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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
LegiOnaires Elect Shaffer AS
Post Commander

At a meeting of Proctor Kildow
Post, No. II, American Legion, held
on Monday evening, the following
were elected as officers for the COM
ing year: F. R. Shaffer, post comman-
der; Eliza Bray, 1st vice-commander;
Earl Soldiers, End vice-commander;
Edward P. Kahl, adjutant; Emory
Devers, sergeant-at-arms; James Faz-
zalari, finance officer; H. C. Riggs,
chaplain; Delbert Davis, historian.
Delegates selected to attend the
State convention to be held in Balti-
more, September 24-27, were Stanley
S. Stahl and Alex. G. Hesen. The next
meeting of the post will be held on
August 7, when the newly elected of
ficers will be installed.
Following the business meeting last
Monday the members spent a social
evening as guests of Lewis H. Cor
nish, at the Manhattan Hotel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
All Club Boys End Camp At
Bittinger

Sixty-one boys from Washington,
Allegany and Garrett counties at
tended Camp Algawa at Bittinger July
1929, with ten counselors. Counselors
were provided for activities such as
swimming, rifle craftsmanship, metal
craft, leathercraft, woodcraft, build
ing Of toy electric motors, light DEM
onstrations, which was offered in the
mornings. The afternoons were de-
voted to recreation.
The camp was in charge of John H..
Carter, County Agent, Oakland, and
H. w. Beggs, assistant county agent
of Washington and Allegany counties
They were assisted by E. G. jenkins,
State boys club agent; J. A. Conover
and A. V. Krewatch, College Park; j..
R. Martin, of West Maryland Power
Company; Bill McGrath, Washington,
d. c.; Bill Telmeco, Mountain Lake
Park; Charles Llewellyn, Allegany
county, and Rev. Shelankey, Of Wash
ington county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
GARRETT COUNTY TRACT
TRANSFERRED TO U. OF M.
University Is Given New Labora-
tory Comprising 1900 Acres Lo-
Gated Near Bittinger
IS USABLE FOR RESEARCH

An agreement has been signed
transferring for use and management
by the University of Maryland an
1800-acre tract of the Garrett County
naturalization project, it is an
nounced by DR.. H. H. Bennett, Chief
of the Soil Conservation Service of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture.
The University of Maryland is to
use the tract for a period of 80 years
as an outdoor laboratory for research,
investigation and demonstration in the
biological sciences, engineering, for
estry and wildlife conservation.
The Garrett county project-a COM
bined area of 35,635 acres-was estab-
lished in 1885 as a part of the nation
wide program for the development of
sub-marginal land for non-farm use.
The 1800-acre tract has been devel-
oped as a field laboratory and a group
camp was constructed to house extern
sion service workers, All club men,
bers and others interested in group
study of conservation methods. Some
erosion control work has been carried
on to demonstrate effective methods of
soil conservation. improvements were
made with the cooperation of the
Works Progress Administration. The
area is known locally as the Cunning
ham tract, near Bittinger, now in use
as a recreational center.
This is the second transfer of Gar
rett county project lands for use and
management by the agencies of the
State of Maryland. Recently a $685.
acre tract was made available to the
State Forestry Department of the
University of Maryland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Labor Day Picnic Committees
Are Named by Pythians

Committees have been appointed by
the Knights of Pythias Lodge for the
goth annual Labor Day picnic, which
will be held this year on Monday, Sep
TENDER 4, and preliminary plans are
already being made for the affair, it
was announced this week by Wade H.
Mason, chancellor commander. Mr..
Mason is general chairman.
C. F. White was named secretary
and J. j. Ashby, Jr., treasurer. Others
named included the following:
Advertising, H. L. Stemple, Jr.,
Julius Renninger, Percy Thayer;
Speakers, Grover C. Stemple, Jesse j.
Ashby, Prentiss DeBerry; car, Alva
G. Gortner, Arthur Lawton, Paul Nay
lor, Milburn w. Mann; program, Mrs.
James Bell; grounds, Robert Town
shend, Albert Kahl; parade, Alva R.
Martin, Carl w. Frazee, Leonard
Hathaway.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
CAMP MEETING SERVICES
CONTINUE AT THE PARK
Second in Series of Musical Ser
mons Scheduled Saturday

The second in the series Of musical
sermons entitled "The Ninety and
Nine" will be presented Saturday
evening in the Bashford amphitheatre,
Mt. Lake Park, at 7:3O, by the Oliver
E. Williams musical ensemble of
Pittsburgh, known as the radio sky
pilots" The presentation will be di-
rected by ]. Roy MacMurray, instru-
mentalist. Mr.. MacMurray will play
and sing several numbers and will be
assisted by Mrs. Williams, soprano
soloist. Solos, duets and trios will COM
prise the program. Mr. Maring Swart,
pianist and soloist, will accompany Mr..
MacMurray at the piano and be heard
in various solos. Mrs. NADIA Swart,
soprano, will also sing. Fourteen
musical instruments including the
electric vibra-harp, will be used.
The services began last Sunday
evening, and will continupe for two
weeks, closing on August IS. Assisting
DR.. Williams are DR.. Frank N. Lynch,
and Rev. James Ellenberger. Week
day services are being held in the
auditorium, and the musical sermons
Saturday night and Sunday services
in the amphitheatre. DR.. Williams
has charge of an Upper room" SER
vice daiIv at 0.20 baSidas his 7.9O
services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Firemen's Celebration Closes At
Grantsville With Big Parade

Fifteen fire companies participating
in a parade at Grantsville last Friday
evening brought to a close the Fire
mems Week celebration in that town
Meyersdale's new squad car headed
the procession, followed by the Mey-
ersdale band and fire company. Others
in the line of march included Oak
land, Hyndman, lockwood band and
fire company, Confluence, Salisbury
band and fire company, k. of P. lodge,
Homecoming band, Westernport, Key
ser High band and city fire company,
Bloomington, FriendsvilIe, Berlin fife
and drum corps and fire company,
Kingwood, Barton, Tunnelton and
Grantsville. Members of tWenty-four
companies attended the celebration.
Riding in the Grantsville truck was
T. S. Preston, of Frostburg. Mr.. Pres
ton, 81, is the oldest living member Of
any fire company in Maryland. He has
belonged to the organization for six
ty-one years and four months, having
joined on March II, 1878. He also
holds honorary membership in the
Chapel Hill fire company, Cumber-
land; the Westernport fire company
and the Oakland volunteer fire COM
pany.
This was the third annual conven-
ton the Grantsville fremen have spon-
sored and various activities were fea-
tured during the week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
FrOstburg ROtarians Hear About
Oakland Golf Course

Frostburg Rotarians heard the
story of the Oakland Municipal Golf
course at their regular meeting on
Monday evening at the Big Savage
Hotel near that city, when Delbert
Davis, Oakland Rotarian and president
of the City Council, was guest speaker.
Mr.. Davis gave detailed account Of
how Oakland secured a golf course
through the cooperation of the Rotary
Club, the City Council and the WPA.
The course was built at an approx
mate cost of $31 ,59099, and Mr. Davis
pointed out to the Frostburgers that
a majority of the citizens Of Oakland
considered it a decided community
asset.
He listed Oakland's share of the cost
as follows: 1878, $2,99O.26 for con-
struction; 1889, $3,464O8 for con-
struction and equipment; and 1889,
$854.85 for seeding and fertilizer, a
total of approximately $7,3O8.99. The
amount spent by the WPA was about
$24,282. The course is being man
aged this year by the Oakland Golf
Club for the City Council, with a
guarantee of 6 per cent on its invest
ment.
Mr.. Davis was of the opinion that
the golf idea was taking hold on Oak
land and that scores of visiting golf
players were contributing to the prot
its of retail business men who in some
instances were reciprocating by MAX
ing cash donations to the golf course
management.
Mr.. Davis was accompanied to
the meeting by Walter W. Dawson,
another Rotarian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Bible School Closes

The Daily Vacation Bible school
conducted in st. Johns Lutheran
church, Red House, for two weeks
closed Sunday evening with special
program by the pupils and an address
by Rev. A. B. Learner, D. D., paste.
of st. Marks church, Oakland.
There were 122 enrolled with an
average daily attendance of III. A
missionary offering of $14.00 was con-
tributed during the school. No fe1
was charged. The school was super
vised by Rev. A. K. Jones, pastor, and
Mrs. Jones. There were fourteen
teachers and associates including Mis-:
Grace Filler, Red House school princi-
pal, and Sister Virginia Wolfe, deacon
ness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Planning For Excursion

NJ. w. Grove, travelling passenger
agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail,
road, was in Oakland yesterday to as.
certain if plans were progressing for
the autumn leaf excursion which is to
be run from Baltimore and Washing
ton to Oakland on Sunday, October l.
Mr.. Grove stated that at least five
hundred members of the Baltimora
Boosters club would be on the excur-
sion.
A 3O-mile tour in the county by au-
tomobiles donated by the citizens is
being planned again by Mayor L. NJ
Fraley and the City Council.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Plans Completed For County
Picnic Next Wednesday

Plans are completed to accommo-
date 1000 people who are expected TO
attend the annual county picnic to be
held at the Bittinger recreation area
on Wednesday, August 9.
The picnic this year will be COM
bined with the official dedication
transferring the entire Cunningham
tract of 1900 acres to the University
of Maryland which includes the picnic
area and camp site which has been il
constant use this summer by All club
members from Washington, Allegany
and Garrett counties.
DR.. H. H. Bennett, chief of the soil
conservation service, and DR.. H. C.
Byrd, president of the University Of
Maryland, will speak briefly. Group
singing will be led by Miss Sara B.
Huff, director of summer programs at
Mt. Lake Park, and special numbers
will be given by the Oakland Com
munity choir under the direction OF
Rev. Felix Robinson.
There will be games and other rec
reation planned for anyone who cares
to participate. Those attending are
to bring basket lunches. A bus will
leave Oakland on that day for the pic
mic grounds at 10 o'clock a. M, from
in front of the Green Palm restaurant.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Piano Recital At Red House

A piano recital will be presented to-
morrow evening, Friday, August A
in the Lutheran church at Red House,
at o'clock, by the following pupils
of Miss Sally Jones: Clara and Her
bert Beckman, Nola Anne Carr, Kath-
leen, Leona and Robert Dodge, Cath
crime and Benny Knepp, Betty Jean
Roth, Geraldine Soelter, Lillian, Gin.
ton and Mrs. Marie Shaffer. The
guest soloist is Miss Mildred Hamil-
ten. She will sing two numbers, ac-
companied at the piano by her mother,
Mrs. ]. F. Hamilton. A cordial inyi-
tation is extended to all.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Crashes Into Threshing Machine

Miss Ruth Beckman, of near
Thayerville, was painfully but mot
seriously injured last Friday evening
about 10 o'clock when the car which
she was driving crashed into the rear
of a threshing machine, on the Sand
Flat-Deer Park highway.
The threshing machine was owned
by Phillip Filsinger. Both the ma
chine and the automobile were badly
damaged. Miss Beckman sustained
numerous cuts and bruises on her face
and body.
Corporal Thomas Currie of the
State police is investigating the acct
dent. He said hearing would be
held.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
VINDEX YOUTH BROWNS In
LAKE; FAMILY ON PICNIC
Thomas Clark, Son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James Clark, Falls off Sub
merged Stump Into Deep Water
EFFORTS TO REVIVE FUTILE

Drowning of a 12-year-old boy in
Deep Greek Lake on Sunday afternoon
brought a tragic end to a family pic
mic. Thomas Clark, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Clark, of Vindex, was the
victim.
The lad fell off a partially sub
merged stump into about Is feet of
water. He was not able to swim.
His body was found more than an
hour later by a rescue crew. Eugene
B, Stein, of Cumberland, press room
foreman of The Evening Times,
hooked his body with a graphing
hook brought to the scene by the Oak
land Fire Department.
Four members of the Oakland Fire
department used their inhalator and
worked over the boy for nearly an
hour when he was finally pronounced
dead by DR.. N. |. Broadwater, county
medical examiner. DR.. Broadwater
gave a verdict of accidental death by
drowning. Members of the Fire de-
partment who attempted to resusci-
tate the lad were Bob Wolfe, Frank
Blake, Emroy Bolden and James Car
ney
Falls Off Stump
The tragedy occurred at the John
Nazelrod farm, near Deer Park, and
across the Deer Park inlet from Tur-
key Neck. There Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
with their four children and a young
niece, had gone for a Sunday picnic.
The niece, Ia, went out to a stump jut-
ting up not far from the shore, Sher-
if j. W. Owens said he was told. The
girl called for Tommy to join her.
Tommy went out and clambered up on
the stump. A few minutes later he lost
his balance and tumbeled into deep
water on the far side of the stump.
The girl, panic-stricken, screamed,
arousing those on shore and some
people across the lake who got to the
scene in boats and Immediately began
to dive for the body.
Somebody went to Cabin Lodge in a
boat, several miles distant and spread
the alarm, notifying Sheriff Owens,
members Of the Oakland Fire Depart
ment and others. Mr.. Clark, a miner,
then got into his automobile and also
drove to Cabin Lodge to summon aid.
The accident occurred about 5:15 and
the body was not recovered until about
6:30. Sheriff Owens said Stein, who.
recovered the body, tainted after sue
ceeding in bringing the boy to the
surface.
The lake shore was particularly
steep at this point and dropped sharp
ly short ways from shore.
The lad was born July 6, 1927. Sur
yiving are his parents, two brothers,
James Clerk, Jr., and Harold Clark.
The body of the drowned lad was
taken to the home Of his grandfather,
John Clark, in Kitzmiller and funeral
services were conducted on Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock from the
Methodist church in Kitzmiller vita
the Rev. William Burkhart, Elk Gar
den, W. Va, officiating. Interment
was in the Nethken Hill cemetery at
Elk Garden.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
FINAL APPROVAL IS GIVEN
FOR SAVAGE RIVER DAM
President Approves Measure Tt
Insure Almost Immediate
Construction of Project
SITE is IN THIS COUNTY

The three-million dollar Savage
River Dam project was approved last
Friday by President Roosevelt The
approval insures almost immediate
construction of the huge water-im-
pounding project which will provide
industries in Cumberland area with
ample year-around water supply, and
give employment to more than LOO
persons over a 30-month period. The
dam is to be constructed in Garrett
county and is calculated to help in
solving the relief problem in this and
adjoining Allegany county.
The dam will also provide a measure
of flood control and abate pollution in
the Potomac river by providing an
even flow during dry summer months.
Plans for actual start of work are
to be made this week at conference
between Francis H. Dryden, State
WPA Administrator, and members of
the three-man commission which con-
sists of George w. Legge, Owen E.
Kitchens, of Cumberland, and George
Warwick, of Bloomington and Oak
land.
The site selected is on Savage river,
tributary of the Potomac, about six
miles northeast of Luke At this point
will be built a dam nearly quarter
of a mile long and IT'S feet above the
stream bed, or as tall as an 18-story
building. The dam will stretch 1,050
feet across the river and it's thickness
at the top will be 25 feet. The struc-
ture will be of earth and stone mixed
and will be- paryland's largest earthen
dam.
Plans call for digging of a tunnel
around the dam to divert the water
during construction and to provide
steady flow of water in the lower part
of the river when the lake behind the
dam is not high enough to flow over
the top. The huge structure will i'm
pound in the neighborhood of six and
one-half billion gallons of water. Such
an amount is estimated necessary by
engineers to provide an even flow dur
ing drought periods, This would pro-
vide sixty million gallons a day when
needed during a dry spell.
Cost of the project is estimated at
$2,87O,090, Of which the federal gov
eminent, through WPA, will furnish
$1,882 800. The remaining $987,79
will be provided by the county com
missioners of Allegany county.
Of the 1,135 persons to be employed,
WPA will pay the wages and salaries
Of 1890; Allegany county, of As. Total
wages and salaries to be paid on the
project during the thirty months esti-
mated necessary to complete it amount
to $1,870,340, of which Allegany coun-
ty will pay $218,2OO; WPA, 81 1852, 14O.
Labor costs are broken down as fol-
lows: unskilled, $1,140,4 8O; inter
mediates, $231,0OO; skilled, $275, $50;
superintendency, $223,300.
Mr.. Legge stated steps would be
taken Immediately to obtain rights-of-
way and easements needed. Most of
the land required is already owned by
the state and federal governments,
but negotiations will be entered into
Immediately for the purchase of about
ten privately -owned farms at the dam
site. The commission has authority to
condemn land.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Nominated For Postmaster In
Oakland

President Roosevelt on Monday OF
this week nominated Irwin R. Rudy for
postmaster in Oakland and sent. his
name to the Senate for confirmation
Mr.. Rudy has been serving as acting
postmaster since July 6.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Fraklin E. Rathbun
left Oakland yesterday for the New
York Worlds Fair. On Saturday they
will take the SIS. Lancashire for a
coast-wise vacation cruise to Nassau
in the Bahama Islands, the cruise last
ing about week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03
Automobile Deal Is A Bust; $500
Check Declared Forged

What appeared to be an unusually
favorable business deal last Friday for
C. E. Sharps, Chevrolet dealer, turned
out to be not so favorable when Burrell
Dawson, aged about Is years, of near
Aurora, who purchased an automobile
and made partial payment with a
check supposedly signed by W. E.
Roth, of Aurora, was arrested and
charged with forgery.
Mr.. Roth is the father of Sheriff
Roth, of Preston county, W. Va, and
when the check was presented at the
bank at Terra Alta for payment it was
found that Mr.. Roth's signature on
the check was not genuine.
Authorities here were notified and
young Dawson was apprehended near
Wheeling, W. Va, Monday, brought
to the Oakland Jail and was given a
preliminary hearing before Trial Mag
istrate Charles F. White. Dawson en-
tered a plea of guilty and was held for
action of the September Term Grand
Jury. Failing to furnish bond in the
sum of $500 he remains in the custody
of Sheriff Owens.
Rob Vindex Store
Sheridan Sims and Russell Crosco,
both under q years Of age, pleaded
guilty Tuesday to a charge Of break
ing and entering the Vindex store at
Vindex. The hearing was before Trial
Magistrate White. Both were held
under bond of $500 each for action Of
the September Grand Jury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-03

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
CITIZENSHIP PRICED
MORE THAN FORTUNE

KALAMAZOO, Mich A $26-
a-week paper mill worker here
would rather keep his job than
forfeit his U. S. citizenship and
claim a fortune awaiting him in
his native Italy.
He has renounced the fortune.
saying: my American citizenship
means more to me than any other
possession. / would rather be a
mill worker here than king of
Italy"
The worker is Frank Rusoti, AZ
who came to the United States
when he was nine. His father died
in Italy last month and left his
estate to Rusoti. To claim it, how
ever, he must return to his native
country.
Rusoti doesn't know the size of
the fortune, because Italian Of
ficials have refused to divulge the
amount.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
PAGE SEVEN

Register of Deeds of Ashe
County, in Book 80, page 537, we,
Bruce Mink and wife, Allie Mink
will sci to the highest bidder for
cash, at the courthouse door in
Jefferson, North Carolina, on the
18th day of April, 1889, at 100
P. NJ, the following described real
estate, lying and being in Ashe
County, North Carolina, and stu
ated in the village of Tuckerdale,
and bound as follows:
One house and lot lying on the
waters of Big Horse Creek, begin
ming on the corner of the front
OF. the F. B. Tucker store build
ing, running Southwark 80 feet
to a stake in the Norfolk and
Western Railroad right of way;
thence Westward &c feet to a
stake; thence Northward 80 feet
to corner in F. B. fuckers line:
Thence eastward with F. B. Tue
ker's line to the beginning, con-
tanning 2508 Square feet.
This March Is, 1899.
BRUCE MINK AND
ALLIE MINK,
3-16-4T MORTGAGES.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Grassy Greek News

The following students are
spending the spring holidays at
their respective homes here:
Joseph Thompson, Howard Six
ton and Stanley Walker, U. N. c.
Chapel Hill; Charlie Pierce,
Greenbrier Military School, Levi
sburg, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Barker at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Wiley
Hartsoe at Shatley Springs last
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Paul Blevins and daught-
er, Diana, spent last weekend
with relatives in Manassas, Va.
Miss Helen Sexton, w. Va,
Business College Bluefield, spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mr.. H. r. Sexton.
Mrs. E. r. Duvall was called
to her home at Baldwin last
week on account of the illness
and death Of her father, Mr.. Ro-
by Houck.
Miss Gladys Sturgill, Jefferson,
came home for a weekend's visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. D. Sturgill. "
Mr.. Avery Wood is critically
i'll at his home in the Greenwood
section.
Charlie Haynes, WEIGH, w. Va,
is spending sometime with home
folks here.
Mrs. Alice Barker went to
Wilkesboro last Thursday for
medical treatment.
The Baptist Women's Missio-
nary Society will meet Thursday
afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Garvey Blevins.
Mrs. Will GRAPHICAL has return
ed to her home from the Marion
hospital and her condition is much
improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. GRAPHICAL
and Miss Wilma Hash attended
the Birthday dinner given Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson. 1t was Mr.. Thomp-
sons 93rd birthday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-03-16
Fifth InStallment
SYNOPSIS

When the wealthy foste rparents
OF Marjorie Wetherill both die
she finds a. letter>telling her she
hasa twin sister, that she was ado
pied when her own parents could
not afford to support both of them
and that her real name is
Dorothy Gay. Alone in the world,
but with a fortune of her own,
she considers looking up her own
family whom she has never seen.
A neighbor, Evan Bower, tries to
to argue her out of it and tellsher
he loves her and asks her to marry
him. She promises to think it over
but decides first to see her fami-
ly. She goes to their address, finds
that they are destitute. Her SIS
ter treats her like an enemy and
resents her offer ofhelp, but final
ly, after many explanations,
agrees to take money to buy coal
and food in order to save her mot
hers life. Her father comes in
sick and hungry but hurries, to
the cellar to build fire and get
the house warm. Her brother,
Ted comes in, is resentful of her
being there at first, but when he
finds all that she has done both
he and Betty decide they like
their new sister.