m NEXT WEEK AT ROANOKE RAPIDS THEATRES
"Invitation To Happiness" Co-Stars
IRENE DUNNE
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With Fred MacMurray At Peoples
Sunday - Tuesday the manage
ment of Peoples Theatre will pre
sent Irene Dunne and Fred Mac
Murray in “Invitation to Happi
ness”. MacMurray is cast as a
prize fighter who is managed by
Charlie Buggies. When Charlie
goes to William Collier, Sr., for
backing his boy, Fred meets Col
lier Sr.’s daughter, Irene Dunne, a
society girl who is more or less ac
customed to having her own way.
And so, Fred marries Irene.
They are happy for a while, but
their happiness soon yields to
heart-break. Fred is determined
to become champion of the world,
and must leave Irene alone so that
he can barnstorm around the fight
circuit. While hs is away on one
of his trips, a boy is born to the
couple. As broken up as any wo
man would be at the absence of
her husband at such a time, Irene
manages nevertheless to forgive
him because she loves him so
dearly.
As the boy grows up, he comes
to hate his father. He realizes
that his mother does not relish his
father's continued absence. Fred
cannot understand the boy’s hate
for him.
Despite their separation, Fred
and Irene love each other. Fred’s
efforts to win the boy’s affection
leads to a dramatic conclusion of
the narrative.
"Career” will be shown Wednes
day-Thursday at Peoples Theatre
with Anne Shirley, playing the
role of the town banker’s daugh
ter, and Edward Ellis, as the
community’s leading storekeeper.
The simple and homespun story
of “Career” deals with life in the
little Iowa town of Pittsville dur
ing 1931. It offers a cross-section
of that town and of its people in
a compelling fashion.
The leading players are aided by
a host of capable players—Samuel
S. Hinds, Janet Beecher, Leon Er
rol, Raymond Hatton and John
Qualen—and two clever young
newcomers, Alice Eden and John
Archer, final selections in the first
“Gateway to Hollywood" talent
search.
Ellis, long a rival of the banker,
Hinds, suspects the latter of crook
ed work at the bank and draws
out all his funds, thus precipiating
the closing of the institution. The
local feud that follows, and the
solution of a brace of romances
all make for the absorbing situa
tions of “Career.”
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Sandy, the baby of “East Side of
Heaven” will be seen Friday-Sat
urday at Peoples in her second pic
ture, “Unexpected Father.”
Mischa Auer will furnish plenty
of laughs in his role of a theatre
doorman, and the romance is beau
tifully handled by Dennis O’Keefe
and Shirley Ross.
Briefly, the story is about an
orpiianed baby who is taken in
by a group of theatre employees.
Their decidedly unconventional
methods of taking care of him and
their rivalry for her smiles result
in good entertainment from start
to finish.
Dr. Visits Home
Dr. Eugene Cannon, who has
just completed his interneship at
Roper Hospital, Columbia, S. C.,
■ left here this week after visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Cannon, for Asheboro, N. C., where
he will be associated with Dr.
Tommie Barnes.
T. L. Martin spent \ast week
end in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Newton
spent the week-end in Courtiand.
Miss Marjorie Keene returned
Tuesday from Norfolk.
Summer School To
Start On July 21st
For Second Term
Summer school will continue
through another term of six weeks
at the Roanoke Rapids High
School, beginning July 21. Morris
Clary will be the instructor and
geometry will be the only subject
offered. The class will be held in
the high school building and will
begin at 9:00 in the morning.
T. L. Martin, principal of the
senior high school who has been
conducting several classes in his
tory during the first term this
summer, reports that the first ses
sion has been a successful one. Mr.
Martin will leave about the last of
July for summer school at Duke
University. Mr. Ciary, who will
hold the second session of sum
mer school, is now in school at
Carolina.
Hayride and Picnic
Miss Mary Garner entertained a
group of her friends with a hay
ride and picnic at Slagle’s Lake
Thursday night, July 6. Swimming,
dancing and bowling were enjoyed
by the young folks. Those enjoy
ing this affair were: Beth Mat
thews, Hazel Hancock, Palmer
Matthews, Margaret Robinson, E
lizabeth Roberts, Helen Robinson,
Elizabeth Lyerly, Marion Wor
sham, Mary Louise Fitts, Margie
Hudson, Louise Hudson, Clara Ed
wards, Margie Hodgens, Virginia
Wilson, Mary Woodruff, Mildred
May, Christine Buck, Mildred Tay
lor, Lucille Elmore, Gladys El
more, Alice Garner, Mary Dickens,
Mary Garner, Frank Stewart, Pete
Garner, James Lyerly, David Lyles,
Leburn Mills, Raine Wilson, Boosie
Grissom, Jack Saunders, Fred
Cooper, Dan Edwards, Walter
Brown, George Hall, Ray Rightmy
er, Ned Hyman, Thomas Sewell,
Roger Cooke, William Brown, and
James Pope. The picnic was cha
peroned by Mrs. J. T: Garner, Mr.
Byron Gurley and Mrs. Robert Da
vis.
IMPERIAL
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Calvary-Thelma
Mr. and Mrs. Harry House and
daughter, Patsy and Caswell House
spent Sunday in Lewiston.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sillery, Mrs.
John Myrick and Miss Dorothy
Jenkins attended the funeral of
Mr. White in Roanoke Rapids Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hamill and
daughter spent Wednesday in Ga
rysburg.
Miss Louise Morris is spending
some time in Huntington, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John House, Mr.
and Mrs. John House Jr., Mary
Jane and Caswell House, Dorothy
Isles, Pete and Wallace Bazemore,
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hamill and
Sallie Ann House spent Tuesday
at Tuscarora Beach.
Robert Jenkins spent the week
end in Franklin, Va.
H. D. Myrick of Raleigh spent
the week-end with his parents
here.
Mrs. Bennett of Weldon spent
Friday afternoon with her sister,
Mrs. Isles.
Bryant Reid of Norfolk, Va.
spent the week-end with his wife
j here.
I Friends of Miss Annie Laura
King, who is in Park View Hos
pital in Rocky Mount, are glad to
know that she is recovering nice
ly from an appendicitis operation.
Hoping she will be home soon.
Luter - Boyd
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Boyd an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Olga Mae, to Edward
Dawne Luter on Saturday, the
eighth of July, in Emporia, Va.
IQCAINFWS
Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Price, Mr.
and Mrs. George Hubbard, Edward
Price spent Saturday in Norfolk,
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fahey and
children, Elizabeth, Doris and
Lawrence, Jr., and Dr. James
Shannon spent Sunday afternoon
in Rocky Mount.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryland Gray and
son, Elton, spent Sunday in Wil
son.
Miss Mary Reece and Charlie
Reece of Wilmington, Del., are vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wolhar.
Miss Evangeline Palmer return
ed to her home in Shelby Sunday
after spending several weeks here
as the guest of Mrs. C. E. Mat
thews.
Mrs. J. M. Rice is visiting rel
atives in Lynchburg, Va. this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hudson and
son, Marion Edward, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Padgette, Misses Dorothy
Rice, Edythe Wright and Edward
Padgette, "Sheezix” Brown spent
the week-end in Lynchburg, Va.
and attended the ball game.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Matthews
and Emmett, Jr. left Sunday to
spend several weeks in Shelby
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Knight and
daughter, Helen, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb
Denny attended the pageant, “The
Lost Colony” at Manteo Saturday.
Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Broun and
daughters, Carolyn, Mary Anne
left Sunday for New York. They
will attend the World’s Fair while
tnere.
Eugene Price of Newport News,
Va. spent a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Fahey last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bunch spent
Tuesday in Windsor and Lewiston.
Miss Lillian Cooper and Freddie
Cooper are visiting friends in New
York City this week.
Mrs. Bertie Magette and son, E.
C. Magette of Courtland, Va. were
guests of Mrs. W. G. Bunch Tues
day.
Miss Blanche Powell Parker,
who has been the guest of Miss
Derith Morgan, returned to her
home in Suffolk.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Morgan and
Miss Derith Morgan spent Sunday
in Suffolk.
Miss Mahala Wright returned to
her home here Sunday after spend
ing two weeks in Scotland Neck
with friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Kennie Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Griffin, Miss
Grady Snipes and J. K. Giles spent
Saturday at James River on a
fishing trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rook and son,
Earl Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fitts
and son, Poochie, returned Sunday
from Minnesott Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bunch of
Palmyra spent Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Bunch.
P. F. Johnson has returned to
Veterans’ Hospital in Norfolk aft
er visiting his family here.
Miss Ruby Dorsey visited rela
tives at Boykins this week-end.
Miss Henrietta Edmonds return
ed t.o her home at Brunswick after
a two weeks visit with relatives
here.
1 Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Lynch and
children spent Sunday with rela
tives at Brunswick.
Miss Mildred Woodard of Scot
land Neck is the guest of Miss Ma
hala Wright this week.
Miss Annette Edwards left Sat
urday to visit her aunt, Mrs. D. F.
Harwood, in Albemarle, N. C.
PEOPLES
THEATRE
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
Program Week of July 16, 1939
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SUN-MON-TUES
IRENE DUNNE FRED MacMURRAY
INVITATION TO HAPPINESS
WED-THURS
ANNE SHIRLEY EDWARD ELLIS
CAREER
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