The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-04-06
Unusual Tie Vote at Election

! lie EOIe dL EleCLlOn
The results of the municipal election
held Monday, when three councilmen
were to have been elected, are as fol-
lows: H. F. Broadwater was high man
with Al votes out of the 60 ballots
cast. C. o. Bender, incumbent, was
not far behind with 80. Harry Yom-
mer, president of the council for the
past year, and H. C.. Edwards were
tied with 80 votes each. H. J. Ben
der, the third retiring member of the
council, received % votes, and L. B.
Schaefer, IA. Glen Yoder, Daniel
Klotz and j. U. Stanton, nominated,
withdrew from the contest Such a
tie vote is unprecedented in the his
tory of the town, it is thought, and
while not improbable is unusual in
any election.
Filters Forced To Land Here
Forced down by ice which had
formed on the wings of their plane
and the dense fog, Richard H. Benson
and VIM. S. Newman, co-pilots, of
Pittsburgh, flying a Taylor craft
Model B1 nlonoplane, owned by Ben
son, landed here Friday about $50 p.
NJ, ON William Winterberg's field,
south of here, to wait until weather
conditions had cleared. They re-
manned here all night at the Victoria
hotel and continued ON their way to
Pittsburgh Saturday morning. On a
pleasure trip, they had previously
stopped on the Eastern Shore.
Basketball Banquet
Sponsored by the faculty, banquet
of the Athletic Association of the
local high school was held Wednesday
night in the school auditorium in hon
or of the boys and girls basketball
teams.
Chief addresses of the evening were
made by County Superintendent of
Schools, F. E. Rathbun, of Oakland,
and Miss Elizabeth Holtzhauser and
George Darlington, athletic directors
at Frostburg State Teachers college.
Brief talks were given by Martha En-
gle Brookhart and VIM. Grimm,
coaches, and Vernon Reichenbecher
and Ralph Swauger, from the boys
squad.
Mr.. Getty announced that Rodney
Patton, a senior, had been elected as
honorary captain of the 1889 boys
basketball team. He has served in
that capacity during the season.
Lucille Patton, also a senior, was CAP
tain of the girls team Elizabeth b.
Renninger and members of her Home
Economics department prepared and
served the dinner.
School Notes
Miss Ethel Miller executive secre
tary of the Garrett County Welfare
Board, Oakland, addressed the Senior
Sociology class of the local High
school Wednesday. Her theme was
welfare Work"
Prof. Ramirez, entertainer, from the
Antrim Lyceum Bureau, Philadelphia,
presented a program at assembly Fri
day afternoon at the school.
The Seniors remained in possession
OF the attendance banner for the
month OF March with percentage of
95.8. The third grade, with 95.1 came
IN a close second. The Freshmen were
third with 94.8 percent and the 7th
graders, who were strong contenders
for high attendance honors in past
months, dropped to fourth place with
1894 percent.
Grantsville school has purchased
new duplicator machine.
The Seniors have decided to wear
caps and gowns at their commence
ment exercises in June.
WOOdmen To Attend Convention
Grantsville will be represented in
the Head Camp convention of the w.
0. W. Life Insurance Society meeting
at Elkins, West Va, on April IL and
IL by two local members, L. G. Bit
finger and j. C. Miller are the repre-
sentatives-elect, and alternates are
DR.. t. O. Broadwater and C. 0. Keller.
They will leave Grantsville on Tues
day. The Head Camp convention is