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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
EVERYBODY INVITED TO
MAKE HOMES ATTRACTIVE
Oakland Civic Club Sponsoring
Yard and Garden COntest-En-
tries Must be in by May 10

To give every home in this city
more attractive surroundings so that
living will be more enjoyable, to Gre
ate a healthier environment and to
improve and beautify in general, the
Oakland Civic club last week an
nounced that Yard and Garden con-
test would be conducted here.
Every family in the city is invited
to enter and help make it a COM
munity forward movement. There is
no entry fee.
Small home yards and gardens will
have an equal chance with the more
pretentious grounds in winning one Of
the several prizes offered, and every
entrant will be greatly benefited by
Joining the movement even if he does
not win a prize.
An entry blank is being printed
this week in The Republican which
all are asked to fill in and mail to
Mrs. A. L. Lee, contest chairman.
Entries will close on May 10, it was
announced.
Outdoor Living Room
An opportunity to create an attrac-
tive and enjoyable outdoor living
room in place Of an uninviting back
yard will be given every family taking
part in the campaign. Entrants will
be shown how easy it is to do this by
merely setting out trees, shrubs and
flowers. Improved home grounds will
provide a family with an ideal en-
vironment for growing children as
well as more enjoyable living quarters
for older people, it was pointed out.
John H. Carter, county agent, will
tell people what materials are needed
in the different kinds of soil, and will
offer information on plants that will
grow well in this section of the coun-
try.
Read Republican for Advice
From time to time The Republican
will publish helpful suggestions on
yard Identification and planting.
Actual before and after views will be
shown of homes so transformed by
the inspiration of a yard and garden
contest. Ideal outdoor living rooms
and model front yards will also be de-
picted in illustrated articles.
Personal advice on how to beautify
your home grounds will also be given
by the general committee in charge OF
the contest which is composed of Mrs.
A. L. Lee, Mrs. H. A. Loraditch, Mrs.
B. H. Sincell, Mrs. F. E. Rathbun, and
Mrs. C. A. Shilke.
Each home entered in competition
will be personally visited and inspec-
ted by the judges. Fifty cents is be-
ing offered to any person who sends IN
a winning slogan to be used in con-
Quoting the contest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
PRELIMINARY RETURNS OF
THE CENSUS ANNOUNCED
Grantsville Has Gain in POpula-
ton of 1872 In Last Ten Years
Kitzmiller Loses Heavily

A gain in three towns of Garrett
county, and loss in two towns was
reported in preliminary count of the
returns of the, Fifteenth Census by
John J. Stump, Cumberland, super
visor for this district. Mt. Lake Park,
Grantsville and Deer Park gained a
total of 211, Grantsville having 1872
more than was listed in 1920.
Kitzmiller has lost PIT since the
last census, due to the slump in the
coal business, and Loeb Lynn Heights
was listed as having decreased 26.
While the figures given in this an
nouncement are preliminary and SUBJ
ject to correction, they are believed
to be substantially correct. The first
five towns enumerated show net
loss of 80.
The preliminary figures are. as
follows:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Girl Injured in Wreck

Miss Dorothy Dodge, of near Oak
land, was injured in an automobile
accident Sunday evening just north of
town. The car in which she was riding
was sideswiped by a "hit-and-run"
driver, turning it completely over.
The other occupants of the car were
not seriously injured. It could not be
learned who the driver of the car was,
as he failed to stop. Miss Dodge is
employed by the Celanese Corpora
ton, at Cumberland, and was return
ing to that city when the accident
occurred.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Wins Airplane Model Contest

James Long, H.. of Clarksburg, w.
Va, son Of Mr., and Mrs. Edgar Long
and grandsol Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Shaffer, of Oakland, was awarded
first place in 81 airplane model con-
test staged in Pittsburgh, Pa, last
week. Seventy-r,-e youths competed
against him.
By virtue of the t-;umph of his tiny
monoplane in the indoor event, Long
will participate in the national model
contest to be he'd in Dc troit in June.
The creation of the West Virginia lad
easily outclassed those of other con-
testants. 1t scared in the air for five
minutes and three seconds, which is
considered remarkable for a model
ship. Long will also compete in an
other contest this week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Civic Club Officers to be Chosen
at Meeting Tuesday

Election of officers and final plans
for the garden contest will, be made
at the next meeting of the Oakland
Civic club one of the most important
of the entire year, according to the
secretary, and every member is urged
to be present.
The meeting will be held Tuesday
afternoon, April 20, at 8 o'clock in
the club room in the court house, next
to office of the public health nurse.
Officers will be elected for a term Of
one year. All are asked to enter their
names on the list in improving and
identifying their homes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Rotarians To Hold Inter-C City
Meeting This Evening

The first inter-city meeting of Ro-
tary clubs for this year will be held
at Terra Alta, W. Va, this evening
with clubs from Oakland, Terra Alta,
Kingwood, and Morgantown particle
pating.
Ignatius Bjorlee, governor of the
34th district, will be present and give
an address. There will be other num-
bers on the program including some
stunts.
Oakland Rotarians are to meet at
the William-James hotel not later
than 5:15 p. m. so that the trip can be
made in plenty of time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Send In Your Entry
Blank at Once

Send in your entry blank in the
Yard and Garden contest at once.
Do not delay. Clip the entry cou-
pom appearing in The Republican
today, fill out as directed and
mail to the address indicated. In
terest your neighbors and have
them to enter, too. You will inn
prove the appearance of your en-
ire street by so doing.
Entry blanks may be secured
from Mrs. A. L. Lee, Oakland, or
from the Civic Club of Oakland.
You have as good a chance as
anyone to win a prize, and re-
member, "You win if you lose"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Tea Room Will Open Sunday
Boys Band Will Benefit

Mrs. Nettie Eichelberger will open
her tea room at her home on Oak
street on Sunday, April 81, and half
of the receipts for the first day will
be given over to the Boys Band, to
apply on the purchase of uniforms, R.
R. Gilbert announced.
The tea room will be known as the
Burn and Betty Tea Room, and a
creamed chicken dinner will be served
from IL to 2 o'clock for so cents.
There will be luncheon in the evening
from until $50.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Checking of \ Cars Shows
Traffic on the Go

More than 1000 cars travelled on
Oak street during the past Thursday,
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and
1905 travelled on Third street, a
check-up during those days shows.
The check was being made by the
State Roads commission to ascertain
if it was justified in expeding an
amount of money for shoulders along
Route 81 in the city limits of Oakland.
Oak street led in number of cars only
on Sunday. Following is the renort:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Westward
Boys and Girls Should be
Practicing for Tournament

Boys and girls of Garrett county
should be busy getting ready for the
countrywide marble tournament to be
held on Athletic Day, May %, at the
Fair grounds, Oakland. The winner
will be given a free trip to Ocean
City, N. j.
Each school boy can obtain the
rules of the tournament from his
teacher.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Firemen to Give Dance

Another dance for the benefit of the
Oakland Volunteer Fire department
will be held on Wednesday, May Ia,
at MAYORS hall, Oakland, it has been
announced. The total receipts of the
last dance on Easter Monday amount
ed to $75, about $25 of which was
clear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
WEEKS CELEBRATION FOR
BOYS WILL BEGIN SUNDAY
All Committees Have Been APP
pointed-Rotary Members TO
Speak in Schools of County

With the appointment of commit
tees completed, everything is in readi-
ness for the second annual celebration
of Boys Week throughout the county
from Sunday, April 81 to Saturday,
May 8, it has been announced by the
Boys Work committee of the Oak
land Rotary club which is sponsor
ing the event.
The program is similar to the one
of last year and is as follows:
Sunday morning, boys day in Sun
day School and Church when every
boy is expected to attend somewhere.
Ministers are being asked to preach
special sermons.
Parade at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at o'clock, pa
rade of all boys in Garrett county and
surrounding communities will be held.
The parade will form at the Grammar
school and will march to the Maryland
Theatre where Harry Cronin, Fair
mont attorney at law, will address the
boys. A prize for the largest delega-
ton of boys in the parade will also be
presented at this time. H. C. Sincell,
Emroy Bolden and L. K. Dixon are in
charge of the parade while W. W.
Dawson Paul Naylor and Floyd Stahl
have charge of arrangements at the
theatre. E. R. Jones, George D.
Sprague and A. T. Shaw will be
judges.
Monday and Tuesday will be boys
days at school and the following men,
bers of the Rotary club will address
the High schools and Crellin and Oak
land grammar schools:
Monday, / p. M, Oakland High, w.
W. Dawson; Monday, 1 p. M, Oakland
grammar, DR.. H. w. McComas; Mon
day, 9 a. M, Grantsville, E. R. Jones;
Monday, 1 p. M, Kitzmiller, to be an
nounced; Tuesday, 9 a. M, Crellin, J.
E. Harmed; Tuesday, 9. a. M, Acct
dent, Delbert Davis; Tuesday, 1O:45
a. M, Friendsville, Delbert Davis;
Tuesday, 1 p. NJ, Kempton, Rev. C.
A. Shilke.
Wednesday will be boys evening
at home so that they may become in
terested in the home and also have
the parents interested in them.
Thursday will be "Boys in Citizen
Ship" when it is hoped that each
community will set up a town council
and hold a routine session. Oakland's
Boy Council will be elected at the
High school and the city government
will be turned over to the boys on
Thursday evening from Z until
O'Clock, after which Fire Chief George
Kerins and Emory Bolden will explain
about Oakland's Volunteer Fire de-
partment. w. w. Dawson, E. R.
Jones, Emroy Bolden, and L. K. Dix
on are members of the committee in
charge of this day.
Friday, 2:15, the boys will be guests
of the Rotary club at a picture to be
given in the Maryland theatre. Sat-
urday will be boys day out of doors,
when it is hoped that all boys will
take the opportunity to get out into
the woods or open country and inter-
est themselves in nature.
Boys Week is sponsored by the In
ternational Boys Work Council and is
for the purpose of focusing public
attention upon the boys as the worlds
greatest asset.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Taft and Mr..
Frank yelling, of Morgantown, W.
Va, spent yesterday afternoon and
this morning with relatives in Oak
land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24

Paul Mitchell was the official coun-
ter on Third street and Simon Meyers
the official counter for Oak street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAMS
TO OPEN SEASON FRIDAY
Oakland High Aggregation Will
Entertain KitZmiller Nine

Garrett county High schools will
open their baseball season this year
on Friday when Oakland will enter
tain the Kitzmiller team. This game
will probably be played at Crellin on
an improved diamond, Foster O..
Speicher, Oakland coach, announced.
Oakland had strong opposition from
this team last year and they are not
expected to be easy this year. The
starting lineup for Oakland will in
clude Don Colaw, Dawson, Butler,
Dennis Colaw, Maroney, and Carskad-
on, with the fielding positions still I'M
decided.
Grantsville withdrew from the
league this year. The schedule for
baseball and volley ball is as follows:
April 25 .... .Kitzmiller at Oakland
April 20 .Friendsville at Oakland
May 2 ........ Oakland at Kitzmiller
May 6 80. .Kitzmiller at Friendsville
May 9 ......Oakland at Friendsville
May 16 -. Friendsville at Kitzmiller
The date of May may be changed
due to Boys Week and the High
school play, it was stated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21


Rust, that eternal foe of the house
holder, has a real use in life. Your
gas company finds it wholly indispen-
sable. Certain plants specialize in
making and selling this material, ac-
cording to a writer in "Gas Logic"
Great piles of pieces of iron are
heaped upon a foundation Of pine
clippings, which also are interspersed
throughout the heap. Salt water is
pumped over the iron piles exposed to
the air. The pieces soon turn brown
and the pile is then spaded to expose
the chips underneath. The process
continues until the entire pile is re-
duced to rust. Your gas company
passes gas over the rust. thereby re-
moving impurities. which would other
wise cause it to give off disagree
able odor when burned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21
HELPING YOUNG FOLK
TO BECOME BANKERS

Through the American Institute Of
Banking. which is the American Bank.
ers Associations educational section.
the banking profession is educating
$4,000 bank men and women in the
technical and scientific departments
of their work. These students are en-
abled by this institute, which is entire.
ly non-commercial in It's operations. to
Obtain grasp OF the finer points Of
banking without interrupting their
employment or interfering with their
earnings. in their bank jobs.
The courses given. including bank
ing economics and law and bank adj
ministration in all the departments.
have been worked out under the d.
rection of senior college educators
and the lectures are always given by
practical men. such as lawyers In the
legal courses. experts in banking oper-
atoms and college professors in the
economics courses. There are chap
tiers with meeting rooms in over 200
cities and also a number of smaller
study groups are iostered with cor
respondence aid
1t has been said that the A. I. B.. as
1t is Familiarity known throughout the
banking field. Is the greatest adult ed
ucational organization in the world
and Is supplying the banking business
with the largest supply Of trained
workers each year that any compar-
able line of business is receiving. The
organization holds an annual conven.
ton attended by hundreds of young
bank workers as well as senior pank
officers actively interested in further
ing the Institutes educational work.
at which numerous technical subjects
of practical banking application are
presented and discussed. This years
convention will be held at Denver,
Colorado. June 10 TO 20.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21
WHO, CARES?

Some mills in Cecil county
are closed down temporarily,
at least, and people are out of
work. AS a result families are
deprived of wages necessary to
buy food, fuel and clothing,
and those who for one reason
or another have not been able
to lay by for such a period are
in distress. Where can help
be secured? Some have rela-
tives who can help out and
others have kind neighbors in
better circumstances who are
willing to share their stores.
1t is humilatting to say the
least to have to resort to such
methods and there are families
who are literally starving rath-
err than let their wants be
known.
We have a Welfare Society
organized in Cecil county to
assist such and any others in
distress for other reasons
which l will not enumerate
here. We want to keep you
informed as to what we are
doing, but l feel sure you must
realize that people especially
when they are unfortunate de-
serve our sympathy to protect
them from unkind town talk
as we'll to keep them from
starving.
We have during the past
month had referred to us 81
major cases in the family well
fare department in addition to
the So carried over from last
month. Several of these have
been very urgent cases requir-
ing much time and work.
Needless to say our energetic
Social Worker has been very
busy, so busy in fact that some
Of the cases which appeared to
be less urgent than others have
had to wait for the assistance
we would gladly render if we
could. In every case where
there was actual suffering we
nave been able to render as
sistance either directly or thru
volunteer helpers, to whom we
are most grateful. The new
clothing contributed by the
Needlework Guild Branches,
and also the generous contri-
buttons of second hand articles
have been much appreciated.
We have twelve children
who have been entrusted to our
care who are placed either with
RELATIVES or in foster homes.
Some Of these are supported by
one or both parents, who after
all are legally as well as NOR
ally responsible for their off
spring. We have right now
three very promising children
who would be an addition to
ny home and we shall be glad
to hear from any one interest
ed in supplying such a home.
Our financial report and plan
for district apportionment of
our budget will be published in
the near future. Meanwhile
contributions of money, food
and clothing will be much ap-
preciated and gladly received
at our Office in the Health Cen
ter at Elkton in the George
Building next the Court House.
Bertha Baldersron,
procifinnf
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

France is alarmed because her
tourist business dropped off 100000
600 last year and is trying to learn
the reason for it. Ordinarily the an
nual income from tourist amounts to
$6OO,0OO,0 900. most of which is that
much balance of trade in her favor.
The French people are noted to stay
at home, seemingly to be thoroughly
satisfied with their own country and
climate. People from other countries
like to travel around and see the
world, but not the French, who pre-
fer to let the world come to see them.
It seems that some of the visitors
! have quit coming and that is what
troubles France.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Utility com
panies generally respond to this de
sire.
In this particular. the Boston Trav
eler says editorially:
The telephone has become so com
mon to American life that 1t appears
in illustrations almost everywhere In
newspapers, magazines and photo
plays
ITO assist motion picture directors.
photographers and artists, in the &C
curacy of their work, the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
has issued hook. entitled Modern
illustration of the Telephone
THE book will he of great service
because 1t is serviceably made up and
gives all the detail necessary to the
production of good work There are
even illustrations ri the telephone
girls through the years.
Modern business certainly over
looks no opportunity for advertising
It pays
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21


Gradually we are beginning to be-
lieve that maybe couple Of hundred
years ago were the ''good old days.
after all. In an account Of the "suffo-
cation" of the curative powers at
Passy. once a famous "cure' visited
by bellies and beaux Of the Eighteenth
century, and now almost smothered
by the buildings Of a Partisan suburb,
is the statement, benjamin Frank
lin here secured unique collection
of women's garters." And we used to
be told in the histories that he was
over there to obtain support for the
cause of American independence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

The police reporter, regardless of
diplomacy and finance, makes the first
page story that everybody reads. Ele-
mental humanity remains Supreme in
interest and vindicates the poets
assertion. 1.-THE proper study bf man.
kind IL man"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

There isn't anything much crueler,
If we remember our childhood, than
dragging a small boy through a gro
Gerry where the cookie tins are the
height of his eyes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Tired, perhaps, of helping the young
magazine agent through college, a
man In Holland has invented a door
bell that doesn't ring until penny
Is put In the slot.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Rockets to the moon" remind US Of
the early railroad stock promoters
who called their line the Orient & Gulf,
or something of the sort. and laid five
miles Of track in the prairie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

1t Is against the law in Russia for
an actor to retain press agent. Thus,
paradoxically, the actor saves money,
although his published salary is
smaller.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

An authority on legerdemain says
there were magicians as far back as
the days of the Ptolemys. This is
odd. too. seeing that there were no
plug hats in Egypt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

A California mountain has lost five
feet in height in one generation. How.
ever, some notables of the past have
Jared as badly in single biography.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

"Using delicate stethoscopes. scien-
lists are able to hear the fruit fly
larva inside a grapefruit" the big
eayesdroppers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Baby carriages in Sweden are to be
required to carry headlights at night.
We understand that no exception is
made in the case of an exceptionally
bright child.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Another quite informative move at
the bridge table, when inviting part
ner's bid, is to pick up the hand and
say, "Hurrayl"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

We now have self-lighting and self
extinguishing cigarettes. The self
cleaning pipe, however. Is still in the
millennium.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

A Brooklyn boy has become one of
the leading matadors of Spain. He
acquired his skill, we believe, from
watching the traffic officers at home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21
Blowing Hot and Cold

Doctor Slosson says that heat Is
measured as time is measured, only by
its loss. When you blow through near
ly closed lips the breath Is expelled
so rapidly that passing over the hand
1t cools 1t by evaporating the perspira-
ton from the skin. whereas when you
breathe upon II more gently from the
open mouth the hand is surrounded by
the warm air. and hence feels hot II
thermometer were used instead of
the hand. you would find that the eff
feet In the two cases is the same. or
often the reverse. because the Their
mometer has no moist skin and regis
tiers the actual temperature Instead OF
merely changes of temperature.
"a L : Il ~ -. - -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Swiss railroads have become wholly
electrified in the last five years, and
the next thing would seem to be con-
verting the battle feet into oil burners.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

The wind is tempered to the shorn
lamb. and we see where the fly that
eats the grapefruit has virtually no
eyesighl TO ruin
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

A man who is said to have pat
ented the first fountain pen has passed
on. leaving no other blots on the
escutcheon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Singers on the radio have one adj
vantage over their concert hall COM
petitors, they are not obliged to dress
for the occasion unless they want to.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Courtship is a misfit training
school for what comes after.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

Keep up with the procession.
Don't, at least, be Rip Van
Wrinkle while you are awake.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-02-21

There is no safety in study.