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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
STATE MAINTAINING 80
FIRE TOWERS AT PRESENT
TOwermen To Remain On Watch
For Forest Fires Until December

With the fall season well under way
the State Forestry department has
been maintaining the thirty state for
est fire towers. Thirty tower men,
twenty-five guards and semi-volunteer
guards are on the lookout for fires in
the forest lands according to Walter
J. Quick, Jr., assistant state forester.
Since October twenty-eight fires were
reported in timberlands in the state.
Eleven of the fire towers are in the
Western Maryland district and five of
the towers on the eastern shore are
equipped with radio. The State For
estry department also has four auto
mobiles equipped with twoway radios.
They are manned by guards who speed
to the scene of fires after they are
spotted by the tower men. The guards
report the significance of the fire to
the tower men who may call on the
local warden, volunteers from the CCC
camps or fire companies for aid. In
Western Maryland the forest men rely
on the telephone to report locations of
fires, etc.
Before the fire season tower men re-
ceived instructions on how to sight
fires, use binoculars and to make ne
cessary reports, while the guards were
taught methods of investigating and
fighting fires and show how to pre-
vent them. The fire season closes
around the first week in December.
Mr. Quick said forest fires were
caused by incendiaries, careless hun
tiers tossing lighted cigarets away or
by smoking animals from trees; by
camp fires spreading and by sparks
from locomotives. Unusual causes are
electric power lines falling down and
lighting. 1t was reported that SIX
fires along Laurel run, near Blooming
ton, were incendiary. No arrests were
made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Authorities Seeking Thieves
Who Robbed Lake Cottages

An intensive search has been made
this week by county officers in an
effort to find the thief or thieves who
broke into several lake cottages near
Glendale bridge, in recent days, and
stole quantity of furnishings.
The cottage of Delbert Davis was
stripped of a mattress, old clock,
quantity of silverware, and other
things, while the house of F. R. Cor
liss lost radio, quantity of blankets,
silverware, pots and pans, Aladdin
lamp, and possibly other furnishings.
These two were thought to have been
robbed Saturday or Sunday.
The cottage of Ruth Beckman also
had blankets, aluminium wear, pillow
cases, sheets and silverware stolen
from it during the past week or two.
Clarence Spear, sheriff, stated they
they had held one person for question
ing but that no arrests had been made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
KitzmilIer Teams Take County
Championship On MOdnay

Kitzmiller High school soccer and
fieldball teams won the county cham
pionship Monday afternoon from the
Grantsville teams. The games were
played on the Accident field.
In the soccer game the Kitzmiller
boys won six to two, while the girls
won the feldball contest from Grants
vile 20 to 3.
Kitzmiller had previously defeated
the Kempton and Oakland teams to
win the southern championship. The
Grantsville teams won the northern
section championship by defeating
Friendsville and Accident.
The Kitzmiller teams will play AL
legany county winners in their quest
for the State title.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Young People of st. Peters Par.
ish Form Dramatic Club

The young people Of St. Peters
P,stish, Oakland, organized new
society last Wednesday, October 10, to
be known as St. Peters Dramatic club.
Those elected included Miss Marga-
ret Blocher, teacher in Crellin public
school, counsellor; Miss Rita Lawton,
president; Paul Fazzalari, vice-presi-
dent; Miss Lucille Wolfe, secretary;
Robert Hesen, treasurer.
Arthur Martini is to assist in pro-
auctions of plays. Mr.. Martini has
had experience in the work of voice
culture and dramatic art both in
Washington and New York City. At
the first regular meeting Of the club
a Halloween party was held with
games and refreshments Miss Bloch
er and Miss Margaret Rowan were in
charge of the entertainment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
DEFINITE MOVEMENT MADE
FOR COMMUNITY BUILDING
Mayor And Council Approve The
Plans At Special Meeting Last
Night, Must Await WPA
Approval
WOULD COST S74,6OS.15

A definite movement toward the
construction of Community Building
was made last evening at special
meeting of the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil, when the group approved plans
which were presented by C. William
Hetzer. architect, of Williamsport,
Md.
What the ultimate outcome will be
depends upon several matters-the
willingness of the people to have the
building, the acquisition of suitable
Ground for the building, approval of
TIE project by the state WPA admin
istration.
The plans are along the same line as
those used III the construction of a
community building which is now
nearing completion in Williamsport.
The estimated cost would be $74,608.-
Is. of which the sponsor would have
to furnish $22,433.25. The balance or
S52.174.9O would be furnished by WPA
funds.
The proposed building would be OF
Garrett county limestone, from a
quarry at Sang Run, and of colonial
tvpe construction. The first floor
would contain, in the front of the
building, a clerks room, 18X25, a
library 18x25, ticket office, check
room, and hallway. Then there
would be an auditorium 62X76, with a
stage 17x28 and dressing rooms on
each side 11X17. In front to the side
would be a one-story room 38X45 to
house the fire engines and equipment,
The auditorium would be two
stories in height. On the second floor
in front would be fire company room
25x32, a council chamber the same size
and an office for the mayor 12X18.
In the front basement would be
showers and toilets, heating plant,
while in the rear of the building, under
the stage and dressing rooms would be
showers and lockers for both men and
women and also a kitchen.
According to present plans, the
Mayor and Council would sponsor the
project, with both the town and fire
department being responsible for pay
ment of the cost of the building. 1t
was intimated at last nights meeting
that a referendum might be asked,
giving the people the right to vote
on the question. This would require an
act of the Legislature in January and
a special election soon thereafter.
Nothing definite, however, was done
in this direction, pending action of
WPA officials approving or disap-
proving the proposed project.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Special Evangelistic Services

Rev. w. B. Orndorff, pastor of the
Loeb Lynn Heights Baptist church,
will open a two-weeks' series of special
evangelistic meetings in his church on
Sunday evening, October 30. Special
devotional and praise services will be-
gin each evening at 7:30 o'clock, which
will be followed by the sermon. The
pastors theme Sunday night will be
"The Predominant Sin of the Age"
Several quartets and choirs have been
invited to sing. A special effort is be-
ing made to make all Of these services
educational, inspirational and spirit
ual. The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
SITE Is PURCHASED FOR U.
5. POSTOFFICE IN OAKLAND
Agreement Reached On Offutt
Property, Second Street, Oppo-
site WiIliam-James Hotel

That Oakland will have a Federal
postoffice building was virtually as
sured early during the present week
when the Offutt property, oppo-
site the William-J James Hotel, on Sec
ond street, was offered the building
branch of the Postoffice Department
at a price of $1,000, and which, accord
ing to reports, was accepted by that
branch of the Government.
The property is owned by the Of
futt estate and was held originally at
$500, but a compromise price was
made and the property is being sold
at the price of $1,000. The site in
question is 100 by $50 feet and in
cludes the dwelling now occupied by
E. A. Roth and family.
No deed has as yet been made, the
only assurance being letter from the
procurement director stating that the
$1,000 offer had been accepted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL
ADDITIONS GETS SETBACK
Bids For New Additions To Oak
land Elementary and KitzmiIIer
Buildings Are Rejected
HELD TO BE TOO HIGH

All bids for the construction of the
proposed additions to the Oakland Ell
ementary school building and the Kitz-
miller school building were rejected by
the Garrett County Board of Educa-
ton, it was announced, following a
meeting of that body last Friday af-
ternoon.
The bids were rejected mainly be-
cause the figures named therein ex-
ceeded the amount of money availa-
BILE for the construction of the pro-
posed additions by a total of about
$4,000, it was stated by F. E. Rath-
bun, County Superintendent. Others
present at the meeting were Walter
W. Dawson, president, and Walter W.
Savage, vice-president.
The bids submitted by contractors
were as follows:
Oakland addition, Paul S. Horner
Company, Clarksburg, West Va,
$4,000; Hardesty Brothers, Oakland,
S49,438.
Kitzmiller addition, Paul S. Horner
Company, $48,3OO; Snider Brothers,
Keyser, w. Va, $47,832.
The Board, however, passed resolu-
lions requesting from the Public
Works Administrator an extension Of
time for beginning the work, the same
to be not later than Friday, November
25, which will give time sufficient for
sealed bids to be received until Friday,
November 18. Revised plans and spec
ifcations in the meantime will be pre-
pared and become available on or
about November 8, it was said by the
school authorities.
The second resolution was passed
requesting additional funds from the
WPA for each of the two proposed
new additions in such amount as may
later be found necessary.
Construction work on the additions
would have begun this week had the
contracts been awarded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
PARENT-TEACHERS SET
DATE OF FIRST MEETING
Plans for Coming Year will be
Formulated

The Oakland High School Parent
Teacher Association has set November
8 as a tentative date of it's first
meeting of the year, according to Mrs.
Walter Brock, president of the organi-
cation.
An election of next years officers
will be held at that time, after which
plans for the coming year will be
formulated. The program committee
under the Craftsmanship of Mrs. W.
W. Grant, has not yet announced a
definite program for the evening, al
though it is expected that there will be
musical selections and that a promi
nent citizen from the local community
will present timely speech.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
MARRIED

t-Nethken-Miss Nell c.
Nethken, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bartlett B. Nethken, of Oakland, be-
came the bride of Mr.. Robert Brown
ing Garrett, of Baltimore, son OF Mrs.
Patrick ]. Garrett, Deer Park, and the
late Mr.. Garrett, at a quiet ceremony
Sunday evening, October %, at 8:3O
o'clock in the rectory of St. Peters
Catholic church, Oakland. Rev. Fr'
Robinson, of Baltimore, performed the
ceremony.
The bride was attired in teal blue
gown of silk and lace, with blue aces
series and wore corsage OF yellow
roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs
Paul M. Turney was matron OF honor
while William Garrett, of Fairmont
West Va, was his brothers best man
Only members of the two families ano
a few immediate friends were present
The bride is a graduate of Oakland
High school and for the past several
years has been a deputy clerk in the
office of Mr.. A. G. Ross, Clerk OF the
Circuit Court. The groom is employed
in the office of the Commissioner OF
Motor Vehicles in Baltimore. Follow
ing honeymoon in the South, the
couple will reside in Baltimore.
Guests at the wedding, besides the
mother of the groom and the parents
of the bride were Mr.. and Mrs. VII
liam Garrett and daughter, Falrmont
Mr.. and Mrs. William Naylor, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Paul Turney, Mr.. Al Fogle' MIS-
Margaret Browning and Rev. FIR. W
F. Sauer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Republican Majority Is
Still About Two to One
Increase in Registered Voters
Is 66S With Republicans
Getting Almost 400
COMPLETE FIGURES GIVEN

Complete registration figures re-
leased yesterday by Frederick A.
Thayer, Jr., clerk to the Board of
Supervisors of Elections, give an in
crease in the registered voters over
the past two years of 668. The figures
show that there are now registered in
the county 8,826. Of this number
5,744 are Republicans and 3,O46 are
Democrats. Thirty-six are registered
in other party columns.
Of the 668 net gain in registered
voters, the Republican increase was
almost 400 as compared to approx
mately $50 for the Democrats. Re-
publicans still maintain their majority
of almost two to one.
There was one registration day
prior to the primary election, and one
registration day and one revision day
following the primary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Sea Scout Regetta Planned For
Deep Creek Lake In 1889

Plans to hold sectional Sea Scout
regetta at Deep Greek lake was dis
cussed at the regional scout meeting
held in Hagerstown on Saturday.
The regetta, proposed for the sum-
mer, has been approved by Potomac
Council and is to be staged in CO.
operation with the Deep Creek Lake
Yacht club and the Altoona Council.
1t will last three days and it is ex-
pected 200 to 300 scouts and leaders
will attend
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
STEWART FAVORS DECENT
PENSIONS FOR THE AGED
Nominee Declares System Must
Have Definite Safeguards

Striking a telling blow for the aged
and needy, A Charles Stewart, of
Frostburg, Republican nominee for
Congress, told voters in the Frederick
section yesterday that he believes
in a system that will properly pro-
vide for those who have passed the
productive years of life" but eX-
planned that such a system must have
definite safeguards.
"The money that is collected today
in the guise of a Social Security tax
is dumped into the United States
treasury at the mercy of Congress, y
Stewart explained. "It is not set up
in trust for the aged; it can be spent
by Congress like any other public
revenue. When payments of benefits
have to be made, the pockets of the
general taxpayers can always be tap
ped for few dollars more.
Pensions Desirable
81 believe in the payment of old
age PENSIONS" he went on, land i
believe that they should be adequate
for the pensioner to maintain the
American standard of living. But |
believe just as firmly that both pen
sion and pensioner must be fully pro-
tected from the politician.
eve have seen what has happened
in the administration of relief. We
know what has happened in the adj
ministration of the WPA. And we
must see to it that in the admin
istration of assistance for the aged
there is no politics, regardless of what
party is in power. We must hold In
trust for the old folk of tomorrow,
said Stewart, "what we take from the
young folk of today in taxes for Old
age security.
Must Provide Jobs
'In addition to this" he continued,
eve must make provision to get
private enterprise functioning again
so that the American worker can
have a real job. We must, of course,
continue WPA and other forms OF
relief just so long as they are needed
But let's get back on sound basis;
let's give business a real chance tc
nut men to work. That is the best way
the American way, to cure unemploy-
ment and aid in making old age safe
and secure"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Civic Club Members Hear Talk
on Use of COlOred Lights

Miss Pauline Woodford, home SER
vice representative of the West
Maryland Power Company, was the
speaker at the regular meeting Of the
Oakland Civic Club on Tuesday after
noon in the home economies building
of the local high school.
Miss Woodford spoke of lights in
the home. using colored slides to illus
trate her talk. The slides showed
what is claimed the best and the
poorest way to use colored lights to
create an effect on draperies, ETC.,
and also showed the use of concealed
lights in interior decoration.
A student l. E. S. lamp was awarded
to Mrs. Harold H. Harmed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
21S Examined At Semi-Annual
OrthOpedic Clinic

A total of 218 persons were exam
med at the esmi-annual orthopedic
clinic conducted in the health office in
Oakland last Wednesday and Thurs
day. DR.. George o. Eaton, assistant to
DR.. George E. Bennett, orthopedic sur
geon and head of the Johns Hopkins
Hospital School, Baltimore, was in
charge of the clinic both days.
On Thursday the entire staff at
tended luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Harry White, at which members of the
Oakland Civic Club were hostesses.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Firemen Extinguish Blazes

Members Of the local fire DEPART
ment responded to three calls during
the week, two of them coming yester-
day evening about six o'clock. Both
calls yesterday were on account Of
brush and leaf fires, one at Mountain
Lake Park and the other near Crellin.
Both were extinguished with little or
no damage resulting to property.
The fremen were also called to the
William-Ja Hotel last Saturday
morning when it was feared sparks
from flaming fue would start blaze
on the roof. No damage, however, re-
suited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
Community Choir To Rehearse

Rehearsal of the Oakland Com
munity Chorus will be held on Tues
day, November /, 1880 p. M, instead
of on Monday, October 81, because of
Halloween and it's festivities inter
vening. The rehearsal will be held in
the basement of st. Marks Lutheran
church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-27
FINAL RITES ARE HELD
FOR DIR. T. ID. RICHARDS
Summer Resident Of Mt. Lake
Park For 40 Years, Died Oct. 20

Rev. DR.. Thomas Davis Richards,
retired Presbyterian clergyman, a
summer resident of Mountain Lake
Park for forty years, died last Thurs
day morning, October 20, at his home
in Cumberland. DR.. Richards, who was
81 years of age, had been in i'll health
for several years. He spent the sum-
mer at his cottage in the Park for
forty-four years, but the past two
seasons was obliged to remain at his
home in Cumberland owing to his
physical condition.
DR.. Richards is survived by his
widow, the former Sarah Ella Carl,
and two sons, William Carl Richards
and Thomas Lohr Richards, members
of the Allegany County Bar and resi-
dents of Cumberland. A third son, DR..
Davis Neeper Richards, who was a
first lieutenant in the Medical Corpse,
died October II, 1918, at Camp Mer-
rift, N. j., the day his unit sailed for
France.
Once Taught School
DR.. Richards was a native Of Buck
Valley, Fulton county, Pa, son Of
the late John T. and Martha M. Rich
ards. Previous to studying for the min
istry he taught school for several
years at Catalpa, a few miles west of
Hancock, Md, near Lock SO. A grad
uate of Wooster University in 1885
and Princeton University in 1888, DR..
Richards was pastor of Neelsville
Presbyterian church, near Gathers
burg, Md, in the Washington City
Presbytery, for thirty years. This was
his only charge. He retired in 1918.
He attended thirteen sessions Of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
church and was high commissioner at
two.
DR.. Richards had much to do with
the early development of Mountain
Lake Park. He served ten years as one
of the five directors of the Mountain
Lake Park Association Until the past
few years, DR.. and Mrs. Richards
spent their winters in Florida. Dr..
Richards was a member of the Ma
sonic Fraternity.
Celebrated Golden Wedding
On August 81, two years ago, DR..
and Mrs. Richards celebrated their
golden wedding at their Mountain
Lake Park home DR.. Richards grand
mother, Sarah Taylor Richards, who
| lived at Kennett Square, Pa, was a
first cousin of Bayard Taylor, the
author.
Funeral services for DR.. Richards
were conducted on Saturday after
noon, October %, from his home in
Cumberland, with interment in the
Presbyterian cemetery at Warfords-
burg, Pa. Rev. William A. Eisenber-
ger, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Cumberland, had charge of
the service, being assisted by Rev.
Thomas S. Long, of RuXton, Md, re-
tired Methodist clergyman, long an
| intimate friend of the Richards family
A poem composed by DR.. Richards was
read at the service
Evening star., 1938-03-20
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