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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
DIED
MRS. VIRGINIA JARBCE.

Mrs. Virginia Jarboe, widow of the
late Capt. John M. Jarboe, and only
daughter of the late Peter and Re-
becca Baker, of Grantsville, Garrett
county, died at her home in Oakland
on Thursday afternoon, December 20
after an illness of three weeks, follow
ing a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Jar
Doe was born December 4, 1874, and
was aged SO years and rs days.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home on Alder street Sun
day afternoon, January 1, the Rev. A.
D. Craig, pastor of St. Paul's M. E.
church, assisted by Rev. Paul Lima
weaver, rector of st. Matthews, Off
ciating. Interment was made in the
Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Jarboe was resident of Oak
land practically her entire lifetime
having removed from Grantsville with
her parents at the age of sixteen
years. She was married to the late
Captain John McElroy Jarboe shortly
after his discharge from the Federal
army at Oakland, the ceremony hav-
ing been performed on September 5,
1865. Captain Jarboe's death occurred
in Oakland on July 3, 1912.
Mrs. Jarboe was always noted for
her intense love of family and friends.
She was a model mother and by her
christian spirit and manner spread a
mantle of charity over the frailties
and weakness of others.
The deceased is survived by three
daughters: Mrs. Estella V. White,
wife of Charles F. White, of Oakland;
Misses Sara and Ellen Jarboe, and
Mrs. Belle Duvall, and by one son, Mr..
John M. Jarboe, all of Oakland; also
by five grandchildren and three great
grandchildren. She was member of
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church
for more than fifty years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
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flee Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for the period from Tuesday, Deem
Der 27, to Monday, January 2, at noon
are as follows:
John Ward Shaffer, 21, miner, Fair
mont, w. Va, and Artie Conley, 49,
Reedsville, w. Va.
Joseph Czapp Sipp, %, student, and
Marmaduke Underwood, 81, school,
teacher, both of Fairmont, w. Va.
Thomas Riley O'Haver, %, track
man, and Nettie Lantz, 10, both
of Swanton, Md.
Donovan Andrew Maxwell, 81, B
& o. clerk, Fairmont, w. Va, and
Rachel Ruth Clingan, 81, clerk, Graf
ton, w. Va.
Edward Cunningham, %, schoo'
teacher, huntsville, w. Va, and Myr.
tie E. Morton, %, school teacher, Of
Camden-on-Gauley, W. Va.
Roy Thomas Mason, 81, truck dri.
yer, Grafton, W. Va, and Fern Rosa
mond Fredericks, IS, student, Morgan
town, w. Va.
Frank Edward Miller, %, clerk, Of
Greensburg, Pa, and Leona Beacon
81, school teacher, Mount Pleasant
Pa.
Theodore Arthur Wilson, 10 (par
ent5 consent), laborer, and Clara
Hackman, %, both of F'riendsville
Md.
Hayes Matthew Rawley, 25, mil
worker, Pittsburgh, Pa, and Gladyst
Lea Weller, %, Cleveland, Ohio.
James Boyles, 81, laborer, and Vera
Wamsley, IS, both Elkins, W. Va.
Homer Franklin Sypolt, FL, miner
Terra Alta, w. Va, and Katheryr
Main Hit, 10, nurse, Weston, W. Va
George Mearlin Hibner, %, miner
Uniontown, Pa, and Alice Elizabeth
Anne Roherer, IS, Merrittstown, Pa.
William Anthony Bulcas, 80, audi
tor, Pittsburgh, Pa, and Elsie Jane
Halbert, 10, Glover Gap, w. Va.
Daniel Woods Coole, 81, laborer, ane
Ethel Hudkins, 81, waitress, both Of
Pennington, w. Va.
Donovan Doyle, "a, painter, and AL
ice Ruth Jarvis, 10, both of Columbus
Ohio.
Frank Frontoni, 26, woodsman, ant
Elvira Lapa, 20, both of Richmond
West Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
MRS. w. SCOTT PEW.

Mrs. Susan S. Pew, wife of w. Scott
Pew, of Kitzmiller, Garrett county
died last Thursday morning at her
home in Kitzmiller. She was aged
IA years. Surviving are her husband
two sons, V. G. Pew and George B.
Pew and one daughter, Mrs. John w.
Wilson, all of Kitzmiller. Mrs. Pew
was a lifelong resident of the COM
munity in which she died, being a
daughter of the late Ebenezer and
Emily Kitzmiller, for whom the town
of Kjtzmiller was named. Funeral
services were held on Saturday after
noon from the Methodist Episcopal
church, of which the deceased was a
member for many years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
ROBERT SHARPLESS

Funeral services for Robert Sharp
less aged 46 years, who died Monday
noon at his home at Dodge School
house, on the Ben Paugh farm, were
held yesterday monring at ten o'clock
from the home, the Rev. P. P. Snyder
officiating. Interment was made in
the Mt. Zion cemetery at l o'clock.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. S. Sharpless, three broth
ers, Hollam, Dewey and Stanley, and
one sister, Mrs. Ed. Harvey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
BERNARD V. WELSH.

Bernard " Welsh, %, attorney, OF
Westernport, Md, died on last Friday
at the Allegany Hospital, Cumberland
where he had been undergoing treat
ment for complication Of diseases
over a period of two weeks or more.
Mr.. Welsh, one of the youngest attor-
neys in Allegany county, is survived
by his widow, who was Miss Ada
Laffey, of Piedmont, and who attended
the public and high schools in Oak
land for several years, and also by a
two-year-old daughter, Rita.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
CHANGING MACS.

Now we change from the good
horse, 1927, to the (let's hope) as good
or better one, 1928. A long road lies
ahead-365 mile posts. The new nag
must hump himself to do as well as
the one we are unsaddling!
To all our friends The Republican
wishes a good ride, no spills and a
happy arrival!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
GEORGE H. FULMER

Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at one o'clock in St. Mark 5
Lutheran church, Oakland, for George
H. Fulmer, who died very suddenly at
his home in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday
morning, December 81, of organic
heart disease. The remains of the de-
ceased were brought to Oakland and
following the services at the local
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
BRANT.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wilt and son,
Mr.. Harry McRobie and Mr.. Lee Zim-
norman, of Turner-Dougles, W. Va,
were calling on Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wilt Thursday evening.
Mr.. Truman Casteel, who has been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05
B. & o. EMPLOYEES "a AND So,
ELOPE; ROMANCE OF RAILS
G. w. Haulenbeek, Formerly of
Deer Park, one of Principals

This business of clipping and getting
married is not an adventure confined
altogether to the young and careless,
George w. Haulenbeek, "a years old,
Civil War veteran and for forty-six
years a member of the legal depart
ment of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, former resident of Deer Park,
we'll remembered and highly esteemed
by many Garrett countians, explained
yesterday in telling of the elopement
to Elkton of himself and Mrs. Anna
G. Lutz, So years old.
eve couldn't let 1927 get away
without getting married." Mr.. Haulen-
beck said, "and Saturday being the
last chance, we ran away Ito Elkton
and now we are Mr.. and Mrs. George
Haulenbeek."
Theirs was truly. romance of the
rails, Mr.. Haulenbeek said. They both
were employed in the Baltimore and
Ohio genel al offices, Mrs. Lutz being
F; in the office of the auditor of disburse-
ments. They had seen each other
around the building, he said, and on
occasions when she was on the way to
her mothers home in Buckingham,
Pa, while Mr.. Haulenbeek was on the
way somewhere else. Both riding on
passes they had something in common,
he explained, and other things joined
/ to make conversation and association
only mutual.
Had To Speed Up Matters.
II don't just remember when I first
mentioned getting married to her."
Mr.. Haulenbeek confessed. eve had
been going together for some time
when l started making such remarks
as When you and are one,' and that
kind of thing. Well, you know it went
pretty good, and when 1 saw 1927
slipping away so swiftly I just had
to speed things up a Bit"
Mr.. Haulenbeek, who had been a
widower for ten years, has several
children, grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
He was born in Newark, N. j., in
1S43. During the Civil War he served
in the Thirteenth New Jersey Volun-
teers, taking part in the Battle of
Antietam. 1t was in April of 1881 that
he became associated with the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroads legal de-
partment, and he has been there ever
since.
"No, sir; Pm not an old man." he
said. "Years are not the only meas
urement for mans age"
Mr.. Haulenbeek said that after the
ceremony at Elkton he and Mrs. Haul
enbeek went to her home in Bucking-
ham, Pa, for wedding trip. He re-
turned to work early in the week and
she remained for visit at her home.
Not CompaniOnate Marriage.
II couldn't object to that" he said
yesterday. "You know, you've got to
let the bride have her way in things
of that kind. But, mind you, this is
not one of those new style companion
ate marriages.
"And I got a good woman. l Xix
to tell her age SO my friends will
know 1 didn't get one of those flap
pers."
Mr.. Haulenbeek admitted that he
was so excited that he didn't remem-
Der the name of the minister who per-
formed the ceremony at Elkton. He
further said that he was so nervous
that he did not give the preacher as
much money as he really intended to.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05

Miss Adeline Sincell was hostess at
a dance given at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. H. Sincell,
last Friday night at which forty boys
and girls were present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05

Send your Job Work to The Repub-
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-05

The Republican is Garrett county's
leading Newspaper. Read it.
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* X x X X \ X
A WAYSIDE SERMON

Character is the precious
possession which we carry
with us into the future.
X X X X \ X
Evening star., 1928-10-21

equal casualness: who, me? I am
just stowaway." But that would have
been risky.
So merely laughed in appreciation
OF her amazing question doubtless 1t
was 20 others at the table, and said,
Why, In-I'm in a class by myself.
rather" And being lady and not too
inquisitive and having an admirable
sense of hunor, she laughed with me
and we returned to the bridge game,
where, to direct the conversation def
nitely into safer channels, trumped
my partners ace.
THAT night I had an impressive in
PRODUCTION to another passenger.
Rounding corner of dimly-lighted
passageway, I collided with something
very solid-something which. moreover.
emitted a startled gasp and staggered
back against the guard rail.
Excuse me" / uttered, really feeling.
as one always does on such occasions,
that it was the other fellows fault.
Then. noting that the man was a
Japanese, my irritation got the better
of me and I added, thinking he was
unfamiliar with our language, Il
thought you were bulkhead.'
He regained his compoSure, which was
considerable, and emerged into the we'll
lighted lounge with me. 1t there be-
came obvious that he was not a bulk
head and 1 Immediately regretted my
ill-mannered jeu d'esprit. 1t was Mr..
Matsudaira! Then, further humiliat-
ing me, ne said in flawleSS English:
Its quite all right, young man. They
should have some of your American
traffic policemen at these corners"
To relieve my embarrassment pro-
duced a packet of cigarettes, offering
him one: Have cigarette? And for
give me?" mourned.
My name" said-and never have /
been less pleased to acknowledge its
Snow. After this I'll toot before round
ing dim corners!"
He laughed one of his most diplo-
matte laughs. And mine," he said as
he grasped my proffered palm, lis Mat
sudaira. The pleasure Of the meeting
belongs to mel"
The following morning my career as
stowaway seemed seriously threatened
with certain disaster. Dan had gone
out for his shower and I was hastily
donning my clothes, considerably behind
schedule, and fearing that at any mo-
ment Izawa, the room boy, whom /
heretofore successfully had avoided,
would enter and discover me.
Which Is precisely what he did
And while 1 was In that most un-
favorable light in which any human Of
the male gender can be surprised
while attempting to pull on my trous-
ers! When I looked up and saw him
standing IN the doorway, naine Was. g
Evening star., 1928-10-21

THOUGH their names are not
n printed on the roster Of emf
"A nent railroad presidents, two
4 \ Washingtonians are the owners
and executives of remarkable
trunk-line systems. which do every
thing that "iron-horse" families do ex-
cept to engage in interstate commerce.
The romance of basement and attic
''railroading," in fact, developed keen
friendship between these skilled anna
teur model makers. who devote their
leisure to their unusual hobby. When
they meet at one or another of their
respective homes, the dramas and ad-
ventures. the victories and viciSsitudes
of modern transportation are staged
and duplicated in miniature.
John N Swartzell, realtor, and
Hugh Boutelle of the Bureau of Stand
ards simulate, III scientific pantomime
the perils and practices of modern rail-
roading
Mr.. Swartzell aspired, during his
undergraduate days, to become a rail-
road engineer-his university training
was concentrated on that speciality.
Fate, however, shuff1ed the cards. De-
MED his opportunity to aid in writing
American railroad history, Mr.. Swart-
gell turned to the science of model
making as the only available substi-
tute, which enabled him to keep in
touch with the profession.
Hugh Boutelle is a son Of railroad
Ing ancestry. One of his forbears was
the first president of the old Boston g.
Providence Railway. From childhood
to maturity, Mr.. Boutelle made and
experimental with models of locomo-
tives and trains And even today, this
scientist still continues his railroading
research at home.
He is a member of the Railway and
Locomotive Historical Society, whose
fundamental purpose is the compilation
and perpetuation of all historical data
which pertain to the mechanical science
OF rail transportation. Mr.. Boutelle has
made accurate models of some of the
most famous American locomotives,
which have aided rail development in
this country.
Both the Swartzell and Boutelle rail-
roads are similar in that each mod
eled layout features a typical division
point in rural surroundings. Mr..
Swartzell's system is the more elab-
crate. and is made throughout on a
larger scale. while Mr.. Boutelle's attic
playground" is astonishing in that its
OWIleT mas mace all IIle TOlIlng SJOCk
and accessories out of scrap material,
with a minimum cash outlay.
The Swartzell railroad system occu-
pies room IL by IA feet in size in
the basement of his home in the high
land district near the Washington
cathedral.
The railroad village, with its shops,
roundhouse. power plant, coal pocket,
depot, freight station. shops, stores,
hotel, homes, cottages and neighboring
farms, is mounted on four large
wooden tables, which cover all the
available floor space. The rolling ter
rain, with its steep hills and small
mountains, is simulated by the use OF
special wooden frames. padded with
paper and coated with unbleached mus
lin, covered by plaster of paris and
cement. The mountains and the roll
Evening star., 1928-10-21

feeling of undiluted displeasure. Never
thelesS, l greeted him:
"Cheerio Didn't know you had an
other guest last night, did you old fell
low? Mr.. Hopkins asked me to stay
with him for the night-you don't
mind, do you?" This with composure
far from genuine. 1 felt that the game
had been played to the finish. If only
he had been an Englishman or an
American or European. one might
have made a clean breast of it and
taken chance on his being a sportl
But If my presence annoyed Izawa
he certainly was mask of matchleSS
deceit. The self-control. the discipline
Of emotion of the japanese remains
always thing of wonder to me! In
this instance Izawa did not answer me;
he grinned favorably, made some altera-
ton in the appearance Of the room and
departed. But before 1 had finished
dressing. he returned-with two break
faStS!
You fren Meesta Hopkin'. You
havee breakfas' here mebbe? Aright?"
All right? Well, rather! AS he spoke
to me fancied I saw in his eyes some
thing which bespoke perfect under
standing of my situation. The time I
thought was ripe for reward So I
handed him five-yen note. His face
broke into smile. he bowed till his
nose scraped the floor and obSequiously
backed out.
WHEN Dan returned felt safe In as
suring him that his room boy was
one OF those golden souls who under
stand the divine wisdom of silence. For
now was sure that he knew all about
me, had known all about me ever since
we had left Honolulu. This belief was
substantiated when, later in the day,
he came into the room, found me there
and spoke to me thus:
Me think you sleep here overnight
no? Think you sleep always here since
We leave Honolulu yet-no?" Then be-
fore could protest against this accusa-
lion. he went on: ME no speak. No tell
steward. Now you sleep here" And
With that he walked over to the upper
berth, which had remained unoccupied.
and laid his hand upon it, Here more
better than there" and he pointed to
the sofa on which 1 sat. "Thees place.
10 good" He disappeared and a moment
later poked his head through the port
hole from the outside. "See?" Mebbe
sometime steward he see you through
here too" l understood that Izawa
lad seen me through that portfolio every
morning. before l awoke. Furthermore,
understood, which was a satisfactory
feeling, indeed, that Izawa was my
friend. In me at that moment was born
4 deep sense Of respect and liking for
he J6panese,
A few afternoons later Dan and wers =
GG0ntinsed on SiHth RaSesA
Evening star., 1928-10-21
Two Washingtonians Study Rair0ading Riddles With

markable railroad exhibit. The task
has been extended over several years.
as he usually devotes his leisure during
the Winter to his hobby. Scenic effects
which simulate a rough and rugged
topography add realistic touches to the
unique attic display.
An imitation river Is an important
feature. and Is navigated by ferry
boat service, water line accessory OF
the railroad The ferryboat. which Is
operated by thread controls. is made of
white pine and cardboard. Two copper
wires. anchored at the regular route
which the boat traverses, are charged
with negative and positive electricity.
On the bottom of the boat is special
shoe which completes the electrical cir
cult and illuminates the ferryboat
lamps when it comes in contact with
the copper wires. The side wheels and
walking beams Of this homespun ferry
boat are geared so that they move up
and down as the vessel plies its beat
from shore TO shore.
MR.. BOUTELLE has made all his
A'A model trains and equipment from
actual drawings and blueprints. The
rolling stock has been built to scale
as painstakingly as though designed
for regular crosS-country service.
Both the Swartzell and Boutelle
models look like factory-made toys Of
the best quality. They. however, are
far superior to any railroading toys
ever manufactured or offered for sale
in the United States. The toymaker
pays little attention to technical de-
sign and scale. His sole object Is to
make the engines and cars look as
much as possible like regulation rail-
road equipment. On the other hand,
the models designed and built by these
two Washington friends are accurate
in every respect. and can be used ap-
Dropriately in solving certains Of the
scientific enigmas of modern railroad
ing.
1t Is the custom of these local "rail-
road presidents" to meet together three
cr four times a month during the Au-
tumn and Winter, in order to indulge
in experimentation and research. They
test their homemade equipment In a
multitude Of different ways. They
stage wrecks and repeat commercial
railroad disasters In order to ascertain
their causes and determine how they
could have been prevented. It Is
technical pastime more fascinating
than bridge whist, chess, cribbage or
billiards.
In Europe and particularly In Eng
land. thousands of amateur experts
work and play with railroad models.
Eminent lawyers, doctors. bankers, mer-
chants and army and navy authorities
devote their spare time to the con-
struction of models and their operation.
This hobby is also gaining headway in
the United States. and in each large
city you will find prominent citizens
with innate craving for participation
in railroading by the technical manipu-
lation of models.
Right here in Washington there are
others interested in industrial model
making as a spare-tine diversion. An
attorney of the Interstate Commerce
Commission is an idle-hour builder Of
miniature railroads. while one Of the
Washington officials of the Westing-
house Company INDUCES in similar
recreation.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

been developed commercially as prof
liable industrial art. The railroad VIII
lage and junction are composed of 20
buildings, made of wood and cardboard.
They include roundhouse to accom-
modate three locomotives, an accurate
coaling station with special loading de-
vice, the turntable mounted on wheels.
which is run by hand; the mechanical
shops, power plant, passenger depot.
freight station, signal tower. water
tower, hotel, stores, homes and cot
tages.
Mr.. Boutclle spent the equivalent of
one months work liz building this re-
Evening star., 1928-10-21
HUGH BoUTEILE MAKING LOCOMOTIVES FROM TIN BOXES.

ing fields are painted green. Trees
speckle the landscape and consist of
small sponges cut and stained to imi-
tate leafy foliage and mounted on bits
of wood which resemble small tree
trunks. The entire layout is as artistic,
faithful to life, and as accurate as the
finest educational models to be found
in the New National Museum.
X X
A ALTOGETHER, the Swartzell railroad
L system features some 400 feet of
single track and 200 feet of double
track. One oval-shaped stretch has
15-foot straightaway and two curved
sectors designed on four and one-half-
Evening star., 1928-10-21

foot radius in each case. One Of these
curves is in the mountain district, so
that the right of way appears to be
tunneled through solid rock. This sec
tor of track extends into second
room. The train disappears in the
tunnel and is not visible again until 1t
has negotiated the subterranean pas
sage, long tunnel and curve, when it
whizzes from the mountain side and
races down the track to the junction.
Electrified trains can be running in
opposite directions simultaneously over
this homemade trunk-line system.
There are IL lever switch frames,
which control the movements of the
various trains from one track to an