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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
7
An essay argues children need structure during summer break. It urges balancing chores with creative projects, advising parents to guide study and skills, and suggests practical tasks like housework, gardening, and simple crafts to promote responsibility and mental satisfaction. It emphasizes organizing leisure and encouraging constructive play.
Fragmented text notes Messing Boys making rugs and walls and a mother’s role in leadership. Mentions Ladies' Guild, birthday celebrations for Mrs Eb and Mrs Lindsir, and future meetings at Mrs say and Mrs Lind-.
Sunday gatherings show numerous visits among Pleasant, Herbst, Mercer, Bruchey, Foreman and related families in Chestnut Grove and surrounding areas. Guests include Edward Boone Rebecca Hidebrand and Frederick, plus Albert Reeser and Carne Mac from Baltimore.
At the Washington state penitentiary in Walla Walla June 7 AP reports supervisor George Kant says inmate slang has become a fine art. He lists terms such as Angel food religious talk Baldy old mate Bomb-cag Blue john Dance hall prison execution Jamoca coffee Liver pid hot Flips and jingles a sick narcotic addict Pogeyv hospital Picture frame the gallows and Tooth carpenter dentist.
Pomona Grange held its quarterly session with eight subordinate units represented at the school in Peagaville. Bollesver Grange attended as a guest. A morning and afternoon session occurred with lunch served by the ladies.
Morning and afternoon sessions directed by Willis E. Dorr feature lectures, a humorous reading, piano solos by Virginia Keeth and Dorothy Shaft, and a one act playlet "Proposing to Polly" staged under the Pomona Grange at the county office. Attendees from Widdletown, Creagerstown, Woodsboro and nearby towns attended. The next Pomona meeting is set for Art Pleasant on the first Saturday in December.
The city’s campaign highlights Mayor Lloyd Culler’s record from 1934 to 1937, praising Bak er Park and Mullinix Park expansions, a reliable two‑unit water supply, new streets and bridges, and a model municipal airport recognized as an emergency landing field. WPA projects funded by the federal government under this administration created curb and gutter work, field improvements, a new band shell, and enhanced park facilities, with half-cost municipal gains and widespread employment benefits amid ongoing capital projects.
The administration highlights city improvements made without borrowing and notes a surplus over 40,000 dollars. Since inception in 1923 the tax rate was 1.15 and now stands about 20 percent lower, with many projects completed under Alton Bennett, Treasurer.
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