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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Marriage Is Announced

Announcement was made this week
of the marriage of Miss Audrey Hol-
den, of Pine Plains, N. Y, to Howard
D. Naylor, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Naylor, Pennington street,
Oakland. The wedding took place Sc
cretly on February 18, 1889, at Fair
mont, West Va, with the Rev Denver
C. Pickens, DID,, pastor of the First
Methodist church, officiating.
The marriage of the young people
is the result of school romance, the
bride and groom both being students
at West Virginia Wesleyan College at
Buckhannon, from which school both
the bride and groom graduated this
spring. Since returning to Oakland
Mr.. Naylor has been employed in the
A. D. Naylor and Company establish
ment. Mrs. Naylor is planning to ar
rive in Oakland at an early day when
the couple will establish home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
OVER 300 PEOPLE TAKING |
PART in RURAL JUBILEE
Program to be Presented Satur-
day Afternoon and Evening
In Amphitheatre at Park
CONTESTS BEGIN AT 10 A. NJ.

Over 800 people will participate in
the Garrett county country life jubilee
which will be held in the amphitheatre
at Mt. Lake Park all day and evening,
Saturday, August 26, according to
Miss Sara B. Huff, director. The larg-
est single group will be the stringed
orchestra from the Garrett School of
Music, Uniontown, Pa.
T. Roy Brooks, state master of the
grange, and Mrs. Brooks will attend
and Miss Huff announced a meeting of
all grange officers and members for
Thursday evening at o'clock on the
platform of the auditorium, to discuss
final arrangements for the special par
ticipation of the grange in the Jubilee
program Saturday night.
The program for the jubilee in
cludes music and pageantry and
groups from practically every part of
the county are to take part, Miss Huff
said. New groups other than those
previously mentioned are from Bit
finger, Selbysport, Kempton, Sang
Run, Jennings, Gortner, Hoyes and
Red House. Additional groups have
entered from GrantsviIle, Accident,
Friendsville, White Church, Swanton
and Kitzmiller, it was stated. A group
from Kitzmiller is in charge of the
horseshoe pitching contest. Games are
to begin at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Exhibits are to be ready one hour
later and the program will start at
1:30 p. m. The evening program will
begin at 7 o'clock and will be con-
tinuation of the afternoon program.
David Brann will sing at both after
noon and evening programs, with Mrs.
James Treacy accompanying at the
piano.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Annual Lutheran Week To Be
Held August 27-31, at Jack
sons Mill, w. Va.

The sixth annual Lutheran Week
will be observed at Jackson's Mill, w
Va, beginning Sunday, August 27, by
the West Virginia Synod of the United
Lutheran Church in America and its
auxiliary organizations. Representa-
tives will attend from thirty-three con-
gregations in West Virginia and
Western Maryland, including minis
tiers and delegates from Oakland, Ac-
cident, Bittinger and Red House
Rev. F. H. Knubel, DID,, of New
York City, president of the United
Lutheran Church in America since its
organization in 1918, will deliver the
opening sermon Sunday evening and
will speak at the convention of the
Lutheran Brotherhoods Of the Synod
on Wednesday evening.
The annual conventions Of the Syn
cd, the Synodical Women's Missionary
Society and the Synodical Luther
League of young peoples societies will
hold their separate business sessions
on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday The conventions will close
Thursday noon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Raphiel Murphy Is ScOutmaster
OF Local Catholic Troop

Raphiel Murphy, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John R. Murphy, has been ap-
pointed scoutmaster of St. Peters
Catholic scout troop, according to an
announcement of Rev. FIR. w. F.
Sauer, pastor. Albert Jordan, former
scoutmaster, was obliged to give up
the troop because Of his work which
took him out of Oakland.
Mr.. Murphy is a recent graduate Of
Oakland High school. One of his first
undertakings is to take the troop on
a weeks camping trip. The boys left
on Tuesday, August %, and will spend
the week on Deep Greek Lake. The
troop has complete camping outfit
including tents, cooking utensils, and
other requisites.
Members of the troop committee
are H. A. Loraditch, Richard Shaffer,
Joseph Wolfe, Arthur Martini, and
Joseph Gender.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Junior Tourney Opens

The annual Junior Tennis tourney
opened at Mountain Lake Park this
morning with more than twenty-five
entered in the boys and girls singles
events. The tourney will continue thru
to Saturday with doubles events being
added tomorrow.
Seeded players in boys singles are
Ansel Knots, Morgantown; Bob Ben
nett, Pittsburgh; Hubert Martin, Nor
gantown, and John Sincell, Pittsburgh.
Girls seeded players are Betsy Weber,
Oakland; Anna Wells and Media
Koontz, Morgantown, and Cara Weber,
Oakland. Several local players are en-
tered.
Tonight an informal dance will be
held at the Mountain Lake Hotel. On
Friday a picnic will be held at the
Deep Creek Lake home Of Mrs. W. E..
Hankins.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
TYPHOID FEVER IS CAUSE
OF 2 DEATHS IN COUNTY
Both Live at Manadier Ridge
Health Officer Is Attempting
To Find Positive Source
OF Infection
SPRING WATER is BLAMED

Typhoid fever within two weeks has
claimed the lives of two residents of
Manadier Ridge, near Grantsville
The second victim of the disease
which medical science now has virtu-
ally stamped out was Mrs. Rachel
Custer, wife of Stephen Custer, who
died late Tuesday afternoon at Me-
mortal hospital, Cumberland, where
she had been patient since August
IA. She was So.
Mrs. Custer had been i'll for several
weeks before she sought medical at
tention, DR.. L, J. Lapich, her attend
ing physician, stated. He said she
came to him less than two weeks ago
in serious condition and a blood test
revealed her ailment
Although Mrs. Custer was unable to
give history of her case because of
the advanced nature of her illness,
relatives were blaming her death on
water from a spring on the Custer
property.
First Victim Was Only p
The first victim was Harold Bittin-
ger, 22-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bittinger, who died at his
home two weeks ago. The Custer and
Bittinger families had been using the
same spring, it was said, and DR.. N.
R. Davis, of Grantsville, who treated
Bittinger, expressed the belief that it
was the source of infection. Both FAM
lilies have been drinking water from
the spring all summer, members of the
Custer family said. Since Bittinger's
death, however, they had been boiling
the spring water before using it, they
declared.
DR.. H. R. DuPuy county health of
ficer, has been making an investiga-
ton of the situation for several days
and he stated this morning that he
felt the disease was being spread by
carrier" and was not necessarily
caused by drinking from any spring.
He said numerous other people were
or had been using the spring all sum-
mer.
No other typhoid cases have been
reported so far, DR.. DuPuy said, and
attempts to find the Carrier" were
being made by taking blood tests of
the people of that neighborhood The
spring water also will be tested.
Mrs. Custer was born at Jennings,
near Grantsville, a daughter of the
late Daniel and Mary Yommer. Sur
viving besides her husband are two
sons, Lester and Vernon Custer;
daughter, Miss Ethel Custer; two
brothers, William and Clarence Yom-
mer; and two sisters, Mrs. Elmer
Johnson and Mrs. Clarence Beachy,
all of Grantsville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
PREPARATIONS FOR 2OTH
PICNIC NEAR COMPLETION
Pvthians Making Final Arrange
Ments for Labor Day Program

With only a few days left until
Labor Day, preparations for the
twentieth annual Labor Day Picnic,
under the auspices of the Knights Of
Pythias, are nearing completion, ac-
cording to Wade H. Mason, chancellor
commander and general chairman.
A group of Pythians were in Cum
berland on Tuesday evening purchas-
ing the novelties for the local conces-
sions, and other committees have been
meeting weekly to complete their
work.
The picnic is to be held in the Helbig
Grove, at the north edge of town
where there has always been free
parking, plenty of shade and pure
drinking water. In this grove also
there will be the Keystone Shows con-
sisting of ten rides, 8 shows and 30
concessions. There will be two free
acts afternoon and night.
The parade will be held at 10 o'clock
and a number of prizes are offered to
fire companies, floats and comic at
fractions. Two bands, the Mt. Lake
and Oakland organizations are par
ticipating and will give concerts on
the picnic grounds throughout the day.
A Buick automobile will be given
away after which a fireworks display
will conclude the program. The Key
stone shows will remain on the
grounds until Saturday night, Septem-
Der 9.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
BODY OF DEER PARK MAN
is FOUND ALONG RAILROAD
Victim Is Identified AS Dennis
Browning, Killed Near Terra
Alta Last Friday Night
HAD BEEN UNEMPLOYED

The remains of Dennis Browning,
twenty-six years Of age, a resident
of Loeb Lynn, mangled by the wheels
of train, were found between 600
and 700 o'clock last Saturday morn
ing alongside the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad tracks near an overhead
bridge at the west limits of Terra
Alta, West Va.
The corpse was identified by Clar-
ence D. Murphy, Baltimore and Ohio
station agent, and residents of Terra
Alta. A number of persons said they
had seen Mr.. Browning in Terra Alta
Friday evening. The top of the dead
mans head had been torn away, MAX
ing Identification difficult.
Coroner H. F. Hartman and Sheriff
Carl Roth, both Of Kingwood, Preston
county, investigated the tragedy and
said no inquest would be held. Garrett
county officials were notified and the
body was removed to the mans home
at Deer Park.
Mr.. Browning is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel S.
Browning, Deer Park, his widow and
four children at Loeb Lynn, Joan,
Thelma Lou, Barbara Lee and Mary
Frances; also by two sisters and one
brother, Mrs. C. M. Montgomery, Deer
Park; Mrs. Bertha Goliath, Freeport,
H., and Van B. Browning, Deer Park.
He was unemployed.
Coroner Hartman said that in his
opinion Mr.. Browning had been dead
seven or eight hours when his body
was found. This would place the time
of his death around HOO o'clock Fri
day night when he might have been
struck by the locomotive Of a west
bound passenger train. Indications are
that he was walking along the trach
when struck by the locomotive.
Funeral services were conducted on
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the Methodist church at Deer Park,
with the Rev. E. A. Critics, Loeb Lynn
Heights, in charge, assisted by the
Rev. David C. Trimble, Oakland. In
torment was made in the Deer Park
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Injured In Car Wreck

Miss Ethel Pasquale, Meyersdale,
Pa, received fractured collarbone
in an automobile accident which oc-
Cured Saturday afternoon west Of
Grantsville. The car skidden on the
wet road and overturned.
Passing motorists assisted Miss
Pasquale and companion in getting
the machine on the road but before
they could proceed on their way an
other car bearing a Pennsylvania
license, skidded on the curve and
crashed into them. The latter driver
failed to stop.
Miss Pasquale was taken to Grants
vile for treatment before being taken
to her home at Meyersdale. She is
daughter of L. D. Pasquale. Her COM
panion was not injured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
DEER PARK MAN is BEING
HELD FOR FEDERAL COURT
Harry MOsser Charged With
Obtaining Money Under False
PretenSes

Harry Mosser, Deer Park, in jail al
Cumberland awaiting the October
Grand Jury on a state offense, was
ordered held Monday for the Septem-
Der term of the Federal Court.
Mosser was arrested in Fairmont,
w. Va, July % by the West Virginia
State Police on a warrant from Ter
renee J. Boyle, Allegany county IN
vestigator, and was given preliml-
nary hearing on July %, on charge
Of obtaining money under false pre-
tense from the Citizens National
Bank, Westernport.
Monday morning, following hear
ing in U. S. Deputy Marshal Howard
P. Loughrie's office in Cumberland,
Mosser pleaded guilty to forging
names on a check from the Garrett
National Bank, Oakland, which was
being administered by the U. 5. Gov
eminent, according to James A. Aver
EFT, district commissioner, who con-
Quoted the hearing.
The Federal charge was entered
against Mosser by James H.. Decker
son, U. S. secret service agent. MosseH
was taken from Fairmont to Morgan
town and then taken to Cumberland on
July rs, where he has been since that
time. He waived extradition and volun-
tarily returned to Allegany county.
Mosser said he got the check from
the bank when he went for his father
dividend, and the clerk in charge gave
him check for $77.40, made out to
Oscar Whithair and Laura S. White
hair He admitted forging the names
on the check and getting the cash from
the Westernport bank. Mosser SAID ne
rode from his home, where he signed
the check, with Floyd Harvey, since
murdered at Vindex, and an uniden-
titled boy.
When asked if he had been drink
ing the day the check was cashed' ne
said he chad been drinking but WASH
drunk, but in hurry"
Federal Court Meets September 20
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Schools To Open September 5

The public schools of the county will
omen for the 1939-40 term on Tuesday
morning, September 5, and according
to a statement by F. E. Rathbun,
county superintendent, the opening
day is to be full days session.
All children entering school for the
first time must be six years of age or
older prior to January 1, 1910, Be
ginning children also must present
certificates of vaccination against
smallpox, as required by the State
school law
An all-day tecahers' meeting IS to
he held in Oakland High school on
Friday, September 8,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Golf Tournament Progresses

Semi-fnalists in the golf tourna-
ment being conducted at the Oakland
golf course are 1. j. Bosley, Garth
right May, F. D. Bittle and Edwin
Lancer. Bosley and May will meet
Tuesday while Bittle and Lancer will
meet on Sunday.
The women's tournament is COM
pleted, Miss Dorothy Spencer winning
from Mrs. l. j. Bosley. Semi-fnals
were Mrs. Bruce Jenkins and Mrs.
Robert Lohr. Mixed foursomes are
now under way.
Cups and other awards will be on
disploy soon in the office of the West
Maryland Power company, according
to James Spencer, golf pro.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Sees Little OF RecreatiOnal
Value In Savage Dam Lake

State Forester F. w. Besley, in an
interview article in The Sun today,
couldn't see much value in the Savage
River dam for recreational purposes,
on account of the uncertain level Of
the lake.
1t would impound water in winter
and spring and release it in summer to
maintain the rate of flow in the
Potomac.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE
THEY CAN CONTROL ROADS
Have Asked For That Privilege
Based On Interpretation Of Law
Enacted By Last Legislature
PARAGRAPHS CONTRADICT

A belief that the County Commits
sioners have the power to ask for and
receive their share of the gasoline tax
for operation of the county roads in
Garrett county, thus taking away the
county road maintenance from the
State Roads Commission, was eX-
pressed Tuesday by Blaine Giessman,
president, following the adjournment
of the Board.
Mr.. Giessman said they had received
an opinion from two attorneys as to
the Interpretation of the law passed at
the recent session of the legislature,
and that both attorneys felt the law
gave them that privilege.
A paragraph in the law specifical-
ly included Garrett county in the list
of those counties whose county roads
should be maintained by the State
Roads Commission. The following
paragraph, however, also states, Mr..
Giessman said, that any county de-
string to maintain its own roads may
do so by making that request to the
State Roads Commission before Sep
TENDER l.
Mr., Giessman said such request
had been made several days ago. Pro-
viding the law is interpreted by the
attorney general or the courts, in the
manner the County Commissioners
attorneys feel is correct, Garrett
county's roads will be administered
locally beginning October l. How
ever, there appears to be much contro-
versy throughout the state over the
law as enacted, as several Of its para
graphs evidently contradict one an
other. An official ruling will have to
be made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24

Led by iron and steel production
industrial activities rose sharply IN
July.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-24
Audit Is Ordered

C. H. Browning, another member OF
the County Commissioners, also an
nounced that the Board had hired
the firm of Wooden and Benson, certi-
fled public accountants, of Baltimore
City, to audit the books of the county
treasurer and county commissioners,
as a routine procedure, in order to get
the books set up properly in prepare
ton for the 1910 levy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

Friends have received letters from both him and his wife, and re- ports are that he is scheduled for an important promotion. COHEN AND CORCORAN
 Vice President Garner has re- peated to some of his Senate cronies snatches of his famous conversation with the President, and they are in convulsions over 1t.
 At one point, after Roosevelt had finished telling Garner about his congressional program the vice president asked this blunt question:
 Well, chief, what are you going to do = have the baby, or not have the baby?"
 What do you meant" asked the President.
 Are you going to go along with these radicals, or are you going to drop them?" Then he added: You've got to get rid of this minstrel combination"
 The President again asked him what he meant.
 "This team of Cohen and Kelly" shot back Cactus Jack, then immediately corrected him. self. 'T mean this team of Co., hen or Corcoran. You can't do business with them any more. The country's sour on them."
 The vice president has scrupu- lously observed confidence re- garding the Presidents remarks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
Trouble Ahead

There's trouble ahead for the legisla- tors when they decide to take up the task of governmental reorganization. A pretty radical program of revising state departments has been recommended by the State Legislative Council. It's pretty doubtful if it can be swallowed in one gulp by the present Republican-domi- mated Legislature. It's large bite for a party that has just been returned to complete power in Che state. Even now the storm signals are out, because only this week the Connecticut Milk Pro- ducerS Association indicated at its annual meeting in Hartford that it wasn't too sure it favored placing milk administra- tion under the Department of Agricul- ture
 The plan was to put the several branches of agriculture, such as milk regulation, domestic animals, dairy and food, etc., all under the one branch of agriculture. On the surface it seems like a very sound and sensible proposal, be- cause there would be definite recognition of the several problems of the individual agriculturist, whether it was milk or horses or sheep or merely land But the milk situation in this state has been a very complex one of recent years, so much so that we honestly don't know if the problem is solved by the present set-up of control and regulation in the industry.
 Governor Raymond E. Baldwin at the opening of the State Grange convention in Bridgeport Tuesday recognized the fact that reorganization of the state gov ernment, where it affects agriculture, is going to be given some very serious thought. Offhand we'd wager right now that consolidation of the now several de- partments into one would be sidetracked. That's a little bit more than guess on this writer's part and we'll be keenly in- terested in the outcome of the reorganiza- tion bill where it calls for departmental elimination and anialgamation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

Hartford's Aviation Commission is go- ing after the Legislature during this session to see if some funds can't be allo- cated for Brainard Field. All of which may provoke from other communities around the state the query as to why Hartfords airport should get legislative aid when other municipal airports are dependent upon what support they can get from the city or town We honestly can't advance one argument why the state should lend financial support to any municipally-owned airport, whether it is in the capital city or smallest town in the state There may be some benefits deriving to the state by operation of Brainard Field, but if there are, then surely the same might be said of the air port in East Hartford or New Ravens airport. And certainly Bridgeport's air port, slowly dying for lack of operating funds, can't be counted out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12

There has been growing among newspaper cor respondents and other observers at Washington, the opinion that there is clique, or cabinet-or, shall we call it. backdoor cabal-surrounding President Roosevelt, which does not regard the prospect of recovery with unmixed joy. Editorial ly and otherwise it is being pointed out that some @f these rising young statesmen aware that they would lose much of their power and possibly their jobs, should good times return and the bus mess of succoring the needy come to an end.
 Vendors of social and economic salvation fare best when the tide of human suffering is high And perhaps no nightmare is more hair-raisng to the professional uplifter than the vision of an America in which every competent citizen can lift himself. No doubt the officials referred to justify their coolness to premature recovery by the argument that, when prosperity flies in at the window, reform flies out of the other But, in an industrial nation, reform at the price of low production and high unemployment does not appeal to ones common sense.
 Most of us have soft spot in our hearts for reformers. But when reformer goes political, or turns himself into one of those cold gamblers with human lives, who loves his theories so much that for their sake he will sacrifice the well-being of countless people, such reformer ceases to be an asset; he is as much liability as any tyed-in- the-wool bourbon.
 In addition to the backfire which, it is said our reform -at-any-price brethren are building against too sudden recovery, newspaper men and politicians are discussing kindred subject It is the administrations military program Will this program turn out to be g sincere program aimed only at national defense? Or will 1t take form as a political program which, with its in- duced fears and hatred of other nations, its alarms, war drums. and perhaps taste of war itself, will be used by the administration as an instrument for re-uniting the country behind the president and keeping him and his friends in power?
 win New Deal strategists employ preparedness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-12
METHODIST YOUNG PEOPLE CRITICIZED FOR STAND
 ON MUNITIONS

Jan. II, 1889. Editor of The Democrat:-
 What lovely neighbors we have in the Waterbury Methodist Young Peoples Federationl
 By going on record as opposing the shipment of American-made war munitions to all nations, ex- cept Spain, the young Methodists cast their vote for the Loyalists' government that is being support ed and financed by the Commun- ists of Russia. They join hands with the 20th Century Americans (God Help Us), as the Communists of this country prefer to be known.
 There Is no need to argue whether the Loyalists or the follow CTS of General Franco represent the will of the majority of the people of Spain. It is sufficient to note that the Loyalists and their friends, Communists and Anarchists are responsible for the greatest mass slaughter of Christians in modern history. They are g Goddess lot