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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1937
Page
7
A Benton Journal page from Saturday morning October 30 1997 published by Melvin and Johnson Inc. contains local notices and brief items typical of a small town newspaper. The readable fragment hints at community news and public notices without detailing specific events.
Rural mothers favor at least one hot noon dish with home carried items. Miss McPheeters of Maryland Extension advises balanced lunches including milk citrus or tomato protein bread butter and a vegetable with dessert. Tips cover preparing fillings the night before choosing whole wheat bread and packing items to travel well. Opinions vary on whether older children should help pack lunches.
The article contrasts summer joys in peaceful places with the 1937 scourge of war, noting Spain and China suffer while aid flows from the United States. It recalls 89,612 Spanish refugee children aided, urges contributions to American Friends Service Committee and World Friendship among Children, and promotes global understanding through Scouts gatherings and Virginia Dare’s Roanoke birth anniversary.
An English expedition found Roanoke Island ruined by storms along the coast and a destroyed fort. They offered provisions and new settlers but storms forced a retreat. A later voyage reached the Sound, located Roanoke Island, and found no trace of the first little girl.
Mrs Weston finds boxes of old projects and tells Ted Julia and the others to finish only what they have started this year. Anything truly outgrown may be given to charity. The plan aims to curb waste and build discipline through completion.
In a family scene the Westons admire an attic exhibition of handmade items with radio gifts and Christmas plans. Elsewhere Dr. Gulick uses a confiscated slot machine in a math class to teach probability, revealing costs and odds and noting a drop in school gambling interest.
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