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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS N. C.’s TABloid More News — More Picture NEWSpaper Advertising — More — All Home-Print — Paid Subscribers \ r S__ r VOLUME TWENTY-THREE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, APR. 7, 1938 NUMBER 39 BIG CROWD SEES FIRST SHOW TONITE FOR BENEFIT FUND A big crowd saw the first performance of the 8th annual Kiwanis Club show tonight and anoth er large crowd is expected tomorrow (Friday night) for the second and final performance of “Rollin’ Rhythm”, the John B. Rogers latest pro duction in 14 scenes ending with a monster Min strel scene. The show tomorrow night starts at 8 p.m. with the overture by Dot Bennett and his Collegians. All proceeds of the show goes to the club fund for use in continuing the Dental Clinic in Roanoke Rapids, helping build the children a skat ing rink and for other work with the boys and girls of Roanoke Ra"j ids. •• Tonight’s performance started off smoothly with the opening scene in a bus terminal where a crowd was getting ready to take a trip. Law rence Stell as the bus announcer was very good and was given able support by tourists and show girls. The Hitch Hikers, Esther Pridg en, Ted Speight and Arledge Boyd, after many futile attempts finally bummed a ride; at least the trio’s weaker sex did. Fred Wilmer and Zeb Denny were funny in a sales man skit with Zeb never learning what it was all about. Doris Edwards won the audience with her torch singing of St. Louis Blues, amazing those who had nev er heard her and bringing predic tions for a bright future in the song world. une or tne oest skus or tne snow was “Home Life”, starring Ruth Dean as the wife, Charley Davis as the husband, with Hugh Horne, Emory Vaughan and Byron Gurley providing the love interest along with others. Agatha Moore and Calvin Brown were never better than in a love scene at Niagara Falls and much good comment was heard tonight on this act. The Hill Billy act was a scream with singing, dancing and acting by Arladge Boyd, Lucy Hasty, Vir gil McDowell, Frank Sherry, Will Nelson, Alonzo Akers, Helen Dunn and a host of hill billy singers, dancers and musicians. Roland Johnson as the Hobo was as clever as any single act ever staged here and his walking kitch en is the marvel of housewives to night. Willie, the Dummy, with Louis Cranford, his friend, Miss Helen King as the girl and Ray Rogers as the cop in a Night Scene on a Bus was very clever and different from anything ever attempted here before. The first part closed with Jean Gibson singing “Carnival in Cotton Town” and Ruth Lee singing “Dip sy Doodle” with eighteen of the best dancers ever seen here as Harlem Steppers in one of the fast est stepping singing and dancing scenes ever attempted. The Minstrel scene, laid in Mexi co with lavish costumes and seen ery, sped along in fast style with Lawrence Stell as the interlocutor and a bank of dashing Senoritas and daring Mexican Hombres com ing in with clock-like precision on the choruses. Endmen were fast and funny wsJh *N'ec> Manning singing “You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming”, Bill Wolhar singing “Mama. I Wanna Make Rhythm”, Ted Speight telling about his “Brown Skin Mama” and Roland Johnson wowing them with “Hard Hearted Hannah”. Endmen Bill Hodges and T. J. Alford keep the crowd happy with their jokes. Sterling Pierce was exceptionally good with “A Gold Mine in the Sky”, Calvin Brown with “Harbor Lights”, Howard Pruden with “I Love To Whistle”, and Elizabeth Overton with Rufus Vick literally and figuratively brought down the house with “I Double Dare You”. The Mexican Girls gave a fast Mexican hat dance to add to the laurels of the fifty dancing girls, all of whom won the hearts of the audience with their beauty and grace. At intermission, T. W. Mullen, President of the Kiwanis Club, thanked the audience for their pa tronage and for helping the work with the children of the communi ty. Director John (Slim) Hutchings, here for his fifth show, predicted tonight that the Friday night show would be even better than tonight's as all will know their parts better. Following the Friday night show, most of the cast expects to attend the Dot Bennett and his Colle gians’ dance at the downtown hall after two nights of trouping for the benefit of a good cause. It is planned to have another pa rade Friday afternoon starting at the High Schol at 4 o’clock. All members of the Kiwanis Club are requested to be there a few min utes before starting time with their cars in case of bad weather. BIRTHS The following births are reported at Roanoke Rapids Hospital: to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rook a boy, A pril 1st; to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Morris, a girl, April 2nd; to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Tickle, boy, April 2nd; to Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Parris, boy, April 5th; to Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Langston, girl, April 6th. CITY'S FIRST HOTEL Around 13£S, if you happened to visit Roanoke Rapids, asked for a place to stay, you would have been directed to “The Brass Ankle”, the name of the city’s first hotel. Above is a picture of it as it is today situated on Haihilton Street. Recently J. T. Chase in an article on unanswered questions of early history, asked why it was called “The Brass Ankle”. To date, we have not heard the answer. MARCH'R FUNERAL SUNDAY Was Former Employee Of United States Treasury Dep’t Mrs. Lucille Marcher died April 1st at her home. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the residence near Roanoke Rapids by the Rev. E. B. Fisher. Burial was in Emporia Cemetery at Emporia, Va. She is survived by one sis ter, Mrs. Myra Davis, Emporia, Va. and one brother, R. VV. Seaborn, Washington, D. C. Pallbearers were W. A. Thorne, Julian Allsbrook, Bill Alligood, Sam Young, P. L. Harding, George Taylor, W. L. Manning and W. J. Norwood. Mrs. Marcher was an employee in the Treasury Department in Washington, D. C. until about six or seven years ago when her health became bad and she came to Roanoke Rapids to make her home. She appeared to be in good health and went to Petersburg, Va. Wednesday before her sudden death Friday. Out of Town Patients The following out-of-town pa tients are reported at Roanoke Rapids Hospital: Miss Alice Bird song, of Weldon, appendicitis op eration, Mrs. Joe Neal, Littleton, James Robert Pruden, Jackson. MRS. WM. HENRY THORNE who before her marriage April 2nd was Miss Lillian Bell Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins of this city. Details of wedding on Page 3, Section B. Seaboard, Apr. 7th (Special) — Mrs. Eva Maddrey, Northampton Halifax supervisor of NYA, has announced that all youth organiza tions in these two counties are eli gible to enter exhibits of their handiwork in the four-county ex hibit which will be held in Rocky Mount April 22 and 23. The best exhibits will then be entered in the state display to be held in Raleigh the last week in April. Mrs. Mad drey is urging all members of youth agencies, including home eco nomics and agriculture classes in the schools, to cooperate in mak ing the Halifax-Northampton ex hibits creditable. Further infor mation may be secured by commu 1 nication with Mrs. Maddrey. TRIO HURT WHEN CAR OVERTURNS Mr. and Sirs. Haywood Wynn and their 11-months-old son, Sherrod, are recuperating from injuries sus tained when their car turned over near Conway shortly before- noon Wednesday in Roanoke Rapids Hospital. All three members of the family were injured, but it is thought none of their injuries will prove serious. The baby suffered a broken arm, while Mrs. Wynn received a brok en finger in the accident. Mr. Wynn suffered head lacera tions and was unconscious when admitted to the hospital here yes terday, tho it is said his condition is reported as decidedly better to day, and he has regained con sciousness. The trio was brought to Roanoke Rapids Hospital in an ambulance. LIONS CUT SHORT FOR KIWANIANS Dispense With Program In Favor Rollin’ Rhythm The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club held their regular meeting in the basement of the First Baptist Church here tonight. The regular procedure of the club was condens ed, with committee reports dis posed of in short order. After Lion President M. Scott Benton announced that the pro gram had been purposely omitted tonight because of the Kiwanis 8th Annual Minstrel, “Rollin’ Rhythm” a motion made by Lion E. B. Acree to adjourn and all go to the Min strel was carried unanimously. — J Shoots 98 Out Of 100 Pigeons; Says "Off Day" Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Webb, of Richmond, were guest shooters at the new Roanoke Rapids Skeet Club, located on the Bolling Road, here last Sunday. Mrs. Webb broke 72 out of 75 of the clay pigeons, while her husband broke 98 out of 100 and called it an “off day”. Mr. Webb represents the Remington Arms Company, and has “shot it out” with local skeet fans on sev eral other occasions. The Gordonsville, Virginia, Club is scheduled for an appearance in the city on Sunday, April 17th. The Virginians will bring a team of five to compete against the locals. This Sunday exhibition skeet shooting will be featured at the new club, with several local shoot ers exhibiting their skill. The pub lic is invited to witness the exhi bitions without charge, and a grandstand has been built for their convenience.
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