John Barton, who plays Jeeter Lester for the 2,057th time in Tobacco Road tonight, isn't one to forget friends

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John Barton, who plays Jeeter Lester for the 2,057th time in Tobacco Road tonight, isn't one to forget friends

Date10/20/1942

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Original Toronto Star caption: John Barton; who plays Jeeter Lester for the 2;057th time in Tobacco Road tonight; isn't one to forget friends. Wherever the show stops; the soft spoken white-haired actor makes it a practice to visit the theatre in which he played during his vaudeville days. So; as good as his [Incomplete]

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