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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

12

Roanoke No. 2 Ball Club trip to New York and World’s Fair

Roanoke No. 2 baseball team details a two day journey from Roanoke Junction to New York aboard the S S Yorktown, with visits to Baltimore and Philadelphia on the way. They toured New York sights, faced Hull's Collegians at the World’s Fair grounds where rain postponed the game, and returned via Norfolk and Roanoke Rapids. The trip included hotel meals, a bus tour, a boat dinner, and a Yorktown Serenaders dance onboard.

Alvin Ennis Roanoke Junction Portsmouth Bay Norfolk S.S. Yorktown Chesapeake Baltimore S. S. Yorktown Pennsylvania Railroad New York DuPont Powder Wilmington Delaware Locomotive Works Eddystone Glenmarks Airplane Middle River Maryland Princeton University Woodrow Wilson Diston Tacoma Standard Trenton New Jersey Johnson and Johnson New Brunswick Thomas Edison Menlo Park Edison Hospital of Veterans of Foreign Wars Railroad Clinton Alfred Terrell Mr. Pohlers Terrell Pohlers Fifth Avenue Exclusive Radio City St. Patrick's Cathedral Millionaires’ Row Central Park Metropolitan Museum of Art Harlem Cathedral of St. John the Divine Columbia University Barnard College Grant's Tomb Chinatown Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History Schwab Mansion Cotton Club Empire State Building Blackie” Murray Fair Grounds Marine Exhibit Trylon Perisphere Democracy City of Tomorrow General Electric Firestone Academy of Sports Hull Collegians Bill Robinson Billy Rose Eleanor Holm Lagoon of Nations Street of Nations Charles Meyers Charlie Pennsylvania Station Roanoke Mills Yorktown Serenaders Seaboard Air Line Roanoke Rapids Charles E. Myers Frank Kemp Roanoke NO. 2

General Drive Chest Campaign Headed by Akers

Alonzo E. Akers accepted chairmanship of the General Solicitations Division of the Community Chest for the November drive. He led the unit last year and is now selecting majors and captains for the 1939 campaign. Akers, an early Roanoke Rapids citizen born in Franklin County, Virginia, was educated at Bridgewater College, the University of Virginia, and Columbia University. He worked in Virginia and Henderson before moving to Roanoke Rapids in 1908, later serving as Superintendent of City Schools until 1936 and now is Tax Collector for the city and the school district.

Alonzo E. Akers Community Chest Akers Mr. Akers Roanoke Rapids Franklin County Virginia Bridgewater College University of Virginia Columbia University Henderson N. C

Meyer Pettitt Wedding at Ridley Park Methodist Church

A pretty wedding was held at high noon on August 3 at the Ridley Park Methodist Church in Pennsylvania. Miss Elsie Mae Pettitt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas S Pettitt of Enfield North Carolina, married Frank Gordon Meyer, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Meyer of Springfield Pennsylvania. Rev E Russell Elliott officiated in the presence of close relatives and family friends. J W Round organist played Mendelssohn and Lohengrin and accompanied Mrs Round’s soprano singing of Because and To Love You Truly. The bride wore a white daytime dress with a fitted jacket and white accessories, with a corsage of white gardenias and babies breath, and a white turban and veil. She was given in marriage by her uncle Algie L Willey of Ridley Park.

Ridley Park Elsie Mae Pettitt Thomas S. Pettitt Enfield N. C Frank Gordon Meyer Jacob Meyer Springfield E. Russell Elliott J. W. Round

Scout Hike by Troop 142 Planned Overnight Trip

The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 142 will undertake an overnight hike on Friday September 1 camping about three miles up the Roanoke River. E P Hyman departed Monday for Washington D C for several weeks of treatment.

Boy Scouts Troop No. 142 Roanoke River E. P. Hyman Washington, D. C

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