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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
LUTHERAN CHURCH AT
AURORA WILL CELEBRATE
15Oth Anniversary of Its Found
ing To Be Observed Sept. 24-26

The one hundred and fiftieth ami
versary of the founding of St. Paul's
Lutheran congregation at Aurora,
twelve miles south of Oakland, will be
fittingly observed Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, September "a, rs and 26.
Rev. John Slough, the first pastor,
was pioneer clergyman of the Ger
man Settlement known then as Salem,
later Mount Carmel, now Aurora, w.
Va. The pioneer settlers of this COM
munity came from Hagerstown and
Frederick, Nd, descendants of early
Colonial German families of Eastern
Pennsylvania, and among them may
have been some of the Hessian soldiers
or their descendants who fought in the
Revolutionary War and who were
informed at Frederick after their sur
render or capture by the American
forces. At any rate these old Germans
made excellent citizens and soon OPP
ened up the country Whereabouts for
other settlers who soon followed them
into the moutains from points East.
Aurora, nearly 5000 feet above the
sea, is situated between Winchester,
Va, and Parkersburg, West Va, on
the historic Northwestern Turnpike.
Rev. John Slough was the first of
the American clergymen to cross the
Allegheny mountains, the first in the
present State of Ohio and the first
president of the Ohio Synod
Rev. G. Henry Weygandt, success
sor of Rev. Slough at Aurora, was one
of the organizers of the Ohio Synod
and was elected as an officer of Synod
at the time of it's organization at
Glenford, in Perry county, Ohio, in
1918.
Rev. ]. G. Butler, the grandfather
of Rev. J. G. Butler, DID,, former pas
tor of Luther Memorial church, Wash
ington, D. c., and chaplain of the u.
S. Senate, and the great-grandfather
of Rev. Charles Butler, retired, of
Washington, D. c., was former pas
tor at Aurora, and was also at one
time pastor of Lutheran church in
Cumberland.
Rev. Carl Frederick Heyer, the first
American Lutheran to enter the for
eign mission field, served this parish
while he was pastor in Cumberland,
Maryland.
Rev. Donald Washington Brown, a
graduate of Gettysburg Theological
Seminary, class of 1887, is the present
pastor of this historic congregation in
Lutheranism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
Proceeding of Orphans Court

At the session of the Garrett County
Orphans Court, held on Tuesday, the
following business was transacted:
Letters of administration C. t. a.,
were granted nellie B. Darby, Oak
land, on the estate of her deceased
mother, Hattie A. Bosley. The will of
Mrs. Bosley, which was executed July
S, 1927, was witnessed by Mrs. Rheua
B. Jones, Mrs. Ophelia A. Trippett and
Miss Grace M. Jones.
Charles NJ. Swiers, Mountain Lake
Park, was granted letters of admins
tration on the estate of his deceased
mother, Mary E. Swiers.
Letters of administration on the es-
tate of Lloyd M. Fike, Friendsville,
were granted Morgan Fike, brother
of the deceased.
The will of Catharine Shank, late of
Swanton, which was drawn June 12,
1887, and witnessed by Arthur Green
and William Ralston, was admitted to
probate. Letters testamentary were
granted her son, Samuel R. Shank, of
Cumberland.
Administration accounts passed
Estate of Jonas Petersheim; first
and final account; Noah S. Lichty, ad-
ministrator.
Estate of Frank G. Swalp; second
account; E. Ray Jones, administrator.
Estate of Charles Savage; second
and final account; Arthur C. Savage,
executor.
Estate of Rose C. Hamill; first and
final account; Frances C. Matthews,
nee Hamill, and Isabel R. Hamill, ex-
ecutrices.
Estate of Ezra H. Wolfe; supple
mental account; bessie V. Wolfe, ad-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
ministrtriX c. t. a.

ministrtrix c. t. a.
Guardian accounts passed
Estate of Jonas Folk ct al; fourth
and final account; George w. Diefen-
bach, guardian.
Estate of Elsie Eileen Burrell; sec
ond account; Fitzhugh Burrell, guar
dian.
In Recess of Court
Edna R. Fike, Selbysport, granted
letters of administration on the estate
of her deceased father, Watson Guard,
late of Friendsville.
Inventories filed
Additional personal estate and real
estate of William McCulloh Brown;
Susan T. Brown and Mercantile Trust
Company of Baltimore, executors.
Personal estate of John. Krause,
William Winterberg, administrator.
Personal estate and real estate of
Watson Guard; Edna R. Fike, admin
istratrix.
List of Sales of Personal Estate
filed
Estate of Truman W. Casteel; Mar
tina R. Casteel and Walter C. DeBerry,
executors.
Estate of Franklin A. Brobst; Hat
tie M. Brobst, administrative.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
DIED
ROY NORDECK

Roy Nordeck, aged 40 years, of
Oakland, died at noon on Friday, Sep
TENDER 10, at the home of his sister,
Mrs. MINERS Schoch, Terra Alta, W.
Va, following an illness of several
weeks. He had been employed for the
last three months on construction
work in Kerhonkson, New York, and
returned to Oakland on Wednesday
morning preceding his death. He had
been treated at a hospital in New York
for week before coming to Oakland.
He is survived by his father, ]. B.
Nordeck, and his step-mother, of Cor
NTH, w. Va; one daughter, Mrs. Rich
ard Giotfelty; four sons, James and
Eugene Nordeck, of Oakland; George
Nordeck, of Kingwood, W. Va, and
Max Nordeck, also of Oakland, stu
dent in State Teachers College, at
Frostburg; also one brother, E. Ray
Nordeck, of Terra Alta. His wife, Lucy
Hull Nordeck, died two years ago.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday afternoon at four o'clock from
st. Marks Lutheran church, Oakland,
Rev. c. A. Shilke, pastor, officiating.
Interment was in Oakland cemetery
The deceased was a member of St.
Marks church, and was also a member
of the Masonic lodge in DeRuyter,
N. Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
MRS. GERTRUDE MCKENZIE

Mrs. Gertrude Mckenzie, 46, wife of
Louis Mckenzie, Finzel, Garrett coun-
ty, died Saturday, September II, at
Miners Hospital, Frostburg, where
she had been a patient since the pre-
vious Sunday.
Surviving are her husband and the
following sons and daughters: Mrs
Clarence Patrick, Fairmont, W. Va;
Mrs. Irwin Bufkett, Corrigansville
Md; Mrs. William Baker, Finzel; Mrs
Robert Baker, Garrett, Pa; Mary, FL
eanor, Anna, Raymond, Robert, AL
bert, Stanley and Roy Mckenzie, at
home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
MRS. ELLA ]. JUNKINs sOLLARS

Funeral services for Mrs. Ella j
Junkins Sollars, S5, widow of Thomas
Sollars, VINO died August %, at Elk
Garden, W. Va, were held from the
Short Run M. E. church, near Kitz-
miller, where she was a lifelong
member.
She suffered from a severe fall three
years ago from which she had beer
belfast and unable to walk. Her hus-
band died many years ago.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Earl Carlson, of Kitzmiller
with interment in the Hamill GENE
terry, near that town.
Surviving are four sons, Eddie Sol
lars, McKeesport, Pa; Richard and
Harry Sollars, Deer Park, and Arlie
Sollars, Kitzmiller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16

family, Mrs. ]. R. Dick and John Dick,
of CresaptOwn, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dieling Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Broadwater and
daughter, Dorothy Jean, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Broadwater.
Misses Anna and Mary Dieling,
Ruth and Burley Stephen furnished
musical entertainment for the George
reunion held in the New Germany CCC
Park on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Broadwater
and daughter, leila, and Clarence
Clark visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert
Michael on Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
ALLEN YOMMER

Funedal services for Allen Yommer,
81, son of Mrs. Norman Baker, of
Grantsville, who died Sunday night
at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland,
where he was admitted Saturday, were
conducted Wednesday afternoon from
st. Johns Reformed church in Grants
vile. Rev. Wright, pastor of the Re-
formed church at Salisbury, Pa, Off
ciated. The Grantsville Reformed choir
sang.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
RED HILL

Visitors at the Arthur Broadwater
home Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie
Broadwater, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
burst and daughter, Patsy, and Mr..
and Mrs. Elwood Broadwater and
family.
Miss Beulah Wiley, of Cresaptown,
spent some time with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Wiley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dick and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-16
ESTRAY NOTICE

From the John Long pasture, near
McHenry, Is head of ewes and lambs,
marked with green paint on hip.
Anyone having knowledge of the
whereabouts of these animals, please
advise w. r. Browning, Oakland, or
Mrs. John Long, McHenry.
Advertisement 32-3t.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Residential
Society in
The News
Mrs. Longworth
Coming Here for
Short Stay.

Continued From Third Page.)
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Miss Edgar Married
To MIR. Warriner
In Bryn Mawr.

MISS BETTE PERRY EDGAR,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Arthur Edgar of Bryn Mawr, Pa,
formerly Of Baltimore and Washing
ton, and Mr.. John Dorrance Warmer,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dexter
Warriner of Philadelphia and Fern
helm, Montrose, Pa, were married
Thursday, September 9, in the Church
of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr, with
Canon Ernest C. carp officiating.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a gown of
antique ivory satin fashioned on
princess lines with a long, sweeping
train and a heart-shaped neckline
outlined with rose point lace. Her
long tulle veil was held in place with
a cap Of old family rose point and
Duchess lace. She carried bouquet
OF white orchids, gardenias and
bouvardia.
Miss Jeanne Alexandra Edgar. sis
ter of the bride, was maid of honor
and Mrs. Richard NJ Ehret, sister of
the bridegroom, was matron of honor.
They wore gowns of French blue
moire, with large velvet hats of match
ing color, and carried bouquets of
Talisman roses and delphinium.
The other attendants were Miss A.
Beatrice Churchman, Miss Helen Hays
Ashbrook of Wilmington, Mrs. Thomas
Lane Emory Eysmans and Mrs. John
Norman Curtis, wearing gowns in
similar style of ivory MORE and large
hats of French blue velvet and carry
ing bouquets of Talisman roses, daisies
and delphinium.
Mr.. James Davis Winsor, Sd, was
best man and the ushers were Mr..
Robert M. Williams, Mr.. j. Tyson
Stokes, Mr.. Charles c. Townsend,
Mr.. William j. Robinson, Mr.. James
A. Develin, jr.; Mr.. S. Atherton Mid
dleton, Mr.. Farnham Warriner and
Mr.. R. Dexter Warmer, brothers of
the bridegroom
Mrs. Edgar, mother of the bride.
wore gown of pastel blue lace with
touches of fuchsia velvet and turban
OF fuchsia velvet and a corsage of
orchids and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Warmer, the bridegroom's
mother, wore gown of blue crepe
with a cape and matching beret and
a corsage of orchids.
The bride and bridegroom left for
Mexico City by plane to spend their
wedding trip travelling in Mexico.
They will be at home after October
Is at Mill Hollow, Newton Square, Pa.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Reception Planned

A reception will be held at Oppor-
tunity House. 915 New Jersey avenue
Sunday afternoon, from 4 until 7
O'Clock, when the many friends of the
Opportunity for Service Club, which
conducts this tiny neighborhood center
are invited to be present. A program
of music will be given and the new
recreation room which has recently
been acquired in the rear of the house,
known as Troy Hall, will be open for
inspection.
The party will be the first in a
series of events planned by q COM
mlttee which comprises Mrs. E. E.
Berthold, Mrs. Laura Bogue, Mrs. Nc
Fall Kerbey, Mrs E. C. Morris, Mrs.
Frances Troy Northcross, Mrs. Lloyd
w. Biddle, Mrs James M. Doran, Mary
Mason, Mrs. Elmer Reinohl, Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley and Mrs. Arthur
Clarendon Smith. The committee is
planning to increase the membership
in Opportunity for Service Club.
The musical program will be under
the direction of Marie Morris, and
three charming young singers, Irene
Kandzie, Ida Wood and Eileen Eden
will appear in costume songs, through
the interest and courtesy of Madame
Correa Of the Washington Opera Guild.
Evening star., 1937-09-16

Shelton Weston. all of New York City
Miss Marjorie Pearson OF New York,
Also Is visiting them.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Miss Helen Spasof
Wed to Mr.. jerks

Mrs. I. Mansfield Spasoff announces
the marriage of her daughter, Helen,
to Mr.. Stuart Wheeler jerks yesterday
in st. Adams Episcopal Church, the
Rev. Charles T. Warner oficiating.
The bride, who WAS given in mar
riage by her mother, had as her only
attendant her sister. Mrs. Schnautz,
who was matron of honor. Mr.. Rus
sell L. Burch was the best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. jerks received, follow
ing the ceremony in the foyer of the
church. Following a short wedding
"trip, they will reside in their new
house in Brookdale, Md.
Mrs. jerks, who is an accomplished
pianist, is a graduate of Western High
School and of the Peabody Conserv-
atory Of Music in Baltimore.
Mr.. jerks is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Holland w. jerks of Chevy Chase and
is associated with his father in busi-
ness. He is a graduate of the Bliss
Electrical School and was for a num-
Der Of years engaged in pioneering ex-
perimental work in motion pictures
and television at the Jenkins lab
oratories.
Evening star., 1937-09-16

Visions" 1t describes how the founder
OF the church received the gold plates
from the Hill Cumorah, near Man.
chester, N. Y, September %. 1927.
Voices OF various characters in the
narrative will be heard ass they are
interpreted by Ted Kimball. radio
commentator, and Philippe Carbon,
who will represent Joseph Smith as
a boy. A musical accompaniment
has been arranged by the chapel or
ganist, Sterling Wheelright.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
East. Mrs. Peneguy remaining here,
where she has taken up her residence.

East. Mrs. Peneguy remaining here
where she has taken up her residence
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Layton OF
Flint, Mich, are stopping at the Dodge
and are accompanied by Mrs. Fred
Walker and Miss Joan Walker OF
Surrey, England.
Miss Rae Elizabeth Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Rogers
of 4616 Kansas avenue. who graduated
from Roosevelt High School last June,
has entered Duke University.
Miss Sarah Newcomb McClendon of
Tyler, Tex, is stopping at the Dodge
for brief stay en- route to New York.
where she will sail fro Ireland to
spend several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Leavitt of Mil
waukee, Wis, are at the Raleigh for
a few days. Mr.. and Mrs. Leavitt
entertained few of their friends at
dinner last evening in the Raleigh
Room.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Competing at Races.

Mr.. and Mrs. Melville Bell Grosvenor
are spending the week on Long Island,
where they have entered their boat
Escape in the international champion
ship races now being held there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor won the
championship title in the Gibson
Island race and they are representing
Gibson Island in the international race.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Burglars Get $4,000.

CHICAGO, September is R.-
Burglars broke into the Empire Box
Corp. Offices last night and took
United States Treasury bonds valued
by S. j. Lyons, sales manager, at
$4,000. A scrubwoman said she saw
two men in the office, but thought
they were employees because they
walked about casually and said
Hello"
Evening star., 1937-09-16

Shelton Weston, all of New York City
Miss Marjorie Pearson OF New York
also Is visiting them.
Mrs. Dorothy Lee Ward has returned
to her home on Massachusetts, avenue
from Miami Beach, where she has been
attending to the decorating and fur
nishing of her new home.
Mr. Francisco Tudela, delegate of
the Peruvian Boundary Commission
has reopened his apartment at the
joined by Mrs. Tudela and his children
In day or two.
Miss Marion E. Martin, member of
the Maine Legislature and prominent
member of the Republican National
Committee, has arrived in Washington
from her home in Bangor and will be
at the Carlton Hotel during her stay
here.
Mrs. j. E. Butterfeld of San Fran
cisco, Calf, is spending few days at
the Dodge. Mrs. Butterfield is a
member of the State Park Commission
and is also the past grand matron,
Order of the Eastern Star of Cali
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Street of
Atlanta, Ga, who have been taking
cruise to Labrador and Newfoundland,
are spending few days in Washington
to see Mrs. Streets brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall r.
Diggs, and are at the Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick j. Camen-
isch of Liverpool, England, who are
making q tour of the Northeastern
States, are stopping at the Raleigh
while in Washington. Mr.. and Mrs
Camenisch will return to England on
the Bremen September %.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Edmund Cam
mack have left for Bermuda, where
they will spend a few days. They
vii stop In New York before returning
to the Capital. Mrs. Cammack spent
most of the Summer with her sons in
ventnor, N. j. Upon returning from
ventnor, she and Mr.. Cammack went
to their farm in Maine for a brief
visit.
DR.. E. P. Mccormick, chief of the
medical staff of the New Orleans Hos
pital for Women and Children, ac-
companied by Mrs. Peneguy and her
sister, Miss Nell Mccormick, arrived
on visit here. The McCormicks are
Evening star., 1937-09-16
Irish Won't Fight,

Down County, Northern Ireland,
has advised the government that it
would not protect itself against air
raids because it is the business Of the
government to finance all national de-
tense.
Evening star., 1937-09-16
MORMON TRANSLATION
WILL BE PORTRAYED
Discovery Of Golden Plates Will
Be Narrated on 10th Ami
versary of Church.

A dramatic portrayal of the dis
covery by Joseph Smith of the gold
plates from which he translated the
Book of Mormon" will be given on
the 10th anniversary of the event
by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints at the Washington
chapel, Sixteenth street and Columbia
road, at 10 am. Sunday.
w. Cleon Skousen has written
poetic narrative entitled New World
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
ENGINEERING SCHOOL
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
Evans Hall At University OF Della
ware VIII BE Open To Public

Friday. April l6. the Engineering
School of the University of Delaware
will hold Its first open House"
Evans Hall will be open to the pub
lie from to p. m. and from to
10 D. M, and guides will be provid-
ed to conduct guests through the
new Chemistry Building. While this
building is not yet completed. good
idea will be obtained as to what its
final appearance will be.
Many special exhibits and demon
strations are being arranged. The
Electrical Engineers will have In OPP
Grafton the photo-electric cell, the
stroboscope. the strobotac. and other
recent developments In the field of
electricity.
The Civil Engineering Division
has, through the courtesy OF the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad. secured the
bridge models displayed by this rail-
road at the Chicago Worlds Fair.
These models. which are correct in
detail and true to scale. are MASTER
pieces of the model builders art. In
the hydraulics laboratory the new
wider chamber and weighing tanks
may be seen in use.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
SUMMER ROUNDUP
STARTS APRIL 26
Parents Urged To Cooperate With
Health And School Authorities

"Will your child be ready for
school next falf?" is the question
asked by State health and education
al authorities as they prepare plans
for the coming summer roundup"
The summer roundup of pre-
school children, campaign of phys
ical examinations for children en-
tering school in the autumn. is de-
signed to send them to the entering
grade as free as possible from rem
ediable defects. 1t is also looked
upon as an opportunity to teach
parents the value of periodic health
examinations.
This years program will include a
canvass of each community In Della
ware to locate the children who will
enter school, a personal Wait to in
form parents of the purpose of the
examination, and the actual exami-
nation to discover the child's physi-
cal condition. That they niay better
understand the examination and its
findings, parents are this year being
requested to bring their child per-
sonally, rather than to send him
with some one else.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
BOARD OF HEALTH
WARNS OF TYPHOID
Tourists Should Be Wary OF Strange
INFESTED Water Supplies

The approach of the "out-of-doors"
season, when hundreds of persons
will go touring through unknown
territory, camp by strange streams,
and eat in unaccustomed restaur-
ants and roadside stands, has led the
State Board of Health to issue a
warning against the dangers of con-
tracing typhoid fever, and the ne
cessity of exercising strict sanitary
measures to cope with this disease.
Throughout the State. water sup
plies at roadside stands and filling
stations are tested by the State
Board of Health and marked with an
iron seal of approval If found to be
free from contamination. In secur-
ing drinks OF water while travelling,
these safe sources should be, sought,
the State health authorities warn.
Those about to embark on camp
ing trips, where the securing of SAN
itary water may be somewhat diff
cult. are urged to see their family
physician and take typhoid immuni-
cation treatments in the next few
weeks.
rTsrr so paa. plxoae1
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
PEACH PROSPECT GOOD
IN DELAWARE NOW
In Most Sections Trees Are In Full
Bloom

At the present time, the peach
growers in Delaware are particu-
larly interested in the prospective
production of peaches in other sec
tions of the United States. w II.
Derickson. director of the Bureau of
Markets, State Board of Agriculture.
has assembled the following infor-
nation regarding prospectice crops
in several competitive producing
areas.
Reports from Arkansas indicate
that the peach crop there has been
very severely damaged and not more
than 40 to so per cent of a crop is
expected.
Reports from Georgia indicate that
the total shipments of that state this
year will range between 1000 and s.
900 cars compared with shipments
last year of approximately 1900
cars.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-04-16
ELECTRIFICATION
MEET TO BE HELD
Kent And Sussex Farmers Invited To
Georgetown On April %

All farmers in Kent and Sussex
Counties who are interested in the
rural electrification project of the
Federal Government are invited to
attend community meeting which
has been scheduled for Friday eve
ming, April 90 at 7.30 in Grange Hall
at Georgetown. The purpose of this
meeting will be to discuss the wiring
OF farm buildings. type of fixtures
and equipment which should be used,
and other subjects of interest in con-
nection with the use of electricity
on the farm.
This meeting will be addressed by
A. V. Krewatch, specialist in Agri-
curtural engineering at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, who is a recog-
nized authority on rural engineer
ing, and it is expected that a large
number of farmers and their fami-
lies will plan to attend this meeting.
1t is especially desired that are rural
women be present to hear these sub
jects.