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Daylight Saving Time Introduced A Century Ago, Wendy Richter
Daylight Saving Time Introduced A Century Ago, Wendy Richter
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Last weekend marked the annual change from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time. One hundred years ago Arkadelphia's Southern Standard newspaper reported on the then-new concept, implemented in the United States during World War I to give people more time to spend in their gardens after their workday was over.
Rorie Led Dispatch Unit During Wwi, Wendy Bradley Richter
Rorie Led Dispatch Unit During Wwi, Wendy Bradley Richter
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In 1924, Arkadelphia's Southern Standard newspaper included this headline: "Former Local Boy in Prominent Role in Six-Reel Movie." However, the young man described in the article remains largely unknown in the annals of Clark County history. With the nickname of "Speed," Clem Rorie commanded a unit of General John J. Pershing's dispatch riders in France during World War I. After returning home to the United States he became an "internationally famous motorcycle rider and professional daredevil."
Patterson Left Large Legacy Behind For Clark County, Wendy Richter
Patterson Left Large Legacy Behind For Clark County, Wendy Richter
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Robert Henderson Patterson was born in 1892 in Pike County, one of ten children of Robert O. and Alsie Henderson Patterson. The R.O. Patterson family had moved to Clark County in the 1870s, then to Oklahoma, returning to their fram in 1903. After serving in World War I, Robert H. Patterson spent most of the rest of his life in teh Dobyville community.
World War I Exhibit Arrives At Ouachita Baptist University, Wendy Richter
World War I Exhibit Arrives At Ouachita Baptist University, Wendy Richter
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"The Great War: Arkansas in World War I," a traveling exhibit chronicling Arkansas's role in World War I at home and on the battlefields, will be displayed in the main floor lobby of the Riley-Hickingbotham Library on the campus of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia from Nov. 23 through Dec. 16. OBU is the third site to host this new exhibit produced by Arkansas's State Archives earlier this year.