The Republican., 1936-09-24
1t Was Simple, After All

1t Was Simple, After All
Several days ago we had occasion
! to make an out-of-town call. On look
ing at the telephone directory we no.
ticed a column headed "The Simplic-
| ity of Out-of-Town Calls" Well, our
call was anything but Simplicity"
| Our party did not have telephone. 1t
seemed impossible for US to locate
| them but most important that we
| should do so. What we are really
trying to tell you about is the service
we received from our own operators
in Oakland. Yes, we got our party,
due to the patience and work of the
operator. It's a pretty fine thing for a
community to have capable, compe-
tent and courteous operators and we
do have all that. Incidentally, we do
not even know our operators names.
We have been much interested in
the work now being done at the Her.
rington Creek dam. 1t seems to US
that this work has assumed the aspect
of a monumental development. The
work is credited to Camp $50, and
the engineer in charge is none other
than our townsman, William A. Hohl-
veg, an engineer with plenty of eX-
perience in the construction of dams.
Mr.. Hohlweg will act as State inspec-
tor.
If it were possible to take up the
necessary space we should like to
give you full description of the work
itself, but it is not, so here are a few
"high lights" on the project:
The watershed of Harrington Creek
lies within the Youghiogheny River
basin, in the upland plateau section of
Garrett county. The slope here, we are
told, is relatively gentle. The drainage
area above the dam site comprises
about 6.5 square miles. Of this ten
per cent is cultivated land; Is per cent
is pasture, and the remaining rs per
cent is timberland. The normal level
of the reservoir will be at an elevation
of 1882 which will give the lake an
area of 45.1 acres, while the flood level
will be 1886 when the lake area would
be 67.3 acres.
We heard a lot more, but must admit
it was Greek to us, not being a student
of engineering. Anyhow, it will be
worth seeing.
Personals
Mrs. A. R. Hendrickson, of Toledo,
Ohio, sister of Mrs. D. M. Dixon, is
here to spend some months with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. C. Fleming are
in Fairmont, having been called there
by reason of the death of Mr.. Flem-
ing's brother, L. S. Fleming.
Mrs. Edward W. Coulehan, of Cum
berland, was the guest of Miss Rose
Alice Laughlin last week.
Warder Cressen, of Fairmont, spent
the weekend here with Mrs. Cressen.
Miss Jane Morgan has returned
from a short visit to New York City.
Miss Kathleen Bishop and ]. G..
Frame were guests of friends in Ell
kins on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pollard and
son Wier, of Hagerstown, spent the
weekend here with Mrs. Pollard's
parents, Major and Mrs. w. N. Skyles.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Clark and
son Frank, of Uniontown, Pa, spent
the weekend at their cottage here.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Taylor and Mrs.
NJ. H. Morgan motored to Annapolis
and other points in the east on Sat
urday, returning to the Park on Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Shain and
daughter, Mrs. Harry Heintzmad, and
Mrs. Reed Crane, all of Fairmont, were
Park visitors last week.
Guests at Allenhurst Cottage are
Miss Ruth Rudicill, Edwin Martin and
Miss Bitterman, all of Baltimore.
General and Mrs. Melville Jarvis
have as guests this week Mrs. George
Reed, of Fairmont; Mrs. Raymond
Rapp and Albert w. Rapp, of Clarks-
burg, w. Va.
DR.. and Mrs. Cecil Jarvis are clos
ing their cottage today and will leave
on an extended motor trip through
Virginia before returning to their
home in Clarksburg.
Mrs. A. A. Richards entertained ap.
proximately thirty-five guests Mon
day at reception given in honor OF
Mrs. F. /. johnson. Mrs. Johnson spoke
on the subject "What I saw and what
1 heard on my Coast to Coast trip
This was under the auspices of the
w. C T. U.
Mrs. Virginia Gale has returned
from a trip to Fairmont.
Mrs. Elizabeth Talson is spending
this week in Wheeling, w. Va.
DR.. F. l. johnson and Mrs. johnson
who have been guests of Mrs. E. L
Davidson, have left the Park, DR.
johnson going to New York City ant
Mrs. johnson to Pittsburgh. Both will
return to Mountain Lake and remain
short time before going on to thei!
home in st. Cloud, Florida.
Mrs. John Dilks and daughter, Mrs
: Oliver Mccormick, with Oliver Nc
Cermick, Jr., are guests of the for
mer's son-in-law and daughter, Dr.
and Mrs. C. Oscar Hall. DR.. and Mrs
, Hall recently located in the DR.. Charlie
: w. Baldwin property in the Park
coming here from Baltimore where D1
r Hall practiced as a chiropractor fo
l The past twelve years. DR.. Hall is
t charter member of the Uptown Balti
more Lions Club, now serving on tn
/ board of directors of the organiza
: son. He is also active in Bouni TEN
, pie Shrine, Baltimore, being one Q