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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

Each loving thought is ever fraught
With power unsupported;
Each friendly smile is aye worthwhile,
IT'S Heavens Light reflected.
Rev. A. C. Curran, pastor of the
Lutheran congregation of this village,
who was ill last week, was sufficiently
recovered to attend to his regular
Sunday services last Sunday.
Regular services will be held in the
Lutheran church here next Sunday at
the usual hours in the forenoon.
Mrs. Bert Livengood, of Springs.
Pa, departed this life last Saturday
night, according to report reaching
this community. Mrs. Livengood was
the former Miss Orpah Orendorf, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Oren-
dorf, of this community. Funeral ser
vices were held at Springs, Pa. on
Tuesday afternoon and interment was
made at the Glades Mennonite church
near here.
Miss Ruth Emory visited in Grants
Vile last Friday and Saturday.
Cecil Brenneman, of Washington
D. c., spent the weekend with his
parents at their home here.
R. L. Emory motored to Oakland on
business last Saturday.
Mrs. Asa Orendorf visited her
father, C. E. Ellithorp, who is pa
tient in Memorial Hospital, Cumber-
land, last Sunday and reports having
found him recovering satisfactorily
from the injuries he received in an au-
tomobile accident near Oakland some
weeks ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

Curran. All are invited to be present.
Mrs. Silas Johnson, who was thrown
from a wagon when the horse ran
away and injured her arm, is said to
be improving.
John Newton, of Luke, is visiting
with his uncle, Kenneth Beckmap.
at this time.
George Beckman, Jr., was in Oak
land on Monday.
The school bus was unable to make
it's trip on Thursday because of the
drifted road, but thanks to enrollees
of the CCC camp the road was opened
and the trip of the bus resumed on
Friday.
Oney Otto and Buddy Winters were
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. C. O'Brien on Sunday.
Harvey Mellinger was visiting at
the home of Stewart Paugh on Sun
( day.
Miss Mabel Fitzwater, who has been
ill for some time, is returning to Bal
timore soon for further treatment.
Mrs. Mollie Weimer is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Earl Beckman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
Question OF The Week

What happened to the new assess
ment cards on a lot of coal lands in
the county? Lost? Strayed? Stolen?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
Homemakers' Column
Edited by Miss Mildred Barton, Home
Demonstration Agent, Oakland
Fabric Identification

New Weaves and mixtures of fiberS
often complicate the problem of shop
ping for clothes. Many of the new
fabrics battle the shopper who wants
to know what fbers, and what proper
ton of each, they contain. This infor-
nation is, or should be, of Importance
to the shopper since methods of laun-
dering, cleaning, pressing and storing
vary according to the kind of tibers
and the proportion of each used in
fabrics. The best aid to identifying
fabrics is a label that gives clear and
complete information. Lacking labels,
shoppers may use few simple tests
at home which will help them to know
what they are buying.
The burning tests is one way Of
telling whether material is pure-dye
silk, weighted silk, or synthetic like
rayon. Fray both lengthwise and
crosswise threads in a sample of the
goods and apply a lighted match.
Pure-dye silk burns with an odor of
burning hair and forms tiny black
balls. Silk heavily weighted with
metal leaves a black, crisp skeleton
of the weave rather than black kballs.
| Synthetics appear to melt as they
burn, give off slight pungent odor
and leave hard, glassy-looking ash.
The lye test helps distinguish be-
tween animal and vegetable fbers and
is useful in finding out just how much
silk or wool a fabric contains. Boil
the sample of goods for ten minutes
in mixture of one pint of water and
one tablespoon of I've. After this boil
ing, all the silk or wool will have dis
appeared, leaving only cotton, linen or
synthetic that the fabric may have
contained. Anyone using I've should
be extremely careful in handling the
material, as it will burn the skin.
H. d. A. Schedule
Monday, January "a, Kemptor
Homemakers Club, 200 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25, Friendsville All
club, $3.50 p. m.
Wednesday, Jan. &c, Bittinger All
club, 400 p. M; Sunnyside Grange
meeting, 1880 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 27, Shallmar Al
club, $3.50 p. M; Kitzmiller Homemak-
ers club, 1880 p. m.
Friday, JAN %, Finzel Homemakers
club, 2:30 p. M, at the school house;
Grantsville Homemakers club, 1880 p
M, with Mrs. Harry Yommer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
encouragement For Us

There's always the problem in the
small town of many people of neces-
sity leaving when they grow up and
have to earn a living. There are not
enough industries in small towns to
take care of the increase in popula-
ton. Many also get the urge to travel
and leave their home town because
they see no future. They don't want
to remain small townish.
However, there is encouragement to
those who remain, as reflected in a
poem published in the New York
Times on January II. This poem was
sent to Archibaldson here in the Of
fee by the Rev. Felix Robinson.
THE STAY-AT-HOME
You followed many roads from sun to
sun
And skinned the oceans freely as
a bird
To watch the way thousand things
were done,
To find afar the rare and final word
| stayed at home here in the little
town
Where you and I were born anC
reared together,
Envying you the flashes of renown,
| who explored but townsmen anC
the weather.
Yet now that you have journeyec
back, know
That l have gained from life as
much as you,
For you have never watched village
grow
Nor followed lives a generation thru
And though you may be stepped il
foreign lore,
l, who have home folks, do not ask
for more.
Isabelle organs Longfellow
HT
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

honor of the 10th birthday anniver-
sary of her husband: Earl Alexander
and family, Paul Welch and family,
Lloyd Alexander and family, Ruth and
Marie Scrogum and Robert Alexander
and family. Refreshments were served
by the hostess.
Mrs. Younkin, of Grantsville, was
a guest on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs
William Miller.
Miss Irene Rodeheaver spent the
weekend with her grandmother, Mrs
Marian Galbreath.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

number of answers were received.
To the question, "Do you believe
Congress should attempt to balance
the budget through reductions in Fed
eral activities, including relief? Over
go peer ceent said yes; Maryland more
than II to l.
To the question, 'Do you favor re-
peal or revision of the capital gains
tax, and the undistributed profits
tax ?" over 80 per cent said yes.
To the question, ''Do you favor con-
tinuance of the trend to extend Fed
eral competition with private bust
ness ?" over SO per cent said no.
At least this shows where the ma
jority of newspapers stand on such
New Deal legislation.
$3.50
Good morning; is this the Welfare
office? Well, I'd like to purchase one
Of those overcoats you are selling for
one cent?" Or maybe the next time it
would be windbreakers, shirts, blan-
kets, or shoes.
After the three or four hundredth
telephone or personal call, this began
to get firing to those in the office of
the Welfare Board
Since last weeks story that all these
things had been purchased for one
cent each and would be distributed to
the needy, they have been very busy
Most of those calling weren't on re-
lief, or WPA, or anything. They just
wanted a bargain in coats or blan-
kets, or what have you. But they soon
learned that they were only for fam
lilies on relief.
If it had not been for that l would
have made application for some OF
the blankets for camping next sum-
mer. And a windbreaker for one cent
wouldn't be so bad either.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
NORTHG GLADE

There will be services in the North
Glade M. E. church on Sunday, Jan
uary %, at 1920 o'clock, when Rev.
Paul R, Names, pastor, will preach.
Everybody will be welcomed
There will be worship service in st.
Johns Lutheran church at Meadow
Mountain on Sunday evening, January
%, at 1880 o'clock. The message will
be brought by the pastor, Rev. A. c..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
II. Praying ". $50.

The Son of God sought out a place
and a time for prayer communion
with his Father. How often we who
profess to follow him fail to pray
at all. Certainly we need the grace
and power that prayer can bring
far more than Jesus did. But, we
say, we are so busy. So was he.
We are tired. So was he.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
The Feeling of Power

He knows that power is unborn,
and, so perceiving throws himself
unhesitatingly upon his thought, in
stantly rights himself, stands in the
erect position, commands his limbs,
works miracles; just as man who
stands on his feet is stronger than
a man who stands on his head.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

A questionable was sent out re-
Gently by news bureau to severa
thousand newspapers throughout the
United States. The questions covered
current legislative issues. A large
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
Spark OF Wisdom

1t is with narrow-souled peoples as
with narrow-necked bottles-the less
,they have in them the more noise they
make in pouring it out.-Pope.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
Beauty

This is what we want-we want
the vision of calmer and simpler
beauty to tranquilize us in the
midst of artificial tastes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20

According to the latest estimate it
costs S10,O28 to bring a child into the
world and through his or her eigh-
teenth year.
This takes no account of the paren-
tai hope and anguish going into the
job that is not to be measured in dol
lars. Then, many times the only thing
there is to show for the job is a mas
terry of the Big Apple.
From the foregoing figures you can
find the proof for the statement GER
tain man made in letter to the Coun-
ty Superintendent several years ago,
''There's more profit in raising hogs
It's a good thing for that man that
his daddy didn't think of that before
it was too late!
In spite of that one man, however,
and a mere handful around in the
county, there are those multitudes who
consider their money well spent by
rearing a family comfortably. And to
help the children to learn little more
than a knowledge of how to do the
Big Apple, there is the problem of the
Community Building for children of
today and children of tomorrow. Let's
not let up on this question. Keep it
before yourself and before others. The
time will come for action.
E*~
While we must needs wait for the
building, there is an opportunity right
now to take advantage of skating on
the lake at Mountain Lake Park. Last
Sunday afternoon there must have
been fifty or more boys and girls out
there on their skates. Sometimes they
didn't remain on their skates long
but they got up and tried again. There
was room for two or three hundred
more people there.
***
With the return of interest in Win
ter sports activities, Oakland is
ideally situated where youngsters car
learn how to ski, skate and sledride
(But you're supposed to sledride out
side the city limits). Perhaps the old
fashioned sleigh rides will become
popular also-and if they do, l want
foot heater installed in every corner
of the sleigh.
The town needs wholesome activi-
ties for its youth and little thought
toward the development of those ac-
Invites.
Mayor Fraley, l believe, is already
considering a place for skiing, anc
that is good.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-20
ACCIDENT
Local Church Services

Local Church Services
Church of the Brethren, Rev. A. D.
Scrogum, Pastor-9:30 a. M, Sunday
school; 1920 a. NJ, worship service
with sermon.
United Lutheran Church Parish,
Rev. G. M. Kunkle, Pastor-Accident,
Sunday school, $3.50 a. M; Holy Com
munion, 10:45. Following the Com
munion service a congregational
meeting will be held; at 1870 p, M,
the Luther League. Cove church, 1920
a. M, Sunday school. Friendsville, 10
a. M, Sunday school; 1880 p M, YES
per service.
Zion Lutheran (Missouri Synod,
Rev. c. F. Dauphin, Pastor-9:30 a.
M, Sunday school; 1890 a. M, wor-
ship. Young Peoples meeting each
Friday evening.
Wedding Solen>nized
Harold Kahl, son of John Kahl, and
Miss Mabel Bowman, youngest daugh-
ter of the late V. o. Bowman, were
married Tuesday, January II, by the
Rev. C. F. Dauphin. Both the bride and
groom are we'll and favorably known
in the community, having resided here
all their lives They are now occupy
ing the Neil property, which was re-
Gently vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Frazee.
Organization Meetings
Members of the Luther League met
Friday evening of last week. Follow
ing the business session the group en-
joyed social hour. Savilla Hanft and
Alverta Bach were the hostesses.
The Opportunity Club met with p
members present. Harvey Miller led
an interesting and educational discus
sion on Opportunities in Farming"
A meeting of this type will be held
each Wednesday evening in the local
high school,
Members of the B. Y. P. D. met at
the home of Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Scro-
gum last Tuesday evening. Marie and
Emerson Alexander served.
Personals
Miss Martha Frazee spent the week
in Friendsville with Miss Helen Hum
berson.
John Shoemaker and family were
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs,
Alonzo Lytle in Confluence.
DeLeon Rush is home for few
days from his work on the B. & O,
Ray Custer and Burzie Wilt were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. S.
Custer.
Mrs. Emma Speicher was in Grants
vile Monday visiting Mrs. Hobart
Speicher.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. G. Speicher were in
Cumberland last Monday.
Miss Mabel Schlossnagle, who is a
member of the high school faculty at
Grantsville, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Schlossnagle, ovel
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Yost and Misses
Grace, Ruth and Kathryn Speichel
were guests on Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. w. w. Dewitt and family al
Hoyes.
Miss June Fratz, student at a bus
mess school in Cumberland, was here
over the weekend with relatives and
! friends.
Miss Mary Miller, teacher at the
Kempton school, was guest of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Miller, on
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Custer and Miss
Florence Schlossnagle were in Mey-
ersday Friday.
Mrs. A. J. Alexander entertained
the following guests Sunday night in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-04-29
Questions Answered

Mrs. B. r. M.-Do not worry if
your child prefers the egg yolk to
the white. The white is chiefly
protein, and he can easily obtain
protein from other foods, especial
ly milk. But the yolk contains an
abundance of minerals and vita
minis in addition to protein and
fat. Nutritionists have determined
that the inclusion of one egg yolk
daily in an otherwise adequate
diet is an effective method Of bal
ancing the intake and output Of
iron in a child's diet.
Miss S. B.-No, the generous
use of cream cannot be consid-
cred as a substitute for taking
milk as beverage or in cooked
dishes. Cream is much higher in
fat and contains less protein, min
erals and vitamins, with the ex-
ception of vitamin A. Cream de-
serves to be included in the di-
etary for its vitamin A content,
but it should not replace milk.
Mrs. A. NICK. - Strawberries
contain vitamins A, B and c. Re
cent experiments indicate that
they rank with citrus fruits and to-
matoes as a source of vitamin c.
@ WNU-C. Houston Goudiss-1938
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Here and There

For the fifth time in the 38-year
history of the American Bowling
Congress perfect 300 game was
bowled during the meet in Chicago.
Mike Blazak of Conneaut, Ohio, was
the bowler who entered the hall of
fame along with Billy Knox of Phil
adelphia; Charlie Reinlie, Kenosha,
Wis; Jack Karstens, Fort Sher-
idan, ILL.,, and Carl Mesenberg,
Scranton, Ill. Approximately 1,800,-
600 games have been bowled in the
tourney since 1900, so the chances
of getting perfect score are one in
800, 1000 Ray Schalk, Jr., son of
the greatest Of White Sox CATCH
ers, is a starting pitcher for Hyde
Park high school, Chicago. Young
Schalk, although weighing only 140
pounds, is still growing and by
graduation time two years hence
may get nod from organized base
ball.
Rogers Hornsby has finally land
ed another baseball job, this time
as coach of the Baltimore Orioles
in the International league. The
Rajah is also to be pinch hitter.
The club management emphasized
the fact that he had been signed
solely in coaching capacity and
not with any idea that he would
succeed Bucky Grouse as manager.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
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Confident that they would have an
adequate defense man in Andy
Kerr, a reserve goalie of the New
York Americans, the Hawks were
dumbfounded just before game time
by a maneuver of the crafty Connie
Smythe, the Leafs manager. With
the connivance of league officials
English Allie" Moore, a castoff vet
eran, was foisted on the Hawks
although his afternoon had been
spent in tavern and his orders for
more ale had been frequent. But
by some magic, Allie played a
whale of a game, made himself a
hockey hero and held the Leafs to
one goal while the Hawks were
scoring three.
League politics again interviewed
and Moore was declared ineligible
for the second game. Paul Good
man, an inexperienced recruit who
had never seen a major league
hockey game, was substituted.
Goodman was easy for the Leaf
marksmen. Red Horner, the Leafs
bad man, contributed to the rout by
breaking the nose of Doc Romnes
and cutting Hawks Roger Jenkins
and Louis Trudell to the skull with
his stick. The Leafs won to l..
Back they came to Chicago for
the third and fourth games. Mike
Karakas was back in the nets, his
broken toe protected by a special
steel guard. With the score tied
at a goal apiece late in the game,
Doc Romnes, who earlier got re-
taliation from Horner with his
stick, gave the Hawks the win with
a long hard shot.
In the final game the Blackhawks
who couldn't possibly do it, won
easily, taking the now demoralized
Maple Leafs by score of 4 to /.
So Bill Stewart is a happy al
though tired man. And if he misses
few close decisions in the early
days of the National league season,
maybe it will be because he's think
ing of hockey instead Of baseball.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-04-29
Another Ruth?

Rudolph Preston York, Detroit
Tiger catcher who halls from Atco,
Ca, has two ambitions this season:
One is to break Babe Ruth's record
for home runs. The other is to
help bat the Tigers to the American
league pennant. If Rudy accom-
plishes the first ambition, the Sec
ond may automatically take care
of itself.
York is hoping for the greatest
season ball player has ever had.
Fans who saw him in the South
this spring marveled at the way he
Dashed balls out of the parks. He
wasn't establishing any new marks
as far as his average was con-
cerned, but whenever his bat met
the ball, it was good for nonstop
trip.
Rudy has no illusions about being
a great catcher although Cochrane
says he is very much improved
receiver. But he does know he can
hit the ball. He also knows it is
possible to break Babe Ruth's rec
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-04-29
SOME LAXATIVE FOODS

Foods with an exceptionally
high residue include raw fruits,
especially those with skins and
seeds; dried fruits, as apricots,
prunes, figs and raisins; raw veg
etables; such cooked vegetables
as onions and leafy greens; the
legumes, that is, dried peas and
beans; whole grain cereals and
bran.
Among the vegetables, don't
overlook cabbage, lettuce, celery,
spinach, brussels sprouts, string
beans and green peas.
Foods which tend to form a lit
tie gas in the intestines, including
spinach, onions and cauliflower,
are also useful stimulants to in
festival movement.
In addition to providing cellu-
lose, the acid fruits, such as Or
anges, lemons and grapefruit, act
as mild stimulus to increased
peristaltic motions.
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Hidden Benefits

Few housewives realize the I'M
derlying advantage of the use of
a good light-oil furniture polish!
Most polish is used only for the
luster it bestows on the chairs,
tables, piano, woodwork in the
home. Rubbing the polish on
cleans the furniture-works up a
glow-and the outward effect is
fresh and sparkling! But that is
only part Of the housewives re-
ward. For out of this domestic
routine comes definite benefit to
the furniture! A reputable polish,
with a light oil base, does what
is known as feeding the finish.
The massage" causes the oil to
penetrate, seep into the pores Of
the wood-just enough to lubricate
and keep it healthy! Here, it is
important to note that cheap pol
ishes are made with a heavy oil
base-and are greasy and UNI
pleasant to use. The best polish
made with fine ight-oil base
is never greasy. Applied on a
damp cloth according to direc-
tions), it is neat to use and proves
boon to the furniture! Lack of
polishing-or the use Of a poor
polish-will cause the finest wood
to dry out, crack, splitter wood
is product of Nature and needs
certain amount Of oily moist
ness. So polish the furniture regu-
larly! Use a quality oil polish--it
pays! For not only does the furni-
ture look better-it is betterl It's
life is preserved!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-04-29
Polish Behenoth

Stanislaus ZbysZko, ancient Pole
who was formerly king of the
heavyweight wrestlers, is back in
the United States, not as wrestler,
but as an inpresario. Somewhere
in the hinterlands of Poland he
caught up with a giant named
Wladyslaw Talun, who is first cousin
to the missing link" and who,
Zbyszko believes, will be the next
heavyweight wrestling champion.
Talun, towering six feet, eight
inches in height and weighing 278
pounds was lumberjack in one Of
Poland's vast forests. Zbyszko
took the youngster to South Ameri-
ca with him several years ago. This
modern Gargantua didn't wrestle
with any of the Gauchos, but spent
hours each day learning the funda-
mentals of catch-as-catch-ca from
the old master.
Two months ago Zbyszko brought
Talun to the United States. The
pupil had apparently learned his
lessons well, for he has had 20
matches and has yet to lose. None
of his matches have gone beyond
IL minutes.
The bald-pated Zbyszko is enthu-
siastic about his young charge. For
sentimental reasons he would like
to see another Pole grab the cham
pionship, for Zbyszko is a great
patriot. During the war when Po-
land was making a bid for indie
pendence Zbyszko, who had gath
cred a large fortune through his
mat career, tossed practically ev-
erything into the treasury. Like
his famous compatriot, Paderewski,
the elder Zbyszko is a brilliant pi-
aniSt.
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ords, because he has crashed one
down already. He drove out ID
home runs in a single month
August, 1937-which was one more
than Ruth ever recorded for SIM
liar period.
His total home run production in
1887 was 80. York had been tried
out around the infield and found
wanting. Detroit was desperate for
catchers after the accident to
Mickey Cochrane, so they put Rudy
behind the plate. When Cochrane
told him he was to be the clubs
regular catcher, he began batting
stampede that made history. The
season was then about two-thirds
over, but he socked the ball at
clip that sent his average up go
points. When the season closed he
was the only batter in the league to
average better than two bases
every time he connected for a hit.