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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
9
First Methodist at 4th and Roanoke Ave. Presbyterian at 5th and Roanoke Ave. Rosemary Baptist at S 10th and Jackson St. These entries outline church sites and their street intersections.
Next Sunday May 10th Roanoke Rapids observes Mother's Day with special church services listed on this page. Honor your mother by attending these services and wear a Red Rose or White One to show your appreciation.
First Baptist invites the public to a memorial service to Motherhood with 11 a.m. sermon and special afternoon services. A River Jordan picture by Mrs. May Wigginton of Louisville will be dedicated. The pastor leaves Sunday afternoon for the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis on May 14.
Miss Elsie Hudson departed Tuesday to visit her sister Mrs. Maurice Ford in Port Chester New York.
In Roanoke Rapids North Carolina on May 10 1936 the church schedules a 9 45 a m church school service 11 a m worship with a sermon titled The Ideal Mother 8 p m worship with a sermon titled Mothers Memory Epworth Leagues meet at 7 p m A baptismal infant is planned at the eleven o clock hour A special Mother's Day program will feature children participants The notice urges attendance to honor mothers at worship next Sunday
Sunday service at 11 a.m. Wednesday service at 8 p.m. Reading Room open Tuesdays and Fridays 3 to 5 p.m. Attend services and visit the Reading Room at 923 Roanoke Ave. Subject Sunday: Adam and Fallen Man.
Mr and Mrs A Swartz returned this week from a business trip to New York. Miss Velma Clark Ann Akers Clarence and Mayo Coburn spent Sunday at Chapel Hill. Mrs R D Wells was called to Clinton S C Monday due to her mother’s illness.
The church lists a morning worship at 11 with a sermon The Cost of Parenthood and an evening service at 8 with All I Need. Mid week Bible study covers James and First and Second Peter at 7 30 P M in the manse. Woman's Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 P M at Mrs Manning home with Bus iness Women's circle in charge. McWhorter family welcomed by letter last Sunday.
Local residents and visitors spent weekends in the area visiting relatives and friends. Names include Mrs. Wilbur Anderton of Fredericksburg, Mrs. Burla White of Portsmouth, and Robert DeVane from Norfolk alongside many others visiting Richmond Washington D C Petersburg and Raleigh.
A combined service at Corinth Methodist Protestant Church on Sunday May 10 at 2 30 p m led by Pastor T M Johnson invites the public to attend and bring flowers for graves.
Over the weekend Wilma Edwards Vaughan joined others visiting Raleigh for a Recreational Conference. Several residents spent Sunday in Tarboro Washington and Franklin ton with trips noted by Mrs. A J Johnson Mrs J H Kennemar Mrs J F May and Robert and others.
The church announces a crowning and procession with a sermon and benediction next Sunday at 6 30 PM, followed by Mass at 9 00 AM. Weekday Mass is 7 30 AM. The public is invited to all services conducted by Father Peter McNerney.
Mrs. Margaret Hudson expresses appreciation to friends for patronage after selling the Corner Lunch Room to George Steele and his sister. She will reside with Mrs. R. M. Hudson in South Rosemary.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ford, Mrs. Margaret Hudson, and Mrs. Ford visited Mrs. Daisy Williams in Skippers Virginia on Sunday while Duke attended the State Undertakers Convention in Winston-Salem yesterday.
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