Home Guard of Concord era myth and mischief told
A local history recounts the 1918 Home Guard unit in Concord led by J D Pike and Captain A Millis. The piece recalls drills in the old Benall building, uniforms scarce, and a practical joke by Joe Rawley involving Private Freeze facing orders to Concord.
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Carolina
Company
North Carolina
J. D. Pike
Ser- Pike
Fk. A. Millis
A. &. Caldwell
W. M
Doc) Tucker
Bencin
East High Street
Uncle Bam
Home Guard
Joe Rawhey
The
Enterprise
Freeze
Expres
Concord
Mr. Freeze
Mr. Rawley
Pike
Jim
O. K
Jim Pike
Armony
Rawley
Private Freeze
Joe
Albion Millie
Jime Pike
Birds
Mr. Freese
Private Rawley
Home Guard Personnel List After Demobilization
A roster of Home Guard members shows many have moved across the country since demobilization on a date not fully legible. The record names officers and numerous private soldiers including Caldwell Jr and Tucker among others.
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Home Guards
Avenes
Fun Idea Sparks Local Prank During War Era
A fragment notes a 19 80s era moment when Mr. Rawhey proposed lighthearted mischief amid National Guard absence as troops were away in camps or Europe. The passage hints at a casual plan formed one afternoon for harmless amusement.
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Cord
National Guard
Camps
Europe
Mr. Rawhey
Dorothy Greene Celebrates Eleventh Birthday Party
J A Greene entertained friends yesterday afternoon for Dorothy Greene's eleventh birthday. Guests included Dorothy Thomas Carolyn Thomas Marie Robertson Pauline Cable Margaret Cable LaVerne Hartgrove Margie Wilkins Clyde Greene W C Green Lloyd Green and Junior Snipes.
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Tie. J. A. Greene
Dorothy
The Night Is Young Opens at Broadhurst Theater
Ramon Novarro stars with Evelyn Laye in a glamorous Vienna romance set in the Imperial Ballet and Vienna Opera. The film features elaborate costumes and songs like The Night Is Young and When I Grow Too Old to Dream with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Bamberg
Broadhurst
Ramon Novarro
Zenda
Prince
Vienna
Evelyn Laye
Broadhurst Theatre
Imperial Ballet
Oscar Hammerstein
Sigmund Romberg
Vienna Opera
Royal Box
Emperors Palace
Vienna Prater
Wiener Schnitzel
Lena
Dudley Murphy
Charlies Butterworth
Una Merkel
Edward Byverett Horton
Women's University Club
Movies in town shown by seven groups for families
Motion Picture Guide lists seven reviewing groups led by DAR and others to help parents pick child suitable cinema. It rates titles like ALL THE KINGS HORSES and THE LITTLE COLONEL, noting audience care levels and mature themes for families with details on stars and settings.
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The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society of New England Women
General Federation of Women's Clubs
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Council of Jewish Women
Woman's University Club of Los Angeles
United Church Brotherhood
Fox
Paramount
David Butler
Lionel Barrymore
Shirley Temple
Bill Robinson
Evelyn Venable
Annie Fellows Johnston
Barrymore
Under Pressure
Fox film directed by Raoul Walsh stars Edmund Lowe Victor McLagren Florence Rice Marjorie Rambeau and Charles Bickford from Chase and Doherty East River. The story follows rival sand hog gangs tunneling under the Hudson amid boisterous wit and gritty struggle.
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Fox
Kaleidoscope Exhibition Notes Appeal to Adults and Teens
The writing describes a nonabsorbing but interesting exhibition thought to resemble peering into a giant kaleidoscope. It notes that adults and older adolescents are the primary observers.
Miss Floride Bissell Visits Miss Virginia Frank at Duke
Miss Floride Bissell of Charleston D C is weekend guest of Miss Virginia Frank. They plan to attend the Ballet Russe at Duke University in Durham Monday night.
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Floride Bissell
Charleston, D. C
Virginia Frank
Frank
Miss Bissell
Ballet Russe
Duke University
Durram
Barretts of Wimpole Street at Rialto Monday
Norma Shearer Frederic March and Charles Laughton star in The Barretts of Wimpole Street at Rialto. Critics praise Shearer Browning March and Laughton for tender performance and polished MGM production values.
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Barretts
Wimpole Street
Rialto
Rudolf Besier
Sidney Franklin
Norma Shearer
Fredric March
Charles Leaughton
Maureen O'Sullivan
Robert Browning
Elisabeth Barrett
Norma
Shearer
Rialto Theatre
Miss Shearer
Elizabeth
Frederic March
Charles Laughton
Browning
Barrett
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Mary Lane Visits Winston-Salem Relatives
Miss Mary Lane is spending the weekend in Winston-Salem with relatives, enjoying time with family and exploring local sights.
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Mary Lane
Winston-Salem
Highest Ocean Waves Reported at Seventy Feet Peak
Reliable observers measured ocean waves reaching 70 feet from trough to crest marking the record as the highest surf height documented.
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Con
H. A. Millis
National
eRvers
Caldwell, JR
W. M. Tucker
Hedrick
John W. Hunt
W. L. Hinkle
J. W. Howe
A. B. Idol
Vernon W. Ingram
Fred P. Jarrett
E. H. Kirkman
P. V. Kearns
H. C., Jr. Kester
G. C. Kimmons
Kiemme
A. W. Lindsay
J. A
Edmund
Victor McLaglen
Chick Chandler Comedy
Prince and the Chorus Girl
Yatinee
George O'Brien
ED W. Everett Horton
Chas
Butterworth
Richard Arlen
Stepin Fetchit
Therm
City
Barker Street
A. M. Rankin
Tyson T. Ferree
Motion Picture Guide
Frank Tuttle
Carl Brisson
Mary Ellis
Edward Everett Horton
Katharine DeMille
First National
Ross Lederman
Lyle Talbot
Ann Dvorak
Gordon Westcott
Robert Light
West
Washington
Elinor Norton
Hamilton MacPadden
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Claire Trevor
Gilbert Roland
Hugh Williams
Norman Foster
Mary Roberts Rinehert
Alces
Cleopatra
Pialto
B. DeMille
Claudette Colbert
Warren William
Henry Wilcoxon
Egypt
M-G-M
Troxler
Sartin Dry Cleaning Co. ED
Master Cleaners and Dyers
South Main
Sartin
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