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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Christmas Spirit Is Expressed
BY Outdoor Decorations

Never has the Christmas spirit been
so outwarly displayed in Oakland as
has been the case this year both Wis
itors and townspeopIe alike have de
clared during the past few days.
The decorations range from the
simple to the elaborte but all are in
keeping with the spirit of Christmas
and are very beautiful. Citizens of
the town seem to be vieing with each
other in their many-colored displays,
not so much in the hope of being
awarded the prize offered by the Ro-
tary Club, but to show their spirit
and retain the name that Oakland
has always borne-not doing things
by halves.
The curb Christmas trees of the
merchants, in addition to the many
decorated homes, present a picture of
Christmas which is hard to beat in
much larger and weather. towns, it
is said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Young Peoples Leagues to En-
terrain.

The Young Peoples Leagues Of the
Oakland churches are planning a
New Years Eve party at the Luth-
eran church next Tuesday evening, be-
ginning at 8:15 o'clock. All the young
people of the community are cordially
invited to come and enjoy games and
stunts. An interesting program of
entertainment is being worked out
and hilarious good time is promised
to all who come.
At ten o'clock refreshments will be
served and a quiet social hour will
follow.
At eleven o'clock a Watch Night
service will begin in the church audi
forum. A beautiful and inspiring
candle-light service is being planned
so that all may go forth into the I'M
explored New Year guided by the
Light of Truth, the Light of JOY, the
Light of Good VIII, the Light of
Peace, the Light of Faith, the Light
of Hope and the Light of Love.
Those who anticipate attending the
Watch Night service are cordially in
vited to come to the church at ten
O'Clock and enjoy the social hour with
the young people.
Why not begin the New Year
right? Many people like to begin it
wrongly indulging in some harmful
dissipation Begin the year with the
devil and the devil will probably take
possession of all of it. Begin the year
with God and He will bless you with
happiness and prosperity all the way
through the coming twelve months
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
SAME TEACHING STAFF IN
SCHOOLS TO BEGIN 1880
For First Time in Many Years
No designations at this Time

For the first time in the history of
the County Board of Education since
Mr.. F. E. Rathbun has been County
Superintendent of Schools, there have
been no designations of teachers re-
ceived at the office following the clos
ing of schools on December 20 for the
Christmas holidays.
Every year several designations of
teachers are received, the principal
reasons being marriage, discomfort,
failure, etc, but the exception is the
rule this year, according to Mr.. Rath-
bun.
Two reasons were advanced for this
unusual condition, they being salts
factory salaries and trained teach
ing staff that can adapt themselves
more readily to conditions in the
county. Salaries have been increased
annually in Garrett county with the
number of trained teachers and those
accepting positions are more willing
to complete the school year,
So schools in Garrett county will
reopen on Monday, January 6, 1880,
with exactly the same teachers as
were in charge when the holidays be-
gan, barring deaths and accidents,
Mr. Rathbun concluded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
The Passing of Another Christmas Season.

retail. Then, deducting little more
for the sentiment of the cards, the
loss is still greater.
Last year an uncle to whom l had
sent a present, didn't even mail me a
card. This year | cut him clear off
the list, and he comes through with a
pair of socks, green as grass. I'll just
send him a New Years greeting.
Dropping in of unexpected relatives
at home yesterday was almost en-
barrassing, but | was prepared for
them. l had bought dozen bath
towels in case anything like this hap
pened, and they never knew but that
| had bought them especially for the
dear relatives. l still have seven
towels left and can use them myself.
By the price tags that still re-
manned on most of my gifts, and with
the help of a downtown clerk, l fig
ured that | had received presents to-
falling $49.17 in vlaue. AS l had only
sent out gifts to the amount of $31.91,
this more than made up for the loss
on cards.
l can harlly wait until night comes
SO that can slip into one present
pair of silk pongee pajamas. 1t
raises goose pimples on me every
time | feel it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
DIR. Legge's Home In Baltimore
Damaged by Fire

Three dogs were burned to death
and furniture from $50 to 200 years
old was damaged Monday night in a
two-alarm fire at the home of DR..
John E. Legge, Baltimore, formerly
of Oakland. No one was home at the
time of the fire.
The fire was discovered by James
A. Gary, Jr., who, while putting his
car in a garage behind the Legge res
idence, noticed smoke coming from
the cellar windows. Mr.. Gary tele-
phoned the fire department and fire.
men turned in an alarm on arriving.
Later a second alarm was turned in
when flames burst out on the third
floor.
Dr. Legge was at the Maryland
General Hospital undergoing a slight
operation on his neck. By the time he
had been notified and arrived the fire
was under control.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Give the Birds a Lift!

During the winter months when
natural feed is scarce and es-
pecially during severe weather or
when the ground is covered by snow,
it is very essential that we should
furnish feed for our wild birds and
animals. Such action on your part
will preserve an adequate brood stock
in the covers of Maryland which will
assure a bountiful supply of brood
stock for the propagating season fol-
lowing. 1t is not the cold weather
that kills birds; it is the lack of food.
Their presence adds a touch of life
and good cheer. AS we feed these
winter guests we come to regard
them somewhat in the light of per-
sonal possessions to the extent that
our conscience tells US we have done
the right thing by your feathered and
furred neighbors.
The agriculturalists of Maryland
should be greatly interested in feed
ing and preserving, not only the bob
white, but the numerous species of
song and insectivorous birds which
are of great value to the agricultu
raj interest 1t is very little trouble
to locate their feeding or roosting
places. If there is no shelter, pro-
vide a shelter by cutting some bushes.
If there is snow on the ground, scrape
away the snow and made a shelter OF
the bushes so that the winds will not
I blow the feed away. Place feed under
the shelter and you will be repaid for
your trouble. Such shelter should af-
ford ready exit in case the birds are
pursued by vermin. Feed in small
quantities should be placed daily, if
possible. A pint of feed, consisting
of rye, wheat, barley, buckwheat, corn
or scratch feed is a sufficient daily "a
tino for at least fifty birds. If posi-
Bile, place small pile of sand which
is used for grit.
The mink, weasel, house cats and
the hawks are common enemies of
bob-whites. The skunk has been
found to be as destructive, or more
so, than any other species of vermin.
Farmers, sportsmen, school children
and the general public should coop
crate with the District Deputy Game
Warden of each county in caring for
the wild birds and game animals dur
ing the winter months when natural
feed becomes scarce in the covers.
Not only the residents of the coun-
ties, but residents of the cities of
Maryland as well, should make an
effort to locate wild birds and game
animals in the covers of their respec-
tive neighborhoods and establish feed
ing places for them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Wins Piize In Pythian Contest
in Maryland

Milburn v. Mann, of Oakland, has
Just received = check for $40 from the
Grand Lodge Of Maryland, Knights
of Pythias, for first prize in Mary
land in a contest among members of
Pythian lodges for the ten best rea-
sons why lie is member of the
Knights of FTthias."
The contest was started by Loyal
Lodge of Norfolk, Va, which offered
a prize of 5000 t. any member in the
United States who would write the
ten best reasons. Ihe Supreme lodge
adopted the idea an offered second,
third and fourth prizes. The Grand
Chancellor of Maryland, in turn, Of
fered a cash prize of SO to the mem
Der in Maryland submitting the ten
best reasons, and Mr.. Mann's article
was selected from a great number of
others submitted.
Awards in the national contest have
not been announced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Super-Service at the Oakland
POstOffice.

Few, if any, postoffices in the en-
tire country rendered the public SER
vice as did the Oakland office last
Sunday when the regular letter and
parcel post delivery was made by the
carriers and the delivery window of
the parcel post section was kept open
practically all day, thus affording the
patrons of the office a service twenty
four hours in advance of the usual
week beginning schedule. Letters and
parcels were delivered at the week
day hours on Sunday morning, which
was quite a convenience and was APP
preciated by the patrons of the office.
The policy of Postmaster Ravenscroft
and his helpers is to give the best SER
vice possible and this standard he
strives to maintain at all times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
By CON. ENUMERATION

Well, another Christmas has passed
and now store clerks will be busy for
two months in making exchange of
28's for 36's, 6's for rs, green for red,
pink for pinker, and some will even
try to get cash for their articles.
Aside from receiving shirt, size
1872, which couldn't squeeze my an
kle into, hat, size 71a, which even
my big ears wouldn't hold up, and a
Christmas tie, of passionate blue,
which l wouldn't even wear on a
camping trip, had very Merry
Christmas. | don't mind the tie so
much. can give that away next year
to somebody who is just as big sap
as l am, but the 1872 shirt and 718
hat sure did get my nanny. If the
sender's object was to give me good
choking he could have sent me a
hangman's noose-it would have been
cheaper and just as effective.
And the hat! Just imagine a 7H
for MY head. Why, it wasn't near
big enough, according to my way of
thinking.
In returns, l came out on the short
end of the stick. l sent out Id cards
to friends, college chumps and rela-
tives and only got SIS in return, MAX
ing net loss of 50 cards, or $500,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
To Serve Year In Confinement

AIonzo Cummings, IS, was ar
raigned before Judge a. G. Hughes,
in the circuit court in Kingwood, W.
Va, last Thursday afternoon and
sentenced to serve a year in confne-
ment. Cummings plead guilty to
driving the automobile which struck
Claud Lipscomb, aged 9, at Aurora,
about a month ago, killing him in
stantly.
Cummings had been sought by
State and county officers for a month
but was not apprehended until Tues
day evening when he was arrested at
the home of Calvin Simmons, near
Erwin, by Sheriff w. W. Williams
and Deputy Sheriff Carl Roth.
He was taken before Judge Hughes
last Thursday afternoon and upon a
plea of guilty, sentence was pro
nounced. The defendant was accom-
panied to the bar of the court by his
counsel, ], V. Gibson, attorney,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
JEREMIAH NJ. STANTON

jeremiah M. Stanton, aged 81, died
at his home in Oakland yesterday ev-
ening at seven o'clock following an
illness of three weeks of infammatory
rheumatism and d heart attack, the
latter being the immediate cause of
his death, the announcement Of which
was keenly felt by legion of friends
in Oakland.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at nine o'clock from st.
Peters Catholic church, Oakland, Rev.
FIR. VIM. J. McVeigh, pastor officiat-
ing, assisted by Rev. Fr. Thomas j.
Stanton, of Baltimore, brother of
the deceased. Interment will be made
in the local Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. Stanton, the youngest son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Stan
ton. was born at Deer Park, May 16,
1875, and came with his parents to
Oakland shortly afterward where they
continued to reside until their deaths
a number of years ago. He was mar
ried twenty-seven years ago to Miss
Mary Barlow, of Warrington, W. Va,
his brother, Rev. FIR Stanton, then
serving as pastor of the Lonaconlng
Catholic church, performing the cere-
mony. He is survived by Mrs. Stan
ton and the following children: Sister
Mary Jarlath, South Bend, Ind; JOS
eph Stanton, Oakland; Sister Jane
Frances, St. Mary's of the Woods,
Ind; Robert Stanton, Sarah Gather
inc and Margaret, all of Oakland. He
is also survived by two brothers, Rev.
Thomas j. Stanton, Baltimore, and
Mr.. John w. Stanton, of Chicago, ILL.,,
and by two sisters, Miss Nellie Stan
ton, of Oakland, and Sister Paula, of
the Leper Colony, Carmel, La.
Mr.. Stanton during his lifetime was
active in civic affairs in Oakland, be-
ing at one time president of the Board
of Trustees of the local grammar
school; president of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Elections of Garrett
county; president of the Town Coun-
ell at the time of the installation Of
the water works system, and served
as policeman for number of years.
In addition to being a consistent
member of the Catholic church in
Oakland he was also a member of the
Knights of Columbus and the Holy
Name Society.
He had a pleasing personality and
had a host of friends in Oakland and
indeed throughout the county.
In recent years he was engaged in
the drayage and taxi cab business
with offices on Liberty street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
MISS CECILIA HART AND
]. M. STANTON ARE CALLED
Death Visits Two Families In
Oakland And Takes One Men,
Der From Each

Funeral services for Miss Mary
Cecilia Hart, daughter of the late
John W., and Mrs. Anna Hart, were
conducted Monday morning at nine
o'clock at st. Peters Catholic church,
with a requiem high mass celebrated
by the Rev. FIR. William j. McVeigh,
pastor, assisted by the Rev. FIR. John
j. Brady, of Meyersdale, Pa, who de-
livered the funeral sermon and paid
a high tribute to the deceased young
lady. Interment was made in the
Catholic cemetery.
Miss Hart died at Johns Hopkins
hospital Baltimore, early Saturday
morning, following an illness of more
than four years duration. She was a
graduate of Oakland High school,
class of 1917, and of Mt. st. Agnes
college, Washington, D, c. Follow
ing her graduation she accepted po-
sition as instructor in the public
schools of Garrett county, teaching in
the Oakland Grammar school for sew
eral years preceding her illness.
She is survived by her mother, Mrs.
Anna Hart, seven sisters, Mrs. James
A. Sweeney, Baltimore; Mrs. Sidney
Agnelly, Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Robert
White, Cleveland, Ohio; sister Mary
Marcella, Baltimore; Miss Marguerite
Hart, Washington, D. c.; and Misses
Estella and Helen Hart, Oakland; and
by two brothers, John f. Hart, Wash
ington; and James Hart, Oakland.
The pallbearers were Messrs. JOS
eph Helbig, Robert Helbig, Carlton
Helbig, Leo Helbig, Edward Helbig,
and Richard Helbig, cousins of Miss
Hart. The flowerbearers were Mrs.
Ralph Thayer, Mrs. Edward Law
renee, Mrs. Paul McIntire, Mrs. Frank
Smouse, Mrs. Hugh Teets, and Miss
Isabel Hamill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
Oakland High Is Defeated By
Terra Alta

Terra Alta High school basketball
quint triumphed over Oakland High
last Friday evening at Terra Alta,
29-13. At no time was the West
Virginia team in danger, and at half
time the count stood 10 to 7.
Graves was the high scorer for
Oakland with 6 points to his credit
Stemple and Maroney scored three
points each, and Sollars one to COM
plete the count.
Fridays game was the opening en-
counter of the season for Oakland
and it is expected that a smoother
performance will be given by the
team in the next fray.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
SENATOR W. A. GUNTER
ADDRESSED ROTARY CLUB
Cumberland Attorneys Message
To Service Club Unique and
Extremely Practical.

Local Rotarians and their guests at
the weekly dinner last Friday night
at the William-James Hotel were ex-
ceedingly we'll pleased with the
speaker of the evening and the mes
sage he brought them, his address be-
ing uniquely built around the sub
ject, "Old Thoughts for the New
Year"
Senator Gunter expressed himself
as being exceedingly happy in coming
to Oakland "where the hand of good
fellowship and courtesy is at all times
extended" His address in full follows:
THANK God there is always land of
beyond
For US who are true to the trail;
A vision to seek, a reckoning beak,
A fairness that never will fail.
GA pride in our soul that mocks at
goal,
A manhood that inks at a bond,
And try as we will, unattainable still,
Behold it, our land of beyond.
within the next few days 1929
Ammo Dominii will have become an
other one of those periods which we
call history. AS we stand upon the
threshold of the new year we are
seized with a feeling of anxiety and
thoughtfulness-we are wondering
what fruit it shall bring forth for
US. When the stock is inventoried and
the books are balanced at the end of
the next twelve-month period, will
we require black or red ink? VIII
our ledger show assets of health,
wealth, happiness, success and laugh
ter, or liabilities of poverty, sickness,
sorrow, failure and tears?
"The birthday OF the new year is to
most of US thoughtful day, for it is
the one day in the year when con-
sciously or unconsciously we stand
before the looking glass, take good
look at ourselves and think of what
we are and what we shall be.
know Thyself' was the inscrip-
ton carved over the doorway of a
pagan temple Man is more deficient
in self knowledge than in almost any
other kind of knowledge, not that
men and women do not think about
| themselves, for most of Us seem to
think of little else, but we think of
what we shall have, what we shall get,
how we will appear, what we shall do,
now and then perhaps what we shall
! be, but rarely, if ever, what we are.
| "And so, during the last 1854 days
of the year, the mighty rushing wind,
the convulsive earthquake, the scorch-
/ ing fire of business competition, of
social and political rivalry and strug-
gle fill the ear with their deafening
roar and drown out the accents of
the still small voice of circumspection,
| but on the first and natal day man
stops, ponders, soliloquizes and forth
with the mind terminates groups of
new intentions, new endeavors, new
promises, known to most of US as res
olutions for the new year We pledge
ourselves that we intend to be more
kind, charitable, honest, Industrious,
faithful, successful and a myriad of
other benefcent and worthy inten-
lions. We are serious, we are sin
Continued on page eight)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
OAKLAND A. A. DEFEATED
AT KINGWOOD SATURDAY
Deluge of Field Goals In Second
Half Cause of Downfall

The Oakland A. A. basketball team
was defeated in its opening game at
Kingwood, W. Va, on Saturday night
when the Kingwood Bears went on a
rampage in the second half and scored
twelve field goals. The final score
was 1925. The first half ended 1918
in favor of Kingwood.
Killen led the scoring for Oakland
with five field goals and one foul, with
Wolf and Hanst contributing the rest
Of the points. Liston for Kingwood
was the high point-getter.
Kingwood Bears will appear in
Oakland on Wednesday, January 8,
for return game at MAYORS Hall.
The lineup and summary;
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26

In the Orphans Court on Tuesday
morning the wills of the late John 0.
Thayer, with A. G. Thayer as execu-
tor, and that of Michael Canty, with
A. 7. Matthews as executor, were pro-
bated and the executors qualified.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26

Substitutions-Ki Dent, D
Hartman, R. Hartman. Field goals
Wolf 4, Killen 5, Hanst 2, Jackson 2
Liston 7, F. Carroll 5, A. Carroll 4, R
Hartman 2. Foul goals, Wolf Is
Killen Ii, Hanst IL, Jackson 2-2.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
ANNUAL BAND CONCERTO
BE HELD ON DECEMBER 20
Progress of Boys Band to be
Shown in Program at Theatre

The third annual concert of the Gil
bert-Brown Boys band of Oakland
will be given in the Maryland theatre
on Sunday evening, December 20, at
$50 o'clock, Immediately following
services in the different churches, R.
R. Gilber55, director, has announced.
Practices on special music for the
occasion have been held for the past
few weeks. Christmas, 1927, was
the first public appearance of the
Boys band, and since that time it
has been an annual affair so that the
Improvement of the members might
be noted by the people of Oakland.
The program will be as follows:
Columbian ................ March
The Elves ............... Overture
Gippsland Observation-Disclosures. March
A Night in June ......... Serenade
The Rifle Rangers .......... March
Pagan Love Song, Solo by Reeves
Blandford
Silent Night, Holy Night, Solo by
Reeves Blandford.
Energy Observation-Disclosures. Overture
Military Escort ............. March
Dawn Observation-Disclosures. Reverie
The New Colonial .......... March
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

stephen failed entirely to get the double meaning behind Pamela's words. He looked past her as she spoke and recognized Huck.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

She did not ask him in to share the pot of hot chocolate and the nut cake her mother had prom ised to rrovied, though he climbed the stairs with her and said good night at the door. It was good night the coldness Of which would have been appropri- were locked in the stiffness of a triflmg misunderstanding, and were as distant as though hatred motiyat- ed them.
 In her room. after making sure that Connie was asleep. Mildred permitted the tears that had been smarting her eyes to roll down her checks.
 She ierked her new dress ever her head and threw it on chair stephen hadn't 50 much as noticed it.
 And stephen. hurryins back to the suo"ay, was telling himself that he'd made nice mess of '4iheS' -N'it iu@t NiiSli "-7 '1- ginning to like that girl, too. We'll l guess she won't be hang ing out any flags if l ever come back"
 He was still in q mood of self depreciation when hc reached his hotel and found message in his room. He was asked to call the Judson Hotel.
 CTO BE CONTINUED
New Britain herald., 1929-04-03

Mildred. but Mildred's fiery come- back had surprised him. He had no idea she had 80 much fight in her makeup.
 And even less did he know that she had been growing more and more resentful all evening. and that he was mostly to blame for it. He'd have laughed outright at the notion of his being jealous of Huek Connor.
 But he would not have denied that 1t upset him to see Pamela alone with the man. He'd heard the story of how she'd met Huck. but he hadn't supposed it would go any further. Pamela herself had told him she thought Huck might be mixed up in something queer.
 Suddenly it occurred to him that Mildred may have resented his at tempt 10 include Pamela in the party. Perhaps she knew that Pa nela would not like it.
 NRi t''iiifS VI aS uililh, llt lbI'. himself, and wished that he could explain his reason. He hated to have Mildred thinking he was tact less and inconSidcrate. but how was he to tell her that he'd only been trying 10 sec that Pamela went homeH That he was afraid HucE would induce her to go 10 some night club?
 The noise of the train made in- timate conversation difficult Mil dred was thankful that it did. Stephens manner convinced her that he was certainly not having q good time. Surely this woull be the end Of their friendship; ned never want to take her out again.
 On the walk from the subway to her home Mildred scarcely ut tered a word. She vas angry with herself because she felt shed been badly treated And she didn't want to feel sorry for herself, There Was no reason for crying just because man she hardl! knew liked another girl better than her.
 Chilled by her silence, stephen had as little 10 say.