Turner Joan Blondell opposite George Murphy. Saturday shows include Shooting High with Jane Withers and Gene Autry and Blondie on a Budget with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Larry Simms plus Chapter Fifteen of Overland with Kit Carson.

Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Allan Hale Humphrey Bogart Virginia City New Theatre Weldon Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Allan Baxter Lana Turner Joan Blondell George Murphy Kit Carson Jane Withers Gene Autry Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms

C E Meeting at Hawkins Chapel May 24

The Christian Endeavor Society of Hawkins Chapel will meet Friday night May 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J A Pittard. All interested in the work are urged to attend ready to do their part.

Christian Endeavor Society Hawkins Chapel J. A. Pittard

Calvary Church Sunday School Schedule and Visits

Calvary Church holds Sunday School at 10 30 am. Mrs W P Vaughan visited Burlington with daughter Mrs Everett Spikes. Mrs J F Welch has returned home after a stay in Duke Hospital Durham.

W. P. Vaughan Burlington Everett Spikes J. F. Welch Duke Hospital Durham

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