Father of playground movement dies at home near Boston
Joseph Lee, longtime president of the American Playground and Recreation Association for 30 years, is hailed as the father of the U S playground movement. The piece praises playgrounds for channeling youth’s explosive energy into healthy activity and contrasts it with dangers from street life and temptation.
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Joseph Lee
Boston
American Playground and Recreation Association
American Playground Movement
Satan
Return of Barrett Rau party from Puerto Rico cruise
Mrs Albert Colman Barrett and Miss Sarah Rau return to Frederick on Monday after a cruise to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Rau, employed in New York, visits her parents while Mrs Barrett, formerly Thelma Nixdorff, plans to see her mother before rejoining Mr Barrett. many other local residents are noted on visits, travel, and social engagements across Frederick with mentions of relatives, weddings, and community events.
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Albert Colman Barrett
Sarah Rau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Frederick
Rau
New York
R. M. Rau
Rockwell Terrace
Barrett
San Juan
Thelma Nixdorff
Harry Nixdorff
Pueto Riva
Perry
Hood College
Europe
S. S. Normandie
Jefferson
Emilie Miller
Altoona
Helen Blanchard
Boonton
N. J
Helen Bortz
Greensburg
Luis Clayton
Pottsville
Betty Leake
Washington
Gertrude Spoers
Jersey City
Virginia Williamson
Baltimore
J. Alleine Williamson
West Church Street
Williamson
Miss Williamson
Eugene de Bullet
Helen Gregory
Mountains
Georgia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Lookout Mountain
Rock City Gardens
Miss Gregory
Mrs. C. W. Gregory
Katharine Carasso
Brooklyn
Miss Carasso
Frederick Persons
Hairbrush as Modern Training Tool Says Dr Murphy
A University of Pennsylvania psychologist endorses the hairbrush for child discipline, claiming it is a refined, less harmful method than old woodshed punishments. He notes the brush allows a scientific approach, causing less injury while gaining wider acceptance among discerning parents.
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Murphy
University of Pennsylvania
Inflammatory Voices on Palestine and War
The passage cites remarks from figures including Rabbi Stephen S Wise and Judge Frederick E Crane criticizing Zionist sovereignty and wartime sacrifices. It notes a Berlin Confessional synod warning against Nazi influence in Protestant churches and quotes Maj. Andrei Yumashev about American entry to confront Russia and Spain.
Bible Thought on Disobedience and Commandments
A clipped quote discusses the temptation of authority and natural disobedience, referencing a biblical line about not heeding commandments and noting Haliburton as an attribution. The fragment frames moral duty against power, urging compliance with high standards.
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Haliburton
Fifty and Twenty Years Ago in Frederick Fifty Years Ago
Local items from The News columns dated August 1887 note John To Mesner, sole surviving Mexican War veteran in Catoctin district, visiting town to arrange his pension. Also reported: Water Works Superintendent Charles N Hohn installed Frederick’s largest water meter at the Brown and Delashmutt ice factory, capacity 30 million gallons. Work continues on paper mills at Harpers Ferry, expected capacity 4,600 sheets daily.
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Francis H. Markell
West Church Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Atlantic City
Brighton
Markell
Emerson C. Harrington
Council of National Defense
Frederick County
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Maryland Council of Defense
Harrington
Maryland
League of Nations
Markell Jong
Frederick
Daughters of the American Evolution
Daughters of Colonial Wars
John TO Mesner
Catoctin
Hus
Mexico City
Charles N Hohn
Brown and Delashmutt
Harpers Ferry
First Day Physicals Mark Draft Acceptance and Exemptions
The selective draft reported 102 men passed the physical and 16 rejected while many requested exemptions. Ice cream prices rise to 2 dollars per gallon as cream costs climb, complicating confectioners’ supply. A mill accident injured John Foster, a 16 year old, after a fall from height fractured his leg. College Park weed removal requested by residents led by Prof and Mrs Irving S Biser and others. Don Derr joins Coast Artillery after leaving coaching in Blue Ridge League.
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John Foster
Brunswick South
Ob Crampton and Co
Foster
College Park
Irving S Biser
Fh G Haugh
Harry J. Kefauver
Keefer Burgee
Blue Ridge League
Salrymen Entertained by Electric Company Trip
Fourteen salesmen of the Potomac Edison Company from Frederick Mt. Airy Union Bridge Brunswick were guests of the Westinghouse Electric Company on a trip to Ohio visiting Mansfield Cleveland the Great Lakes Exposition and the Westinghouse factory. They were entertained at the West End Country Club in Mansfield and returned on Wednesday.
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Hj, Tucker
Union Bridge
William C. Tucker
LI. R Miller
L. P. Dowmin
W. EL Sittu
H. A. Dean
John Devilbiss
S EF Ramsburg
J. S. Messersmith
W.N. Jolliffe
Guy M. Neal
J. E. Parks
Frederick
Ox Fibre Brush Company Staff Meeting and Dinner
The regular monthly staff meeting and dinner of the Ox Fibre Brush Companies were held at Vindobana Braddock Heights last Saturday evening, attended by six people including Mr Weitvel and Mrs FLW. Weitvel and three children from Finn Street returned from July with Mas Weitzel's parents in Burlington Wisconsin. Mr Werkel spent part of July in Florida then visited New York, Kathy Haller and W Marcy Haller and Monica Eater were visiting friends in Westchester New York.
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Zonta Club
Heights
Frederick Zonta Club
Braddock Heights Park
Robert E. Clapp
M. J. Croghan
Amos A. Holter
Thomas P. Culler
Michael E. Pue
Hal Lee Ott
Helen O. Smith
Florence E. Garner
Nora Wise
Martha E. Flynn
Margaret Bechtold
Mary Ann Holter
Patricia Croghan
Barbara Harris
Guesta
E. E. Hodges
Tenafly
N. J
Henry E. Weaver
Washington
C. E. Cline
Braddock Heights
Lancaster
George O. Paxson
East Third Street
George J. Phillips
Baltimore
Paxson Association of America
Penn Hill Meeting House
Lancaster County
Phillips
Mary Elizabeth Paxson
Virginia
Old Waterford
Paxson
California
Georgia
Young Peoples Group
Young People’s Organization
United Brthren
John W. Grove
West Fourth Street
Mary Jane Baker
Elizabeth Summers
Anna Marie Carmack
Harriet Shook
Ruth Rice
Jane Hamilton
Frances Sulcer
Ruth Hamilton
Irene Null
Elaine Grove
Dewitt P. Zuse
Janes Dubel
Bernard Fogle
James Fisher
Algandro Ponce
Vindobona
Mmr. Ponce
Vindobana
FLW
Weitvel
Sperintendent
Flw. Weitvel
Finn Street
Mas Weitzel
T. A. Unsworth
Burlington, WI
Werkel
Florida
Hes
Agnogh
New York
Kathy Haller
W. Marcy Haller
Monica Eater
Cedarhe T
of. Ae
Sstchester
N.Y
MIND Your MANNERS What Would You Do Quiz
Hostess guide asks five social etiquette questions with author answers. It covers arguing, monopolizing talk, vulgar language, interruptions, and how a physician’s wife should be addressed. The best choice is to draw guests out to share their interests.
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Copyright
NEA Service. Inc
You Cant Have Everything Inspires Broadway Dreamers
New York chatter surveys George Abbott and peers ambitions in theater. Chaplin, Pearl, Carroll pursue ideal roles while Mitchell Durant split. Babes in Arms tops the summer scene with Mitzi Green delighting audiences amid onstage pranks. Santelli the fencing instructor confounds buyers with his business cards.
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George RO
New York
George Abbott
Broadway
Earl Carroll
Mitchell
Durant
Sally Randlong
Marguerite Churchill
Hollywood
Bert Lytell Jong
George Santelli
County Theater
Suffern
Vitamin D Deficiency Risks Across Life Stages Highlighted
In this Health Notes installment Dr. Morris Fishbein explains how lack of vitamin D can cause rickets, weaker teeth, and secondary infections. Pregnant and nursing mothers need extra calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. adults may require sun exposure or dietary sources like cod liver oil, milk, and eggs.
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Wandsboro
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Anne Brandenburg
Pocono Mountains
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Katherine Wussman
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Opossum Town Pike
Thas
Cleveland
Irving Staley
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Niagara Falls
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Quebec
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Nova Scotia
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Tuscarora
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Harry James
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Wilson Runkles
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Urbana
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Salisbury
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Detroit
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Asbury Park
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North Market Street
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Garfield Hospital
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West College Terrace
Feaga
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Hanover, Pa
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Woodsboro
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