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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
5
Relief totaling 14825.39 was given to 713 cases in July as Frederick County Welfare Board releases show. The report allocates funds by category including general public assistance, aid to dependent children, old age assistance, old age burial, and aid to the blind.
Mrs. Hannah E Castle of Hagerstown aged 68 dies at home after illness. Survived by daughter Lee Castle Coons, brother Thomas Lewis, sisters Emma Flair Yazella Wolfe Rosa McAfee. Funeral Thursday at Bethel Church Garfield. Clarence S Smith of Wrightsville Pa dies in York hospital. Survived by wife Mary Catherine and four children Gordon Woodsboro Guy Wakefield LaRue Winebrenner Marie Kenzer Wil iam Shyrock. four brothers and four sisters. Funeral Thursday at Gorron Smith home and Locust Grove Brethren Church. Interment Locust Grove Cemetery. Raximond E K Wright, funeral director.
Funeral services honored Mrs Vergie May Plank wife of Rey Plank of East Middle Street Gettysburg who died Friday at her son in law and daughter Mrs Robert Duble Rocky Ridge home. Dr Harvey T Hoover of the Gettysburg Theological Seminary officiated and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Pallbearers were Paul Howard John Landon Cletus and Chester Plank.
Central Pennsylvania farmers predict a mild winter based on natural signs while other forecasters expect some blizzards and mixed weather. Poultry farmer John Kerr notes a light brown caterpillar signals a mild season, though skeptics doubt the method. Farmers cite squirrels and groundhog folklore, but caterpillar theories persist despite caution from others.
Miss Julia Bell Hann visits her brother Rev Harold L Hann in Fairmont West Virginia. The Willard family hosts Richard and Edward Baldwin from Long Island and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Willard. Rosemont welcomes a daughter at Georgetown Hospital, Lassetter formerly Dorothy Kreh. Frank E Kennedy marks his twenty fourth wedding anniversary. Various trips and visits described include Crickenberger's county visit to Woods Hole Massachusetts and Tritapoe party in Washington DC.
Reported improvements at Frederick City Hospital after several operations. Mention of various individuals including Rebecca McCubheon and Elmer Nokitk recovering at home and in hospital. Also notes an auto accident near Urbana with an injured person, plus updates on local grain prices and a wheat estimate.
Rodney Dut cher chronicles Senator Hugo Black of Alabama as a devoted Roosevelt ally who shaped the New Deal. The piece traces Black's evolving stance on wage hours price fixing monopoly and profit regulation, arguing Roosevelt shifted toward Black’s early 1930s proposals and the so called New New Deal.
An oblique In Memoriam piece references motherly guidance and moral duty amid a broad discussion of early Roosevelt era economic theories. It comments on selective excess profit taxes, income taxes, anti trust actions, and price regulation, noting Black and Roosevelt as aligned on the need for competitive, not monopolistic, control of prices and profits.
Olive Roberts Barton reviews Richard Halliburton's Marvels of the World for boys and girls, noting vivid photographs and real places such as New York City and the Panama Canal. Other titles highlighted include Leop and Little The Cowboy's Star, The Train Book, Smoke Blows West, and Tom Stonebridge tales set on the Kansas frontier.
Local notices announce a big fruit auction at Schamets in Jefferson Maryland on Thursday night August 19 1934 with festival duck pond and music by Bartonsville Band. If rain the event moves to the following evening and proceeds benefit a local club and Young People’s Society. a new band Camp Cozy Nite Club offers prizes and music tonight.
Fragmentary advertisement fragment mentions sale terms and dates, with unclear proper nouns and locations. Readers are urged to identify readable items such as the sale action and nearby officials, amid garbled text and potential vendor names.
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