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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
CITY COUNCIL EFFECTS
REORGANIZATION MONDAY
Delbert M. Davis Is Reelected
President-Arthur LawtOn Is
Renamed Clerk Collector

The City Council effected its re-
organization at the regular meeting
on Monday evening, Delbert Davis
having been reelected president. Sew
eral appointments were made and an
nouncement made that the water and
street departments had been combined
under one head. Prentice DeBerry is
the only new councilman added to the
group, Mr. Davis and DR.. E. l. Baum
gartner having been reelected.
The appointments included the fol-
lowing: Arthur Lawton, clerk-collec-
tor; Lewis R. Jones, attorney; J. j.
Sweeney, day police; B. B. Nethken,
night police; James Compton, water
and street superintendent; Robert
Lohr, assistant water and street su-
perintendent.
Committees named included the
following:
Water and street committee-Dr. E.
|. Baumgartner, chairman; Prentice
DeBerry, Earl Shartzer, and Mayor
l.. M. Fraley, eX-officio.
Finance committee-Delbert Davis,
chairman; Raymond Houck, Henry W.
McComas.
Golf committee-Delbert NJ Davis,
chairman; R. D. Houck, L. M. Fraley
TwO-HOur Parking
The Council announced that two
hour parking in the business section
would go into effect May /. This has
been the custom for the past two
years to have limited parking during
the summer months.
The regulation is for the purpose of
giving visitors and summer residents
an opportunity to park when they do
their shopping, and to keep regular
employees of the business district
from driving to work and allowing
their cars to remain on the street for
eight hours or longer with no benefit
to the merchants.
Receipts for March were $2,061, in
Guiding $1,000 for the purchase of
land; $337.80 for water collections;
$304.11 for taxes; and $367.99 for
bank stock tax. Monthly bills amount
ed to $1,44785. The Sunday movie
tax for March amounted to $72.55,
which was divided according to law
to the Red Cross, $36.27, and $18.14
each to the Oakland Library and Fire
Department.
Arrangements are being made
through the NYA for a project for
making wooden street signs for all
of Oakland's streets, the only expense
being for lumber and PIT. NYA
workers have been work. lis week
cleaning .Ao dirt from the streets,
preparatory for thorough cleaning
by the fire department before Easter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
SAINT PAUL'S METHODIST
Minor Sprague, Minister

$3.50 A. M. Sunday Church School,
with classes for all ages.
10:45 A. NJ. Easter Service of Wor-
ship. The pastor will preach, his sub
ject being "Not Lost, But Gone Be-
fore" The choir will sing the an
thems, 81 Know that My Reedemer
Liveth," by Handel, and king of
Kings" by Caleb Shipper. Solo parts
in the latter will be sung by Elenore
Broadwater and William Stemple.
$50 P. NJ. A play, "The Humble
Heart" will be presented by the fol-
lowing members of the Youth Guild:
Charles Henry McIntire, William Shir-
er, Floyd burst and James Rock. Roy
burst will be in charge of the play,
which will be part of a worship ser
vice led by the young people. This is
for old as well as young.
A cordial welcome is extended to all
who desire to worship with us at these
services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
To Start Course in Sheet Metal
Work and Plumbing

A course in sheet metal work and
plumbing has been approved through
the national defense training pro-
gram, according to Eugene Harpold
of Kitzmiller, coordinator of the pro-
gram.
This class will be taught in Shirer's
metal shop in Oakland. Anyone in
terested in this training is urged to
report at the shop on Tuesday, April
Is, at p. m. The classes will continue
for ten weeks.
Two classes in woodwork for NYA
students have also been approved, Mr..
Harpold said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Headquarters Secured

The Red Cross has secured head
quarters on the third floor of the
First National Bank building and will
be open by next Monday, it has been
announced.
One sewing machine has been do
mated by Mrs. Lawrence M. Fraley,
but the Red Cross officials declared
they could use more.
Knitting and sewing may be done
at the headquarters any time during
the day Twenty layettes and 20
sweaters were mailed this week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
ST. MARKS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
A. Il. Learner. ID. D.. Pastor

Saturday is preparation day for a
worthy keeping of the Holy Easter
Jay, All people should be, on that day,
n a thoughtful, meditative and pray
erful mood
Easter Day
$50 A. M. The Easter Matin Ser
vice, A message, "In The Garden" by
the pastor. An Easter chorus by st.
Marks Vested Choir
$3.50 A. M. The School of the Church
studying the Resurrection of our Lord.
10:45 A. M. The Service of the
Church. Continuation of the Pastors
Glass. The Holy Communion. The ser
mon, "Our Passover" Anthems by St.
Marks Chorus Choir. Mrs. D. R. Sin
cell, organist.
$50 P. M. The Luther League Hour.
Discussion, Christ Alive"
1880 P. M. The drama-pageant by
the Luther League. Songs and read
ings by the Children of the Church. St.
Marks Junior Choir will sing.
Theme for the day, "Christ is Risen,
as He said"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Head-on Collision
Kills 1; Injuries 8
Cars Come Together Saturday
Afternoon on Big Savage
Mountain

A head-on collision of two large
motor cars Saturday afternoon on
route 40, just east of the Garrett
county line, resulted in the death of
one person and injuries to eight 9TH
ers, two of whom may not recover.
Lloyd Umstead, of Polk, Pa, died
at Miners hospital, Frostburg, three
hours after the accident. He was q
CCC enrollee attached to Company
2349, Quantico, Va.
The injured are:
Bruce S. Harper, 81, of Alma
Mich, suffered crushed lower jaw
right leg, brain conclusion, loss of all
teeth. Little hope is held for his re-
covery. He regained consciousness a
short time Monday but lapsed into a
coma.
Emil Sam Puntillo, Kenosha, Wis
CCC, decorations about the face and
chest injuries.
Carl Golden, Franklin, Pa, CCC
fracture of the skull and left ankle
Condition critical He also regains
consciousness at times, but lapses
into coma.
Guy W. Hardesty, of near Grants
vile, fracture of right leg and LAGER
ations about left eye and nose.
Mrs. Isaac Hardesty, AZ, of neal
Grantsville, conclusion of the brain
a serious chest injury, fracture of the
left hip and decorations about the
chin.
Bernice Broadwater, II, of Poca,
hontas, Pa, fractures Of right elbow
and shoulder, decorations of both legs
and cuts and bruises about the body
Wayne Raley, 81, Grantsville, con.
cussion of the brain and decorations
of the face. Has regained conscious
ness.
Roy Kurtz, %, Grantsville, frac.
tured wrist, cuts about the face anC
body bruises.
Umstead was riding in the front
seat of car driven by Harper, en-.
route west. He attempted to pass an.
other car when visibility was poor or
account of mist and fog. He collidec
with car driven by Guy w. Har.
desty, son of Isaac E. Hardesty, pro.
prietor of the Old Trails Inn, neal
Grantsville, and former resident OF
Mt. Lake Park In the Hardesty cal
were Mrs. Isaac Hardesty, Miss
Broadwater, a junior at Grantsville
High, Raley and Kurtz. All were re.
ported improving.
Both Motors Demolished
The cars crashed together with such
force that both motors were demol
ished. All were taken to Frostburg il
passing automobiles.
Officers investigating the crash
were of the opinion that Harper hac
picked up the CCC enrollees shortly
before the accident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10

Word was received here of the
death of Mrs. j. Garfield, Whipkey,
at Akron, Ohio, on Tuesday evening,
following years illness. Her sister,
Mrs. Bert Smouse, of Loeb Lynn, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington Smouse left
today to attend funeral services which
will be held Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at Akron. Mrs. Whipkey was
2 daughter of the late George SHAFT
Ger. of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Two Held In Jail On
Charges Of Perjury
White Man and Negro Woman
Had Secured License to
Be Married

A man and woman are being held
in the county jail here in default of
$500 bonds on charges of perjury.
They were picked up on route 40 at
Keyser Ridge by Trooper Carl G.
Storm of the State Police, and gave
their names as Clair Henry Bowser,
white, of route 2, Cabot, Pa, and
Margaret Williams, colored, of Free
port, Pa, formerly of Russellville,
Tenn.
A marriage license, issued at Oak
land on April 5, was discovered hid
den in a package of cigarettes Bowser
was carrying and the couple admitted
they were expecting to be married.
The Williams woman was described
as white on the marriage license.
Only the man appeared and re-
quested the marriage license, and he
answered all questions under oath,
saying the girl was white. He gave
their address as Midland. They are
being held in the county Jail pending
further action.
Given Suspended Sentence
Reuben Hardesty, of the Underwood
section, has a siX-months' suspended
sentence and a prominent knot on the
head as reminder of an event of last
Saturday at the mill of the Oakland
Timber Corporation.
He was arrested on a charge of be-
ing drunk and disorderly and prowl-
ing around the stave mill. When he
was seen there last Saturday night
the night Waterman, Darby Collins,
cornered him in the supply room and
during an exchange of words and
missiles Hardesty was struck on the
head with brick.
He disappeared and was picked up
sometime later near the mill in an
unconscious condition after Corporal
Thomas Currie arrived to investigate
He was taken to Jail, where DR.. E. l.
Baumgartner examined him. He was
given hearing Tuesday afternoon
before Magistrate C. F. White and
released upon condition he be of good
behavior and that he keep away from
the MILL
Charles Day Held
Charles Day, of near Deer Park, is
being held in Jail on a charge of car
rying deadly weapon.
Day is alleged to have threatened
j. W. Mitchell, deputy sheriff, and
Harry limbaugh, constable, last Fri
day when they went to the Day farm
to replevin some cattle, belonging to
Philip Filsinger. According to infor-
nation furnished Mitchell, Day forced
the cattle out Of Filsinger's pasture
and was holding them on the assump-
ton that they had strayed to his
farm Mitchell said Day was held
some time ago on a similar charge of
carrying deadly weapon and that
he was released under bond.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Work of CCC Camps
In County Is Listed
Many Projects Have Been Com.
pleted Since Camps Were
Established

A report on the work done by en-
rollees in CCC camps in Garrett
county has been made by the Forestry
Service and shows that much has
been accomplished
The report included the following
completed projects:
Ninety-two bridges, II overnight
cabins, 4 lookout towers, 68 springs
and water holes, 49 camp stoves or
fireplaces; 16 table and bench combi-
nations, 1874 miles of trails, 225 acres
of ground improved for public camp
and picnic grounds; 1864 square
yards of parking areas built, 1905
trees moved and planted; 81 ,553 acres
of forest stand improvement, 789
miles of fire breaks, ISL miles of
roadside fire hazard reduction, and
6,403 acres of other fire hazard re-
duction.
Boys between II and 231a years of
age may apply at the county welfare
board in Oakland, for enrolment in
CCC. They must be unmarried, I'M
employed and in need of employment,
physically fit citizens and of good
character, according to Mrs. Dorothy
Ogburn, executive secretary. 1t is no
longer required, she said, that the APP
plicant or the family of the applicant
must be receiving public assistance.
Enrollees are expected to remain in
camp six months and may then re-
enroll for successive six months per-
iods, not to exceed total of two
years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10

In the end of the Sabbath began dawn toward the
first day of the week. Mary Magdan and the other Mary
to the sepulchre.
And behold there great earthquake: for the angel
the Lord descended from heaven and and rolled back the
stone from the door, and sat upon it.
His countenance like lightning and his raimen white
and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became
dead men.
And the angel answered and said the women Fear
for know that We seek Jesus, which crucified
He not here: for he is he said Come the place
where the Lord lay.
And go quickly and tell his disciples that he
the and behold he goeh before you Galee there
shall We him: TO- l have told you
And they departed quickly from the sepuche with
great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word
Matthew
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Spring OrthOpedic Clinic Sched-
uled For April oath

Plans of the spring orthopedic clinic
to be conducted by the county health
department were made this week when
Miss Jane Oliver, orthopedic nurse of
the State Department Of Health, con-
ferred with DR.. H. R. DuPuy, health
officer of Garrett county.
The clinic will be held on Thurs
day, April "a, and Dr. George o.
Eaton. Baltimore. will he in charge Of
examinations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10

Mrs. j. C. Renninger is very seri-
ously i'll at her home on Second street.
She was confined to her home early
in the week on account of an attack
of influenza Complications developed
yesterday and since that time her
condition has been considered critical.
Her brother, DR.. William Scherr, of
Morgantown, w. Va, arrived yester-
day to consult with local physicians.
A slight Improvement was noted this
morning
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
First Draft Call For
May Takes AZ Men
From Garrett County

The third army corps area will be
called upon to furnish $3.50 men to
the nations rapidly mobilizing citi-
zen army as its share for the first ten
days of May.
The requisition covering the period
from May to 10 is even larger than
that for the final ten days of April
when call was issued for 5000 men,
Maryland is to furnish 938 men,
and the Garrett county draft board
has been asked to furnish AZ. This is
six less than the number summoned
for April II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Two Grass Fires

The new fire truck got its baptism
of fire yesterday afternoon when the
firemen were called to extinguish two
grass fires. One was near the Turn
bull cottage at Deer Park, and the
other one was in the Davis addition
to the town of Oakland. west of Eth
elhurst
There was no extensive damage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
Maryland Youths To
Register For Service

State draft officials announced that
approximately 5000 to 10000 addi-
tional Maryland youths would regis
ter for selective service "a few weeks"
before Labor day.
About 100000 young men through
out the nation who will have reached
their twenty-first birthday since last
October will "sign up" in this second
registration, they said President
Roosevelt will fix the dates.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
L0CH LYNN UNITED BRETHREN
CHURCH
E. A. Critics, Pastor

Rev. E. A. Critics, Pastor
Sunrise service at $50 a. m.
I Sunday school, 1000 a. M; John
z. Ream, superintendent.
Z Reception of new members into the
'urch at 1880 p. m. by the pastor,
Ter which a sacred pageant entitled,
aster Sunrise" will he presented
the Christian Endeavor Society.
The public is invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. John C. Broderick, Pastor

Rev John z. Bfoderlck, Pastor
Tenebrae services both Thursday
and Friday nights at 1870 with the
Holy Eucharist" and "The CrucifiX-
ion" as sermon topics.
'Meditations and Stations of the
Cross" on Good Friday afternoon,
and Mass of the Presanctified on Fri
day morning at 8 o'clock, and Satur-
day at a. m.
High Mass on Easter Sunday at 8
a. M, with the choir singing the Mass
by Willard with the Sanctus and Ben
adictus by Gounod.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10
ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL

Rev. A. D. Jones, Rector
Services Easter Sunday morning at
and II o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-04-10

Walter A. Filing, Canandaigua, N.
y. was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old NJ. Dawson on Monday.
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04

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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04
MOSS POINT TO DEFEND
COUNTY TRACK AND FIELD
CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT
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ing In PascagouIa As Interest Increases
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there wiz Be three other schools
represented in the meetsne-&
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gram Is scheduled 70 take place at
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shot put. pole vault and Girls base
bail throw This viii open the
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event v4ll be started
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biggest eve held for the schools Of
jackson County II Is estimated
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are considered as the ranking fav-
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The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04
PASCAGOULA SCHOOL
PLANS FOR COAST REGIONAL
TRACK AND FIELD MEET
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TOURNEY SET
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nelc Monday nEflt n gs pAsca-
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independent naEkrthall teams Of Ire
eozsntF vii b. extended an invita-
ton 70 participate Va the toarna-
msnt
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e be entered IN the tournament
The pvelluanar1es vii b. played
daring L1e first two night and the
finals win BE- played On Friday
night April - III the PzscAroula
High School gymnasium The teams
exF@ctec 60 enter the tournament
are The Moss Point WAGE. Van
eleave PsEcaeogIR Knights Of Col
ambazs. KlhvetN Ingalls, shaphulld-
inR Corp and CCC Camp SP Il
FROM Oce&n SPRING.
These teams have beer playing
throughout the winter season and
Al Interesting tournament Is an
ucipated The Ingalls, team. hog
eve rules faruriteS 70 VIZ the
tournament having Son 10 games
and lost but one this SEASON How
ever, strong competition Is expected
A feature OF the finals Of the
tournament vii be q special hog
calling contest IN which the best
hos callers In these parts vii ar
uctpate This feature is open to al
corners XaTlo0S civic clubs OF Pas
caEoala and Moss Point have rom
lsed 70 have entries Besides these
any other person may enter. The
prelminaries OF the hoe-caIling
comics; VII he held on the final
night Of the Basketball tournament
Friday April n between the halves
Of the game The finals vii be
held al the close Of the game and
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this wll be followed BY a barn
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charged 70 the games
The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-04-04
Health OF Trainees
Better Now Than In
1917, Says War Dept.

4 sampltng OF findings By ap-
FORTUNATELY 1000 induction boards
IN the 3 corps areas indicated that
the citizen called into service In
ls46 Is generally much healthier
than the 1917 recruit. the War De-
partment announced March 20.
The figures are based OF an ex-
animation Of STA rejection reports
which show that teeth defects are
the greatest single cause Of dssquaH-
fication- Approximately three times
As many men were turned down be-
cause Of defective teeth In 1910 than
n 1917. prOportionRteiy. However
II most other cateRor1eS the health
statistics OF the average trainee
have taken a salutary leap upward
during the lapse OF . years.
Lung. heart muscular. bone. and
foot defects have decreased more
substantially than al other all
ments A slight increase n veneraI
diseases as n cause OF rejection has
been noted This rise Is attributed
though. not 20 an increase in the
incidence o. such diseases but 70
the laboratory tests nov made 70
detect them Where such diseases
might have gone unnoticed IN 1871.
they arr nov discovered by the
technieian with his microscope.
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analysis may be altered somewhat
when final reports on ali trainees
have been tabgilated They arr pre-
senieo here Ia comparison with
percentages O. reflections II q much
larger group Of men examined
early II 1917. when medical require
ments o. the Army closely CORE
spondec with those In force in 1890.