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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1938
Page
2
A published note from The Daily News Frederick Maine states no communication or opinion will be printed without the writer’s real name. It requires consent for publication of names and discusses correction procedures for editorial content.
A 1938 discourse by Erich M. Schaikjer of Brooklyn College links geology to modern life and political resilience. He argues survival favors the middle road, warns against dictators and radicals, and cites 175 million years of geological history where extreme specialization leads to extinction.
A reflective piece contrasts city dailies with small town papers praising local business, church records, social events, marriages, births, and obituaries while noting the gentler handling of scandals. It argues community papers uplift readers and preserve humane connections among neighbors. The essay cites The Christian Science Monitor and cites a Commerce Dept estimate of over 9.3 million miles of highways.
About thirty students from Maryland State School for the Deaf will travel to Washington on Saturday, visiting the zoo, Washington Monument, and the Unknown Soldier grave in Arlington. The New Era Club plans the trip. The twelfth quadrennial reunion for Hood College graduates and former students will be held at the school Friday through Sunday June 10 to 12.
Local Frederick readers attested to Clare Boothe comedy The Women presented by Ford's Theater Baltimore featuring a cast of forty women including Mrs Isabelle Kunkel Daniell Mrs Charles W Ross Jr Mrs Carroll Hendrickson Mrs John S Newman and others on East Patrick Street Also notes on social clubs in Frederick and Hood College faculty Easter plans and a Palm Sunday sermon at St Luke's Reformed Church Lock Haven Pa with Men’s Bible Class attending and President Henry E Stake of Hood College preaching
In Frederick items from April 8, 1888, Governor Jackson signed bills incorporating Hyatts town and establishing a notary public at Middletown. Reuben Saylor, a well known farmer near Union Bridge, died at 70, leaving five sons. Dr and Mrs James W Eichelberger marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary with many friends and relatives.
The 1918 report shows Frederick receiving about 50 000 from a 3 000 080 state road fund while rough streets on East and West Patrick South Market East and West Fifth and Sixth and West Fourth streets are highlighted. Chapel alley widening hits a snag with owners asking 1 9800 for a property city values 400 to 500. Methodists back Liberty Loan drives with appointments across towns. Two former local pastors were assigned to Army chaplaincies, including John Paul Tyler in Texas and Watson E Holley at Camp Meade, with additional Frederick appointments noted.
Miss Marion L. MacPhail associate professor of Romance language at Hood left today by motor for her home in Charlotte North Carolina. She was joined by Miss Genevieve Corbett and Miss Hannah Boyfan who will spend the Easter recess at their homes in Wilmington North Carolina. Other faculty planning to spend vacation at their homes include Miss Hildegan L. Spreen Beacon North Carolina Miss Margaret L Kohrenberger New York City Miss Dorothy M Anderson Kane Pennsylvania Miss Louise Brumbaugh Altoona Pennsylvania and Miss M Geneva Leinbach Esterly Pennsylvania.
Col umbia Lodge No. 53 ALFL and A M hosts officers this evening at Senior Warden C Cyril Klein s home on South Market street. Invited guests include Lincoln Engelbrecht Russell Michael Frank Rothenhoefer Metz Wachter and other local residents.
Miss Evelyn Young received a surprise miscellaneous shower from St. Pauls Lutheran Sunday school class at her home near Jefferson on Friday evening. She will marry Hunt Ambrose of Jefferson in April.
A historical etiquette item presents six scenarios with best practices. It states: rise to greet visitors, introduce staff, use title and surname, announce yourself when calling, stand when applying for a job, and for impressing clients stay professional. It cites that the best approach is to be businesslike and pleasant and not to boast.
Anniversary list highlights figures such as Lewis Morris David Rittenhouse Harry Hutchins William Welch Frederick Pond James Creighton King Albert I and Clayton balloon flight with a range of dates from 1726 to 1937. Birthdays include Harvey Cushing Mary Pickford Sonja Heine and Dennis Chavez with notes on other notable names.
A classroom trivia item asks which statements are true or false. It lists that Aida was written by Wagner, Iliad by Homer, Francois Villon a great French poet, Sistine Madonna painted by Rembrandt, Venus de Milo sculptor’s identity is unknown, and notes an answer on the last page.
In New York on April 8 a portrait of Madame Germaine Mariani’s West End Avenue boarding house highlights a grand Louis XVI style home where artful kitchen craft and nonmeasured recipes enchant guests. The piece also notes spring yacht activity on the East River and ends with a vote for Our Town as Pulitzer material.
A humorous verse on enduring colds and germ encounters by N A Lufburrow contrasts with a 1935 census style statistic showing persons under ten years formed 17.45 percent of the U S population versus 19.6 percent in 1930.
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