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Startling Development . . .
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When the second severe snow storm of the #year
descended upon the county this week closing sevemal high
ways, including at least two of the state highways, peeple be
came suddenly aware that there are very few snow. fdne&
in evidence along state highways. .
Residents who have been in the county as much as two
or three years were startled, and older residents could hard—]
ly believe the twist of events. William Goldsborough, resi
dent engineer for SRC admitted they were trying to elimi
nate the snow fences, saying they could keep the roads open
better without them. Even though we are not engineers
such a statement is a little hard to take. ‘
An explanation by the district engineer put the blame
of blocking 219 Tuesday on a tank truck without chains that
had blocked the highway. But the truck driver had worn
out two sets of chains in a futile effort to get through the
drifts on 219 at Cove. There was no explanation as to why |
the Bittinger-Grantsville road was closed. Buses were unable |
to get through the 219 drift and some of the students lost a!
day of school. |
What is going to occur when we get into our normal mid- |
winter storms? A number of people have told us when they
learned that Mr. Goldsborough said there was still 58,000
feet of snow fence as state property, that most of it must be
rolied up in the field where in former years it had been
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Policy on Closing
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Schools in Inclement
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Weather Is Given
A definite policy for the closing
of schools due to inclement
weather was announced by the
Board of Education following a
regular meeting on Tuesday in Oak
land.
Willard L. Hawkins, county su
perintendent of schools, said the
board relied upon the judgment
and recommendation of the County
Roads devartment for the closing
of schoois. When the head of the
Roads department recommends to
the superintendent of schools or
supervisor of transportation that
schoo!s should not open or should
be dismissed early if in session,
notice is immediately phoned to
all school principals in the county.
Principals in turn notify all school
bus drivers. The announcement is
given to radio stations in Oakland,
Frostburg, Keyser and Uniontown.
He said that unless an announce
ment of road conditions is received
before "7 a m._it is too late to
make contacts to call off the ses
sion,
Hoever, all bus drivers are
charged with responsibility of exer
cising their own best judgment in
the operation of their bases either
in the morning or in the afternoon
as far as the transportation of
their own busload of children is
concerned. No bus driver has to
wait for orders from the school
board office in deciding whether
or not weather and road condi
tions are fit for him to operate
his bus with reasonable safety, Mr.
Hawkins said. He added that this
applied as well to early dismissal
of children in case of drifting road
conditions during the day.
All schools must operate 180 days
during the vear and for every day
lost beyond the three snow days
a'lowed in the school calendar, an
extra day must be added at the
end of the school term, he con
cluded.
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Masonic Lodge Elects
Officers in Oakland Lodge No.
192, Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, were elected at a regular
communication on Tuesday eve
ning.
William L. Mahaftey was elected
worshipful master, and will suc
ceed Fred A. Thayer who has serv
ed for the past year. Melvin Kes
ner was elected senior warden;
William Schultz, junior warden;
Robert T. Hoffman, secretary; and
Thomas D. Browning, treasurer.
Other officers are appointive and
will be announced prior to the
installation which will occur Tues
day evening, January 14. To be ap
pointed are senior and junior dea
cons, senior and junior stewards,
chaplain and tyler.
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PARKING ROOM IN OAKLAND—Oakland has plenty of parking
space in its municipal lot, as is evidenced by this helicopter which
came down Monday morning during a blinding snow squall, with
apparent ease. George L. Reno, chief nilot and general manager
for Helicopter Patrol, Inc., was taking the new machine from Wash
ington, D. C., to Bridgeport, W. Va., where it is to be used on
checking pipe lines for the Hope Natural Gas company. Reno had
started from Cumberland at 8 o'clock, had to put down at Western
port in a snow squall, and then again at Oakland about 10 o’clock.
He took off around noon, continuing his way above the railroad
tracks which he used for a guide line.
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Christmas Issue
Will Be Early
The Republican’s Christmas
issue will be published early.
The issue will be dated Thurs
day, December 26, but will be
published on Monday, Decem
ber 23, in order that the Christ
mas message of our numerous
advertisers may be distributed
prior to Christmas Eve.
Because of the early date,
all correspondents are urged to
send in their material by Sat
urday, if possible, or not later
than Monday morning, to in
sure their publication in the
week’s issue. Those desiring to
have news articles published
should use the same procedure.
Next week’s issue, Thurs
day, December 19, will be pub
lished at the usual time.
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Given Jail Sentence
Dale Junior Knotts, Thomas W.
Va, was given 10 days in jail on
two separate motor vehicle viola
tions, sentences to run consecu
tively.
He pleaded guilty to operating
a motor vehicle without a license
and also ‘pleaded guilty to operat
ing a motor vehicle with tags is
sued to another motor vehicle.
Only two other motor vehicle
charges appeared on the books
this week. Samucl Joseph Glot
felty, Huttton, pleaded guilty to
having &n inadequate muffler and
paid $lO and costs. Alba2rt Eugene
Paugh, Deer Park, pleaded guilty
to operating a motor vehicle with
expired temporary tags. He was
fined $lO and costs and Magistrate
Maroney suspended the fine and
costs.
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Magistrate Fines
Three Shoplifters
Three persons were convicted of
shoplifting Monday in the Trial
Magistrate’s court in Frostburg,
one of them involving a Garrett
county person.
The three were fined and given
suspended 30-day jail sentences.
Magistrate Edward Flanigan
fined Mrs. Barbara Friend, of
Deep Creek Lake SSO and costs
and suspended a 30-day jail sen
tence. She was also ordered to
pay approximately sl3 for mer
chandise she was accused of taking
from the Miracle Mart, along Na
tional highway, LaVale.
Fines of S2O ecach and suspended
30-day sentences were imposed on
two Baltimore residents. also
charged with shoplifting at Miracle
Mart. The magistrate ordered the
pair, Mrs. Sylvia Arbogast and
Mrs. Daisy Long to pay approxi
mately sls for the merchandise
taken.
THE REPUBLICAN
VOLUME 87
Annual Inspection
Of Guard Unit Is
Held On Monday
Results Will Not Be Known |
For Several Weeks, I
Capt. Yost Says
The annual Federal inspection'
of the local National Guard unit,
Co. C, Ist battalion, 115th armor,
was held Monday night, December
9, at the armory in Oakland.
This is an annual requirement,
according to Capt. Mahlon Yost,
commanding officer, and is con
ducted by a representative froml
the Inspector General's offi(:e,l
headquarters, second army, Fort
George G. Meade. The representa
tive conducting the inspection was
Lt. Col. Clarence A. Moore.
Capt. Yost explained that the in
spections are divided into two
phases: an afternoon phase during
which the unit’s administrative
lecords and maintenance are
checked, and the evening phase
when the training and general
knowledge and appearance of the
troops are inspected.
He said the inspections were com
prehensive and touched on all as
pects of the unit operation. It is
necessary for a unit to attain a
satisfactory rating in order to main
tain Federal recognition as a re
serve component of the Army.
Following the inspection of per
sonnel in ranks, a question andl
answer period also was conductedl
by the inspector to determine the
knowledge that the individual had
of general military subjects.
During the second hour of the
drill a regular period of instruc
tion was presented to all person
nel of the unit by platoon sergeant |
Kenneth W. Metheny, with platoon
sergeant Robert M. Landon as his
assistant. This class was on tank
platoon defensive exercises. 'l'hisl
also was evaluated by the inspec
tor and will have weight in de
termining the unit rating. The
rating will not be known for sev
‘eral weeks. i
Attendance for the inspcclioni
was about 8 percent below the|
yearly average with 87.75 percent
‘of unit strength in attendance. Thc‘
lower percentage was attributed |
to the biizzard which was blm-kingi
roads in some arcas. Capt. Yost}
isuid the unit had members \\'ho]‘
;Ir:n'ol from near Grantsville, Kilz-j
gmilicr, Gormania, Red House, 'l‘cr-‘
ra Alta and Swallow Falls. He suidJ
Col. Moore commended the unit‘
| for this high attendance percentage
under such adverse weather cun-]
ditions in his exit interview with
him and key non-commissioned of—!
} ficers. f
~ Present for the inspection also
‘were Major Morris C. I’uulsgro\’c.‘
first battalion executive m'l'i('(‘l';“
'Major Paul E. Osborne, regular
‘army adviser; and SFC Bernard E‘
‘ll(‘nd(-rson. army sergeant adviscr,‘
}fl‘om headquarters in Cumberland.
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Youth Is Recovering
From Shotgun Blast
An eleven-year-old youth f{rom
Vindex is recovering from a gun
shot wound which he reccived ac
cidentally last Saturday night at
his home. |
i He is David Kinser, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Kinser, of Vin
ldcx. He was taken to Garrett
County Memorial hospital follow
}ing the accidental shooting and
later was transferred to the West
Virginia University medical cen
ter in Morgantown where he under
went surgery.
Sheriff James Frantz, who in
vestigated, said investigations
}slm\\‘c(l the youth was shot when
a shotgun which was standing in
ta corner of the Kinser residence
fell over and discharged when it
'sn'uck the floor.
| The Kinser boy was struck with
‘numcruus pellets in the back of
ihis legs.
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~ Firemen Elect
‘ Oakland Fire Department, Inc.,
re-elected its principal officers at
a regular meeting on Wednesday,
November 27.
They included A. G. Gortner,
president; Stuart F. Hamill, vice
president; Percy Thayer, secretary;
l["r('d Thayer, treasurer; Harold
Schel!, chief; John Sharps, first
assistant chief; Eugene Helbig, sec
ond assistant chief; Harry Beegh
ley, captain. Thayer was the only
change, taking the place of Walter
W. Dawson. |
The standing committee named
included James Rook, Grover
Stemple and Fred Thayer.
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U. S. Senator J. Glenn Beall |
Senator Beall To
Speak At Laying ;
Bank Cornerstone
Ceremony Planned For Sat
urday, December 14,
At 3:00 P. M. |
United States Senator J. Glenn
Beall will officiate at the corner
stone laying ceremony of the First
National Bank of Oakland. The
new building is now under con
struction on Second street.
The special event is to take place
Saturday afternoon, December 14,
at 3 o'clock. The public is invited.
A. D. Naylor, the 102-year-old
honorary chairman of the Bank's
Board of Directors, will place a
number of mementoes in the re
pository of the cornerstone. Among
the articles will be a copy of the
bank’s latest financial statement
showing total resources of over sl2
million dollars; the names of mem
bers of the Board of Directors, Of
ficers and Employes; a copy of the
Republican and the news item de
scribing the event; a picture of
the old bank building and a sketch
of the new building, and several
new 1963 coins of various denomi
nations, tegether with other items
of historic significance.
George K. Littman, president of
the bank, will be master of cere
monies and extend a welcome to
those attending. The invocation will
jbc given by Rev. Lawrence Sher
'wood, pastor of St. Paul’'s Metho
'dist church, and the benediction
' will be given by Rev. Fr. Michael
|K. Carney, pastor of St. Peter’s
Catholic church.
‘ The First National Bank has oc
cupied its present building for more
ilhzm 63 vears. Having outgrown its
quarters it plans to occupy the
new building in the spring. The
jl)uildinu will provide adequate lob
by and officer areas, ample work
:in: space for the bookeeping and
clerical employes and provisions
’t'm' future expansion. A drive-in
window, a walk-up window and
‘t\\'u after hour depositories are in
cluded. Parking area for automo
biles is also considered ample,
The exterior walls are being
faced with limestone and the in
terior to be finished in modern
'(icsign and decor.
| Following the ceremony at the
)l)zmk site, just across the strect
from the post office, refreshments
will be served at the Hinebaugh
idining room.
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!Electric Lines Improved
! There were two current inter
ruptions during the week. one on
iSunday from 1 to 2:30 in the Oak
iland and nearby area; and one
yvesterday afternoon from 2 to 4
‘u‘(-lock in the Mt. Lake area.
| Hugh Denison, manager for the
| West Maryland Power company
' said the company appreciated the
Icuopvrminn of the pcople of the
community. The interruption Sun
,du_\' was to improve facilities and
!slrcngthcn the voltage in outlying
districts, he said. The interruption
chslvrdu_\' was to convert the pres
’ont. system in Mt. Lake Park from
4,000 KV's to 12,000.
! The company had set up two
previous dates for doing the work
during the Thanksgiving holidays
but wet weather caused postpone
ment. It ended up doing it in the
lrain anyway on Sunday afternoon.
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!Mentol Health Group Meets
: Mrs. Frank Blamble, principal of
Green street school, was speaker
lul the meeting of the Garrett Coun
‘ty Mental health association last
"]'hursduy. December 5, in the board
room at the First National Bank.
She told of the children and
their needs and also showed films.
|A gift of SIOO was given to Green
;st.l'cet school for Christmas from
i the association. The next meeting
l\\'ill be held Thursday, March 3,
Qat 8 o'clock in the board room.
| Participating in the program were
Rev. W. Shelby Walthall and Mrs.
IL. I. Baumgartner.
OAKLAND, GARRETT COUNTY, MD., DECEMBER 12, 1963
9 Properties Go At l
Tax Sale Saturday
Nine properties of the county
were sold at tax sale last Saturday
morning after eighteen property
owners had redeemed theirs prior
to the date of sale.
Tax sales are conducted by
Joseph Welch, treasurer, under
powers vested in him by the an
notated code of Maryland. Sales
were made to the highest bidder
in each instance.
Property owners have one year
and a day to redeem their land be
fore a deed is provided by the‘
treasurer to the purchaser. |
John Kitzmiller purchased the
property of Ruth E. Miller and
others in district 8, Gorman, for!
$1,200. Assessed value was $1,300.1
William Sines purchased a half
interest in 126 acres of coal in dis
trict 14, formerly owned by Francis
E. Gonder and Bernard I. Gondcr.‘
for the amount of taxes, $53.71.
James Vannoy purchased somc‘
115 acres of land in district 15 as-i
sessed to John O. Wilhelm, for;
$3,100 but this was redeemed the
same day by Mr. Wilheim. |
Two lots in district 14 in Wilson
addition to Oakland, assessed to
Richard L. Davis and Charles L.
Davis, were purchased by Lois and
David Shaffer for $22.01, the amount
of the taxes owing. Assessed value
was SSO.
~ W. P. Walatkus of Baltimore,
purchased two properties, one was
of several lots in election district
16, Mt. Lake Park, assessed to
Virginia Baker Reid, which he
bought for $lO6, and another was
of two lots in Mt. Lake Park, as
sessed to Woman's Foreign Mis
sionary Society of Methodist Epis
copal church, assessed at S2OO,
‘which was purchased for $250.
- Donald C. Riley purchased a
tract of land of some 10 acre in
‘election district 2, assessed to Wil
liam Henry Riley, deceased, and
‘Bortha A. Riley and one-half in
terest in anothep acreage, for the
sum of $2,900. Assessed valuation
i\\'as $796.
- Mr. Riley also purchased another
‘tract of some 11 acres in the same
district for $1,250. It had an as
lsessed valuation of $144.
f fames Sines purchased for $250
'a lot of over 2 gcres in district 2.
‘assessc(l to Amanda Sines, with
assessed valuation of sl6l.
Charles Munday purchased for
‘8375 a parcel of land in Mt. Lake
[l’ark, assessed to Laura V. Miller.
Assessed valuation was SIOO.
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[Heart Attack Fatal
To Mava Speicher
' Mava Dayton Speicher, aged 48,
iof Mt. Lake Park, died last Thurs-
I(lay in Garrett County Memorial
hospital in Oakland where he was
!takcn after being stricken while
| bushing a car through snow in the
’Whitc Church area.
A veteran of World War 11, he
served as an electrician in the
Army Medical corps and conducted
his own business in Mt. Lake Park
upon his discharge from the serv
ice
! Mr. Speicher was born in Oak
land, a son of the late Sidney and
Laura Lewis Speicher. He is sur
vived by two sisters, Miss Minnie
Speicher, Mt. Lake Park; and Mrs.
J. O. Bishop, Cresaptown; two
brothers, Clarence and Harold
Speicher, also of Mt. Lake Park.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Leighton-Durst funeral
home in Oakland on Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Fr.
Michael K. Carney, pastor of St.
Peter’'s Catholic church, officiat
ing. Interment was in Oakland
cemetery.
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Couple Gets Bucks
iOn the Same Day
4 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mec-
Kenzie, of Grantsville, both got
their bucks on the same day, but
in widely different manner.
Mr. McKenzie, who has been hunt
ing in vain for a buck for 20 years,
finally got the ambition accom
plished. He shot a 5-point buck
about 10 a. m., on one of the deer
hunting days this week. Mrs. Mc
|Kcnzie got her six-point buck about
8 p. m, but while driving on U. S.
route 40. The deer was killed in
stantly by the impact and there
was little damage to the car.
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To Open Service Windows
The service windows at the Oak
land post office will remain open
all day on Saturday, December 14,
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m, it was
announced by Guy William Hine
baugh, postmaster.
l In normal time the office closes
at noon on Saturdays. |
Additional Snow |
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Falls; High Winds |
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Cause Drifting |
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Two State Highways, Some
County Roads Blocked; |
Some Schools Close ;
~ The second snow storm in ten
‘days hit Garrett county from Sun
\day through Tuesday and dumped
from four to six additional inches
on the ground. Strong winds,
particularly Monday night caused
drifting which blocked several
kighways in both the State roads
and County roads systems. It was
chi(lcnt that winter had arrived. ‘
’ The blocking of U. S. route 219,
on Cove hill, near Keyser Ridgel
kept several school buses from
completing their trip to Northern
High school on Tuesday and as a
result that school, along with
feeder schools in the area were
closed for the day.
Students who did arrive left al
most immediately for the return
trip to their homes. Other schools
of the county continued to ()pcratc.l
The highway from Bittinger to)]
Grantsville, also was closed for a
time in the State system and roads
crews were busy on other state
highways.
In the county system there were
roads closed in the Pleasant Valley
and Beckman sections. The county
roads department has received ad
ditional snow fencing which it was
endeavoring to erect this week. l
On the other hand the State
Roads commission was using less
and less snow fence which was |
causing much wonderment amongl
veteran citizens of this area. |
William Goldsborough, resident
engineer, said the state still had
some 58,000 feet of snow fence in
use but was eliminating where it
was thought possible to do so.
There is practically no snow fenc
ing on U. S. 219, from Oakland to
Keyser Ridge. Mr. (;()ldsl)()r()ugh‘
Isuid they had more trouble kccp-l
ing the roads open on U. S. 219|
where snow fences were erected. |
But quantities of fencing were not |
put up this fail and some pooplc‘
stated that some of the fence that
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Held For Forgery |
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Held on a forgery charge dul‘-l
iing the week was Mrs. Maysell ]
White. At a preliminary hearing |
'hv[’urc Trial Magistrate Robert M.
iMzn'nnoy she was held under SSOO'
bond for action of the grand jury,
land was placed in custody of the |
!h’h(‘i‘iff in default of bond. |
i Mr. Maroney said she was.
|chzu‘god with forgery of a suciul%
i security check by using the name |
|of Lawrence A. White with intent
|to defraud. i
| Two persons entered pleas of
Inot guilty to charges of hunting at
lnight but were found guilty by
Magistrate Maroney and fined S2O
and costs each. Arrests was made
by Leo Friend, game warden. ’l‘hc‘
lmcn involved were Harvey G.
le\'scr. Accident, and Charles Mil-‘
lican, Deer Park. |
i Guilty pleas were entered byl
ißichurd F. Lanham, Washington,
'D. C., and John R. Thompson, Co-‘
ilumbus, 0., for giving false in-|
Iformution to procure a ]iccnsc.‘
Charges were preferred by Robert
Brown, game warden. Lanham had‘
two charges against him and \\'asi
fined SSO and costs on cach charge.
‘Thompson was fined SSO ana cusls.‘
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Lost Hunters “Find” l
Search Party Tuesday
Two lost deer hunters in n(‘igh-!
Ih()rin;.: Somerset county, stumbled |
lintu a search party Tuesday at‘tcrl
spending a day and a night roam
ing portions of Negro mountain in
Ia snow storm. l
' The Rev. Ivory R. Adams, 62, of |
Ilm-krunv. Pa., was suffering t'rnml
*frost bite of the hands and feet.
iHu was admitted to Meyersdale
{ Community hospital, and is in
}satisl'aclory condition.
His companion, Jesse Tuck, bol
lalso of Leckrone, was examined at
the hospital and released. The two
ll)cmmc lost Monday while hunt
ing in the Mt. Davis area, some 20
miles south of Somerset. The storm
piled up 8 to 10 inches of new
snow. The pair said they walked
all night to keep warm but builll
no fires. At one point they heard
shots of a search party and spotted
some lights but by the time they
made their way to the area the
search party had moved on. About
mid-afternoon Tuesday the two
men walked out onto a road and
met some of the searchers. i
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Mrs. Daniel W. Klotz
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Four-H Activities
Bring Honor To
Mrs. D. W. Klotz
Veteran Extension Worker
Named State Alumni
Winner
Mrs. D. W. Klotz, of Grantsville,
a four-H leader for a number of
years and a member of a 4-H club
prior to that time, has been named
a state 4-H alumni winner, it was
announced from the Extension serv
ice office.
The 4-H alumni recognition pro
gram is designed to honor persons
among the 4-H membership, ex
emplify effective community lead
ership, public service, service to
the 4-H program. The program has
been sponsored nationally for the
past ten years or more by the
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corpora
tion, chemicals division, of Little
Rock, Ark.
She and Dale Glotfelty were
named the county alumni winners
at the Achievement Night program
in November, and Mrs. Klotz was
selected by the State Extension
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Knight of Pythias
Name 1964 Leaders
Officers to serve during the year
1964 were elected by members of
Garrett Lodge No. 113, Knights of
'P}lhius, at a regular meeting Fri
|(l:ly evening, December 6. They
| will be installed in January.
! Paul W. DeWitt was named
!ch;mm-l]ur commander, and he will
be assisted by the following:
James E. Frantz, vice chancellor;
Gerald Sanders, prelate; Roscoe W.
’S\\iuor, master of work; Dale Fike
!m:nslm‘ at arms; Everett B. Weimer,
secretary; Milburn W. Mann, fi
inunciul secretary; Alva G. Gort
' ner, treasurer; Ray Porter, Jr., in
!sid(‘ guard; Lorraine G. Gnegy,
iuut.sidc guard.
| Qarl Thrasher and Harry Cod
dington were elected representa
tives to Grand Lodge, with Paul
Il)o\\'itt and Floyd Durst as alter
' nates.
‘ Elza Bray is a new member of
|tho board of trustees, with Harry
|L. Stemple and Reaford Purbaugh
' remaining as holdovers.
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,State Welfare Head
iTo Confer Locally
‘With Co. Officials
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l Raleigh C. Hobson, recently ap
pointed director of the Maryland
State Department of Public Wel
fare, will visit the county, Mon
;(lzn'. December 16, to confer with
local officials.
| A luncheon meeting is scheduled
lut Will O’ the Wisp dining room,
Il)vcp Creek Lake, at which time
Mr. Hobson will talk with mem
‘l)ors of the Board of County Com
missioners, members of the county
' welfare board, members of the
ISonalo and House, the judge, state’s
!attornc): attorney to the commis
sioners and one of the social work
ers.
This includes, Allen S. Paugh,
commissioner president; Earl Opel,
commissioner representative to the
county welfare board, and H. D
Swartzentruber, vice-president of
the commissioners. Members of the
‘I('Olllll)' welfare board are Donald
|J. Newman, Grantsville, chairman;
Mrs. Audrey Feld, Oakland, vice
)chuirmun: Mrs. William Ritchey.
' Oakland; Harrison T. Hanlin, Gor
'mania; Hubert C. Friend, Hoyes:
kßo\'. J. Stanley Earhart, Oakland.
!Friond and Earhart were just
‘named to the board last week by
ilhc commissioners to fill vacancies.
’k State Senator Spencer W. Gra
ham, Elza Bray, Elwood Groves,
‘an(l Mrs. Martha Glotfelty, mem
kber: of the House of Delegates, As
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NUMBER 41
539 Deer Slain
First Six Days
Season Began Lively Enough
But Tapered Off This
Week; Storm Is Factor
Five hundred thirty-nine bucks
were slain during the first six days
of the 9-day season, it was reported
this morning by game officials. The
number was totaled from the four
deer checking stations in the coun
ty in addition to two others in
Allegany county where deer killed
in this county have been reported.
The season started lively enough
with 479 being reported for the
first three days, but the last three
days have been far less. The bliz
zard of the first part of the week
was a contributing factor, but resi
dents were wondering about the
way the season was set up. Start
ing in the middle of the week gave
hunters three full days of hunting,
after which many of them returned
to their homes and did not came
back for this week at all.
If anyone had an idea that the
season would bring a new record
in the number of bucks slain, he
was doomed to disappointment,
The record of 804 kills were re
corded in 1960.
Many residents also were of the
opinion that the lengthening of
| the season did not help the econ
omy. Since deer hunting is now
legal in every county of the state
except one, there is not the pres
sure from out of county hunters.
More of those checking deer dur
ing the week were from this coun
ty than from out of county.
During the first three dayvs there
were almost seven and one-half
tons of deer checked at the Oak
land station with the average being
around 110 pounds. William P.
|B(-nn(‘u was one of the few report
ling a 10-point buck but this was
i not the heaviest report. The heavi
est was a 6-point buck, shot by
John Harvey of Deer Park, and
weighing 193. It was caught in the
White Church area.
Others with good sized bucks
i\\'oro B. F. Knepp, Jr., Oakland, 9,
l]:’);'); Thomas Spiker, Kitzmiller, 8,
160; Harvey Tabler, Mt. Airy, 8,
l 163.
Women continued to get their
share but apparently not as many
as in previous years. Those report
ing the first three days of the
week included Dorothy Michel
mann, Baltimore, Amy E. Playard,
Marjorie E. Hardesty, Deer Park;
and Mabel Nethken, Oakland.
The biggest day was last Satur
day when 240 bucks were Killed.
The list for the six days included
i the following statistics:
‘ Station Totals Listed
The totals included the following
statistics for the first six days:
Oak!land, 35, 32, 65. 9,0, 3, total 144;
‘Malt Storey’s, 21, 24, 35, 1, 4 3,
total 88; Friendsville, 22, 12, 40, 4,3,
7, total 88; Grantsville, 30, 32, 66,
9,3, 3, total 143; Westernport, 12,
3, 27, 0,0, 4, total 46; LaVale 8,7,
7.2 0,0, total 24; Others, 1,0, 0,2,
11. 2, total 6: grand total 539. There
are three more days to go.
Game warden in general were
pleased with the season. There ap
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Lions Club Planning
Ladies’ Night Dec. 16
The Lions club is planning a
Ladies Night program for Monday
evening, December 16. A dinner
will be served at the Dennett Road
school at 6:30 o'clock with program
to follow.
Al Marucci, chairman of the pro
gram committee, said the program
would feature “show stopper” Paul
Kohler. of Cleveland, 0., with
comedy, novelty numbers and
musical entertainment.
i Y it i
Accidentally Wounded
Paul Dixon, Jr.. of near Gnegy
Church, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Dixon, of Oakland, was accidental
ly wounded while deer hunting one
day last week. A revolver which
was being carried in a holster dis
charged as the 19-year-old man
was going through a fence. The
bullet entered the right leg about
eight inches above the knee, and
came out above the knee cap.
He underwent surgery in Garrett
County Memorial hospital and still
remains a patient there where he
is much improved.
He was deer hunting with George
Porter, Ben Knepp, Jr., and other
men at the time of the accident.
I.lusl prior to the accident Dixon
- and Porter exchanged guns. The
revolver was of a heavy variety,
and was on safety when placed in
the holster.