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Evening star., 1932-11-07

Dewitt will encounter a rugged foe in
National Training School. to be met
on the latter's gridiron but probably
will win.
Evening star., 1932-11-07

Gonzaga and St Johns are to battle
at the Tidal Basin. The Purple ap-
pears decidedly the stronger and is ex-
pected to down its old rival.
Evening star., 1932-11-07

Gallaudet goss Up to Juniata Col
lege this week. Not much Is known
of the latter, but if it is as strong as
some of the small colleges in that
Pennsylvania section, the Kendall
Greeners can hardly have much hope
for success.
Evening star., 1932-11-07

N YEW YORK, November HEAVY
nj weights will step into the flstic
| spotlight during the coming
tu-o uetkS The chief event Of
Evening star., 1932-11-07

American University. when Randolph
Macon plays here next Saturday, will
dnd itself against another small college
eleven that is stronger than one should
expect it to be. Saturday Randolph
Macon jumped over to Richmond and
plaved the University of Richmond a
6-to-6 tie, which is enough to show
that the local school will have plenty
to do shortly after o'clock on Satur-
day, November II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Young Hunter Dies of Wound

Clifford Taylor, IS, died in the hos
pital at Hopemont Tuesday morning
of gunshot wounds received acciden-
tally while hunting near Corinth on
Monday. The youth received the full
charge of a 12-gauge shotgun in the
right leg, groin and abdomen, and
had suffered from shock and loss Of
blood when taken to the sanitarium.
Taylor had been hunting with Her
bert Wotring and had placed the butt
of his gun against stone when they
stopped to rest. The gun slipped
and was discharged. Wotring car
ried the unconscious hunter some dis
lance toward a road, then becoming
exhausted called for help and other
hunters took the wounded youth to
the hospital. The victim was son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Taylor He
graduated from Terra Alta high in
1881 and had been prominent in mu-
sic circles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
OAKLAND GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND DECEMBER g. 1892
LEE r. MASON is CHOSEN
COMMANDER OF PYTHIANS
Other Officers Elected at Meet
ing Last Friday Evening

Lee R. Mason was elected chan
cellor commander of Garrett Lodge,
No. 113, Knights of Pythias, at the
last regular meeting Friday evening.
Other officers elected included Play
ford M. Ramsey, vice-chancellor;
Gladstone Morris, prelate; Charles F,
White, master at arms; Walter Har.
desty, keeper of records and seal;
David w. Walter, master of finance;
A. G. Gortner, master of exchequer;
Stanley Stahl, master of work; Geo.
Little, trustee; Wilson White, inner
guard; w. Schott Shreve, outer guard.
Stanley Bond and Paul Riley were
named as representatives to the
Grand Lodge and D. w. Walter and
Harry Stemple, alternates.
An entertainment committee was
appointed to furnish programs during
the winter months, consisting of R. C.
Townshend, Arthur Lawton and Harry
Stemple.
The installation of officers will take
place the first meeting in January
and these will serve for a term of
six months.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
MACHINE SHED DESTROYED
BY BLAZE. LAST EVENING
Farm Implements and Fl Pigs
of Dice Spiker Burned

Fire of undetermined origin COM
pletely destroyed the combination
barn, machine shed and hog barn on
the farm of Dice Spiker, three miles
south of Oakland, about 8 o'clock
last night. Loss was estimated at
several thousand dollars, partially
covered by insurance.
The frame structure was razed and
twenty-one hogs were consumed. A
new tractor, two old automobiles, a
corn planter, a hay loader, corn
pillow and other farm machinery were
lost in the blaze.
The Oakland Fire company was
summoned but no water was avail
able to fight the flames. The build
ing was practically consumed before
the firemen arrived.
The blaze was not discovered until
it had gained considerable Roadway,
making it impossible to get out any
of the machinery or the animals.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Miss Harper To Demonstrate
Christmas Lighting Effects

A demonstration with explanations
and suggestions for interior decora-
tions for the home at Christmas, will
be given by Miss Betty Harper, home
service representative of the Mon
ongahela System, in the electric store
of that company on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, December s, 9 and 10,
it has been announced from the chief
office of the company.
Miss Harper will have samples of
simple, inexpensive decorations and
will be glad to help those interested
with the decorations of their homes
for the holiday season.
This movement of decorative light
ing, which has been growing for the
past five years, has now become part
of the country's observance of the
Christmas season.
Miss Harper will assist anyone in
terested in making these home dec
orations and has invited the women
of Oakland and vicinity to come to
the store at any time during the
days above mentioned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Home Economic Girls Aid Red
Cross Society

One of the most interesting and
useful projects in the home econom-
les department of Oakland High this
year has been the making of gar
ments for Red Cross relief, by the
Sophomore girls, under the supervis-
ion of Mrs. Eva Falkenstein Bishoff.
On November 81 they started to
make dresses, slips and shirts. The
garments were made by Ruby john
Jane White, Elizabeth Paulie, Ruth
Shrout and Madeline Savedge. Ma
terial was furnished by Mrs. Paul
Naylor, of the Red Cross. Nineteen
garments were made in lit hours,
averaging fifteen hours for each per-
son. The garments consisted of 8
outing cloth slips, five children's
dresses, four tailored shirts for boys
and two dresses for women.
AS a result of the project the girls
have had experience in making tail
ored shirts with flat seams and but
ton holes and have learned how to
operate machine more efficiently.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
MARCHERS ARE ESCORTED
THRU GARRETT COUNTY
Fifty-three Battered Trucks and
Automobiles Brought Through
Kitzmiller and Accident
HEAD TOWARD THE WEST

Fighting sleet and snow, a column
of western hunger marchers" in
SO battered trucks and automobiles,
was escorted by police through the
Garrett county mountains and headed
toward Uniontown, Pa, late last
night, while a number of vehicles
were parked during the night along
the roads leading from Winchester
to Romney.
Sergt. A. NJ. Spioch, of the State
Police, who was in charge of fifteen
Maryland troopers in the escorting
squadron, led the dilapidated motor
cade from Romney to New Creek
Junction, thence to the Kitzmiller road
and on through to Accident and
Keyser's Ridge, where the motley
train headed westward on the Ma
tional Highway.
A number of the cars and trucks
continued over the Northwestern
Turnpike toward Parkersburg, after
leaving Romney last evening, while
other machines were parked along
the road at Hanging Rock and other
points between Winchester, Romney
and Red House. The demonstrators
slept in the trucks and cars, while
police guarded, them.
More than fifty Maryland, Virginia
and West Virginia police officers es-
corted the vehicles over the slippery
roads. Most of the cars and trucks
of the hunger horde" will continue
the westward journey this morning
while a few will be repaired along
the roads.
Marchers stopped enroute through
Garrett county at various filling sta
tions and garages and purchased
gasoline and oil. More than 1000
persons were in the machines, police
estimated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER is
SHOT IN SIDE SATURDAY
John M. Thayer, Local Instruc-
tor, Not Seriously Injured

John NJ. Thayer, of Grafton, w.
Va, mathematics instructor in the
Oakland high school, was acciden-
tally shot through the abdomen Sat
urday while hunting deer near Swal-
low Falls, eight miles north of Oak
land. The bullet went through his
left side and lodged in his hand.
Mr.. Thayer, whose condition was re-
ported as not serious, was taken to
his home in Grafton after being at
tended by DR.. N. I. Broadwater, fol-
lowing his removal to Oakland in Boil
denis ambulance from the scene of
the accident.
Beldon Ramsey. of Oakland, from
whose rifle the shot was fired, said
he and another youth were shooting
at target at Ramsey's camp, near
the Falls, with a % calibre rifle.
Mr.. Thayer had joined the party and
in some manner got in the path of
the bullet.
The accident was the only casualty
reported during the three-day deer
hunting season in this county which
closed Saturday. The report that
Harvey burst, of near Grantsville,
had been killed by shot through his
head, was false.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
TWENTY-NINE DEER ARE
EXHIBITED BY HUNTERS
Others Not Yet RepOrted-Will
Equal Total of Last Year

With twenty-nine deer already re-
ported killed during the three-day
open season Qast Thursday, Friday
and Saturday,, it was estimated that
the number would equal that of last
year when forty were bagged by hun
ters in the Garrett county forests.
The law requires that the killing of
a deer must be reported to the State
game warden at Baltimore. The game
warden then notifies R. S. Browning,
deputy game warden for this sec
ton. Each mail from Baltimore, Mr.
Browning says, brings the names Of
an additional number of those who
were successful in the hunt.
Numerous hunters secured the hills
and valleys on those three days and
many narrow escapes have been re-
ported both for the hunters and the
deer. Practically all sections of the
county had successful hunters.
The following have been reported
so far: Norman L. Bittinger, Jen-
nings; ]. Frank Browning, Oakland;
Walter N. Nedrow, Selbysport; Rob-
ert Rhodes, C. c. Mason, Ray Beck
man, Swanton; Leonard Sweitzer,
Abe King, Ray Smith, Daniel Sisler,
Deer Park; Verlyn Carr, McHenry;
Jerry burst, Jennings; Truman Wilt,
George Hummel, j. R. Gnagey, Sher-
man Davis, Lloyd burst, Joshua Tur-
ner, Grantsville; Thos. Price, Frost
burg;W. Scott Shreve, Jr., Oakland !;
Jacob Bethel, Bittinger; John Reck-
art, GAINESVILLE; Alvie Dewitt, Gil
bert Dewitt, Sang Run.
Curtley Barnard, Swanton; ]. S.
Craig, Mt. Lake Park; Milton Ed
gar, McHenry; Charles Skipper, Oak
land; S. B. Lowdermilk, Selbysport.
Several of the deer killed had ten
points. A young deer was found dead
by Fred. Livengood, Grantsville; and
a 14-point buck was found dead by
John Custer at a point on Meadow
Mountain.
Most of the hunters of this section
secured the thick woods on both sides
of the Youghiogheny River, north and
west of Muddy Creek, Sang Run, the
mountains in the vicinity of Grants
vile and Swanton and Shaggy Noun
tain west of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSES
LIBRARY AND BAND BILL
Would Require Annual ApprO-
priatiOns for Organizations

That the Garrett County Free Pub
lie Library and Gilbert-Brown Boys
Band of Oakland would be partly sup
ported by the taxpayers of Oakland
through the Mayor and City Council,
is the substance of a bill which is be-
drawn to be sent to the Maryland
Legislature for enactment into law
when it convenes in January.
The bill will require the Mayor
and Council of Oakland to appropri-
ate reasonable sum annually for the
library and band. Decision to have
this proposed legislation prepared was
announced at the regular meeting
of the City Council held Monday ev-
ening.
A new ordinance, governing the
reading of water meters and the col
lection of water rents, was introduced
and read for the first time at the
Monday night meeting. 1t will be
voted on and probably passed at the
January meeting.
The Waingold garage property was
sold to Clarence Murphy for the sum
of $3.50, and the final payment Of
the year to the local fire department,
amounting to $3.50, was made. Month
ly bills amounting to approximately
$1,000 were ordered paid.
Permit for the erection Of a garage
was issued to Harold M. Dawson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
BuckhOrn Hunters Club Gets
Two Deer

Members of the Buckhorn Hunting
Club of Buckhorn Hollow, near Mud
dy Creek, concluded a successful deer
season by killing two bucks of six
and eight points respectively. The
six point buck was killed by Alva De-
Witt and the eight pointer by Gilbert
Dewitt, both of Sang Run.
On Friday night the club celebrat-
ed its founding with music and gen
eral good time.
This club claims to be the only
hunting club in Garrett county to
boast of a complete baseball team,
a stringed band and a rifle team. The
stringed band is known as the Sang
Run Puddlejumpers.
The club, year round outing or
ganization, has as its officers and
members, ]. Alvin Friend, president;
Clayton Wolfe, president; Par
ker Dewitt, treasurer; members, Mil
ton Dewitt, Stephen Dewitt, Gilbert
Dewitt, Alva Dewitt, Robert Dewitt,
George Dewitt, Everett Friend, Geo.
Kramer, Ben Savage and the officers
above.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Thank Offering Program To Be
Rendered Sunday Evening

At the annual thank offering SER
vice of the Women's Home Missionary
Society of St. Paul's M. E. church,
Sunday evening at 7:3O o'clock, the
following program will be rendered:
Brief address. Rev. w. S. Patterson
Solo ......... Mrs. J. Gordon Mealy
Pageant-SOul of the City
Various parts in this presentation
will be taken by the following:
Health. Mrs. Townshend Naylor
Soul of the City. Mrs. Paul Naylor
America. ...... Mrs. Milton Sincell
Queen Esther. ...... Marjorie Davis
The Church. J.. Mrs. Grover Stemple
Vested choir-Mrs. Gordon Mealy,
Mrs. Frederick Thayer, Mrs. Edward
Offutt, Mrs. M. L. Stier, Mrs. Harold
Jackson, Mrs. Harry Porter.
Slavic Girl. :. Mrs. Stanton Whipkey
Polish Girl. Mrs. Ray Teets
Girls Chorus-Elizabeth Browning,
Mary Sue Bell, Eleanor johnson, Mar
garet Tillett, Oneida johnson, Clara
Moon, Lois Sincell, Mary Lyle Glot-
felty, Mary Virginia Bolden, Jane
Fraley, Norma Casteel, Betty Jackson,
Elogeanne Aronhalt, Betty Knepper,
Hilda Soldiers, Irene Hoye, Dorla
Welch, Lucille Hoye, Loretta War
nick, Regina Compton, Virginia Da-
Wis, Mary Emily Butt, Gertrude Cas-
teel, Pauline Wolf, Frances VanSickle,
Virginia Mason, Peggy Wolfe, Doro-
thy Wolfe.
Mrs. Margaret Lilier is the direc-
tor in charge of the pageant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
OAKLAND QUINT DEFEATS
AURORA AND ROWLESBURG
Makes 1t Three Straight Wins by
Downing Teams Away From
Home

The Oakland Fire Department bas-
ketball team won close game at
Rowlesburg Saturday evening, in the
closing minutes of play, SO to "a, and
also defeated the Aurora Indepen-
dents on Thursday evening, Al to 81,
at Aurora, making it three victories in
three starts for the current season.
Rowleburg led at the end of the
first quarter IA to 8, but at half time
Oakland held the lead at 10 to II.
From then on it was nip and tuck.
With one and half minutes to play,
Rowlesburg was leading by four
points. A desperate rally and three
field goals in quick succession by
Graves, gave Oakland the two-point
lead which won the game. Graves was
high scorer for Oakland with eight
field goals, while McComas and May
shot four each. Carrico led the Row.
esburg scorers with five field goals
and two fouls. Ayersman and Lou
den made three each.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
TRUCK DRIVER IS ROBBED
AND WOUNDED BY GUNNER
Returning From Deer Park to
MOrgantOwn, Charles Kenny
Is Held Up and Robbed
SHOT THROUGH THE HAND

Surprised by three armed highway
men as he stood on Route 7, near
Greer, West Va, small village To-
Gated midway between Kingwood and
Morgantown, about 8 o'clock Tuesday
night, Charles Kenny, 20 years old,
of Westover, near Morgantown, who
is employed as a driver for the Am
erican Oil Company, was robbed of
about $3.50 and shot through the left
hand. The bandits fled in an auto
mobile following the shooting and
robbery.
Kenny, though bleeding considera-
bly, from the wound in his hand and
suffering from shock, took his truck
to Morgantown and is patient in
the Morgantown City Hospital.
Trooper A. J. Morgan, who talked
with the victim, said Kenny was re-
turning with his truck from Deer
Park when the machine ran out of
gas. He got down from the seat to
put an emergency supply in the tank
when the three men came down the
highway from a point back of him,
ordering him to put up his hands and
keep quiet.
He complied, but the gunner, who
were plainly nervous, shot wild, the
bullet piercing the palm of Kenny's
hand. An accomplice of the man who
did the shooting had previously re-
lieved Kenny of the cash on his per-
son. When the shooting occurred the
men fled in their automobile and have
not yet been captured.
The driver of the oil truck was I'M
able to give the license number OF
the automobile in which the highway
men were travelling and was also I'M
able to describe the car, except in a
general way.
Kenny's wound is not expected to
prove serious Anti-tetanus serum
was administered to prevent danger
Gus complications.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
POSTMASTER URGES EARLY
CHRISTMAS MAILING HERE
Mail Will Be Delivered In Oak
land Until Midnight Satur-
day, Christmas Eve
SCHEDULE is SUGGESTED

With approximately four times as
much mail to be handled during the
month of December as for the aver
age month of the year, Postmaster
Lawrence M. Fraley is urging all pat
rons of the local office to do their
Christmas shopping early and mail
ing early.
To insure delivery before Christ
mas the postmaster suggests the fol-
lowing schedule: December IL, Pa
cifc Coast states; December Is, other
states west of the Mississippi and
Florida; December 16, all southern
states, New England states, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and
Kentucky; December IS, Ohio, New
York, Delaware and New Jersey; De-
cember 10, West Virginia, Pennsylva-
MIA and Maryland, outside of Garrett
county; December %, city of Oakland
and Garrett county towns.
"There appears to be some confu-
sion on the part of the public with
respect to the rate of postage on
Christmas and other greeting cards
sent under cover of unsealed envel-
opes," Postmaster Fraley stated.
Printed greeting cards mailed in
unsealed envelopes are chargeable
with postage at the third-class rate
of one and one-half cents for each two
ounces or fraction; the one-cent-drop-
letter rate applicable at non-letter
carrier offices does not apply to such
cards in unsealed envelopes.
printed Christmas and other
greeting cards in unsealed envelopes
may bear simple written inscrip-
ton rot in the nature of personal
correspondence, together with the
name and address of the sender and
of the addressee, without subjecting
them to more than third-class rates.
"Greeting cards sealed or unsealed,
bearing written messages other than
the simple inscriptions of Merry
Christmas, best wishes, ETC., are
chargeable with postage at the first
class rate of three cents"
All parcels should be carefully and
securely wrapped, with address writ
ten plainly on one side of the pack
age. The postmaster also urges that
stamps be purchased early to avoid
any waits" in line at the stamp win
dow near Christmas time, when ev-
erybody is in hurry and the usual
last hour rush is on.
There will be a delivery made on
Saturday afternoon, December "a,
but there will be no city delivery,
village delivery, rural delivery or win
dow service on Christmas day or the
day following. Star routes will OPP
crate as usual.
Specials and perishable mail will
be handled and the usual mail enter
ing the postofice to be sent out will
be dispatched as usual.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Historic Nuts Received

The Oakland Civic Club has just
received one hundred historic nuts to
be planted in honor of 1882 babies of
Garrett county, and 1000 other his
toric nuts to be given out to anyone
desiring them to plant.
These nuts all come from historic
shrines of Geo. Washington and will
be planted as part of the national
nut tree planting project. They ar
rived Tuesday and may be secured
by notifying a member of the Civic
Club or Miss Lottle Loar, president
of the organization. They will be dis
tributed throughout the codnty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Lawrence Fraley Heads Local
Fire Company. for 1888

Lawrence NJ. Fraley was elected
president of the Oakland Volunteer
Fire department at the regular meet
ing last night. Other officers elected
were William R. Browning, vice
president; James Hart, secretary; W.
w. Dawson, treasurer; Emroy Boil
den, chief; Grover Stemple, assistant
chief; Fred Peddicord, second assis-
tant chief; Ernest Townshend, ST.,
captain; George Kerins, Ralph Thay-
err and A. T. Shaw, the standing COM
mittee.
For the first time since the COM
pany has been organized fire alarm
was turned in during meeting and
in two minutes thirty-three firemen
were enroute to the fire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
ANNUAL BAND CONCERT
TO BE HELD JANUARY 1
Sixth Entertainment to be Given
At High School at Night

The sixth annual concert of the
Gilbert-Brown Boys Band will be
given in the auditorium of the local
high school building on Sunday ev-
ening, January /, at $3.50 o'clock,
Russell Brown, director, has an
nounced.
Each year since the organization
of the band in 1927 an annual concert
has been given. The entertainment
will be held Immediately following
the evening services in the various
Oakland churches.
A number of classical selections,
including marches, overtures, waltzes,
ETC., under the direction of Mr.. Brown,
will be rendered.
For this occasion admission will be
free and the public generally is in
vited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Twenty More Names Added to
Red Cross Membership

Twenty more names were added
to the Red Cross roll call member
ship, bringing the total to 245.
Those turned in during the week
include Mrs. T. F. Criss, Mrs. B. H.
Sincell, Mrs. E. R. Jones, Miss Grace
Loar, Harland L. Jones, Mrs. Har-
land L. Jones, Miss Grace M. Jones,
Mrs. Scott Jones, Mrs. Gordon Mealy,
Mrs. C. Milton Sincell, Mrs. Clara
Creutzburg, Mrs. D. E. Offutt, Sr.,
Mrs. M. ]. CAVITY, Harry Loar, Miss
Lottie Loar, Bolden Undertaking CO.,
L. M. Fraley, Mrs. John Davis, G. A.
Fraley, Mrs. Bess Offutt Polk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Secure Anderson Building for
Rummage Sale

The Anderson building On Alder
street, opposite the Court House, has
been secured as place to hold the
rummage sale in the near future, be-
ing held under the auspices of the
Oakland Civic Club in order to help
the needy of the community.
The Civic Club members are ask
ing that material for the sale be sent
or brought to the building on Tues
days or Fridays between three and
five o'clock, or if this is not possible,
the people are asked to notify mem
Der of the Boy Scout troop who will
see that it is delivered. All are urged
to contribute for this goodwill sale.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Friendsville Defeated

Friendsville High School, winner
of the girls feldball championship,
was defeated by Central high, Iona
coming, at Grantsville, yesterday by
the score of % to 0. Playing on the
Friendsville team were Matthews,
Ryland, jenkins, Frazee, Raley, Gar
litz, Nixon, P. Fike, Barnes, J. Fike,
Shroyer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-12-08
Stocking Big YOughiogheny
River With Trout

The first consignment of several
hundred rainbow trout was placed in
the Youghiogheny River below Swal-
low Falls this week by Ralph Miller
of the State hatchery at Bear Creek,
and Richard S. Browning, deputy
game warden. The trout ranged in
size from IL to 10 inches and some
of them reached % inches, it was
stated.