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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Troop No. 142
Roanoke River
E. P. Hyman
Washington, D. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roanoke
World's Fair Grounds
Aquarium
Customs House
Bowling Green Park
Metropolitan Life Insurance Building
Armory of the Sixty-ninth Regiment
Madison Square Park
Little Church
Gimbel Brothers Department Store
Macey's Store
Metropolitan Opera House
Times Square
Rosemary Drug Co
Fred Forest & Company
General Contractors
Dial
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Om Drug Store