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The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
 FATALITIES LOW

Seventy two Memorial Day fatal ities were counted over the nation in what apparently was one of the safest holiday observances in years. The loss of life was only eight greater than the National Safety Councils normal average of 64 traffic deaths alone on an ordinary Thursday in May.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-05-31
NICHOLS FAMILY SOUTH

MT. and Mrs Ray NichoIs and small son, Ray Jr., and the family pet dog, Pepper, left last Monday for Seattle where they will spend the summer. MT. Nichols is a teacher at the Wrangell High School.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-05-31
KRONE GOES SOUTH
 WITH MCCULLOUGH

The Rev. Arnold Krone sailed this week on the Denali for Seattle, taking Dan Mccullough, widely known river boat captain, to the Marine hospital for treatment. Capt. Mccullough has been i'll for some time. Krone expects to return here on the next boat
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-05-31
UP RIVER

For Telegraph Creek on the last trip of the Hazel B were Mrs. Dor othy O'Keefe. John White, Frank Rahnsr and George LsMnson.
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GORTNER

Come to church next Sunday morn.
ing and evening.
Mr.. Thomas Wiles, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Wiles and three children, of
Millersburg, Ohio, are visiting for
several days.
Mr.. Joseph Feathers, Mrs. Paul
Welch and son, Mrs. Will Welch and
Mrs. Lester Hardesty, of Mt. Lake,
were guests on Thursday at dinner
honoring Mr.. Solomon Feathers goth
birthday at his home near Terra Alta
Mrs. D. j. Swartzentruber, whose
recent illness has developed into
pneumonia, shows slight improve
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Dodge, Mr.
Willie Dodge and family, of Morgan.
town, w. Va, were entertained at
dinner Sunday at Mr.. Artie Dodge's.
Sewing circle dates are as follows:
Lutherans at Mrs. Anna Bittingers
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McHENRY

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Harvey and
members of their family visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Barnard, neal
Bloomington, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l. Wright had
as their guests Sunday Mr.. Orland
Wright, Miss Margaret Deal, Carroll
Harvey, Maurice Glotfelty, Ruth
Glotfelty and Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Saw
age.
Miss Virginia Ellen Walton is a
patient in the Memorial hospital
Cumberland, having entered Saturday
for an appendix operation.
Mr.. Mason Calls called on Mr.. and
Mrs. George Brant Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Walton
Pittsburgh, Pa, visited home folks
over the weekend
Mrs. Edward K. Glotfelty is ill at
this writing. Mrs. C. W. Fraker shows
no improvement and continues seri-
Gus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Savage and
family were visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Savage Sunday.
Mr.. Harland Bowman is employed
near Washington, D. C.
Mr.. Kelly visited his sister, Mrs
Nora Savage, over the weekend.
A number of accidents occurred
Sunday due to the icy condition of the
road. Among them a car ran into the
fence of Mr.. A. D. Hoff and broke
some panels out and breaking some
of the shrubbery off. There was some
damage done to the car. The occu-
pants escaped injury.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-21
More Enlistments in Army

Twenty-seven young men enlisted
in the United States army at Cumber-
land thus far during the month, ac-
cording to Sergt. Clarence Biehn, re.
cruiting officer.
The two from Garrett county are
twin brothers and are Richard Ell.
worth Barnard and Russell Elwood
Barnard, of Bloomington. They are
eighteen years and seven months old
They were born in Bloomington on
March %.
Both were assigned to the Twenty,
sixth infantry, Plattsburg barracks,
N. Y. Among the twenty-seven were
five sets of brothers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-21
SMUGNESS
(Ben syndicate-wNU servic

The "holier than thou" altitude
adopted by some husbands or tcires
can make married life almost unbear-
able. Kathleen Norris is approached
by Wonian tohoSe loving husband
adopted SNUG altitude Uhen he
learned OF minor lore affair she had
had tOhen young girl. Miss Norris
states that unfortunately there is no
solution to this problem; her only hope
is to deuelop other interests.
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MT. LAKE PARk
30 Lord that lends me life, lend me
a heart replete with thankfulness."
Shakespeare.

Today in Maryland and many
other states of the nation Thanksgiv-
ing Day will be observed. Some States
have refused to celebrate on this date
and instead will observe Thanksgiving
on the 28th. Personally we cannot see
that it makes much difference if we
have even half dozen Thanksgivings
in the same year. True, it's bit con-
fusing, but just think everybody has
at least one Thanksgiving 1--WE hope,
we hope) and some lucky ones get in
on both of 'em. However, people are
always impatient in the matter of
holidays. All we do is look for another
as soon as one is over.
A happy Thanksgiving-or should
we say happy Thanksgivings-to you.
Many of the Park citizens are Won
dering what has transpired regarding
the disposal of the cannery porperty
here. We were not able to get much
information other than that several
offers had been made but nothing as
yet accepted. 1t is to be hoped that
something can be done to have it open
next season. The loss of such an in
dustry to this section is very great
insomuch as there is but little chance
of work here for our people.
Married
On Saturday evening, November 8,
at o'clock at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Kiser occurred the mar
riage of their son Lewis and Miss
Christa Tasker of Deer Park. Rev. E.
A. Critics officiated. Only members of
the family and few friends were
present. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kiser are
popular young people here. They have
taken up their residence in Deer Park.
Personals
Lorraine Weeks, Washington, and
Miss Virginia Weeks, Morgantown,
spent the weekend here with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pierce and chill
dren are occupying Miss Sudie
Friends cottage. Mr.. Pierce is man
ager of the Carnation plant in Oak
land.
Mrs. Nina Dixon has received word
that her son Lawrence, who is a pa
tient at the Walter Reed hospital in
Washington, D. c., is getting along
nicely. Mrs. Dixon expects to close
her cottage about December 1.
Miss Mary O'Donnell left here
Wednesday for Washington where she
will spend the holidays with her
brother and family.
Mrs. Ray Bittinger and grandson,
John Morgan, were visiting Mrs. Bit
fingers son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Stark, at Westernport
over the weekend. They also visited
with relatives in Luke.
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans has returned
from Cumberland where she has been
a patient at Allegheny hospital for
medical treatment.
Miss Myrtle Finnell has closed
Allenhurst cottage and returned to
Parkersburg for the winter.
Rev. Garrett Evans, Mrs. Evans and
Mrs. Daisy B. Hicks motored to
Moundsville Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. f. L. Winchell is confined to
her home by illness.
Mrs. John Stevenson and sister,
Mrs. Deane, Mrs. F. M. Murphy, Mrs.
Bessie zahn, Miss Helen Schooley
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the revamping of
an age old argu-
ment and conflict.
If you felt like
walking that far we
could take you back
80 years or more
through the same
old argument. And
let you finish where
you started.
The only differ
ence is that in the
last few years the
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and Donald Elliot were visitors last
week in Cumberland and Uniontown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Haines are
spending Thanksgiving in Morgan
town with friends.
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p ECENTLY there has been
~ large turmoil over the Ogden
Miller, of Yale, interview and the
conflict between the purists and the
proselyters in footballs happy or
unhappy family.
Nothing new was either uncov-
cred or discovered. It was merely
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Il
on U. S. Route 40, on -''0se'
Saturday, December 7. 194O
at 200 o'clock P. NJ, the folIovin
Personal Property:
One grey horse II Years old.
black Mare 8 years old; 3 Cows anj
> years old; l Colt, l Mare, 6 Pics S'' g
fat Hogs, 30 Chickens, | McCorm5ic,l,O
Deering Binder, l John Deere Nou ,-SM-
Machine, l John Deere Sull1v PIow !
Lime Spreader, 1 Corn Cultivator
New Idea Manure Spreader, / loo
Sled, l Harrow, l Hay Loader !
Wagon and Box, l Plow, l Feed Rov
Hay by the ton; 300 bushels of 0a SA'
40 bushels of Buckwheat, 20 buSbois,
of Wheat, Clock, 2 Single Beds
Iron Kettle, 8 double Beds, IA Cbaiirs
l Extension Table, 6 Small Tables 4
Rocking Chairs, 3 Washstands. ! radia
Stand, drop leaf Table, l SpinninUo
Wheel, l Skein Wheel, l Cream Sem
arator, Battery Radio, l Corn Shred
der, l Copper Kettle, Sink, Grain
Cradle, 1 Moving Scythe, | Brush
Scythe, Barrels, 1 Crosscut Saw I
Saw and other articles too numerous
to mention.
TERMS OF SALE-On all sums Of
$1,000 and under, cash on day of sale
On all sums over $1,000 a credit If
six months will be given, with an
proved security.
MATILDA FAILINGER.
CHRISTINE BEAL.
GrantsvilIe, Nd.
A 39-2t
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to Phil, and that he was afraid he
had spoken in way that reused
my husbands suspicious. The con-
versation was perfectly insufferable
to me, and l was glad to see the
last of this odious boy.
"This explained the change in my
husband, and wisely or unwisely,
when he burst out one day with
questions l told him the whole truth.
1t stunned him, and he left me with
out comment. For days he hardly
spoke, and then one evening with
the greatest kindness and gentleness
he told me that he had talked the
matter over with our minister, and
that affairs at home must go on just
as they were; for his sake, the
children's, mine, and that of soci-
ETY., he had finally decided against
divorce.
Cast in Humiliating Role.
81 knew that in a few days the
stiffness would wear off the situa-
ton, so l accepted this decision. The
alternative of losing my children
was too terrible. And presently ev-
erything was going along just as be-
fore, except for moments when Phil.
ip saw fit to take the attitude of a
mentor, and ask me what l had
been doing, to whom my letters were
addressed. 1t was stupid and hui
initiating to me, but l thought it
would wear off.
"But even now there are occa-
Slonal reminders that l am a sin
ner and must be guided. Philip
wishes l would cultivate the lovely
Mrs. Brown, who has always been
such a dignifed, discreet woman.
Last night when I was working with
the typewriter he asked what l was
doing. I said writing the story of q
girls struggle to better herself. A
faint smile came over his face and
he said 4 don't know that I'd make
it TOO biographical
''HoW long should l bear this sort
of thing? In actual campus populari-
ty I've long ago outstripped Philip.
l am president of two clubs; people
love my Sunday garden lunches; my
children are wonderful. Am l to go
on forever being made ashamed?"
Rise Above Handicap.
The answer, Ruth, is that the fault
lies with Philip, and apparently
there's no reaching him. He will
continue with this small-boy SNUG
ness to the end. Even if he com
mitted fault far more serious than
yours he would go right on feeling
that you were the sinner, and that he
was fully justified in whatever he
did.
But don't despair. You have great
consultations. The cultural atmos-
phere, the dramatics and discussions
and opportunities of a campus are
real advantages, and the mothering
of three lovely children a great priv
ilege. Beside that, you show gen
uine gift for writing, and if some
day you write the college stories,
or the college novel for which all the
publishers and magazines are wait
ing, you will be able to ignore Phil
ip's miserable little taunts. There is
an old saying that the sins of youth
are the masters of age. But there
are other sayings, too, and other
truths, about what we gain through
the humiliation, the bitter lesson of
having sinned, and sometimes the
woman who rises above such
handicap is actually wiser and
stronger in the end than the self
righteous woman who never knew
temptation
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on November 27; Union at Mrs. Rus
sell Beckman's on December 8, and
the Brethren at Mrs. D. l.. Swartzen-
truber's.
Fannie Marie Beachy is ill.
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Mr.. Joel Slabach, the Yoders, Mrs
Clarence Fulk and Mrs. Noah Slabach
and others attended the sale at Eglon
orphans home on Thursday.
Mr.. Joseph Feathers, Eleanor, Mary
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-21
Warming To Cow Owners!

Some wise citizen has suggested
that this newspaper would perform a
real service to farm people of the
community if it would give them an
extra special warning to be sure and
"barn up" their cows during deer sea-
son, especially the ones with horns.
This citizen cited as an example
what hunter is liable to do when
he becomes excited. Hunters who shoot
swans for wild geese might very easily
mistake a COW for deer, he says.
49,
At a party discussion the talk for
some reason or other got on skunks.
This reminded a Baltimore girl of an
incident in a large department store
in that city. A society girl wanted a
fox fur coat. The saleslady insisted
on showing her all the skunk coats
she had and never bothered about the
fox She used all her persuasion on
the customer to purchase the skunk.
''But l want fox fur" she said,
somewhat out of patience.
"But, my dear, you're just the skunk
type" declared the saleslady.
And as usual, the discussion at
the same party got around to poll
tics, intermingled with religion,
which brought up the account of a
woman in a Morgantown church. The
bishop had called a meeting of his
parishioners and in the midst of the
session several of them got up to
leave rather hurriedly.
Asking for an explanation, the
bishop was told they were going to
the railway station to see Mr.. Willkie.
The bishop demonstrated with them,
pointing out that the session they
were in was important.
"You can get religion anytime" she
remarked, "but we have only one
chance to save our country" And
away they went. '..
##*
For several days now l have been
|cornered with questions from John,
-, as to what things | like best.
He makes up his questions from
snatches of conversation he hears
and from what he observes.
What do l like best, weiners or a
house to live in?
What do l like best, clothes or a
turkey leg?
And thousand other questions
just as sensible.
But yesterday he had me stumped
for while.
"Who do you like BEST" he said,
"Hitler or Mrs. Lini?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-21
Wants to Die With Boots Off!

Ray Sprigle, war correspondent for
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who re-
turned from London recently, was re-
counting his experiences in that war
torn area before the University Press
club banquet at Morgantown last Fri
day, and how the British people were
standing up under the strain.
Their unconquerable spirit was
stamped upon his memory as they
methodically went through the hor-
ror of bombardment night after
night and then in the early morning
hours would go to their homes, battle,
dress and get off to work as usual, in
high spirits and unbroken morale.
He scoffed at the stories that the
Whistling bombs and the noise of
dive bombers was breaking the Eng
fish nerve. He declared the sound of
the air raid sirens was worse than a
thousand dive bombers.
He pictured the result of one air
raid near his hotel in which he said
the walls shook like tent" AS the
bomb fell he and the other guests be-
gan to seek the shelter of the base
ment. Open doors would shut and shut
doors would open from the vibration,
and one had the feeling that he was
fleeing from ghosts, he said.
The most human happening of which
he told was concerning the women.
The women Of London are standing
up well. They had been denied many
necessities and luXuries and were not
complaining
Then one day the order came that
there would be no more silk stockings
available for the women. Overnight
there was almost a revolution and
the following day the order was re-
scinded. AS one woman remarked,
she didn't mind the hardships, but
if there was possibility of dying she
wanted to be sure that she died with
silk stockings on-and without run
ners.
And thus we find out that women
are the same the world over.
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BY KATHLEEN NORRIS

thing, in husband or wife.
~ It is one of those marital
faults that are much more try
ing, in the daily encounter of
matrimony, than much more
serious failings. Smugness is
disagreeable in anyone, but
when a wife knows that it is al
ways lying in wait for her, and
when she also knows that there
is some justification for the
holier-than-thou attitude in her
spouse, then her path is hard in
deed.
Ruth, whose letter reaches
me this week, is suffering
from the smugness of the
man she married some ten
years ago, and I don't know
that there's any cure for it. For it
is the very essence of smugness that
it rises above correction and criti-
cism and only feels sorry for the
person stupid enough to find fault
with perfection.
This is a part of Ruth's letter:
Dear Mrs. Norris: My father was
a factory hand and my mother kept
boarders. After three years of high
school I went into box factory,
helping to support three small half
brothers. My father had died and
my mother married again. When l
was about Is I had girl chum
named Mabel, and her brother and
her sweetheart and l used to 60
around together for two years. Ches-
ter, the brother, was a fascinating
sort of fellow; we used to go up to a
little cabin in the mountains, we
girls cooking the dinner, and all of
us taking tramps, swimming, and
having fun. Mabel and Bud were
lovers and Chester and 1, very much
in love, were not long in following
suit.
Enters College at %.
CATER about a year of this he
went away, and fall invalided my
mother, who fingered completely
helpless for seven years. 1 took
over the clearinghouse, and was
presently offered a hotel in town,
to which we all moved. At %, when
my brothers were pretty well
launched, an aunt of theirs left us
some money to complete our educa-
tons, and I was delighted to take
coaching, and to enter college with
girls 10 years younger.
"This was happy time for me. l
met my husband, who was, and is,
a professor of English, and the year
we were married l sold three short
stories-for very small sums, but
it was a great thrill to me. Of late
years l have had little time to write,
as we have three children and l do
all my own work, but l have al
ways hoped that the time would
come when l could go on.
"Some months ago l noticed a
change in Phil, my husband, that l
could not understand. He is IS years
older than l, which makes him 81.
He grew eXcitable, moody, explo-
sive, silent. He has always been a
serene man, a church-goer, ideal
istic and really faultless. His devo-
ton to the children is remarkable,
and he has always seen that they
help me as much as small children
can.
Husbands Suspicious Aroused.
Zone day l had call from Ches-
ter's brother, who as young boy
had sometimes been with us on our
expeditions. had not heard of any
of them for years and believe me
he was an unwelcome reminder of
what l would have been glad to for
get. He said that he was worried
because he had met my husband
and made some reference to me, as
a girl He said that he had had no
idea that l had left the box factory
days behind me and was married
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and Jean Schlossnagle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hurley Miller and daughter Winifred,
Asa Kitzmiller and Thomas Wiles
visited at Mr.. S. W. Slabach's on Sun.
day.
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PUBLIC SALE
Livestock, Farm MACHINERY
Grain, Hay, Household Fur.
niture and Other Personal
Property

We will offer at public auction At or.
farm, 21a miles West Of Keyser Ride G"I
on U. S. Route 40, on ''Ose'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Semi.kiIitarv
Training Slated
For CCC Bows

young men who enroll in the
CCC for the January enlistment
will be able to prepare themselves
for key positions in military service
because of new type of training
recently established in the CCC,'
County Welfare Director j. P. Hof-
man said Wednesday.
Not only will they get this val
liable training useful to them in
case of conscription he said, but
also will be trained for better posi-
tons in civilian life. The CCC boys
have the same status in eligibility
for conscription as other young men
except for the advantage of this spe-
cial CCC training. Those interested
in the CCC may enroll at my office
on the top floor Of the court house
at any time during regular office
hours"
The special training included
cooking. baking, short wave radio
telephone line construction, clerical
and accounting work. operation and
repair of heavy equipment, carpen-
try, photography, the making of
mosaics and aerial photographs, and
blueprint reading.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Two Die, One Hurt
As Train Crashes
Into Caboose Car

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 10. tUPl
Two trainmen were killed and at
least one injured seriously today
when a Union Pacific passenger
train collided with the caboose of
a standing freight train in the Salt
Lake City yards. No passengers were
hurt. railroad officials said.
The dead:
William Floyd McCumber, Salt
Lake, freight brakeman, not on duty
but in the cabooSe.
c. N. Williams, Bountiful, Utah
rear end freight brakeman.
George G. Rogers, Salt Lake City,
conductor of the freight, suffered
a broken right wrist and severe
body contuSionS.
Officers said McCumber and VIII
liams were seated in the cabooSe
of the train when the passenger
engine plowed into the rear of the
freight.
Tracks were icy as a result of
a light rain last night that had
frozen early this morning. Visibility
was reduced by fog and smoke to
less than 100 feet
Tie passenger train, Pacific Linn
tied number IA, which left Los An
geles last night, was just pulling
into the Salt Lake City yards of
the Union Pacific when it struck
the freight.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Navy Increases
Planned Destroyer
FI0fiIIa to 3b5

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (UP)-
The navy today increased the pro-
jected destroyer flotilla of its two
ocean fleet to 365 by awarding con-
tracts for 40 new destroyers to be
built with tonnage "scraped from the
bottom of the barrel.
The barrel reference applies to
tonnage authorized in recent con-
gresSional enactment which had not
been allotted to specific types OF
vessels. Informed sources believed
enough tonnage for several more de-
stroyerS remained nallocated.
The navy also announced award
Of contracts to expand existing IA
cilities at private plants which will
build the new ships.
III deciding on small. speedy ships
the navy was believed actuated by
Developments abroad They are a
type much used by the British navy
in its fight against the submarine
blockade.
When recent authorization bills
were passed by congress they car
ried a provision that up to 80 per
cent of tonnage might be transfer
red from one category to another.
1t was under this authority that
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox act
ed when he announced the new de-
stroyers.
The additions to the fleet will
cost an estimated $253 ,384,375 and
give the navy SOL line warships.
The destroyers' ratio of overage
craft-already reduced by the trans
fer of so to Great Britain-Will also
be much reduced since they now
number only IA, or approximately
20 per cent of the projected total.
However, some Others will become
overage before the program is COM
plete. Other categories will total:
battleships, 80, airplane carriers,
18; cruisers, 81; submarines, 1876.