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VOLUME 54.
Mrs. W. W. Grant Reads Inter-!
esting Paper on Current Topic |
—Other Subjects Discussed I
Preservation of the forests of thef
country was the chief topic at the reg- i
ular meeting of the Oakland Civie
Club held Tuesday afternoon at thel
home of Miss Grace Jones on Second !
street. Mrs. W. W. Grant read an in- f
teresting paper on forestry in general
which brought out its immediate rela
tionship to our community. .
Mrs. James Willison, chairman of
the club’s legislative committee, sug-’
gested that the women of the county<
show more interest in the primary and
general elec?ons. Mrs. E. H. Sincell.
spoke on thé economic importance of
birds to man and their inter-relation
ship to insects and plant life. Mrs.
T. C. Hinebaugh spoke of beautify
ing the waste places in and arpund
Oakland. Miss Martha Engle, of the
high school faculty, expressed her
willingness to cooperate with the wo
men in any project in connection with
permanent planting which they might
assume. |
Miss Loar announced that at thef
next meeting, March 25, an election
of officers would occur. i
The paper prepared and read byi
Mrs. ‘Grant follows: !
Our Forests. i
“In these days when laments over
our “vanishing forests” and plans for
their rescue are mot uncommon, it is
difficult to realize that not so many
years ago one of our statesmen ex
pressed his surprise that a man asi
forceful as Theodore Roosevelt should |
“take up a fad like forestry.” It was
all right for the worn out countries |
of the old world but it wasn’t needed |
here. l
“Yet it is more than thirty years
ago that the women of our countryl
saw the need of considering %he cer- |
_ tain consequences that were sure to |
follow our reckless waste of forest re-|
sources, and so in 1896 the G. F. W|
C. adopted resolutions pledging the !
clubs to study forest needs and con-!
ditions. While today this seems com- |
monplace enough, yet it should be re-|.
membered that at that date there was
not a college or school in this country
where training in scientific forestry !
was taught. ‘
“From that time on interest grew.
The women showed their interest not!
by just expressing their love for trees
or by attending memorial planting,‘l
but by carefully studying forestry |
conditions as they soon learned how
the stripping of trees had brought |
famine to China and the distress of |
the twice yearly floods that sweep'
her treeless country. |
“China is practically forestless. |
Lacking the protection of timber, its !
hills erode and wash away in the’
rains. Its water supply does not enjoy
the purifying effect of trees. Its wild
life is not important. Acres upon acres |
of its surface are barren waste. China
had po forest policy. l
“They knew that the cedars of|
Lebanon are told of in history, but
they exist there only. The trees that’
once were in these lands of Biblical'
days are no more. As they were cut
or burned no provision for the future ‘
was made. We know that these coun- |
tries have been the scenes of many |
racial strifes. There has been misery
and helplessness. Their people enjoy
few comforts and little security in
life. We cannot say that had they
a wealth of forest they would be per- |
fectly content, but we can say, how- !
ever, that if they had forests they |
would have been richer and stronger.'
These countries had no forest policy.
They did not look to the future. We
need a forest policy because our fu
ture depends on it. ,
“We are the biggest wood users on
the face of the earth. The people of |
the United States actually use two
fifths of all the wood consumed in the |
world. I see no chance of an earlyl
abandonment of the wood-using habit.
The way out of this situation is clear. ’l
. We have been,and I hope we may con- |
tinue to be, a nation of wood-users, |
but to enjoy this privilege and the
(Concluded on Page Four) ‘
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Chicken and Waffle Supper
In order to help defray the expense
of the annual Boy Scout camp this
summer, a chicken and waffle supper
will be served on Tuesday evening,
March 4, beginning at five o’clock at
the M. E. Parish House. The Ladies’
Auxiliary will have charge of the
supper and tickets will be 75 cents. |
Exeryone is invited to attend. l
THE REPUBLICAN
. UNION LENTEN SERVICES |
I WILL AGAIN BE OBSERVED
First of Series Will be Held Next
l Wednesday. Evening at 7:30
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| The union Lenten services which in
former years have furnished inspira
: tion and spiritual contacts during the
! season of Lent, will again be observed
| through the united effort of the Oak
iland churches and the surrounding
community. ; :
l These setvices will be held on Wed
inesd_ay evening at 7:30 o’clock, with
{ the first one on next Wednesday, the
6th of March, in the Presbyterian
church. Rev. B. T. Trevey will preach
the sermon. The pastors have issued
a small pamphlet setting forth the
?dates for the services, the topics to
be discussed and the name of the min
ister who will have charge of the ser
vice.
Holy Week will be observed with a
half-hour service each day at noon,
. and a three-hour service on Good Fri
'day in the Presbyterian church.
i The ministers are particularly anx
ious that these services be again well
_attended by the people of the town
and community.
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR
| BAND CONCERT MARCH 9
Will Be Rendered in The Mary
i land Theatre Sunday Evening
| The program for the concert by the
! Gilbert-Brown Boys’ Band, to be pre
sented in the Maryland Theatre on
Sunday evening, March 9, has been
announced by R. R. Gilbert, director,
'and contains a number of new selec
| tions and features.
| The Sunshine Quartet, Terra Alta,
' will sing several numbers and there
' will be a baritone solo by Lewis Law
' ton, a member of the band. Walter
| W. Dawson will address the assem-
I blage on a subject not yet announced.
l The following program will be ren
| dered by the band:
MBEChL Lo itiieivian - sne-ON The Alr
| Overture........ The Royal Highway
| March...eee....The Jowa Band Law
MAYCh. . . aiiavicsass s oes Billboard
| Melodies from LaTraviata,
| Patrol....cccoooo...American Patrol
|' Valse Oriental.. Moonlight on the Nile
March . ....... .. o 0 oW MGB
March.....ccvve......Semper Fidelis
The concert will begin following the
evening church services in the vari
‘ous Oakland houses of worship and a
silver offering will be taken.
| The concert on Sunday will be the
'second event on the week’s program.
The first event will bé the food sale
' on Saturday, March 8, in the offices
of the Cumberland and Allegheny Gas
Company. A committee of approxi
mately 30 ladies will solicit donations |
beforehand, it was decided at a meet- |
'ing of the band auxiliary on Tuesday
“evening.
' The closing event of the week will
‘be held on Tuesday evening, March
11, when a card party will be held in
the Knights of Pythias hall. The band
- will appear on the streets as often as
| possible during the week, Mr. Gilbert
; stated. .
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’World Day of Prayer to be Ob
served Friday, March 7.
) The World Day of Prayer will be
observed Friday, March 7, at 3:30
o’clock in St. Mark’s Lutheran church,
Oakland, under the auspices of the
combined women’s missionary socie
ties of the churches of Oakland.
Mrs. William W. Grant will be the
chairman for this service. A program
prepared by the Federation of Wo
men’s Boards of Foreign Missions will
be carried out.
The people of the community are
urged to attend this unique service.
Brief moessages on the topic will be
presented by leaders in the missionary
movement,
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Ministers o West Virginia Syn
od to [Told Meeting :
The pastors of the various Lutheran
churches compos:ag the West Yir
ginia Synod, of which miniéters of
‘the Lutheran churches in Garrett
county are mcembers, will meet for
‘their annual retreat at Grafton, W.
‘Va., on Monday afternoon, March 3,
‘at 1:30 o’clock. The Holy Commun
‘ion will be administered and a number
of addresses will be made by the pas
tors.
i The theme of the Lenten retreat is
“Christ, the Church and the Christian
‘i During Lent.”
GG e g L e
' Prof. and Mrs. Austin A. LaMar,
‘of Accident, spent Saturday in Oak
land, returning to their home Sat
' urday evening.
OAKLAND, MARYLAND, FEBRUARY 27, 1930.
| SPECIAL TRAINING TO BE
GIVEN DISABLED PERSONS
Rehabilitation Supervisor Here
Tuesday Making Investigation
—Places Two In Training
Sl
For the purpose of helping cripples
of Maryland who are mentally sound
to prepare for jobs which they can
learn to do, and thus be self-support
ing, Mr. R. C. Thompson, supervisor
of rehabilitation, under the direction
of the State Department of Educa
tion, was in Oakland on Tuesday in
vestigating a number of local cases,
and has succeeded in placing two in
training.
“The State Department of Educa
‘tion in Maryland, through its voca
tional rehabilitation division, is inter
ested in learning of crippled people,”
Mr. Thompson stated. “Many crip
pled persons who cannot do the same
'jobs they did before they were hurt
can be taught how to do other jobs
just as well.
“A farmer who can no longer plow
because of the loss of a leg may be
taught the poultry business. A car
penter who has lost an-arm may learn
to be a foreman in the building trade.
A mill worker who has hurt his back
on a job where he had to do heavy
lifting can often ‘learn to do some
lighter job in the same mill.
“Many people who became crippled
before they were old enough to. work
need special training before they can
enter employment. It is these dis
abled persons who are over 14 years
of age and who can be trained for
jobs which they can do, that may be
helped by the State in getting voca
tional tl;aining and employment.
During Mr. Thompson’s stay inl
Oakland, there were six disabled peo-‘
ple visited. Four of them wish to|
finish their elementary and high
school education before accepting the
vocational offer. The other two, Ted
Marley, Deer Park, and William Har
vey, Kitzmiller, will be given training
along lines that they like and can do.
In training erippled people for em
ployment the rehabilitation division
makes use of public and private
schools, shops, factories, and offices
throughout the State. The aim is to
make the cripple self-supporting.
Among the requirements of a crip
ple are found the following: He
must be permanently a cripple and
able to do special kinds of work. He
must also be mentally sound and nor
mal.
“The correct point of view,” Mr.
‘Thompson concluded, “is to see the
| man behind the handicap, and not the
handicap itself; a man with a good
mind, two good eyes, two good arms,
a perfect body and one good leg, rath
er than merely a one-legged man.”
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Oakland High School News
Don’t forget, Friday evening thel
0. H. S. holds its opening festival.
Cards and dancing are features of the
evening’s program. Harmony Boys
will furnish the music. Admission
will be fifty cents. All patrons and
friends of the school are cordially in
vited.
The Acorn, published by the Fresh- |
man class, was sold to the public on |
Tuesday of this week. This issue was
the best ever published by the class.
Did you note the green print? Why
was it thus?
After a rather difficult trip to Bay
ard on Tuesday night our boys’ bas
ketball team was beaten by the Bay
ard team in a well fought game. Our
boys were without the service of Ma
roney and Sollars which partly ac
counts for the fact that the score was
23-9 in favor of Bayard. This will
probably be our: last game this year
unless the sehallenge we have ,given
to the highly praised Grantsville team
is aécepted. Sy l
Last Friday morning an entertain
ment was heard over the radio by
Walter Damrosch’s orchestra in the
assembly hall and -we hope to hear
another similar entertainment Thurs
day afternoon. This entertainment
was made posible through the cour
tesy of Elliott’s Music Store.
Freshmen girls served tea this af
ternoon to visitors, members of the
faculty and seniors of the school from
2:00 until 3:30, the occasion being
visitors’ day at the school.
The hot lunch girls cleared the sum
of $lO, which will be turned over to |
the Athletic Association.
SCHOOL REPORTERS.
. Jacqueline Lockyer,
\ Bernard Gonder, Jr.
Board of Directors Announces
Dates of Annual Fair As Sep
tember 16, 17, 18 and 19.
All officers of the Garrett County
Agricultural Fair Association werere-‘
elected and the dates of the fourteenth
annual fair were decided upon at a
meeting of the Board of Directors
held Tuesday afternoon in the Court
House. Mr. Henry M. Speicher was
re-elected general manager and sec
retary. ‘
The dates decided upon for holding
the fair this year were those of Sep
tember 16, 17, 18 and 19, which is al- |
most two weeks earlier than the dates
last year. |
Those now holding office in the as-|
sociation include Dr. Henry W. Mc-I
Comas, president; C. W. Ream, Crel
| lin, vice-president; W. G. Meyers,!
Oakland, treasurer. |
The dates were set earlier in the
hope of having more favorable |
weather conditions and thus assure a '
better turn-out on the part of the ag- |
riculturalists and other people of the!
county. The weather was such last
vear that very few people visited the [
fair grounds while it was generally
conceded that the exhibits both in
quality and number far surpassed
those of any previous year. |
Although Mr. Speicher has not an
nounced definite plans concerning the
fourteenth annual exhibit, the prem
ium list will remain practically thei
same and the premiums awarded will
positively be paid, it has been stated.
There will be premiums for ex-,
hibits of all kinds of live stock, poul
try, farm produets, horticultural pro-I
| ducts, school work, boys’ and girls’
iclub work, household articles, domes
'tic arts, etc.,, and there will also be
many valuable special premiums. ]
The Board of Directors will remain |
as last year until a meeting of the
stockholders of the Fair Association
.¢can be held. At present the follow
ing compose the board: G. B. M.‘
Friend, Daniel E. Orendorf, H. L. Por- !
ter, J. W. Whorton, A. D. Naylor, !
William C. Welch, George D. Brown- |
ing, Dr. Henry W. McComas, Guy;
Hinebaugh and H. A. Loraditch, Oak- !
land; Charles W. Ream, Crellin; Sam- |
uel R. Ringer, Bert C. Scott and N.|
C. Sanders, Hutton; Henry P. Miller,
Grantsville. |
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COURT OF HONOR AWARDS |
MERIT BADGES TO SCOUTS
Largest Meeting of Past Year Isi
Held on Monday Evening |
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The largest Court of Honor meeting |
of the Boy Scouts of the past yeatl
was held Monday evening when eleven
scouts were present and passed a
number of examinations for merit
badges. |
The meeting was hled in the Mason- '
ic club room in the First National
Bank building with the following
members of the court present: H. L.
Jones chairman; H. A. Loraditch, vice- |
chairman; D. R. Sincell, W. W. Daw-l
son, Henry Lauer, James A. Towler, |
Dr. W. W. Grant, R. R. Gilbert and
George Hanst, scoutmaster.
! Following examinations the scouts
| named were awarded merit badges:
Harley Dawson, Richard Glotfelty and
Bernard Gonder, reading; Richard
Gonder, personal health; Donald Stem
ple, pathfinding; Lewis Jones and
Walter Dawson, handicraft; Gerald
Iman, firemanship; Robert Altstetter,
bookbinding; Lewis Lawton and How
ard Rathbun, musiec.
Twenty-two scouts, under the lead
ership of Bernard Gonder, Jr., assis
tant scoutmaster, hiked to Swallow '
Falls on Saturday byway of the con
struction company’s railway track.
The distance covered was approxi
mately 20 miles. Dinner was cooked
individually at a point near the falls
and the return to Oakland was made
at 4:30 p. m. |
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Maple Sugar Inspector Stationed
In Oakland
Mr. James F. Stupplebeen, official
state syrup inspector, arrived in Oak
land this morning and will be ready
to inspect the various grades of ma
ple syrup whenever notified by the
producers, according to John H. Car
ter, county agent. Seventeen produc
ers have already applied for the ser
' vices of the inspector.
A survey among the maple syrup
producers was made today by Mr.
Stupplebeen, F. B. Trenk, extension
forester, and County ‘Agent Carter.
| FIRE DESTROYS DWELLING
| HOUSE AT AURORA, W. VA.
| Oakland Firemen Prevent Flames
‘ From Spreading ;
Fire, originating from a defective{
flue, entirely destroyed a residence in{
Aurora, W. Va., about fifteen miles
south of Oakland, Saturday evening‘
at 5:00 o’clock. The property was
| owned by J. Albert Shaffer, of Wash
| ington, D. C., and was a part of the
Shaffer hotel when that hostelry was
in operation a number of years ago.
The house destroyed contained eight
rooms and was being occupied by H.
' B. Dougherty and family, of Aurora.
!The flames were discovered by a
neighbor after they had burned
1 through the roof. ;
I The Oakland Fire Department was
called immediately and by its timely
'arrival prevented the destruction of
‘several adjacent homes.
I The large truck of the department
1 made the run to Aurora, a distance of
' fifteen miles, in eighteen minutes,
!according to two members of the de
| partment.
% Lack of a water system at Aurora
. necessitated the formation of a bucket
i brigade which was quickly formed and
the 80-gallon booster tank of the
, fire engine was kept full, and with this
i reserve othe firemen kept the nearby
buildings from burning.
i The burned building was practically
. destroyed by the time the engine com
| pany reached the town. Some of the
furniture on the first floor of ‘the
structure was carried out and saved.
No insurance, it is said, was carried.
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AGED WOMAN SUCCUMBS
VTO INJURIES AND OLD AGE |
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Miss “Becky” Miller Dies Tues
’ day at Dr. McComas’ Home -
| Funeral services for Miss Rebecca
Miller, 92 years of age, who died on
]Tuesday night at nine o’clock at the
! residence of Dr. H. W. McComas, were
held this afternoon at two o’clock,
- Rev. Walter B. Brock officiating. In
! terment was made in the Oakland
| cemetery. ;
l Death was due to infirmities due to
| advancing years and the result of
| injuries received on Monday, January
i 13, when Miss Miller fell down a
i stairway in the McComas home, her
Iz:u'm being broken at the wrist and
| elbow and suffering other painful and
serious injuries.
| The deceased was born July 7, 1837,
| at Salisbury, Pa., and had been a resi
| dent of Oakland for much 'mox;e than
half a century. She resided for many
| years at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H.
W. McComas. She was quite active
{and her mind remained quite clear
!until the accident causing her death
i occurred.
| Miss Miller had been connected with
the West and McComas families of
Garrett county from the time she left
her, home in Pennsylvania and came to
| Garrett county. She had cared for
'thlje'é gefierations of the family—Mrs.
McComag,ers. McComas’ sons and
daughtérs and their children. One of
her boasts in life was that she had
' seen Abraham Lincoln.
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!“Bill” Gibsont To Open Billiard
.. - and Pool Room
Gibson’s billiard and pool room will
open for business in temporary quar
ters; on March 1 in the room formerly
occupied by the Coffman-Fisher Com
pany in the Gonder building. next to
the Bon Ton confectionery, it has
been announced by William (“Bill”)
L. Gibson, who will be proprietor and
manager.
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t American Legion To Give
'+ Benefit Picture
' Rid 'Gloves,” a picture starring,
Conrad Nagel and Lois Wilson, will
be presented at the Maryland Theatre i
on Monday and Tuesday, March 10
and 11, for the benefit of the Proctor
Kildow Post of the American Legion,
it has been announced.
| 'There will be added attractions.
| Tickets will be 50 cents.
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To Be Guests of Maryland The
: atre Tomorrow
Members of Garrett Lodge, No. 113,
Knights of Pythias, will be guests of
Mr. Bernard Gonder, manager of the
Maryland Theatre, tomorrow evening,
Mr. Gonder having extended an invi
tation to the organization as a wholel
to witness the presentation of a mov
ing picture of exceptional worth.
The business session of the lodge
will take place as usual, after which -
each member present will be given a
complimentary ticket to the theatre.
NUMBER 2.
| BE SELECTED THURSDAY
Meeting of Citizens To Be Held
| in City Hall March 6 for Pur
‘ pose—Election, March 10. -
| That a citizens’ meeting for the
| purpose of selecting candidates for
| the annual municipal election to be
| held on Monday, March 10, would be
| held on Thursday evening, March 6,
|at 7:30 o’clock, ‘was announced by a
leader in municipal affairs this morn
ing.
| All citizens interested in municipal
affairs are urged to be present at the
meeting, which will be primarily for
the purposé of naming a ticket to be
| voted for. .
| As yet no one has signified his in
tention of becoming a candidate but
it has been intimated that at the
proper time there would be at least
one and probably two or three candi
dates for mayor appear at the con
vention.
At the election the voters will
elect one person as mayor, three per
sons as members of the Town Coun
cil and one person for the office of
Town Treasurer, the Mayor and Coun
cilmen to serve terms of two years
and the Treasurer a term of one year.
The retiring mayor is L. M. Fraley
and the retiring councilmen are Jesse
J. Ashby, Grover C. Stemple and R.
T. Thayer. Miss Frances Hamill is
the retiring city treasurer. Miss Ham
ill was chosen last year without op
position.
The polls for the election will open
rat 8:00 o’clock a. m. and will remain
open until 6:00 o’clock p. m.
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| OAKLAND MEN TO RECEIVE
DIPLOMA-CERTIFICATE
Five Employes of Oakland Dis
trict to be Rewarded
Among 339 employes of the Monon
gahela West Penn Public Service Co.
who will receive diplomas and certifi
cates for educational and first-aid_
work tonight (Thursday) at Fairmont
are five employes of the Oakland Dis
trict. Those to receive first-aid cer
tificates are Walter A. Wolf and J.
Thomas Cain; three will receive the
Alexander Award certificate for
heroic and intelligent application of
first-aid principles. They are A. L.
Lawton, A. T. Shaw and Gordon Mec-
Robie. =
On the morning of November 8, of
last year, Hugh Echard, in company
with a friend, was gunning for ducks
on the lake at Mountain Lake Park
when a gun was accidentally discharg
ed as Mr. Echard was climbing into a
boat. The charge of shot entered
his arm and nearly severed it from his
body. He was brought to Oakland
and in the absence of a physician A.
T. Shaw, A. L. Lawton and Gordon
Mcßobie prevented the wounded man
from bleednig to death by locating
the pressure point above the wound
and pressing upon it until the physi
cian arrived and completéd the first
aid administration. Afterward Mr.
Echard was taken to a Cumberland
hospital where his arm was‘ampu
etid 1
The meeting of employes of the
power company tonight will be held fn
the Fairmont Hotel and will include
talks by Dr. Joseph R. Rosier, presi
dent of Fairmont State Normal; Paul
J. Thorn, safety director, and Captain
G. M. Alexander, president of Monon
gahela West Penn Public Service Co.,
who will present the certificates of
award.
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Maple Syrup Color Samples At
County Agent’s Office.
l Color samples to be used as stand
ia’tds for testing maple syrup grades
have been received at the office of the
'county agent, Court House, Oakland,
and will be distributed to each pro
ducer, Mr. John H. Carter has dn
nounced. 2
There are five bottles in each set,
showing four grades of syrup and
leaving an empty bottle for the local
producer’s grade. These will be mailed
upon request.
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Amos and Andy to be Heard at
Maryland Theatre
Beginning Saturday, March 1, the
first show at the Maryland theatre
| will start at 7 p. m. and from 7 until
7:15 the audience will hear Amos and
Andy, two well-known comedians, on
the radio. The main show will start
-at 7:15, instead of 7:30, as formerly,
Mr. B. I. Gonder, manager, has an
annouced. : 4