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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1937
Page
7
Olive Roberts Barton argues about telling children about death. She notes two schools of thought and favors protecting young children from gruesome funeral details while recognizing older children can handle more information. She cites fear and cultural attitudes as shaping how death is taught.
Increasing bitterness marks Jewish Arab struggle over partition plans in Palestine. Britain arrests 200 Arabs after district commissioner Lewis Yelland Andrews and bodyguard Peter R. McEwan are killed. Authorities raid Arab leaders including Jerusalem’s mayor and suspend telephone lines while the mufti seeks sanctuary in the Tren Mosque El Omar.
The author argues funerals should spare children from harrowing grief and explicit detail. As children mature, they can handle intimate contact with death, but early literature and media often shield them. Truthful yet age-appropriate explanations help reduce terror and confusion for young readers and listeners.
The Carroll County Christian Endeavor Union held a Monday night executive meeting at President Frank P. Bohn’s Union Bridge home. Plans covered forming intermediate societies, county-wide events, and a yearlong program with a Workers’ dinner, candle light service, and county drive.
The group adjourned to meet again at the close of the Lord's Day Alliance program. The date will be Monday, November 29, at Westmin ster. Mrs. Bohn and her mother were assisted by Mrs. Roger Zentz in serving refreshments.
Nov 1 reports many pre nuptial events for Miss Agnes Griffith ahead of her wedding to Richard Barnes Barton at her parents Cedar avenue residence. The weeklong gatherings include a Locust Hill buffet, a Washington luncheon, and a Bethesda shower. Vashti Bartlet and father George W Bartlett plan a Florida winter, with the couple to join later. Benjamin S Thompson of Columbus Ohio spent a week with Zoe Wadsworth in Washington Grove. Elsie Palmer and daughter Helen visit Sewickley Pa. Mae Martin Carlyle Blake and Roy Wachter host guests from Washington and Baltimore. E W King’s 74th birthday party features his sisters and children.
Steps toward forming the Barnes town 4 H Fat Stock Club were taken at a Miles home. Allen Bogue of the University of Maryland spoke on baby beef projects, with Otto W. Anderson and Rufus G. King aiding. The Darnestown club plans to elect officers Tuesday at Maurice Ward’s home, starting with about 15 members aged 14 to 20.
An exhibition of works by county artists will be staged in the old Rockville Academy by the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs from Tuesday through November 8. The event marks National Art Week with a reception at 8 PM Tuesday. Speakers include Dr. Edwin W. Broome and State Senator Stedman Prescott. Music by Mrs. S. Peter Wagner and Miss Katherine Smith.
The advertisement claims to cure arthritis and related symptoms by sending ten cents and a home address to receive a full size 75 cent bottle of The Williams Treatment with a diet booklet. It states no obligation and limits one bottle per person or address, sold since 1892 through Dr D A Williams Company in East Hampton Connecticut.
Rockville November 1 The Southern States Farm Bureau Co operative, after several months, announced plans to convene a patron meeting to discuss cooperative operations and member concerns.
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau Supply Co. opened a branch with headquarters at Gaithersburg and held its first Montgomery county prison meeting at Gaithersburg High School on Wednesday night. The Entertainment Committee led by Callan C. Weirs and Rufus G. King plans an amateur hour and an advisory board for the coming year will be chosen at a brief business session.
Mr. Charles R. Simpson of Indian Springs was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing the highway in New Market Sunday night. He suffered a laceration, received treatment at Frederick City Hospital, and was discharged.
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