Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22
CURRY APPOINTED
JUVENILE JUDGE
Richie Picks Bethesda Man
Among Five Candidates
for New Office.
BY HOWARD NJ. BAGGETT,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

SILVER SPRING, Md, october 81
r. Granville Curry of Battery Park,
Bethesda. Md, has been appointed
Judge of the Juvenile Court of Mont
somery County by Gov. Albert G.
Richie. it was announced today. The
appointment was recommended to the
Governor by the Juvenile Court Com
mittee which was named two weeks ago
Mr.. Curry, who is Al years of age, was
selected from among five candidates for
the position. He is a member of the
law firm of McChord, Curry & Dolan
with offices in the Southern Building in
Washington, while his home is at 405
Battery lane
The committee which recommended
the appointment to Gov. Ritchie con-
sisted of Dr. Jacob W. Bird, chairman
Miss Estelle Moore, secretary: Capt w
B Armstrong, DR.. Edwin w. Broome
county superintendent of schools, and
Lacy Shaw. president of the Board ot
County Commissioners.
The county commissioners are eX-
pected to make provision for the new
Office and set the salary at an early
date.
Proponents of the act passed by the
1881 session of the Maryland Legisla-
ture, under which the appointment was
made, among them Miss Lavinia
Engel, member of the House of Dele
gates from this county. plan that the
shall be a model for the remainder OF
the State.
Women's League Sponsor.
The law was sponsored by the League
of Woman Voters, which had been
working on the plan for some time
Studies were made of all Juvenile Court
cases coming before justices of the
peace and magistrates of the State fol
a period of four months prior to the
drafting of the act. The proponents OF
the law also consulted with DR.. Merriam
Van Waters, who made the study OF
Juvenile offenders in the Federal Sys-
tenn for the Wickersham Commission
and Miss Catherine Lenroot, Juvenile
Court expert in the United States Chill
drens Bureau of the Department OF
Labor and former judge OF the Los An
geles Juvenile Court.
No set salary is provided in the act
1t being an enabling act only, and this
matter is left entirely in the hands OF
the county commissioners. The act
merely sets up the machinery, OF which
the counties may take advantage II
they desire.
The Juvenile Court Committees
function does not end with the recon-
nendation of the person for the Judge
ship, but the committee will assist IN
the work of organizing the court and IN
aiding the judge in any way that may
be found desirable. The sessions OF the
court are expected to be held at Rock
VILE. but it is understood that the
Juvenile defendants will be brought be-
fore the Judge in an office rather than
In a court room.
Mr.. Curry was born in Staunton, Va.
April 9. 1890 He has two children, one
0irl 10 wears old and another girl II
years old.
He was graduated from the Staun'
ton. Va High School and served as as
sistant principal and teacher at this
school in 1909-1910.
He was graduated from the Univer-
sity of Virginia in 1918, taking B. A
and IL. B. degrees. At the university
he became a member Of Delta Psi So
cial Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa Honor
airy Fraternity, the Raven and the T1lks
societies and was business manager OF
College Topics, the university newspa-
per: Corks and CurlS, the school an
nual, and the Alumni News.
Law Practice in Norfolk.
Mr.. Curry practiced law in Norfolk
Va, from 1913 to 1916, when he en-
tered the employ of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, serving with that
body until 1926, when he resigned
While with the I. G. c. he was assistant
chief of the commissions Bureau OF In
uuiry, member of the Board of Refer
ences and assistant chief counsel.
With the I. c. c. Mr.. Curry's work