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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1937
Page
7
Olive Roberts Barton outlines common home and child readiness concerns for the first day of school. Vaccinations, clothes, shoes, and eye tests set the stage, while parents should stay calm, avoid alarming older siblings, and present the start as normal and matter of fact for anxious children.
An advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic to ease menstrual cramps and functional disorders across three life stages. It urges women to avoid nagging husbands and to use the remedy to feel better during girlhood, motherhood, and middle age.
Dr. Manfred Guttmacher, chief medical consultant to the Baltimore courts, spoke to the Rotary Club on impartial psychiatric advice for the courts. He described balancing mental state with crime, noted reports aid judges, and discussed lie detector use and crime fighting aids. Guests and club officers attended the luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
Clarence Shirk of Lebanon was jailed for ten days after a disorderly conduct charge. Officer Herbert Strawsburg arrested him from a West Fourth Street home based on a telephone description. Prints were sent to Washington to check for other jurisdictions. The case was heard by Magistrate Walter Sinn in Police Court. Also jailed: John Sweeney received five days for street drunkenness. Jessie Huxton of College Park pleaded guilty to parking at a bus stop. sentence suspended on $1 costs.
Helaian Bowers, supervisor, announced a busy schedule at Baker Park and surrounding grounds this week. Medals and prizes were awarded in dodgeball, lawnball, and swimming events, with numerous participants from local teams and schools.
Half of applicants for driver licenses tested at the State Armay on Wednesday afternoon failed. By 3:30 pm about 45 applied, with 25 10 achieving success. Most examinees were women, men were a minority. Ten failed on motor vehicle law questions and thirteen failed the parking test. A kite tying contest at Sedleysvale playground, sponsored by Charles Pruitt, featured Joseph Booker taking first prize a large watermelon and Pete OBrien second a small watermelon.
In Frederick, applicants must park in a twenty one foot long space marked by iron bars five feet high. Examining officers were Corporal HH Haines G L De Ved J Co Eachelberger and C D Fix of the Motor Vehicle Commissioner’s office.
Two criminal appeal cases were placed on the docket. Willard J. Sherman of Thurmont appeals a $25 fine from Justice William J Stoner for failing to report an accident within 24 hours at the motor vehicle office. Alton Benanelt is his attorney with a $200 bond posted. Russell Buck appeals a $100 fine from Justice Roger Ho Geisbert of Urbana for no insurance permit in possession. TRB Rosenstock is his attorney.
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