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Movies
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EdwerdG. Robinson
Kids Gangsters In
Film On Today Only
"Brother Orchid” Shows
Mobster Who Goes Gun
in. for Culture
"Brotl 1 ■! arring Edward
G Holm.- .w a gangster who goes
gunning for culture will be the at
traction at the Plymouth Theatre
Thursday only. Based on the Col
lier’s Magazine story by Richard Con
nell. Brother Orchid” includes in its
leatnre ( Li a b'onde and dynamic
Ann Sot hern, in the romantic role
<.|jpi>: ite Robinson. Humphrey Bo
Donald Crisp. Ralph Bellamy
and Allen Jenkins.
Lung the ace gangster portrayer of
filmdom, Little Caesar" Robinson
t urns to kidding tlie denizens of gang
land in this hilarious comedy. The
story opens with Robinson deciding
to quit ttie rackets and get some cul
ture. lie crashes in his assets, sets
girl friend Ann Sothern up as hat
check rirl in a night-club, and
board.' .1 boat for Europe, determined
to bn;v lunimself some swank. A suck
ei tor anythin" that is supposed to be
•a lassj. 1 e buys a diamond, only to
hurl on' II.at all me doorknobs in the
l.ii'l a e made of the same kind of
■■lies. A lew more such purchases
ana down to his last pawn ticket, he
lias to return home He decides he
will go back into his old racket and
recoup.
LEADERS OF THE CONTENDING TEAMS
Percy >i Arps and Fvavmond H. Goodmon (in the usual order above)
are leaders of the "Paps" and "Kays”, respectively, contending forces
in the golf match scheduled at the country club Sunday atternoon. At
a recent meeting of the team captains, it was decided that the losing
team would be required to pay lor a banquet or dinner for the winners,
which should serve to put a little spice in the battle.
"PAPS" AND "RAYS" ALL SET FOR
PLAY-OFF OF MUCH-ARGUED TIE
AT COUNTRY CLUR HERE SUNDAY
OYSTER BAR
Opens Friday Night, September 20
Fine Selected Rose Bay Oysters
HOYT'S CAFE
CHESWELL, H C.
DANCING
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT
BOB MERRITT AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Members of Losing Team
Will Pay for Banquet
For Winners
The return "battle of the century"
between the "Paps” and the "Rays"
wi!i be staged at the Plymouth Coun
try Club Sunday afternoon, and al
ready the prospective' scene of car
nage is taking on the appearance of
a locale for war maneuvers, as vari
ous team members practice lengthen
ing their drives and shortening their
tempers for "der tag." For the bene
fit of the uninitiated, the battle will
be a golf team match between two
sides chosen from the club member
ship. one of which is captained by
Ray Goodmon and the other by
“Pap" Arps. The first match between
the two aggregations was played two
weeks ago and wound up in a much
disputed 15-15 tie.
According to the terms of the bat
tle Sunday, the losing team is to en
tertain the winning aggregation at a
banquet to be staged later after the
contending members begin to speak
to each other again.
Ray Goodmon has been missing
from his usual haunts—the club here
—ever since Wednesday of last week,
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the charm in the taste of ice-cold
Coca-Cola. Pure, wholesome, deli
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skill that comes from a lifetime of
practice. It has the goodness of quality
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING WORKS—PLYMOUTH, N. C.
Elizabeth City Loses
To Plymouth Team
In Match Sunday
Plymouth golfers comp: -fly snowed
under the team from Elizabeth City
here Sunday afternoon by a point
score of 21 to 0. This sc ■ however,
does not include two matches in
which local players psignated
to play for me ,i.,iluis to round out
tile event, in which Plymouth was
also winner, 4 to 2.
There were seven matches in which
local players were pitted against the
Elizabeth Citians and two other
matches in which team of four
Plymouth players were evenly divid
ed to represent the contending teams.
E. H. Liverman and Bill Stillman won
. >2 point for Elizabeth City in their
match with Alton Plarrison and Er
nest Arps; and Garland Woolard and
Henry Harrison won IV2 points for
the visitors by dividing their contest
with Cortez Green and Bil. Manning.
Following are the result >f the in
dividual matches, with the Plymouth
paid listed iirst in each grouping:
John Roi.ntr e and Bo 3, vs.
Wilson and Weatherly 0. H. Roun
tree and B'm- 3. vs. Collie: and Ko
noz 0: Met trier and P. Arp- 3, vs.
Johnson an 1 Rollins 0; Bailey and
Roy Mann :: i. vs. Miller and Up
ton 0: Met in and Sumner 3. vs.
Decker and Love 0; Thompson and
(j. Brinkley 3. vs. Griffin and Jones
0; Joe Arps and Lloyd Owens 3, vs.
Sanders and Getsinger 0: Alton Har
rison and Ernest Arps 2‘a, vs. Liver
man and Stillman',-2; Bill Manning
and Green l/2, vs. Woolard and Hen
ry Harrison l‘/i.
and it is suspected he has been sharp
ening up his niblick and taking les
sons from a foghorn somewhere along
the coast in order to be ready for the
forthcoming argument. "Pap" Arps
plan of action has been patterned
on tactics used by the German army
in Prance and contemplates a light
ning offensive by his Panzer teams
under cover of a barrage of ridicule
laid down at the first tee. From there
his men are to deploy in skirmish for
mation. taking advantage of every t.t
of cover the course affords, advanc
ing from bush to tree, reassembling
in tlie fairway bunkers and rushing
the greens only after word has been
passed back from advance posts in
tlie front-line sand traps.
Tire course is said to be in fairly
good shape for the match, practi
cally every vestige of the battle two
weeks ago having disappeared except
for a few naked places on the tees
and fairways which may never be the
same again. It is devoutly hoped by
the club pro and maintenance crew
that a decision one way or the other
can be reached Sunday, since no
course yet devised can take repeated
doses of the punishment meted out
in such events.
Golfers with high blood pressure
ire being weeded out this week, and
everything is declared set for the
incounter. Women and children who
ive within two miles of the course
ire advised to seek sound-proof shel
ers or resort to the temporary ex
pedient of stuffing cotton in their1
-ars between noon and dark Sunday.
The teams are composed of sub
stantially the same members as in
,he first match, although a few
.hanges W'ere made to even the pair
ings up some. Participants are re
quested to be at the club in time to
tee-off about 1:30 Sunday afternoon.
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
TEAM WILL GET ITS FIRST TEST
HERE FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK
Nurse and Doctor
Have Romance In
"Vigil In Night"
Holding Daily Drills This
Week To Get Set for
Scotland Neck
The opening game for the Plym
outh High School football team will
be played here Friday. September 27.
with Scotland Neck, according to
Coach E. F. Coates, who this week is
putting his hopefuls through a heavy
schedule of practice sessions.
Mr. Coates said today he did not
know who would start in the open •
ing game, as backfield and line posi
tions are wide open for candidates to
prove their ability to hold down the
positions between now and the open
ing game.
The new coach arrived last week to
take over his duties withh the squad
here. He is a graduate of State Col
lege but was not a letterman in foot
ball, although he probably could
have gotten his sweater in baseball
and basketball He practiced with
the teams at State to learn the
game. The principal reason Coach
Coates did not make the squad was
because he worked his way through
school and his duties prevented him
attending regular sports practice per
iods.
Coach Coates was the Farmville
pilot for two years. The first year
his squads won four and lost four
games while in his second year they
won six and lost two.
He will teach high school history in
addition to his coaching duties here.
LARD
The outlook for lard appears to
have some hopeful spots because of
the large buying program planned by
the Federal Surplus Commodities
Corportaion.
6,000,000
More than 6,000.000 farmers, ope
rating 82 per cent of the cropland in
the United States, are participating
in the 1940 AAA program, announces
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration.
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Angel From Texas'
Plays Here Sunday
Romping through the gay Warner
Bros, comedy. "An Angel Prom Tex
as." which is coming to the Plym
outh Theatre Sunday only, is the gay
trio of Brother Rats”—Eddie Al
bert. Wayne Morris and Ronald Rea
gan—and their three comely girl
friend- Rosemary Lane, Jane Wy
man and Ruth Terry.
The rollicking story of a couple of
hicks from the Texas sticks is based
on George S Kaufman’s successful
play "The Buttter and Egg Man.” A
novel screen adaptation was done by
Fred Niblo. Jr. and Bertram Mill
hauser, with the capable young di
rector Ray Enright handling the pro
duction.
As Lydia Weston, the pride of Lone
Star. Texas. Rosemary Lane plays the
stage-struck country girl. Eddie Al
bert is Peter, her boy friend, who is
saving his money to buy a hotel some
day.
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Lombard, Aherne and Shir
ley Play in Picture
Here Tuesday
A mutual consecration to the sci
ence of healing establishes the bond
between a nurse and a surgeon and
motivates the romantic interest in
Vigil in the Night.” at the Plymouth
Theatre. Tuesday. Powerful drama in
this A J. Cronin story also revolves
around the stirring events that befall
the nurse when she shoulders the
blame for the criminal negligence of
her sister, who is a student nurse.
Carole Lombard, Brian Aherne and
Ann Shirley, teamed for the first
time in a picture, are starred in the
leading roles, which call for particu
larly vivid and forceful delineation.
Tire stars are supported by Julieil
Mitchell as a wealthy politician whose
greed cripples hospital’s efficiency,
Robert Coote as a doctor. Brenda For
bes, Rita Page, Emily Fitzroy and
Ethel Griffies as nurses and Peter
Crushing as the hysterical husband of
the nurse who gave her life to right
a mistake.
LY MOUTIJ
THEATRE ll
66Plymouth’s Community Asset”
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 19
Edward G. Robinson - Ann Soihern in
"BROTHER ORCHID"
with Humphrey Bogart - Donald
Crisp - Allen Jenkins
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 20
Penny Singleton - Arthur Lake in
"BLONDIE ON BUDGET"
Baby Dumpling - Daisey, the Pooch
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21
Continuous Shows From 1 P. M.
n i
Bill Elliott - Iris Meredith in
THE RETURN OF WILD BILL
n
SPECIAL 11 P. M. SHOWING SATURDAY NITE
One Moment of Ecstasy . . . then a Lifetime of
Regret!
"SINFUL SOULS"
See It! All Seats 28c Including Def. Tax. Adults Only
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 22
Rosemary Lane - Eddie Albert -
Wayne Morris in
"AN ANGEL FROM TEXAS"
with Ronald Reagan - Jane Wyman
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23
Rebooked for those who could not attend the
Saturday Mid-Nite Showing!
"SINFUL SOULS"
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 24
Carole Lombard - Brian Aherne in
"VIGIL IN THE NIGHT"
with Ann Shirley
On Our Stage at 3:45 and 9 P. M. . . .
"The Grand Olde W. S. N. Opry"
with The DEAN Brothers Regular Admission
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25
Mat 10c To All! 7 Till 7:30 Adm. lOc-ISc ,
Sian Laurel - Oliver Hardy in
CHUMP AT OXFORD"
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