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VOLUME 53.
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" Get-together Meeting to be Held |
Tonight at the K. of P. Hall—< -
Scout Executive To Speak
The peak of Scout Anniversary
Week will be reached tonight at a
get-together meeting of members of
Qakland Troop, No. 1, with their par-'
ents, members of the Court of Honor,
.troop committee and Ladies Auxiliary
to be held in the Knights of Pythias |
Hall at 7:30 o’clock. l
The program will include a first aid |
demonstration and the presentation of |
a short play by the Boy Scouts, an?
address by Mr. Frank B. Gale, scout
executive of the Cumberland Council,
and short talks by Mr. H. A. Lora- |
ditch, vice-chairman of the Court of !
Honor; Mrs. B. I. Gonder, president!
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary; Mr. Walter
W. Dawson, chairman of the troop!
committee, and George H. Hanst, local '
scoutmaster. Mr. Dawson will also |
act as chairman of the meeting. l
Members of the Ladies’ Auxiliaryz
will have charge of the refreshments. |
The meeting tonight will bring to a’
close the celebration of anniversary
week, which began on February 7. ‘
Mobilized Wthin Half Hour |
By a new method of mobilization,|
which was tried out Saturday morn- |
ing, forty of the forty-five scoutsi
were at the scout hall within twenty- !
five minutes after the signal was
given. ‘Only the four buglers and thel
scoutmaster knew what time the sig-I
nal was to be sounded.
After the assembly each individual
scout inspected the town with the ex
press purpose of listing all the fire
and safety hazards which he discov
ered.
Attend Church Services
. Thirty-four members of the troop
gathered at 10:30 Sunday morning.
and attended services in the Lutheran |
church where the pastor, Rev. C. A.|
Shilke, delivered a sermon to the|
scouts and the assembled congrega
tion. |
Yesterday was known as “Home!
' Day”, and a number of parents had
special dinners in honor of their boys.
The scouts, in turn, did some special
“good turn” in the home on that day.
~ “Scout Anniversary Week is cele-l
brated for the purpose of bringing |
" more definitely to the attention of!
each community the value of scouting]
as a program for work with boys for
the development Jf character and for
training in citizenship,” the scoutmas
ter stated.
“It is also celebrated so as to im
press upon the minds of the scouts
themselves that there are manyl
- troops throughout the world commit
ted to the same obligation and 'ohatl
their members do a ‘good turn
daily.’”
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SAFETY HAZARDS OF CITY
LISTED BY LOCAL SCOUTS)
Report Will Be Turned Into the
Mayor and City Council
Members of the Oakland Troop of
Boy Scouts inspected the entire town
for safety hazards and fire hazards,
as their part.in the Community Day
program of Anniversary Week, which
is . being celebrated over the entireg
United States from February 7 to 13, |
jnclusive. The inspective was done |
at the suggestion of A. T. Shaw, su-'
perintendent of the West Msryland}
Power Company for Oakland district. !
“A Good Turn for the Community” .
was the special assignment for Satur
day, February 8, and this was done !
by the 45 members of the troop when '
.they uncovered many places deemed '
to be unsafe for the welfare of the |
town and its citizens. The list, when i
checked over by Mr. Shaw and Geo.'
H. Hanst, scoutmaster, will be pre
sented to Mayor Frale¥ and the City]
Council. Ilvestigation into the safety r
and fire hazards as reported by .t.hel
“-kS; ts will be made by the town ofli-I
X,alge first aid kit will be pre-!
L to the patrol in the troop find
largest list of real dangers.
r first-aid kit, but complete
detail, will be presented to
ual Seout reporting the
\ber of real dangers. Both
: Sresented to the troop by
ough the courtesy of the
%d Power Company. I
\QI Harrisburg, Pa., is
" : \Ew;isit with his par- !
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THE REPUBLICAN
K. OF P’S. WILL HONOR HIM |
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! DR. HENRY W. McCOMAS
| The birthday of Dr. Henry W.|
iMcComas, the oldest member of the
ilocal Knights of Pythias lodge, will
ibe celebrated tomorrow evening in
! connection with the celebration of the
!40th anniversary of the founding of
, Garrett Lodge No. 113, and the 66th
ianniversary of . the founding of the
, national organization. An enlarged
! portrait of Dr. McComas will be pre
! sented to the lodge by Bells’ studio.
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| MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE IS
iSCHEDULED FOR MT. LAKE
‘Four Hundred to Five Hundred
i Persons Expected in August
That the Moody Bible Institute
would hold its annual conference at
Mountain Lake Park this summer is
{ the information received from reliable
sources in that community and also
direct from the Institute in Chicago.
Definite arrangements haye been
completed and the conference will
| meet in August.
| The institute includes a number of
;intemationally known men and wo
men who will give tone to the pro
'gram and the matters that will inci
|dentally come up for discussion. A
i like conference was held at the Park
i a few years ago at whi¢h time the
meeting was a highly successful one.
This booking will tend to bring to
the Park some four hundred or five
hundred delegates from all sections
|of the country.
| The program for the rest of the
} season is being completed, Mr. Frank
i E. Baker, superintendent of the “ark,
has announced. The completed -o
gram will be arranged and printeu in
a short time and will then be distrib
uted and will include the camp meet
,ing, theological conferences, Epworth
League institutes, interdenominational
; School of Missions and various other
l attractions of the highest order.
| g amn g e
| Cumberland Green St. Juniors
Defeat Oakland High
In one of the best games played on
lt;h;e Green Street (Cumberland) court
| this season, the Junior High School
| basketball team of Cumberland de
feated Oakland High School last night
35-20. The game was fast through
out and during the first three periods
there was not more than five points
difference in the score. The score
stood at 13-13 at half time. In the
final quarter the Cumberland team
went on a scoring rampage. Sollars,
;pivot man for Oakland, was high
| scorer for the local team with four
| field goals.
| The lineup: 3
| Oakland—2o Green St—3s
FMERYONEY o ooesvio s Faossccsns TWIER
LSBemple .e e e DiaRE
SeHRrGy ~ .sue b MIHGE
iGraves™ ... . IQo ides s [ Koggel
Batler ... ol Giiavan . Hindiey
' Field goals: Twigg 3, Diehl 2, Mil
"ler 6, Koezel 1, Findlay 4, Maroney
|l, Stemple 2, Sollars 4, Graves 1.
| Fouls: Twig:, 3-5; Miller 0-1; Stem
. ple, 3-4; Solla:y 1-2; Graves 0-1. Ref
ieree, Ike Law.
Pl i gl
| Whitey Kaufm:an’s Orchestra
‘ To.Be Here I'ebruary 19
i Whitey Kauvfman ond his - Victor
Recording orchestra w:ll play for a
dance to be give: for the benefit of
the Oakland Voluxteer Fire Depart
ment on Wednesda; night, February
19, Emroy Bolden, 2 member of the
department, has anncunced. .
l This will be the seco::d appearance
| of Whitey Kaufman and his orchestra
| in Oakland, the organization having
played here in December. The Fire
Department, under whose auspices the
musicians come to Oakland, is hoping
‘ for a liberal patronage. Dancing will
{ be from nine until one. l
OAKLAND, MARYLAND, FEBRUARY 13, 1930.
| FIRST PLAY OF YEAR TO BE .
| GIVEN BY HIGH SCHOOL%
To Be Given Midd}e of March
In New School Auditorium l
" “Two Days to Marry,” a comedy'in!
three acts, will be presented by stud
jents of Oakland High School during
the month of March, Miss Margaret |
Kochenderfer, director, has recently
announced. This will be the first high
school play of the current school year
and also the first play to be presented
in the new high school auditorium,
now under construction and nearing
completion. Y
The cast of characters includes
Richard Roy and Clara Belle Hamill,
in the leading roles, and the following
supporting: Charles Dodge, Wilma,
Moomaw, Reginald Ford, Janet Tow- |
er and Harley Dawson.
Rehearsals for the presentation will
i begin this week. Miss Martha Engle
is assisting Miss Kochenderfer in the
direction of the play.
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Important Event Scheduled for|
Castle Hall, Oakland, Tomor
row—Program Is Arranged
Plans are complete for the celebra
tion of the fortieth anniversary of the
local Knights of Pythias lodge at
Castle Hall, Oakland, on Friday, Feb
ruary 14, according to I. R. Rudy,
Chancellor Commander of the organi-l
zation. The sixty-sixth anniversary
of the founding of the national or-‘
ganization and the, birthday of Dr. H. |
W. McComas, the oldest member of |
the lodge and one of its charter mem- !
bers, will also be celebrated at this |
time. : ‘
Nelson W. Russler, supreme repre- |
sentative, of Cumberland, will give
the main address of.the evening, W
ter W. Dawson will be toastmaster.
Rev. C. A. Shilke will speak briefly on
the purpose of the meeting and Del
bert Davis will read the ten reasons of
Milburn Mann on “Why I am a K. of
P.,” which won the State prize re
cently.
A portrait of Dr. McComas will be |
presented to the lodge by Bells’ stu
dio. The presentation will b> made
by Charles W. Ream and will be ac
cepted for the lodge by J. C. Rennin
ger, Past Grand Chancellor. There
will be music by the Harmony Boys,
selections by the Oakland quartet and
some community singing.
Ernest Townshend, Walter Hardes
ty and Milburn Mann have charge of'
the entertainment and Henry Lauer,
George Yutzy and Lee R. Mason are
in charge of the refreshments to be
served.
This promises to be one of thel
greatest events in the lodge’s history,’
Mr. Rudy stated. The members have
all been notified and every individual |
is expected to be present
CLERK GETS MANY LETTERS AND TELEPHONE CALLS
ASKING DETENTION PROSPECTIVE MARRIAGE. COUPLES
Messages Freguently Direct Ar
rest of Parties—Four or Five
Letters Received Daily
There is no law against a man
thinking that he would like to get
married, and even going so far as to
get the consent of his “one and. only”
and bringing her to Oakland for that
purpose, but judging from the number
| of letters and telephone calls received
at the office of the Clerk of the Cir
‘cuit Court and by the Sheriff of Gar
‘rett county, practically everyone ap
pears to think so.
“Arrest him when he gets to Oak
land and hold the girl until we get
there,” is a customary command over
the long distance wire, according to
A. G. Ross, deputy clerk. But the man
must have done something to deserve
arrest before anything like that com
mand or request can be carried out
effectively.
Four or five letters are received al
most every day at the Clerk’s office
in reference to the issuance of mar
riage licenses, it is said, and many re
quests for information are entirely
beyond reason and out of the ques
tion. Some man from West Virginia
or Pennsylvania will ask the clerk to
please send a list of the marriage
licenses issued between December 15
land January 30, giving names of par-
‘.TENTATIV‘E LIST OF HIGH i
;S_CHOOL GRADUATES GIVEN
Thirty-eight Oakland High Sen
' iors Expect to Finish in June
| Thirty-eight high school students of
; Oakland school have passed in the re
quired subjects to date and will be el
ligible for graduation in June, accord
ing to Miss Conley, principal of the
school. They still have, she stated,
five more months of hard work ahead
of them before graduation becomes a
certainty. .
The téntative list of graduates in
cludes Wilda Ashby, Gertrude Bar
nard, Rozelle Brenneman, Leona
Browning, Susanna Dixon, Crystal
Elliott, Helen Fike, Elizabeth Gibson,
| Virginia Gilbert, Betty Gonder, Gay
fHamill, Betty Hardesty, Willa Har
vey. S i
Jacqueline Lockyer, Bernadette
Maffett, Helen Sollars, Sarah Stan-|
ton, Mildred Stemple, Nina Sweitzer, !
Virginia Weeks, Thelma Wolfe, Lou-|
ise Casteel, Rosella Hinebaugh, Irene |
Thayer, Gladys ' Tasker, Geraldine |
Nordeck. !
Wilmot Bowen, Walter Killius, Jan- |
et Tower, Bernard Gonder, Jr., Nancyl
Franklin, Richard Davis, Charles A.'
Dodge, Wilbur Gnegy, Thomas Gon- |
der, Jr., Lewis Lawton, Howard Rath-!
bui }#John Stevenson. 'i
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FARMERS BANK IS NOW ‘
A STATE DEPOSITORY |
Recently Designated As Such by |
Treasury Department l
The Farmers Bank of Oakland, a|
State chartered institution, was re-|
cently designated by the State Treas-i
ury Department as a depository of
EState funds, which means that at all
| times the local institution will carry
!on deposit money placed there by the
| financial officers of the common
‘wealth.
{ It is said to be rather unusual for
|a bank as young as the local institu
‘tion to be designated as a deposit,oty|
of State funds. This fact is a credit—?
able reflection on the management of |
the bank and its standing in the com
munity.
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Violator of School Attendance |
‘ Law Sent to Jail [
John C. Uphold, of White Rock,near i
Friendsville, was committed td jail |
Wednesday morning when he failed to
pay a fine of $5 and costs for violat
ing the school attendance law.
Uphold has refused to send his chil- |
dren to school for some time past and i
as a consequence he was arrested and |
taken before Justice of the Peace El
I. West after the constable having the '
’ warrant to serve had made three trips
ito his home, each time until Tuesday{
Uphold being absent. l
Orval Friend, of McCabe school,l
l was fined a like sum with costs by the
same justice on a charge laid against '
}him similar to that against Uphold.!
| The latter paid the fine and was dis-'
missed. ‘
-| ties, places of residence, ages, occupa
tion and minister’s name who married
them. This question in itself would
take more than a day to answer, it
was said. |
1| Oother letters come in asking that
| a license be not issued to Miss Take
>land Mr. Nogood for various reasons.
'| Telephone messages repeat similar
| requests. ‘
| “The only thing we can do in cases
| like these,” Mr.. Ross said, “is to
"1 question the applicant more closely
"|than usual, and tell him the conse
‘| quences of perjuring himself. He is
under oath, whereas the senders of
-tthe telephone messages and letters
| are not, and then there are the possi
: l.)ilities that a joke is being played, a
| rival trying to stall for time, or some
|| body with a grudge against one or
| both of the parties trying to get
- | even.” |
‘| “If the applicant, under .affidavit,
says he is 21 years of age, and the
-| girl eighteen years of age, and other
| questions are satisfactorily answered,
‘| there is no reason why a license
| should not be issued. Sometimes the
"| persons enquired about never put in
‘| an appearance. But. the letters and
' | telephone messages continue to come
'|and probably will continue until Oak
-1 land ceases to become the mecca for
! prospective husbands and wives.”
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} ! PROF. WILBUR J. GLENN !
I Prof. Wilbur J. Glenn, principal of |
;Friendsvillq‘-High School, will be the
| chief speaker of the evening at the|
sregular weékly,_ meeting of the Oak-',
iland Rotary’club tomorrow evening |
i at 6:15 o'cloek at the William-James[
!hotel. Hé will address the Rotarians |
lon the subject of “Lincoln.” Profes-‘
| sor Glenn'has been principal of the!
} Friendsville” High school for two !
| years.
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| HOMEMAKERS TO SHARE IN
} COOKING DEMONSTRATION
| To Be Held Coming Week Underl
| Miss Benthien’s Supervision l
’ Cooking demonstrations will be held |
{ during the coming weeks at the Loch‘
i Lynn Aid hall, office of the homne dem- :
| onstration agent, and jh homes of the’
various clubwomen, according to Miss |
Elsie Benthien, home demonstration |
agent. These demonstrations are al
part of a county-wide project in thei
preparation. and serving of meals
‘which is being carried on by the wo-|
men of the county under the super- |
| vision of Miss Benthien. There will
| be demonstrations at the home of Mrs.
i S. C. Beachy, Bittinger, and at the
{ home of a member of the Friendsville
and Selbysport clubs.
I At these meetings “muffins” will be
i baked, using a pattern recipe with
i -emphasis on what a pattern recipe is,
lthe accurate measurements, propor- |
| tion of ingredients and method. “Nu- |
| trition plays an important part ini
i each food demonstration,” Miss Ben-‘
| thien said; “so with muffins;there will |
'be a number of variatiohs that will
| add interest as to the health factor."l
' Several . homemakers will assist
with the’ demonstration. The muffins |
‘will be judged so that all may learn |
i some of the causes of failure and just |
" what must be done to obtain a success
| ful produg\,
' Unusual interest has been shown in
| this prospect by the women of the’
'~ county, aecording to Miss Benthien,
and in her opinion it is one of the:
‘| most helpful they have understaken. |
| It deals with the practical and every-l
' day problems which make the routine
| |.in every home and which every home
! maker is‘f'aétriving to make easier and
less time @onsuming. She is particu- |
arly anx-i&xs that many of those who
‘&ave nob'heen in the habit of attend
|ing demonstrations in past years
shall takey advantage of this oppor
tunity. It is her advice that each
~ woman locate the demonstration that
. is most convenient to attend and then
i make plans to do so.
- Walter 'W. Dawson To Address
! Local Brotherhood l
! Walter! W. Dawson will be the'
' speaker.'at the regular monthly meet
ing of the Lutheran Brotherhood to
be held ‘next Tuesday evening at 7:30
~ in the Dfitheran church. }
There Will be other features on the |
program, which will include refresh
" ments. - The committee on arrange- |
ments ,fop. this meeting include Wil-f
liam Frazee, Lester Bittinger, Donald
Sincell,.’-.‘(‘}layton Winters and George
Hanst. . -
Officer Currie Transferred |
' Thomas E. Currie, State policeman,
who has been stationed in Oakland
for the ‘past year or more, has been
transferxed to the LaVale sub-sta
tion, near Cumberland, where he will
be in charge. |
Officer A. M, Spioch was promoted
to first class rank and transferred
from Lonaconing to Oakland.' The
changes became effective yesterday
and were' made by the Motor Vehicle®
Commissioner of Maryland. "
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NUMBER 52.
73-YEAR OLD FARMER IS
- KILLED BY HIS OWN GUN
August Snyder, * Bittinger, In
.’ ~santly Killed When Shotgun is
| Accidentally Discharged
| August Snyder, 73-year old
' Garrett county farmer, was in
stantly killed Tuesday afternoon’
about two o’clock at a point on
.Negro Mountain four miles from
Bittinger when his shotgun was
accidenally discharged, the load
of shot penetrating his side.
} The man’s lifeless body was found
| about twenty minutes afterward by
!a hunting companion, Luther Miller,
l of near Grantsville, with whom Albert
Jones, of Fairchance,Pa., and Mr. Sny-~
der were hunting foxes on the Joel
| Beachy farm located on Negro moun
{ tain. From appearance and the fact
; that the body was found by a stump
iit is presumed that Mr. Snyder had
! climbed upon it and in drawing his
firearm toward him the hammer had
‘caught on the bark and caused it to
discharge. His companions heard the
explosion but thought he had fired at
ja fox or some other animal and did
not at once go to the point where he
was. '
Mr. Snyder is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder and by ten
children, four sons: Ellis, Sherman,
Elmer and Irvin, and by six daugh
ters: Mrs. Charlotte Platter, Mrs.
’Cgrrie Beitzel, Mrs. Cynthia Beitzell,
Mrs.: Ella Wiley, Mrs. Ethel Ohler
‘ and another daughter whose name
! could not be learned, all of them re
;sidi!!g in the Bittinger community.
' He is also survived by one brother,
i Adam Snyder.
i Mr. Snyder will probably be buried
today following services at his late
home. He was a member of the M.
E. church.
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FAIRSWEEP AND PEERLESS
LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE
Two Schools Have Percentage-of
One Hundred During January
Fairsweep and Peerless, schools,
both rural, are again tied for first
honors in attendance during the first
month of the new year according to
i John L. Fitzwater, attendance officer,
| for Garrett county. Each of the above
‘named schools had one hundred per
{ cent in attendance, making the third
consecutive time that Fairsweep has
attained that mark, and the secqnd
consecutive time for Peerless school.
i Fairsweep school has been at the head
eof the attendance bulletin for four
months.
The Friendsville supervisory unit,
under Miss Gladys Hamill, had the
highest average in attendance of any
‘ of the four units with a percentage of
3 92. Grantsville unit, under Miss Kate
Bannatyne, had 91.8 per cent; Oak
lland unit, under Miss Grace Shatzer,
had 91.7 per cent, while Kitzmiller
unit, supervised by Miss Flossie Skid
more, had a percentage of 88.3. Oak
land and Kitzmiller supervisory dis
tricts had the two highest schools in
attendance—Fairsweep in Oakland
district and Peerless in Kitzmiller dis
trict.
Accident High Above Othér Schools
Accident High School led the other
five high schools of the county with
an average of 96.8. The others in this
group were as follows: Kitzmiller,
95.3; Grantsville, 95.1; Friendsville,
95; Kempton, 95; Oakland 92.7.
l Schools making 97 percent or more
! include Promised Land, Lake Ford,
. Pine Swamp, Rich Hill, Long Stretch,
New Germany, Mineral Spring, Caton,
Strawberry Hill, Dry Run, Rock
fLodge, Bishoff and Short Run.
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.To Assist In Filing Income Tax
| Returns
’ A deputy collector of internal rev
enue will be in Oakland on Fejruary *
25 and 26 for the purpose of assisting .
’taxpayers in filing income tax re
turns for the calendar year 1929, ac
cording to Galen L. Tait, collector, of
Baltimore.
Oakland is the only place in Garrett
county scheduled for a visit.
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: Suffers Broken Leg While En
! gaged in Logging
Albert Steyer, aged 40 years, son
of Samuel G. Steyer, of near White
" Church, had the misfortune of having
Yhis left leg broken on Friday last
, while engaged in logging. He was
" attended by Dr. N. I. Broadwater, of
Oakland.