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p ■with |ST/« 5fXTCeM t &HOULDA NOW C ' Lews 6e«N TROUBLED WiTh NI&HTMAJ?«S tATfeLY NveB&e I BerreR. NOT F16HT HIWS* « 60eSS - MI6HT 6fe AWOTHfeK. ARAASTROM® - I HOPe NCfT - - I suppose eTC, L€W. JENKINS UCHTWfelfeHT KING WHO GOCSTO BAT A6AIM SOON, WHAT EFF€CT WILL, THfe TeRR.iFic tro«cing HC / TTOOIt ARA^s'TRiONG I ; HAY€ PT4 HIM*? I itiNO^ Mice MOWTGOMenV « |HTWSO«eOf| AU3N6 SHOT. , \tXJw6 PHilAOeLPHiA LlGKTWe\CHT /MO TAKeS ON ^ LGW ^^NKINSaIN a NON-TITULAP^ Fl6HT_A0G.|q, » SWINGIN’ ON OUT IN 'CHIM MES OF NORMANDY" To OlWII $M I 8AT1I|U»AY; MfS. 17tl^ 1940 DURHAM ITEMS OF INTEREST WITH SISTER IN D. C. |M!m P«ulin« Barb«e las Mrs. Nelli* Tsborn is spend' Hra. .Addis Bsrbss 40 inf two wssks in W4ihington, Miis Msrstha Grady — — 100 DURHAM — For the pleasure, coaafort, and convenience of Durham fast growing Colored population, the REGAL is being rsaoTatsd from top to bottom. For th* convenienc«, a balcony Ijss been buiR which will take cars at all times the over flow tio more etaiidingr. For comfort, a new and n dem cooling sys- '>m that ii>' 3 with the best in the state h- been installed. New seats, and »i general electric water cooler. Always a plenty of ice water. For the safety, extra exit doors }iave been added, more than is required by the Stalte. Also fire escapes. No possible chance for a stampede. For the beauty, the theatre i.- being painted from top to bntom and decorated. Every iseans a>nd method has been em- plcyHeed to make ths REGAL a fii-st jate theatre in every res- ^nct. New contracts have been enterftd into with every major film exchange for the very best in pictures. The best of order will be maintd&ned' at ell tilnes If it is • COO® picture you want to ses under the very favor •bl« condition, it will be yours ai ths REGAL. Negro Day Program In connection with fourth season of Paul Green’s THE LOST COLONY Manteo, Roanoke IsUInd NoPth Carolina Increasing in favor week by week with Chica;go audiences and visitors present to attend the American Negro Exposition is “Chimes of Normandy,” amazing stage production which jhas made critics hunt new and ore lavish words of praise. A Friday, Aoyust 16th, 1940 . TaatatiT* Program 8:00—i6:00'P. M. Music by Excelsior Band of Nor folk, Virginia. swingtime version of ah old French opera, the extravaganza features the hootest singing and dancing imaginable. iShown aibove are three fast stepping niembers of the cast of $5 in a typical jazz dance routine. Left to right, they are Clara Strick- l»nd, Patty BeaJ Yancey and Willeta Brownx further proof that “Chimes” is as good to see as it is to hear. 'A streamlined version was aired in tJ nation wide broadcast over the Mutual nttwork'laBt Thursday. Plenty Room For Hard Workers In Hollywood By WUUam W. IStrudwick (Special to the TIMES) Frojm an interview with Ralph Cooper here Thursday I gleam- Ied thilt the bed of roses some imagine is not all there in HOLLYWOOD. Sepia stars and Rvieigh in invited guests. Special music on the Ham mond Organ during fish fry rendered by James Hart, Lost Colony organist. ^ 'SiiH) Mnsical and speaking program on Lost Colony Stage. Mrs. Nell Hunter, o^ Durh&bi, will direct a chorus of forty voices, sing solos, and direct the •ntire audience in the singing of favorite spirituals. Dr. C. C. Spaulding, of Dnr- liatm. President of tlie North Carolina Mutual L4fe Insurance Conpilny, will deliver the prin cipal address. Prominent Negroes wils be inteoduced to the audience. 8:lt—10:30 The Lost Colony. CesseUfteee ou ArraagsMMits Dr/'H. L. Trigg, President of Blisabetfa City State Teachers Con^, General Chairman. Mn. NeU Hunter, Musical IMreetor of Prognln. D. B. FMfiBg, President of tiii(ilri Island Historical As- and I. P. Davis, Co- Cwiitteg. JLaM rawfttrr. John Plg- Bi Joe Tillett, tBtkim, 6aflTeiev» Bat- OB Ptgt Fife I j all the stars for that matter find the competition so keen, that it is more than necesstlry to work hard to keep pu and then some. “All ^Ids in the picture in dustry are opening up now more than ever before,” Mr. Cooper said. “The Supreme Picture Corp. will release a piqture in the fall entitled, ‘AM I GUILTY’ which will be the first ALL COLORED picture to be made by J company that wasn’t form ed f9*^he>«»le purpose of mak- iiMf'^lored picti Then, too, in this picture the pli^(ers are given a chance for expr^ion that they have not pceiveA before in the minor parts they’ve been given in the OFAY pichise^ group. Neverthe-1 years to come.” wiUi her sistsr. ••••*•*•*« ATTENDS CONCLAVE Miss Martha Evans returned to the city last Friday after spending a few days as delegate to ths State Bl^pist Conclave in Raleigh, ZEBULON CHOIR WILL RENDER PROGRAM Sunday is Missionary day at the United Congregational Chris tian church of which Rev. T. J. Moore is pastor. The program for this d4y, which is sponsored by the Missionary society of ths church, will feature selections from leading choirs and quartettea of Durham and Ze- bulon. Instrumental and vocal choirs from Beaver Chanel Church of which Rev. Moore is also pastor, will sing. At the 11 o’clock worship hour the Zebulon choirs will sing and at 2:30 there will be music from the choirs of Gesthe- mans Baptist church, the Miss ion Vocal choir, the Zebulon V'ocal choir, the Morning Star Quartette, with other locil talent ■articipating. The subject of Rev. Moore’s Sunday morning sermon will be ‘tSpiritual Ignorance Versus Spiritual Knowledge. ENJOY OCEAN BREEZE Mrs. Estelle Royal, a^ompan ied by Miss Ethel Taylor, spent the pJljt week in Hampton, Va. While there Ihey enjoyed the cool breezes of Buckroe Beach and also went sight seeing in Suffolk and Newport News. ENTERTAINED WITH LIVE PARTY Miss Alice Sligall, who is visit ing in Durham from Kentucky, was entertained Monday night at 716 Kent St. by Misses Willa Cowaird, Othelia Watson, Annie Bell Joyner, Anne Mae and Grace Roberts. The guests who shared the ospitalities of these young ladles at this very llv« party were: Mr. and Mrs. SMm Winston, Miss Iris Pettiford, Miss Stigall, the guest of' honor; SIShey Jam es', William Tuck, Fred Jones, Herbert Tillery, Daye Reid, N. Bradshaw White, Walter “Xit” Swann, Rudolph Stanback, Mil ton Johnson, tind Thomas Hill. CONTEST The popularUy contest of the Ebenezer Baptist Church is mov ing along with rapid speed. The record is as follows: Miss Lucille Thomas — —* 100 f less, those who do play those parts are not to be censored or critized too severly, for it is from this group of plalyefs that the Negro will be able to give first class pictures to the theatre public. * , I We are still in a beginning stage, hut with hard work and enthusiasm"we can expect the' best from Hollywood in the Misi Jessie O’Nesl 126 Mrs. Addie Barbee and mana ger D. J. Stanly inVite you to an interesting prograip at Ebeneier Baptist Church Monday night August 19. E. R. Merrick of the North Carolina Mutual Life In surance Company will be guest spesker. Mr. Barbee is giving an en tertainment Saturday, August 17, iJt. his home for Miss Martha Grady, come and enjoy a delight ful evening of fun. James McNeil and ' M: Thompson invlts you to a supper at ths home of Mrs. Mary Tay lor on Colfax Street Saturdity, August 24. We appreciate what every one is doing to help us try to make thia contest a success. MRS. MARTHA STANLEY, President, W. S. C. ATTENDS HOLINESS CONVOCATION Mrs. Alice Briggs, her daugh ter, Dore-hy, and her son, Samuel, left for Baltimore, Md. isl.t Saturday to attend the an nual Convocation of Mt. Calvary Holiness Church. ENTERTAIN CROUP Monday evening, August 12, the Young Men’s Chorus of Mt Vernon Baptist church enter tained a group 0^ fifty at the home Theodore Speight on Fayetteville Road. At this giCa affair many games were played with Bingo and Chinese Check ers having top interest. After the social hour the group was served by members of the chorus. . The menu consisted of et very wholesome dinner prepared by a number of the hosts. Everyone which includod wives, sweet hearts, guests and ths Directress Miss E. B. Hicks, enjoyed a very pleasant treat. TO GREENSBORO James Leach left the city Tuesday for Greensboro, tta a delegate from Durham Lodge tio attend the District Grand Lodge number 7. He was accompanied by Mrs. M. J. Fuller, Mrs. S. Amey and Earl Carlton, Secre- tE>-ry. A meeting will be held at the Odd Fellows lodge Tuesday night, August 20th and on Tues day night, August 27, the House hold of Ruth will meet. All ■members are urged to be present. UNDERGOES OPERATION Miss Nellie Mae Yarborough of 1317 Glenn Street under went a minor operation at Lin coln Hospital Thursday. «**•****«• VISITS Pete Joyner, formerly of this city but now residinrg in New York, visited his parents here liist week. VISITING SISTER “^rs. Rosetta Southerland and her two little daughters Eva and Doris Ann Southerland are visiting her sister Mrs. Minerva( Mrs. M. C. Succumbs DURHAM — Mrs. Madge CooM Perry succumbed after one day’s’ illness at Duke Hospi tal, -Tuesday morning, July 90. Funeral services were h#ld at the First Baptist Church of Winston Salem on Friday a^ter- ^noon, August 3 at 3 o’clocfi. Mrs. Perry had lived in Winston for 18 years. She was born in Evans snd in Atlanta, Ga. Mesni'5 Uohii-t Long Byrd Tav- lor, John McAllister and Mr. Sn^|l%erland spent the weekend Hani.ntiiti, and Norfolk Va., ilnd O. ::n Breeie Beach. Raleigh, N. C. on February 1895i and moved to Winston in 1916. She attended the publio schools In Raleigh, and was gra duated from Shaw University in litli, six months afterwards sh« was married to Millard Cobb of Wfaiston Salem, and taught in the High school of Winston a number of years. After the dsat;^ of her first husbsmd she was married to J. P. Perry, of Raleigh. Surviving ate: Her mother, Mrs, J. S. Cooke, husband, J. P. 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