University Developing American Folk Drama
Editorial notes on the Carolina Playmakers at the University of North Carolina and their native drama project. The piece cites local life inspired plays from the Great Smoky Mountains to Cape Hatteras, their reach across several states, and example works like Fixin's showing poverty and struggle in tenant farm life.
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Frederick H. Koch
Carolina Playmakers
University of North Carolina
Nerica
New York City
Great Smoky Mountains
Cape Hatteras
Lucas
Harnett County
Aaron Burr
Carolina Highlands
Dixon's Kitchen
Doc Gast
Blackbeard
Carolina
Job
Winston- Salem
Trista
Beaufort
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Boston
Massachusetts
Paul Green
Fixin
Erma
Lilly Robinson
North Carolina
Columbia University
Colorado
California
United States
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Maine
Carolinas Folk Plays as Stage Reach Grows
Paul Green recounts the Carolina Play-Makers rise from a Chapel Hill school stage to a dedicated theatre. He notes sixty seven plays by forty six authors and three published volumes of Carolina Folk-Plays, with growing audience appeal from North Carolina towns to New York reviews.
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North Carolina
Atlanta
New York
Western Union
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
N. C
Theatre Magazine
Carolina
Broadway
Chapel Hill High School
Paul Green
Henry Holt and Company
Duke Authors Folk Drama On North Carolina Playmakers
The article recalls Duke building a campus road system and touring to audiences in twelve states, with over 160 000 people reached. It highlights Paul Green winning the 1927 Pulitzer for Abraham's Bosom and praises North Carolina natives Lula Vollmer Hatcher Hughes and Anne Bridgers for their Broadway impact. The piece touts American folk drama as a national voice rising from diverse states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Green
Abraham
America
Carolina
Lula Vollmer
Hatcher Hughes
Anne Bridgers
American Review of Reviews
North Carolina
Hair Erection Triggered by Tiny Root Muscle
A small muscle at each hair root contracts when startled, causing the hair to rise. This reflex action highlights how individual hair follicles respond to fear or surprise.
Drivers In Fatal Crash Waive Hearing
Lewis Crawford and Laughton Fine, drivers of two cars in a Davidson county head on crash near Newsom, waived preliminary hearing. Bonds set at 1500 dollars for next month’s superior court term. Loftin died after injuries in Albemarle hospital.
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Leexington
Perley Crawford
Laughton Fine
Newsom
Davidson County
Ed Loftin
A. J. Newton
Superior Court
Loftin
Albemarle
Germany Tops Nobel List With 40 Prizes
Berlin reports the 1929 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Thomas Mann marking the fortieth German Nobel award. France ranks second with 23 winners and Germans win 31 prizes for science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Thomas Mann
France
Five Gallons Castor Oil Order Stuns African Dealer
In Zinderneuf French West Africa a desert post drug store was stunned by an order of five gallons of castor oil from three aviators Bailly Reginensi and Marcot four days out from Madagascar on a record seven day flight from Tanararive to Paris. They said the oil would power their airplane motor and the proprietor a coal black man charged $20 a gallon.
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Zinderneuf
French West Africa
Desert
Bailly Reginensi
Marcot
Madagascar
Tanararive
Paris
Reginensi
Costly Lather Brush Shipped From Liverpool to India
A shaving brush costing 135 dollars was shipped from an English port to India. It stood 8% inches high with an ivory handle. Its bristles came from 25000 dollars worth of the finest badger hair. Makers say it was ordered as a practical but expensive Christmas joke.
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Liverpool
India
Annual Meeting Notice of High Point Perpetual Building
Notice is given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association will be held in the directors' room of the Commercial National Bank High Point North Carolina on Thursday January 28 1930 at 730 pm to elect directors and transact other business. C H Ellis Secretary.
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High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
High Point
N. C
C. H. Ellis
Sect’y
Stockholders Annual Meeting at The Commercial National Bank
The Commercial National Bank in High Point North Carolina will hold its annual meeting of stockholders in the Directors Room on Tuesday January 14 at ten oclock AM. The purpose is to elect directors and address other business at the meeting.
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Koch
Fe. Prederick H. Koch
Varsity of
Frontier State University of the
Langdon
Sues
Rudy Vallee
Smithfield
Johnston County
Herald
Harnett
Agnes O'Loughlin
DUKE
Duke University
Durham Street
Stockholders Annual Meeting
The
Canaries
Hartz Mountains
Eureka Pet Shop
T. Reighter
Over Enterprise Office
South Wrenn Street
East High Street
Hobart Culler
R. M. Abernathy
J.c.welch Motor Company
North Main Street
Inds
Goodrich
Silvertown
Carolina Vulcanizing Company
North Main
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