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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
CCC YOUTH PULLED FROM
IN FRONT OF LOCOMOTIVE
Mike Laffey Grabs Youth Who
Slips and Falls On Rails

A CCC youth from one of the near
by camps, attempting to catch the
eastbound passenger train this morn
ing at the Oakland station, was saved
from almost certain death by Mike
Laffey, railroad employee, when the
youth slipped on the icy tracks and
fell directly in front of the approach
ing locomotive.
The youth, whose name could not
be learned, was running to get across
the tracks when he fell about twenty
feet in front of the engine. He en-
deavored to regain his feet himself
but on account of the snow was unable
to get a footing and would surely have
been crushed to death beneath the
wheels when Laffey jumped down on
the track from the platform, grabbed
him and showed him clear of the rails,
barely getting out of the way him
self just as the locomotive shot by.
The engineer witnessed the fall of
the youth and the heroic act on the part
of Mr.. Laffey and attempted to stop his
train but was able only to slow it up
slightly. The youth, probably on leave
from camp to visit relatives, boarded
the train.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WAS ONCE
CONSIDERED PUBLIC ENEMY NO. |
Purans In 1869 Branded 1t Pagan Outlaw And Banshed
From New England; Only During Last Century Was The
Christmas Spirit Generally Accepted In America

The Christmas spirit has been traced
back in history and identified as a one
time public enemy"
Branded a pagan outlaw, it was
banished from New England by the
Puritans in 1859.
Yule gaiety and feasting so irked
those solemn pillars Of the church, de-
clared Prof. William Warren Sweet
University of Chicago church histor-
ian, that they passed law in the gen.
eral court of the Colony of Massachu-
sets saying:
"Whosoever shall be found observ-
ing any such day as Christmas or the
like, either by forebearing of labor
feasting, or any other way, as festi-
val, shall be fined five shillings."
Only during the last century was
the Christmas spirit generally accept
ed in America, even in the church
Professor Sweet asserted. He said:
Literature of the great 'Evangeli-
CAP religious groups-the Baptists
Congregationalists and Presbyterians
held no preference to the festiva
Of the Nativity up to the Civil War
Shortly after the war, a Presby-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26

terrain organ in Louisville objected to
the observance of the day on the
grounds that there was no evidence
to establish exactly the date of the
birth of Christ and that there was moth
ing in the New Testament to indicate
that the birthday should be cele-
brated.
"Ten years later, or about 1880,
Christmas issues of church papers
show decided change in their attitude.
Christmas advertisements made their
appearance, Christmas poems and
editorials. From this time onward
the religious significance of Christmas
has been growing in all the Evangel-
ical churches"
The Puritans were right in their
contention that Christmas was pa
gan, the historian said.
The holiday began "about the mid
die of the fourth century after Christ"
as a purely spiritual observance, he
explained. Soon, feasts of Saturn and
the Kalends of January, and the north
ern European barbarian festival of
Yule were added.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
DIED
ARCHIBALD H. WARWICK

Archibald H. Warwick, formerly of
Garrett County, son of the late John
and Jane Warwick, died on Friday, De-
cember 20 at Peoples Hospital, Akron,
o. Mr.. Warwick was engaged in the
general contracting business for the
last 20 years in Akron. He was aged
Sc years, 6 months and 10 days and
was born June 1, 1879. He had been i'll
for the last few months. He is survived
by his wife, Bertha; two children, How
ard and Wheeler, Jr.; two brothers,
three sisters: James and Freeman
Warwick, Akron; Mrs. Anna Mcintyre,
of Homecoming; Mrs. LORNA Piefer, of
Portland, Ore; Mrs. Lora Emerson, of
Akron. Two grandchildren also sur
vive. Funeral service were held Sun
day at the United Brethren church,
Akron, the Rev. Wagner officiating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
YOUNG AND OLD RECEIVE
BENEFIT OF T. B. CLINIC
Clinics Are Made Possible Thru
Sale of Christmas Seals

Tuberculosis is as catching for ba-
bies and young children as for the
growns-ups," DR.. R. H. Riley, Director
of the State Department of Health said
recently, though few people think of
it as a children's disease. AS matter
of fact, in the total deaths from tuber-
culosis in the State last year, one
death in every twenty-one was that of
a child under ten years old. One death
in every seven was that of child or
young persons under twenty. Every
age group from the youngest to the
oldest was represented in the total
deaths from the disease.
children pick up tuberculosis as
readily as they do measles or scarlet
fever or any of the catching diseases.
They are all germ diseases. But tuber-
culosis differs from some Of the others
in not showing up as quickly as they
do. AS rule, the characteristic symp-
toms of the other diseases develop in
few days after a person has been ex-
posed to the disease. 1t takes much
longer time for the symptoms of tuber-
culosis to be recognized in both young
and old.
"Chest clinics are held each month
throughout the counties under the
joint direction of the State Department
of Health and the Maryland Tuberculo
sis Association, for the examination of
persons who show indications Of tuber-
culosis or who have been in contact
with the disease. The clinics are ar
ranged in each county by the county
health officer and the nurses of his
staff A special effort is being made to
reach persons-young and old-who
may not even show visible signs Of the
disease but who may be threatened with
it, as well as to examine those who are
i'll with tuberculosis. Patients are sent
to the clinics by their family physi
clans and the examinations are made
by DR.. Victor F. Cullen, Superinten-
dent of the State tuberculosis SAM
toria, members of his staff, by the
health officers or by other physicians
who, have had special experience in the
care of the disease. On the basis of the
findings the necessary treatment is
recommended. The earlier such treat
ment is started, the better the chances
are for recovery or for bringing the
disease under control.
"In the last ten years, over 10000
people in the counties of Maryland
have attended these clinics which have
been financed through the annual sales
of the Christmas Seals. The expenses
of the clinics that will be held in 1886
will be met through the Christmas
Seals sale that started on Thanksgiv-
ing Day. No investment that can be
made yields better returns than the
money spent for the seals. Young and
old are benefited by the clinics and the
other activities made possible through
the sale of the seals"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
COUNTY BLANKETED WITH
TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW
Cold Wave Follows Heavy Fall.
Mercury Drops to % Below
Blizzard Strikes With Fury
LOWERING AROUND ZERO

Garrett county is in the grip of one
the worst December storms in the
past several years with about twenty
inches of snow having fallen during
the past week and low temperature
of % below zero having been reached
on Sunday morning.
Another cold wave struck last mite
accompanied by high winds of biz
zard-like proportions which lowered
the mercury to ii below and piled
up four or five inches of new snow.
While the weather hampered some
what the expected business rush in
cident to Christmas, merchants gen.
orally were pleased with the holiday
season.
While state highways remained OPP
en- throughout the week the secondary
roads were piled high with drifts and
many farmers were unable to get to
town.
The present snowfall began on last
Thursday evening. By morning about
10 inches of snow had fallen and this
continued throughout the day until
two or more inches had been added.
The thermometer on Saturday morn
ing stood at below and the mercury
was sent further down Sunday morn
ing when % below was registered at
the government station at Weber's,
and 26 below at Mt. Lake Park.
Snow continued internationally on
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday when
on Tuesday night the mercury took
another drop to 16 below zero. Christ
mas was the whitest it had been in
years and yesterday afternoon the
snow began again. A sudden blizzard
last evening practically blocked even
the state highways for a time but it
was reported this morning at the
State Roads garage that state roads
in the county were now open but that
there was nothing definite on Route
40 east of Frostburg. An eastern
storm striking other sections of the
state, has impeded traffic.
Workmen labored all night on the
highways. People coming from a
dance at Red House last night were
three hours getting to Oakland on ac-
count of the drifts.
One farmer who had raised over
three hundred turkeys, was unable to
dispose of them on account of being
unable to dress them, and it is sup
posed that other farmers have been
hampered also in the sale of produce.
The weather continued cold today
with the mercury remaining near the
zero mark.
Several accidents have occurred on
account of the binding snow. One car
rammed into a snowplow, causing
damage to the car but only slight in
jury to the occupants. Mrs. Samuel
Kiper and Mrs. George Sanders, of
Crellin, were injured when the car in
which they were riding collided with
one driven by Spencer Graham, on the
Crellin- Oakland highway. j. o. Tay-
lor, Crellin, riding with Graham, was
also Injured. The cars were badly
damaged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
0 n E M | N u 7 E
Sc R M ON
By REV. WALTER B. BROCK
DeliVerance
Out of my distress l called upon the
Lord; the Lord answered me and
set me in a large place.-Ps. 1855.

set me IN large place.-HS. 1852.
The Psalmist was in trouble. He
cried unto the Lord for deliverance
The Lord answered his prayer, not by
removing the trouble, but by setting
him in a large place-by putting him
in wider field of service, by giving
him more important responsibility.
This must have seemed a disappoint-
ing answer to prayer; but the Psalmist
learned the strange truth that many
others have learned, that our own trou-
bles lose their irksomeness when we
become sympathetically interested in
the troubles of others, that our own
burdens mysteriously become lighter
when we add the weight of another
burden.
Self-centeredness is the most fatal
of diseases. Christian love is the rem
edy-love which takes us out of our
narrow selves and sets US in large
place; love which frees us from brood
ing bitterness and corrosive cares by
losing ourselves in service to others.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning ex-
presses this paradoxical principle
at is the weight of self that over
powers,
Take up another's load-it carries
ours"
In devotion to high ideals we find an
exaltation of spirit that lifts us above
our personal problems and private
grievances. In the challenge of great
responsibilities, we find widening of
outlook that makes our own disappoint-
ments and Illustrations dwindle into in
significance. In the realization that we
are fellow-workers together with God
in carrying out his creative purpose,
all our loss is changed into gain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
James Clark WEEDS Beulah Grove

The marriage of Miss Beulah Grove
to James E. Clark was celebrated at
noon Sunday, December %, at the
parsonage of Grace NJ. E. Church, S.,
the Rev. B. W. Coe, pastor Frostburg,
officiating. The bride is q
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grove,
of Finzel, and the groom is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Clark, also of
Finzel. The attendants were Miss
Margaret Knepp, and Willard Grove,
a cousin of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark will reside in Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
Over Thousand Children Get An
nual Christmas Treat

Over one thousand boys and girls
were each given box of candy and an
orange on the afternoon of December
"a by the Oakland Rotary Club.
It was the annual treat to the chill
dren of Garrett county and the pack
ages were given out beside the Com
munity Christmas tree by the commit
tee in charge. A number of boxes were
left over which are to be turned over
to the health officer for distribution
among the needy.
At tomorrow nights meeting of the
club E. Ray Jones will give review of
past events and few prophecies will
be made by Walter W. Dawson.
Last Friday there was a rededication
service and distribution of presents
among the members.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
FORTY-FIVE LICENSES TO
WE'D GRANTED IN 2 WEEKS
Brings December Total To 65-
Christmas Rush Is Heavy

Forty-fve marriage licenses were is
sued during the past two weeks from
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court. This number brings the total for
December thus far to 65.
Thirteen of the number issued were
granted last Saturday and the pre-
Christmas rush added greatly to the
total for the week.
Three licenses issued were marked
don't publish" while two applicants
were refused permits.
William Brown, 81, silk worker, and
Thelma Alice Brimlow, 81, silk worker,
both of Frostburg, Md.
Augustus Bland Tough, 81, laborer
and Ivy Marie Cowger, 10, both of
Webster Springs, w. Va.
Carroll Collier, %, laborer, Clifton
Mills, W. Va, and Irene Burkholder
81, Gibbons Glade, W. Va.
Paul Winfield Lewis, 21, miner, and
Pansy Jane Bell, 25, both of Crellin
Nd.
Hubert Frederick Sellers, %, far
mer, near Oakland, and Edna Virginia
Nestor, 10, St. George, w. Va.
Ward Shaffer, rs, miner, and Daisy
Lorraine Nelson, IS, both Of Vindex
Md.
Alfred Czerny, %, mould maker, and
Mildred Motter, 10, both of Fairmont
West Va.
Terzo Joseph Lucci, "a, service sta
ton manager, Mt. Vernon, o., and
Fancheon Elizabeth Taylor, 10, Column
bus, Ohio.
Bert Maurice Lanham, %, transfer
man, and Mary Elizabeth Herman, 81,
both of Clarksburg, W. Va.
Olaf Homer Berg, %, forest service,
Jordan Run, W. Va, and Martha Syl-
via Hartman, %, teacher, Smoke Hole,
West Va.
Alden Mills White, "a, trucking
Nutter Fork, w. Va, and zelda Cleola
Pernell, 81, Clarksburg, w. Va.
Claude Charles Shear, %, miner, and
Virginia. Agnes Miller, IS, student
both of Riverside, w. Va.
Allen Price Sharp, 81, farmer, and
Cameron Jane Barlow, 80, teacher
both of Marlinton, w. Va.
Arnold Lorraine Herndon, 90, ma
chinist, and Della Marie Costello, 27,
factory worker, both of Monogah, w
Va.
Joseph Francis Stimmell, %, labor
er, and Blanche Vertrine Shields, 81,
both of Uniontown, Pa.
Perry Roger Cox, rs, teacher, Birch
River, W. Va, and Sylvia Grace Rey-
nolds, 81, teacher, Mt. Nebo, w. Va.
Eugene Coontz, %, clerk, Elkins, w.
Va, and Edna Skidmore, 81, Beling-
ton, w. Va.
Reva Leroy Taylor, %, laborer, and
Mabel West, 20, factory worker, both
of Eatons, w. Va.
Milton Byron Majors, %, baker, and
Edith Eleanor Snuff, 10, both of Nor
gantown, W. Va.
Albert Sylvester Menear, %, gov
eminent employee, and Ethel Dehlia Nc
Kinney, 10, both of Masontown, W. Va.
Paul Yost, 80, laborer, and Gladys
Mary Ellen Hall, 81, both of Wades-
town, W. Va.
Charles Arland Markley, %, miner,
Mill Creek, w. Va, and Josephine Ell
eanor Kittle, 10, Valley Bend, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
Hubert Fresh WEEDS Esther Love

Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Esther Love,
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Love, Frost
burg, and Hubert Fresh, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Fresh, of Garrett Coun-
ty. The ceremony was performed on
Saturday evening, December 81, at
the parsonage of Salem Reformed
Church, Rev. ]. W. Keener, pastor,
officiating.
Attendants were Kenneth Plummer,
student of Western Maryland college,
and Miss Anna Fresh, cousin of the
bridegroom. Mr.. and Mrs. Fresh will
reside in Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
Large Fox Is Killed BY Willard
r. Ringer

A large fox, four feet six inches
from tip to tip, was killed in this coun-
ty by Willard R. Ringer on December
10. The pelt is at the residence of S. w.
Ringer, near Hutton.
Mr.. Ringer said the animal was
cross between red and gray fox. The
body was gray and red and the tail
was red and very bushy. The tail ale =
measured 20 inches. 1t is said to
very beautiful pelt and the hur'
challenging all other hunte'
county to produce a simila~
size and beauty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-12-26
To Pay 4 Percent Dividend

The Garrett National Bank in Oak.
land has announced four percent div
idend, payable on January 2, 1886, tc
stockholders of the institution. Last
year a dividend of three percent was
paid stockholders.
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If Michael had only lived, Grandma
often reflected, it would not be terrify-
ing to be i'll, or even to die. Dear
Michael, with his black, unruly hair,
his confident voice, which would not
let her be afraid-if he were here.
Grandma scoffed at herself for q
"self-pitying old lady," and reminded
herself that plenty Of other widows
had lost their sons in the war and had
been left in far worse circumstances.
At least she'd had home, and kind
friends, but Grandma felt herself
seized by panic, in spite Of her self
assurances. A cold wind seemed to
blow over her and the bright sunset
which she sat facing seemed to
darken.
MOST Of the people had gone into
their houses for supper and the
street was deserted Grandma felt
wave after wave of dark dizziness en-
gulf her. Was this what it was to die?
If she could have Michael with her
she would not care.
And suddenly her dinlmed, nearly
unseeing eyes saw a figure leap the
fence and start up the walk. A figure
dressed in khaki, just as Michael was
when he walked down the steps years
ago-a figure with black. unrlly hair.
A beautiful, comforting figure with the
setting sun casting glow over it-or
was it the sun?
Grandma felt all terror drop from
her. Now she was unafraid. Why
had she ever been? She should have
known that Michael would come. In
dream she rose to meet him, put out
her hands to greet him and the strong,
young figure in the khaki suit, with
the black, unruly hair, caught her as
she fell. -.
Georgetown was not the same with
out Grandma. Weeks after her death,
people felt an emptiness they could
not express. Bob German said his
young son Bob was inconsolable. He
and Grandma were such good friends,
and he'd been away at military school
for months and had run over as soon
as he got home to show Grandma his
new uniform and reached her Just as
she died.
All they wanted, the people OF
Georgetown assured themselves and
each other, wa sto look as happy and
peaceful as Grandma did when their
turn came.
(copyright. 19361
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WOULD NAME 18TH
MADISON AVENUE
Change Proposed in Observance
Of Anniversary of Phila-
delphia Convention.

The remaining Of Sixteenth street,
sometimes called the Avenue Of the
Presidents, to Madison avenue in OBJ
servance Of the 15oth anniversary of
the convention in Philadelphia which
formulated the Federal Constitution, is
proposed In a joint resolution intro
duced yesterday by Chairman Nc
Swain Of the House Military Affairs
Committee.
He reminded his colleagues that in
1887 this anniversary will be observed
commemorating the birth of "the
greatest document of its sort ever con-
ceived and written by man.
McSwain said that as Washington
was named for the father of his
country" so the principal street in
the Capital City should be named for
the father of the Constitution.
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vice to all alike with little thought to
their position. The neighborhood still
rocked with mirth when it recalled
how Grandma had insisted that Judge
Baker 90 home and put on his rubbers
one early Spring morning when he was
passing her house. There wasn't q
soul In the section who hadn't stopped
TO discuss this delicious bit Of news
with the old lady, just to hear her de-
clare that there was no fool like an
old one.
She gave advice to the lovelorn,
spiced with her own original COM
ments, and 1t was even rumored that
1t was Grandma who gave young Bill
Martins piece of her mind and made
him straighten up when that young
mans recent marriage was in danger
Of dissolution.
PUT that was one thing about
Grandma, she never told exactly
what any one told her and the town
was united in the agreement that
Grandma would die with their troubles
and condolences safely locked in her
heart.
Grandma was perfectly content to
all appearances. She would have
conflded in you, perhaps, that she was
never one to foist her troubles on her
neighbors. Have too many of their
own to be botherin' with others, u
Grandma would have said.
So she'd never mention that it was
getting difficult for her to sit out on
her porch every evening and talk to
her neighbors.
They never heard that the balmy
Summer breeze was beginning to feel
o bit sharp about Grandma's thin
shoulders, nor that her long silences
were not due to living in the past, II
as they fondly put it.
Grandma found herself often catch
ing her breath in the middle of SEN
tence; a faint dizziness seemed to come
quite often to her now, and the world
would recede quietly into the faint
ness Of unreality. Then Grandma
would suddenly find herself nodding
at her visitor, feeling almost her old
self once more.
Grandma knew her heart was not
very strong-young DR.. Byrnes had
scolded her often Of late for overdo-
ing. She had explained that these
folk expected her to be around to
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HOUSE MEMBER HURT

Representative Darden, Democrat,
Of Virgins Is in the Naval Hospital
suffering from a fractured collar bone
received in an automobile accident
near Fredericksburg, Va. it was
learned yesterday. His condition is
not serious, however, and he expects to
leave the hospital in few days.
I'm route to Washington when the
accident occurred, Representative OAR
den continued his journey and went
directly TO the hospital, where X-rays
revealed . broken collar bone,
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talk to, to confde
In. They missed
her when she was
not out on her
porch for them to
tease and visit.
But only Grand
ma herself knew
how lonely and
frigh t ened she
could become when
that dizzy wave
came over her.
She was old, ana
had to die some
time, she supposed.
But it was lonely
to die without
some one Of your
very own around.
These people, her
neighbors, W e r e
very dear. but
Grandma felt If
she only had one
person Of her own
near her, she could
die happy.
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SHI, q r A N D.
MA, "Hullo,

"HI, @ r AN D.
MA" "Hullo,
grandma" Good
evenin Mrs.
Donahue" - these
were the towns
peoples greetings
to Grandma Don
ahue, according to
their age, station,
and feeling Of i'm
portance. On these
Summer evenings
Grandma sat on
her front porch in
her rocking chair
watching the peo-
pie 60 home after
their work. It was
seldom one passed
that did not stop
to chat W 1t h
Grandma, for she
was Georgetown's
oldest conddante.
She held a sort
OF court on her
Dorch. giving ad-