TRACY - HEPBURN
IN NEW PICTURE
AT PEOPLES HERE
Continuing its policy of bringing
to Roanoke Rapids the best pic
tures of the year while they are
new, the management of the Roa
noke Rapids theatres are proud to
announce the scheduled showing of
“Woman of the Year”, starring
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer
Tracy, at the Peoples Theatre on
Sunday and at the Imperial The
atre on Monday and Tuesday.
“Woman of the Year” is expect
ed to be the picture of the year,
because of the fact that it brings
together two of the best known
screen celebrities in Hollywood,
both of whom have continuously
placed high in Academy Award
honors.
Katherine Hepburn is at her best
as the newspaper woman who
writes about international affairs,
a woman with an outstanding
mind who is voted ‘Woman of the
Year”, a woman who loves pas
sionately, but a woman who gets
so mixed up with her career that
she almost loses her husband. That
is the story of the “Woman of the
xeax .
But the above outline of the
story does not begin to tell of the
excellent comedy performance
turned in by Spencer Tracy, the
first string sports writer who finds
himself in the bewildering posi
tion of being husband to the most
important lady of the year.
Miss Hepburn at her first base
ball game is something to see, but
she tops it with her execution of
a kitchen scene where she under
takes to make her husband’s
breakfast while the waffles bubble
mysteriously, the coffee boils over
and the toast pops all over the
place.
Hollywood critics place this as
the best picture to date for both
Miss Hepburn and Tracy. The
casting of Tracy as the sports
writer and Miss Hepburn as the
writer on international affairs; a
brilliant, high-toned woman who
never knew the meaning of love
until she met Tracy, makes the
picture a sure fire hit, and the
first on your must list for next
week.
Ladies and gentlemen—we give
you Walter Hu'ton. A finer actor
never strode before the revealing
lens of the movie camera. His per
formance in “All That Money
Could Buy”, which comes to the
Peoples on Monday and Tuesday,
is among the most skilled in mo
tion picture history.
The picture, taken from the
book “The Devil and Daniel Web
ster”, shows Webster as a kindly,
sentimental man of the people. A
humanitarian, calm, gentle and
considerate to a fault—hardly the
politician or turbulent and per
iuasive champion of the people’s
rights which some may believe him
to have been.
If you have read the book, you
nust see the picture. Edward Ar
lold, Ann Shirley, and Gene Lock
lart play leading roles, but Walter
Huston is the picture’s leading
ight. Make this the second on
rour "must” list.
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Get ready to rub your eyes, La
lies and Gentlemen. Shirley Tem
ple Is back on the screen in anoth
ir Of those hit pictures that for
our years made her the best-loved
ihild actor in history. She comes
o the Peoples theatre Wednesday
md Thursday in “Kathleen”, a
tew picture that critics say is on
>ar with those she used to de
ight the American public with,
nd which made her the box of
ce attraction for four years
traight running.
Yes, folks, this is the simple
ttle story about a girl. Her
other is dead. Her father is
eoccunled with other matters,
degating servants to care for her.
er governess abuses her confi
Snce. Her only friend is an old
nn who runs a second hand
jyre. A slick lady is about to
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I marry her father for his money.
Then a woman doctor, who hap
pens to be young and pretty, is
brought into the household, adjusts
the child’s emotions, finds her own
a bit affected by the child’s fa
ther and, of course, winds up by
marrying the father and making
everybody happy.
Herbert Marshall is the father
Laraine Day is the personable lady
doctor and Gail Patrick is the
lady with designs on Shirley’s fa
ther.
Make this the third on your
must list for the week.
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"Mr. and Mrs. North” is the at
traction at the Peoples on Friday.
Gracie Allen is the star, and an
evening’s entertainment such as
you have never experienced before
is the reward for those who see
this picture. According to a pre
view from another theatre in
which "Mr. and Mrs. North” play
ed for two days, the picture is
one of the funniest of the year.
Players associated with Miss Allen
in the complicated proceedings,
which recall the “Gracie Allen
Murder Case”, are William Post,
Jr., a newcomer to the screen, but
scheduled for stardom in the near
future, and Paul Kelly, Rose Ho
bart, Virginia Grey and Felix
Bressart.
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Saturday finds Roy Rogers re
turning to the Peoples in “South
of the Santa Fe”, a better than
usual Western musical. Added:
“Winslow of the Navy”, chapter.
Miss Christine Chapman was a
week-end visitor in Greensboro.
Miss Elizabeth Roberts of Nor
folk was the week-end guest of
her aunt, Mrs. R. J. Rightmyer. j
Company "B"
Sends Thanks
For Day Room
(By SGT. JAMES L. MARTIN)
Co. B. 105th Med. Rgt.
To the people of Roanoke Rap
ids, Mr. Frank C. Williams, Roa
noke and Patterson Mills Co., Dr
L. G. Harrison, and members oi
the Rotary Club, I want to extent
to you my deepest regards, ant
thanks for the things you have
done for my Company. I extent
thanks for each and every mem
ber of this organization, and its
officers.
Through the tireless efforts, oi
Dr. Harrison and the Rotary clut
members we received funds tc
completely furnish our day room
with living room suites, fiooi
lamps, radio and record player at
tached; records, games, and manj
other things that give added
pleasure for the boys. Nothing
could ha^e been more wonderfu'
than the efforts made by the peo
ple who each did his part in
making these things possible. Nol
only did it show that the people
of Roanoke Rapids had not for
gotten them, but showed that the}
were willing to go to the limil
in trying to make things as com
fortable as possible for them while
serving their Country.
From Mr. Frank C. Williams
came drapes for our day room
windows, material that we could
not have gotten except through
the generosity of Mr. Williams
and the Mill Companies. Now
we have drapes that match oui
furnishings for all sixteen win
dows of the day room, and I am
sure that if each and every person
in Roanoke Rapids could come
down and visit the boys and see
our day room now, they would
find it to be one of the greatest
pleasures they have ever had. Ev
eryone is welcome to visit us at
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any time. We will be more than
glad to have you.
Again, let me thank each and
| every person who had a part in
this program, and the splendid
spirit which you manifested in
giving us these things.
First Sergeant James T. Martin,
Company “B” 105th Med. Rgt.
Northampton
4-H Council
Has Meeting
The Northampton county 4-H
council met recently and elected
the following officers: president,,
Melba Barnett, Jackson Sr. club;
vice president, Theresa Hux, of the
Rich Square Jr. Club; and secre
tary-treasurer, Otis Ricks, Jr., of
Conway Jr. Club.
The farm agent spoke on “gar
dening for health and victory”.
I The assistant farm agent and the
i assistant home agent presented
the council with plans for a
“Northampton 4-H Victory Garden
Contest”. These plans were dis
cussed and passed upon by the
group. Copies of the play “Gar
den Sass” were given to the mem
bers as their part in the February
club program.
Pvt. H. W. Shearin
Given Promotion
Pvt. Harrison W. Shearin of
Company A, 36th Armored Infan
try Regiment, 3rd Armored (Bayou
Blitz) Division, stationed at Camp
Polk, La., has been promoted to
Technician, 5th Grade, according
to word reaching here. Pvt.
Shearin is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Shearin of Roanoke Rapids.
The promotion was announced by
Col. W. L. Roberts, commanding
the regiment. The 3rd Armored
Division, one of Uncle Sam’s pan
zer units, is commanded by Briga
dier General Walton H. Walker. 1
Littleton Man
At Air Station
Thomas E. Bowers of Littleton
is one of the 114 Tarheels who are
now enrolled as aviation cadets or
flying sergeants in the Southeast
Air Corps Training Center which
has its headquarters at Maxwell
Field, near Montgomery, Alabama.
The Littleton youth is studying
basic military and ground school
subjects at the replacement cen
ter, according to an announcement
from the Public Relation office of
the post.
Littleton Man
Called To Duty
Lieut. W. P. Crawley, a former
resident of Littleton and for the
past six months employed in the
research department of the Ten
nessee Eastman Corporation, at
Kingsport, Tenn., has been called
to active military service at Camp
Lee, Va., it has been announced.
Lt. Crawley received his B. S.
degree in 1939 from State College
Textile School, and his M. S. de
gree in 1941 from the same school.
He is well known in Littleton and
this section.
Local Girl Is
Guest Soloist
Gainesville, Ga.—M i s s Goldie
Moore, a sophomore at Brenau
College, and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Moon of 762 Char
lotte Ave., Roanoke Rapids, N. C.,
was guest soloist at the Christian
Science services Sunday morning,
February 15th. Her selection was
“O Dreamer, Leave Thy Dreams”,
and was accompanied by Miss Vir
ginia Fricks, a student at Brenau
College.
Miss Moore is an active and
popular student on Brenau campus.
|PROGRAM WEEK of FEBRUARY 22,1942 | ||||
I PEOPLES
SUNDAY
Spencer Tracy Katherine Hepburn
| WOMAN OF THE YEAR
MONDAY - TUESDAY
I Edward Arnold Walter Huston
Ann Shirley
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY
WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY
Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall
KATHLEEN
FRIDAY
Gracie Allen William Post, Jr.
MR. AND MRS. NORTH
SATURDAY-ONLY
ROY ROGERS
SOUTH OF THE SANTA FE
Added: WINSLOW OF THE NAVY
IMOCQfAL
SUNDAY
Bing Crosbv Mary Martin
BIRTH OF THE BLUES
MONDAY-TUE3DAY
Spencer Tracy Katherine Hepburn
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
WEDNESDAY ONLY
Chester Morris Harriet Hilliard
Confessions of Boston Blockie
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Jimmy Durante Jane Wyman
YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW
SATURDAY-ONLY
GEORGE HOUSTON 1
LONE RIDER FIGHTS BACK
ADDED: DICK TRACY VS. CRIME, INC.