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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
4
A columnist examines mothers buying for daughters and the cycle of sacrifice and vanity. She argues mothers should model self respect and urge children toward appreciation, noting how habit breeds expectation and the need for mothers to assert their own rights as people.
Members of the Faithful Few class of Evangelical Lutheran Sun day school in this city entertained their families and friends at a supper in the Araby Parish House Friday evening. Capsule gifts were exchanged and the capsule sisters during the past year revealed a farewell gift to Mrs. Earl Ausherman who is leaving the area. Prizes were won by several attendees and the evening concluded with games and social time.
Weather summary for Maryland week ending September 27 notes a dry sunny period with a systems impact from a tropical hurricane offshore. Mean temperature roughly two degrees below normal. sunshine 20 percent above normal. Crops show good to excellent growth with haying plowing and sowing of grains aided by abundant soil moisture and sun. Harvests advance including potatoes, corn, tomatoes, sugar corn, peaches and apples. late potatoes blighted at Laurel. rye for pasturage up. wheat sowing expected next week at Reedysville. Overall farming operations near normal with season ahead of normal.
The Leaders Association met Friday night to plan for the year with about twenty present. Miss Mary Alice Benson leads Troop 1 and heads the Leaders Association. Troop 2 shifts to October 5 under Mrs. Howard Ash. Daisy Mae Baumgardner becomes Troop 5 assistant leader. Pack 3 Brownies organized with Mrs. Benjamin Rosenstock as Brown Owl. Girl Scout Week observes Mrs. Juliette Low's birthday on October 31 with Church Day on October 30 Health Day November 3 at the Maryland State School for the Deaf. Several troops plan hikes to close Girl Scout Week.
Rehearsals near completion for the Civic Club production Spitors Way a musical comedy and mystery to be staged at Winchester Hall on October 6 and 7 with Mary Jane Waldschmidt Dorothy May Charlotte Abrecht Frances Fox Betty Grove and Lois Shaw featuring in the numbers. The opening chorus includes maids and butlers with Jane McComas as a French maid Bob Staley as gardener Robin Ridenbaugh as housekeeper Henry Wilson as chef and others. The ladies chorus includes Thelma Burger Margaret Edmonds Evelyn Kefauver Ruth Cronenberg Clara Schnauffer Betty Kline and Donald Leatherman sings as Bil Grey the hero. A Saturday evening show at 8 15 pm and a Wednesday afternoon matinee at four o'clock are planned for school age audiences.
Don Mothers of Cub Pack No 1 Boy Scouts announce a benefit at the State Armory Friday evening starting at 8. Features include a cake walk and country market. Mrs Joseph T Griffin, pack president, chairs the committee.
Edward Nichols a 29 year old plumber is charged with murder for the beating death of his wife Viola 31 owner of a beauty shop. Police found Nichols near a stove with gas jets open after neighbors called. She lay in pajamas with a crushed forehead. Nichols said he struck her with a rolling pin after a quarrel.
Mrs Louise L Conard of RF D No 2 Frederick Maryland, a Methodist church member, tells Williamson's Drug Store ANE relieves chronic constipation and related symptoms after trials of many remedies. The ad urges readers to consult the ANE man, obtain health booklets, and listen to WFMD radio programs for details.
A local article lists the publicity committee chairs for a fair with Mrs Charles 3icC in charge and names for candy table cake walk country market grab bag and soft drinks. The piece then shifts to beauty tips emphasizing fresh air and avoidance of frequent doves for skin benefit. It notes an AP report from London on September 2 about experimental bombs to be dropped at sea to aid drift checks, with foam visible from height.
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