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Over the Paths the First President T1od N
Mas Spent His Early Youth His Crow
Which Nogv Haze Become Hallod
en-; :ss :; e: :s:s: En-, ss e.: BY John

was a hard one. and they depended largely
for an income upon the money collected at
the ferry, and at the grinding mill" on Clair
bourne's Run nearby. George was forced when
he was Is to give up any further attempts at
schooling. but the other children still attended
the schools In Fredericksburg. On Sundays the
whole family crossed and attended services In
Saint Georges Church, where Georges teacher,
Parson Marye, was the rector.
Lawrence returned from his seafaring and
settled at the old Eppawasson place, which he
named Mount Vernon. after the admiral under
whom he had sailed, and here young George.
who was a favorite Of this elder half brother,
often visited. It was between one of these
visits, when the tales Lawrence had told him
Of the sea and adventure were throbbing in his
head. that George decided to join the British
Navy. His belongings, as far as he needed
them, were packed and he was ready to 60
when his mothers final pleas prevailed and
he decided that it was his duty to stay at
Ferry farm and carry on.
When he was visiting Mount Vernon a little
later he met Lord Fairfax whose estate was
at Belvoir, close by. Lord Fairfax employed
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Ourg, In C0c NOrCQeTu NECK Oh VIZ.
n ginia, a plainly marked road
which diverges from the Kings
y Highway, an architects conception
Of George WaShington's birthplace stands on
Wakefield Plantation, overlooking Pope's Greek
and close to the shore of the Potomac River.
It is q brick house of two stories, with dormer
windows and is surrounded by a spacious lawn
with old shade trees adding to its picturesque
appearance. The approach is by a gravel road.
and gravel pathways lead from the house to
the river, and to the old cemetery, while
formal garden, such as existed when TIE
Washingtons made their home here, adds to
the beauty CT the surroundings. The restora-
ton was done by the National Park service and
the Wakefield National Memorial Association,
whose work has been widely publicized that
since July 1000 persons have visited the
Manor where, on February %, 200 years ago,
the boy who was to become the creates:
American was born.
For many years before George was born,
the place had belonged to the Washingtons. It
was upon this tract that the emigrant from
England John washington, established him
self and from him 1t passed to his son Law
renee. and from Lawrence on to Augustine
Washington, father Of George. All Of these
ancestors and George Washingtons half
= brother, Augustine Washington, jr., sleep in
the vault in the family burying grounds.
Tho. elder Augustine Washington married
Jane Butler In 17l5, when he was 81 years old.
They lived here at Wakefield, close to such
great manor houses - stratford, Of the Lees:
Mount Airy, Of thes TayloeS; Marnion. Of the
Ftzhughs; Fredland.s .spf the Hooes and
Masons: Sabine Hall, Mount Airy, Menokin
and other famed homes. and not far from the
birthplace of James Monroe and James Madi-
son. -. 1T rs,
Two children were born to them At Wake
held before Jane Butler died In 1728. They.
we're Augustine and Lawrence.
taking as his wife this time Mary BAN.
daughter of Joseph Ball Of Epping Forest IN
nearby Lancaster County, who was 13 years
his junior, being then % years old. In after
years. and when she had passed away, some one
gave her the name Of The Rose Of Epping For
est" which would have made her very angry
had she heard it, for she was never great
beauty and was a woman Of much common
sense.
To Augustine and Mary Ball Washington
there we're born: At Wakefield, George in 1882;
Betty, in 1733 and Samuel in 1874. At Ep-
pawasson, to which they moved at about this
time and which is part Of the present Mount
Vernon tect, John was born in 1876, and at
the Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg, to which
they moved in 1913, Charles, in 1898, and Mil
dred, wh6 died before she was six months old,
IN 1879.
The move from Wakefield to Eppawasson
was prompted by Augustine's failure to prosper
at Wakefield, but upon the Eppawasson tract,
later known as Mount Vernon, and close to
the frontier of Virginia, he found life even
harder. Having children to educate, he bought
in 1898 from William Strother tract of 100
acres, lying about two miles below the falls
pf the Rappahannock, with a handsome dwell
0g thereon, and ferry belonging to it." which
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him with surveying party to run lines
the wilderness, and Mrs. Washington gid
let him go, because it had been decided d
surveying was to be his profession, and
would only be away from home for period4
few months, and between surveys could q
back to the farm to help manage it. So, att
young George with the party ran the lines b
through unexplored country, over the d
Ridge and into the Shenandoah Valley, sid
ing on the ground, working from daybreaA
dark, cooking at campfres, and enduring nj
other hardships, among them danger from
tack by border Indians He went sew
times on surveys for Lord Fairfax, and d
said that he first met the man who wa
be a great statesman, George Mason of q
ston, when the latter employed him to runI
lines back to the valley, as he had done
Fairfax. In later life Mason was Washj
tons closest friend.
"A /HEN Lawrence was stricken with tube
w losis he decided to 60 to the BAH
Islands in hope Of recovery, and George
with him. They found a suitable home on
islands, and George was immensely Pile
with this chance to travel and live in
5ropic islands, but, unfortunately, it was
long before he fell victim to smallpox, and
long time he was dangerously ILL., After
the disease, which remained for his hfet
They both returned early in 1852, Lawrenc
the Mount Vernon, where he died, and Ge
to the Ferry farm, where he again took up m
agement of the farm and surveying, plot
land for many of the large proprietors,
laying out roads, one of which, in STAFF
still bears the name of Washington road.
All of the children of Mary Ball Washin
were at home now, and the younger ones
went to school.
When George was 19 and engaged still
surveying but giving most of his time to
aging the farm, another episode occurred in
life, which Is thus told in the records d
court held at Fredericksburg in 1751:
Ann Carroll and Mary Mcdaniel, serva
of Fredericksburg, being committed to the
Of this county by William Hunter, gent
suspicion Of felony, charged with robbing
cloathes of Mr.. George Washington, while
was washing in the river some time last s
mer, the court is of opinion that the said
Carroll be discharged and admitted in evid
for our lord the King
And being Of opinion that the said
Mcdaniel is guilty of petty larceny where,
the said Mary Mcdaniel relied upon the n
of the court and desired immediate pu1
ment, be it ordered, that the sheriff carry
to the whipping post and inflict is lashe
her bare back, well laid on and that sh
then discharged"
Washington appeared as a witness, presu
bly,. George must have been swimming at
Ferry Farm, but whether the women rob
his "cloathes% OF what was In the pocket
stole them and left the man who VAS to
great general to make his WAY home in. "
fa mt. r1o. %vASx2
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HUNDRED miles from Washington
and forty miles below Fredericks-
burg, in the Northern Neck Of Vir-
ginia, on a plainly marked road
which. diverges from the Kings
Highway, an architects conception
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The Homes of W

was opposite the lower end OF Ffedericks-
burg" The ferrymans house and the ONCE
In which, as a boy, George Washington worked
out his surveys and plotted them, are all that
remain Of the original buildings ON the place.
The tract with . great deal Of adjacent land
which George Washington later owned, has
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spent the weekend at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Younkin, in Grantsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Doudna and
daughter, Bridgeport, o., were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
Livengood.
Mrs. Emma Younkin, Akron, Ohio,
is spending some time in Grantsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Zehner, Pitts
burgh, spent the weekend here with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Zehner.
Mrs. Harry burst spent Sunday in
Addison, Pa, with Mr.. and Mrs. C.
H. Fazenbaker.
Paul Livengood, who is a student
in the Bliss Electrical school in Wash
ington, D. c., spent the weekend here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
Livengood.
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ing amounted to $13 and will be de-
voted to the needs of the County Re-
lief fund. Announcements; music,
"The Star Spangled Banner; bene-
diction, Rev. Sigler.
Community Club to Meet
The regular monthly meeting of the
Grantsville Community Club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Lille
B. Younkin, Wednesday afternoon,
March 2. Miss Burtis, county demon
strator, will be present and will have
charge of the demonstration. All are
invited to attend.
Birthday Party
Miss Rose Robson was hostess at
a birthday party at the Dixie Tav-
ern Friday evening, the occasion be-
ing in celebration of her natal day. A
large number of guests were present.
M. E. Supper A Success
The roast pork supper, which was
served at the American Restaurant
by the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal church on last
Thursday evening, was counted sue
secc, there being about $50 suppers
served. The proceeds will be used
for repairs on the parsonage.
Chicken Thieves Busy
1t has been reported that poultry
houses have been recently raided and
chickens stolen from the following
persons in this community: U. G..
Wiley, William J. Wright, Joel A.
Beachy and George Turner.
Grantsville vs.. Confluence
The Grantsville and Confluence
mems teams played a very interesting
game of basketball in Rodamer's Hall
in Grantsville, Saturday evening. The
score at the close of the game was:
Confluence 80, Grantsville Is.
Y. and M. Musicale
Remember the Yoder-Miller quar-
tets presentation of a musical pro-
gram in the Lutheran social hall on
Thur 1ay evening, March 10.
Per nal Mention and Minor News
G. J. Gnagey has returned home
from a weeks visit with friends in
Pitts lrgh.
Mr.. Alice Steiner, of Cumberland,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ella B. KEEL
Ter, and her daughter, Miss Ruth
Keller, in Grantsville.
Miss Mary Orendorf has returned
to her home after spending two weeks
with relatives in Canton, Ohio.
Emmons Younkin, of Pittsburgh,
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GORTNER

Everyone in the community invited
to attend services in the Union chapel
here on Sunday morning and Sunday
evening.
Owen Martin and family spent Sun
day with Mrs. Amanda Hoff.
Jacob Swartzentruber and family
were guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah Slabach.
Dale Sanders and Paul Smith, of
Warrington, w. Va, were visiting the
formers parents here over the week
end.
S. w. Slabach, Miss Lena Slabach
and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk visited
Mrs. Eliza Arnold and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Shaffer at Red House one ev-
ening last week.
Joseph Feather was at Crellin re-
Gently where he visited friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Ridder and Clar-
ence Fulk and family visited their
father, Mr.. Charles Fulk, who is ill
of pneumonia at his home at Silver
Knob.
Paul Welch and family spent Sun
day with relatives at Accident.
Mary Lichty, Ross Lichty, Perry
Lee and Walter Reed and members
of the Beachy family of Aurora were
visitors on Sunday at the home of
S. w. Slabach.
Will Kitzmiller is spending this
week with his brother, John Kitzmil-
Ter.
C. A. Spiker and family were guests
of Mr.. Ross Lantz at Aurora recently.
Mr.. Sam Beachy and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Slabach visited at
the Lichty home on Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Hervey Roth, Mrs. Jacob
Swartzentruber, Misses Mary Lichty
and Fannie Yoder attended the quilt
ing party at Mrs. George Martins at
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EVANSVILLE

Traffic on National Road Increasing
Patrolmen on the various roads in
this community have been making
the annual check-up of traffic during
the month of February. During q
period of sixteen hours, ]. E. Walls
counted sos vehicles as compared to
353 in February, 1881, on the Ma
tional Highway. The first count on
the new road between Grantsville and
Jennings was 100. On route PIG the
count was $50 and on the Springs
road, 470.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bender Entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bender enter
tanned with chicken dinner in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Beachy, OF
GAINESVILLE, Thursday evening. The
other guests were Rev.. A. c. Bell
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Yoder, Irwin Miller,
Mr.. and Mrs. DIN Miller, Miss Dor
othy Younkin, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Yoder.
Bridge Club
Mrs. C. o. Keller entertained the
Bridge Club at the home of her father,
J. J. Bender, last Tuesday evening.
Three tables of bridge were in play.
Refreshments were served.
Poultry Raisers Meet
A meeting of the poultrymen of this
community will be held in the school
building in Grantsville on Tuesday
evening, March 1. All who are in
terested in this project are urged to
attend the meeting. Prof. Rice, poul-
try specialist at the University of
Maryland, College Park. will be pres
ent and address the poultrymen.
Teachers Bridge Club
Miss Delta CAN'T was hostess to the
Teachers Bridge Club at her home,
Thursday night. A very interesting
evening was spent.
Washington Celebration
A Washington Bicentennial cele-
bration was held in the Lutheran
church here on Sunday morning, Feb
ruary 81. Members of the American
Legion drum corps of Salisbury, Pa,
were present and furnished music.
The following program was rem
dered: Hymn, america; invocation,
Rev. S. D. Sigler; music by band;
reading, Walter Weise; music; read
ing, w. D. Mullinix; duet, Mrs. Harry
Bender and Earl Beachy. The offer
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BITTINGER

There are those who say that by
reason of the unusually mild and open
winter, there will be light crop of
maple sweets this season, and as yet
there has been very little gathered in
this community.
An orchestra from Frostburg, under
the direction of Mr.. Charles Engle of
that city, furnished some excellent
music at the regular meeting of the
Parent-Teachers' Association which
was held in the village school house
last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Kissner and
little daughter, of Terra Alta, W. Va,
spent the weekend with relatives
here.
Thomas Platter, of Jennings, passed
through this village one evening last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Beachy attended
the banquet given for the members
of the Maple Sugar Producers Asso-
citation, which was held at Mountain
Lake Park one evening last week.
The Homemakers Club held its reg
ular February meeting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Silas C. Beachy last
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Brenne-
man gave a party at their home here
last Thursday evening, the honor guest
being their son Cecil who celebrated
his twenty-frst anniversary.
Messrs. Thomas, Dennis and Poel
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Garrett County, Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the estate of
CHARLES c. MENEAR,
late Of Garrett County, Maryland, deceased
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated.
to the subscriber on or before the 23rd day of
August, 1882, they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of the said
estate. All persons knowing themselves in
debted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 2Srd day of Feb
ruary, 1882.
MARY c. MENEAR, Executrix.
2-3t Oakland, Md.
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Brenneman motored to Grantsville on
business early in the week.
Messrs. w. E. and Harry Swauger,
of Jennings, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Platter, of the same place, were
among last weeks business visitors
to this village.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Ellithorp,
who have been confined to their rooms
with attacks of the grip for some
time, are now reported as being well
along the road to recovery.
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S AT u r D AY.
The 18th Day of March, 1882

in front of the Court House in the
Town of Oakland, at the hour of 2:3O
o'clock P. M, of said day, offer at
public auction to the highest bidder
all the following described real estate
lying and being in Pleasant Valley,
located about one mile South of Loeb
Lynn Heights, Garrett County, Mary
land, and more particularly described
as follows, to-wit:
1t being known and designated as
part of Military Lot No. 954, contain
ing the quantity of TWENTY FIVE
ACRES, more or less; this being the
same parcel of land as described in
deed from J. Edgar Moomaw ct al. to
the said Joseph E. Kitzmiller (now
owned by Orvil C. Bittinger), dated
the 18th day of November, 1920, and
duly recorded among the Land Rec
ords of Garrett County, especial ref
erence to which said deed and the
record thereof is herein made for a
more particular description of said
parcel of land.
Said parcel of land is all under cul-
tivation and is improved by very
good dwelling house and other neces-
sary buildings and could be made a
very profitable truck farm.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash on the
day of sale.
For further particulars, apply to
STUART F. HAMILL,
Attorney named in said Mortage.
Advertisement LIT.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To
all persons indebted to the late James
P. Wiley, deceased that settlement
must be made on or before the 25th
day of March, 1882. All claims ow-
ing by the said deceased should be
presented for payment to the under
signed at 159 W. Main Street, Frost
burg, Md.
H. A. GROVES, Executor.
advertisement 2-3t.*
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the SUBJ
scribers hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Garrett county, Maryland, Letters Testa-
mentary on the estate of
SIMON j. LIGHTLY,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof duly authenticated, to the
subscribers on or before the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1882. they may otherwise by law be
excluded from all benefit of the said estate.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under our hands this 9th day Of
February, 1882.
NOAH S. LIGHTLY,
DANIEL S. LIGHTLY, Executors,
52-3t. Oakland, Md.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE That the sub.
scriber hath obtained from the Orphans Court
of Garrett County, Maryland, Letters of Ad.
ministration on the estate of
EMMA DAVIS,
late of Garrett County, Maryland, deceased
All persons having claims against the de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated,
August. 1882. they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit of the said estate
All persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate
payment
Given under my hand this 9th day of Feb
ruary, 1882.
NEIL C. FRALEY, Administrator,
52-3t. Oakland, Md.
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NOTICE OF TEST
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1882,

LII CNoAI<A ., hARNA Us 1909
to be held at Frostburg, Maryland.
Resident Forest Warden, 5000 to
$1,000 a year
1.-TWO positions will be filled. The in
cumbent of one must reside in the
vicinity of Kitzmiller, Garrett Coun-
ty, and of the other in the vicinity
of New Germany, Garrett County.)
Apply State Employment Commits
sion, % Light Street, Baltimore,
MARYLAND.
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Red House on Wednesday.

Red House on Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Lee is with Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Lee for an extended visit.
Mrs. Hattie Wamsley, who has been
spending the winter with Mr.. and
Mrs. Noah Slabach, has gone to Crel-
lin, where she will visit friends and
relatives.
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M OFT gagee's S ale
A VALUABLE FARM
Located One Mile South of Loeb
Lynn Heights, Garrett
County, Md.

Under and by virtue of a power of
sale contained in mortage from JOS
eph E. Kitzmiller and Emily E. Kitz-
miller, his wife, to Gilmor S. Hamill,
dated the 18th day of November, 1920,
and duly recorded in Liber E. z. T.,
No. rs, folio 1884, etc., one of the Mort
gage Records of Garrett County, Md,
default having occurred under the
provisions and terms of said mort
gage, the undersigned attorney named
in said mortgage, will on
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Law Offices of JONES & DAWSON,
Oakland, Maryland.
ASSIGNEES' SALE
Of
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
In Garrett County, Maryland,
Along Maryland-P Pennsylvania
State Line, near Addison, Pa.

Under and by virtue of a power of
sale contained in a mortgage exc
cuted by Cyrus Holiday and Ruth
Holiday, his wife, bearing date the
LIST day of May, 1917, and recorded
in Liber E. q. T., No. II, folio 534,
ETC., one of the Mortgage Records Of
Garrett County, Maryland, and duly
assigned to the undersigned for the
purpose of foreclosure on the 9Th day
of February, 1882, default having oc-
Cured under the terms and provisions
of said mortgage, we hereby give no.
tice that on
SATURDAY, MARCH S, 1882,
at the hour of eleven o'clock A. NJ,
in front of the Court House in the
town of Oakland, Maryland, we will
offer for sale at public auction all of
the following real estate situate in
Election District No. of Garrett
County, along the, Maryland-P ennsyl-
vania State Line, near Addison, Pa,
to-wit:
All that part of MILITARY LOT
NO. 2191, lying north of the National
Pike and beginning for the same at
an iron pin driven in the said National
Pike and at a point on the State Line
between Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and East "a perches from the north
west corner Of Military Lot No. 2191,
and running East along said lot rs
perches to stones, thence South 9k
degrees West, 1-5 perches to the
East side of a red oak tree, thence
South 81 degrees West, 8 perches to
the middle of the National Pike,
thence North 65 degrees West, %
perches and 10 links to the place Of
beginning, containing THREE
FOURTHS OF AN ACRE, more or
less, and being the same property
which was conveyed to Cyrus Holiday
by deed from Edward Wicklow and wife
bearing date April 80, 1917, and re-
corded in Liber E. z. t., No. 72, folio
120, one of the Land Records of Gar
rett County, Maryland.
The above property is improved by
a large two-story frame dwelling and
is we'll located either for dwelling or
road house purposes.
TERMS OF SALE-As provided by
the mortgage, cash on the day Of
sale.
E. R. JONES,
w w DAWSON
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E. R. JONES,
w. w. DAWSON,

TAKE NOTICE-Any person in
terested in the above and DESTROYS
of obtaining better terms should see
the above named assignees at their
offices in the First National Bank
Building, Oakland, Md. 52-4
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WANTED-Clover hay. Address
Box 513, Oakland, Md.-Advertise-
ment 1-3t*
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-06-11
Country's Sweet Tooth Found in Factory Areas

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June H.
 William Applebaum, at the Univer- sity of Cincinnati, has probed until
 he knows where to find the coun-
 try's sweet tooth After long research he reports that, there are more. confection- aries in sections of the city where the residents are mostly industrial workers and of lower, economic lev els. Tn localities where more we'll to-do people reside the number of confectionaries is less" The range is from one confec- tionary to every 632 persons to one
 to every 6,l50 residents, Apple maum has been investigating the distribution of secondary conner cial centerS.