- Title
- North Carolina historical review [1924 : October]
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- Date
- October 1924
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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North Carolina historical review [1924 : October]
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The North Carolina Historical Review
Liberty Shipyard. A survey of moving picture possibilities was
made, and interviews were held with leading picture men regarding
the establishment of movies in that neighborhood. At this time
the information booth, which had confined its services to soldiers,
sailors, and marines, widened its scope to fit the needs of these
workers and the general public.
Tho Hilton Park baseball ground an excellent but badly neg¬
lected field, was turned over unreservedly to Community Service in
May. A few necessary repairs and the working over the field
made this one of the finest recreational grounds in Wilmington.
Work at the shipyards progressed in great strides during June.
Community Service was granted permission to introduce volley ball
during the noon hour at the Carolina Yard, and at once the men
seized the opportunity for recreation. Every noon and often after
4 :30 in the afternoon about twenty-five men played, while three
hundred or more “rooted” on the side lines. The Liberty Yard,
which responded more quickly to innovation, had already been
thoroughly organized for noonday singing, volley and baseball, and
dancing. Through these activities the morale of the men greatly
improved, while both their contentment, and their efficiency con¬
spicuously increased.
By August weekly band concerts and community sings were
held on the high school grounds every Tuesday and free moving
pictures every Thursday evening. The Board of Education granted
Community Service the use of the high school grounds, auditorium,
and gymnasium, turning the keys over to the organizer. Four
girls’ clubs were organized, which took early morning hikes to
study nature.
War Camp Community Service kept the playgrounds open all
summer, when usually they were closed. Each week from four
hundred to eight hundred fifty children enjoyed the grounds, and
recreation workers visited the homes from which the children came.
At the present time (September, 1910), the community gather¬
ings, occasioned by open-air concerts, sings, and moving pictures,
are continuing in popularity. The band organized by the Service
has developed rapidly, and with the assistance of a local organiza¬
tion it will probably become a permanent organization.
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