Kiwanis Seeks Boost for Roanoke Rapids Projects
A Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis committee met with Congressman John H. Kerr to press for a Halifax County reforestation camp near Aurelian Springs, paving on the Littleton Highway and a Federal Building post office. Kerr, longtime advocate, pledged aid. local effort hinges on persistent community support and funding.
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John H. Kerr
Warrenton
Halifax County
National
House of Representatives
Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club
Littleton
Roanoke Rapids
Congressman Kerr
Aurelian Springs
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Joyner
Littleton Highway
Kiwanis Club
Our Playgrounds
Observing citizens note that youths from high school and college staff three city playgrounds this summer. Hundreds of Roanoke Rapids children receive safe exercise and learn to play together, under volunteers who work without pay. The city owes them gratitude for their tact and patience in this vital community effort.
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Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids
Ponte
The New Industry in 1930s Prospect
A column discusses anticipated advances in housing and comfort, noting steel construction and air conditioning as a rising industry. It contemplates Hoover seeking a new invention to lift the economy and predicts substantial progress in the coming decade.
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Hoover
First steel air conditioned house to rise in Roanoke Rapids
The article extols a future steel framed home that is fireproof sanitary and weather resistant offering year round comfort and safety. It promises relief from hot sleepless summers and cold fires and predicts Roanoke Rapids will welcome the first air conditioned house marking a new era with much anticipation.
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Roanoke Rapids
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