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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Bear Hill Wits Are
Much In News Today
One Fled Hospital in Nightshirt
One Given Six Months for
Resisting Arrest-Others
Held

The Wits of Bear Hill are much
in the news this week as the result
of several brushes with the law anC
the escape of one from the seconc
floor of Memorial hospital, Cumbcr.
land, where he was a patient.
AS the count stands at present
Leroy Wilt is missing, having
climbed out of a second story win.
dow, sliding down two sheets knotteG
together, and disappearing in his
nightshirt, from Memorial hospital or
Monday morning. He was admitted
the previous Tuesday with an injured
left hand and was being held for au-
thoritics.
Clctus Wilt, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson Wilt, of near jennings, was
charged with assault and resisting
arrest and at a hearing before Magis-
tratc C. S. Zeller in Grantsvillc, on
Tuesday, was sentenced to serve six
months in the House of Correction.
Officers went to his house last week
to serve a warrant, at which time the
man was alleged to have fled after
pushing one of them over porch
banstcr Later State Trooper G.. S.
Dunlap, who arrived on the scene
with other officers surprised Wilt as
he was watching the others from
what he thought was a safe distance
and promptly took him into custody
Then there arc Earl Wilt, Mark
| Wilt, Carl Wilt, Ned Wilt and Lee
Bittingcr They arc being held in the
/ county jail on charges of larceny of a
quantity of chickens, turkeys, and
with theft of clothing and accessories
from automobiles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Teacher Is Seeking
Damages from Savage
River Dam Sponsor

Associate Judge William A. Hustler
has taken under advisement the ques-
ton Of whether the Upper Potomac
River Commission, sponsor of the
Savage River dam project is immune
to suits brought without its consent
by virtue of being a governmental
agency.
The point was raised by George w
Legge and w. Earle Cobey, counsel
for the commission, in demurring tc
the $4,000 damage suit of Mrs. Mar
ian Lohr, Cumberland, a Garrett
county school teacher, against it fol
injuries and property loss she suf,
fered when her car collided with
debris blocking a road on the dam
property in December, 1910.
The contention of governmental.
immunity was vigorously opposed by
attorneys for Mrs. Lohr, who insisted
that the commission was a separate
corporation by the state and giver
the right to sue and be sued.
Judge Hustler said he would study
the briefs of both sides and announce
a decision later.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
February's Tire
Quota In Line
With This Month

Maryland's tire quota for Febru-
airy has been set at 1862 tires and 3482
tubes. Garrett county's quota as an
nounccd last week will be 9 pas
senger tires and 7 tubes, 80 truck
tires and 55 tubes.
Considering simply the totals of
both tires and tubes, the figures are
about in proportion to those of Janu-
airy in view of the fact that February
is three days shorter.
Where too many tires and tubes
were allotted to a county in January
there is no recovery. Allotmcnts arc
not cumulative. If the allotment has
not been distributed all tires and
tubes not used go back into the ".ack-
pot"
Garrett county's quota of passenger
tires was used up last week, and the
truck tire quota has been completed
this week.
Seven persons got fourteen truck
tires and eleven truck tubes during
the past week, according to informa-
ton released by Walter w. Dawson,
chairman of the county tire rationing
board.
This brings the total for the month
to AZ truck tires, leaving ono for the
remaining three days of the month.
Certificates were issued for new
tires and tubes as follows: John Wal
ter Grimes, Oakland, tires, 4 tubes;
Charles Frazee, Friendsvillc, I tire;
Charles Wesley Lee, Bloomington, 3
tires, 3 tubes; Paul E. Kinsingcr,
Grantsvilc, tire, 1 tube; John Wcs-
Icy Stcycr, Deer Park, = tires; Arm
old Slnea, Frlendsville, tire, / tube;
Emory Herbert Friend, Friend lie,
? tires, tubes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
INTEREST In CIVILIAN
DEFENSE SATISFACTORY
Good Progress Being Made To-
ward Achievement of Goal of
$500 Volunteer Workers

Satisfactory progress toward
achieving the goal of $500 Civilian
defense workers in Garrett county
was reported yesterday by Earl
Guard and L. M. Fraley, county CO.
ordinators.
A tabulation is to be made short
ly of the exact number enrolled but
thus far the blanks which have been
distributed in the various communi-
ties are still in the hands of the lead
ers there. Wherever meetings to eX-
plain the civilian defense program are
held the response has been very graft
flying, according to Mr.. Fraley.
About fifty State roads workers in
the county will be available fol
Civilian defense, it was announced
this week by Leo T. Downey, district
engineer, and also their roads equip
ment.
Downey is to direct the operations
of his men in the district and is to be
assisted by J. Garter Shryock, as
sistant construction engineer and
Bates Chaires, Hagerstown, junior as
sistant maintenance engineer. H. E.
Rock will be in charge of Garrett
county and Ralph Thayer, formerly of
Oakland, will be in charge of Wash
ington county. The maintenance per-
sonnet in the county numbers around
fifty.
In case of emergency the road
crews would first attend to the roads
and then be available for any job for
which they were needed.
At a recent meeting in Loeb Lynn
C. B. Groves was made air raid
warden for that area and Lloyd Cook
who holds first aid certificate, has
volunteered to conduct a first aid
class for residents of that area The
meeting was attended by Fraley and
j. w. Owens, chief air raid warden
for this section Of the county. Fraley
SAID he would speak to the Oakland
Boy Scouts on Friday for the pur-
pose of organizing them as messcng-
ers in case of emergency.
Robert W. Lohr left Sunday fol
Edgewood Arsenal, where he is TAX
ing a course of instruction offered by
the U. S. army on bombs and gases
The course will take two weeks, after
which Lohr will be qualified to give
instruction here about such matters
Between so and 90 men and womer
are taking the first aid course being
offered each Wednesday evening il
the X. of p hall, Oakland, by DR.. E
l. Baumgartner and number of as.
sistants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
YOUNG MAN IS FATALLY
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Ernest O'Haver, IS, Is Crushed
Between Truck and Tree Dur
ing Logging Operations On
Saturday Afternoon

Ernest David O'Haver, 18-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin O'Haver, Of
near Swallow Falls, was fatally in
jured last Saturday when he was
crushed between a truck and a tree
while at work in the forest.
The truck was loaded with logs and
in some manner skidded over the edge
of a road. O'Haver received crushed
chest and a fractured skull. He was
brought to Oakland and given first
aid by DR.. NJ. C. limbaugh and was
later taken to the Potomac Valley
hospital in Keyser, w. Va, in the Boil
den ambulance, where he died about 8
o'clock that evening.
Working with him at the time OF
the accident was Harry Fike.
The young man was born December
Is, 1928, and was an only child of
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Haver. He was a men,
Der of the Church of the Brethren.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Pine Grove church on Tues
day afternoon, January 27, at 2;30
o'clock by Rev. Walter Speicher, and
interment was in the Taylor Sines
cemetery.
Surviving are his parents, a number
of aunts and uncles, and three of his
grandparents, Mr., and Mrs. J. I.
O'Haver, and John Ream.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Three Boys Charged
With Theft at Church
Take $22 From Purses of Choir
Members Sunday Morning

Three young boys got into serious
difficulty through the theft of a guam
tity of money last Sunday morning,
with the result that one Of them,
Richard "Jack" Wilson, has been SEN
fenced to training school for boys,
Wilson, about IA or Is, has been on
parole for several months, as the re-
suit of previous escapades in Oak
land.
The three on Sunday were found
guilty of the theft Of about $1,000 from
the choir room of the Methodist
church, during the morning service.
The money was taken from the hand
bags of the choir members. The boys
then went to Terra Alta and spent
approximately $500 in slot machines
there, according to authorities.
The other two youths were placed
under parole and they will be required
to return the money. 1t is their first
offense.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
PLANS FOR DRAFT
REGISTRATION
ABOUT COMPLETE
Will Be Conducted in Twenty
Places February Ia, Is and
16-Registrars and Places
are Listed by Board

Plans are about completed by the
Garrett County Draft Board for reg
istering every male citizen who at
tanned his twentieth birthday on or be-
fore December 81, 1871, and who has
not attained his forty-ffth birthday
on February 16, 1912, and who has not
heretofore registered.
The registration will take place,
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Feb
ruary IA, Is and Is, and will be held
at twenty places throughout the coun-
ty, 10 of them in school buildings.
The list Of places and the chief reg
istrars for each are as follows; (school
houses unless otherwise noted)
Oakland, Foster D. BittIe; Grants
vile, Frank j. Getty; Friendsvillc,
Wilbur J. Glenn; Accident, B. @.
Aiken; KitzmilIer, 0. P. Jones; Swan
ton, Clyde Humes; Kempton, Asa
Lewis; Bloomington, Mrs. Inez Bush;
Avilton, Mrs. Elizabeth Rank; Cor
man. wi y. 1 ny HIS IldlNCN w 4llldlllS.
in Williams residence; Deer Park,
Bryan l.. Shockley; Red House, Grace
T. Filler; VindeX, Mrs. Lena w Wal,
ker; Sang Run, Viola Broadwater:
ShaIlmar, Gladys Hamill; Jennings,
Mrs. Delta NJ. Lohr; Bittinger, Helen
Conner CreIIin. Josie Idcn; New Ger
many, Esther Opel; Finzel, NJ. Eliza
beth Workman
Supplies for the job will be sent
out to the centers as soon as received.
f. E. Rathbun, county superintendent
said he felt that with the three days
for the registration it would not be
necessary to close any schools on
Monday, and urged as many as posi-
bic to register on either Saturday OF
Sunday, February II or Is. Places will
be open ON Saturday and Sunday from
8 d. m. to p. NJ, and on Monday
from Z a. m. to p. m,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
10 Names Added
To City Voting List

Only nineteen names were added to
the list Of those entitled to vote in
city elections, during the annual regis
tration day on Monday, it was announ-
ced by city officials.
This makes a total of 500 names on
the registration books, but several
names of those who have died or
moved away will be deleted when the
books are revised by the city council
members on Monday, March 2, just
a week before election.
The election is to be held on March
8, and according to law, all candidates
must petition in writing to have their
names placed on the ballot as candi-
dates. These petitions must be in the
hands of the clerk ten days before
the election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Grounding Due to
Render Decision Monday

Time, tide nor the weather wait for
any man. The winter days are being
counted off one by one and on Mon
day the supcrstitious and non-super-
stitious will center their attention on
the lowly grounding,
Everyone will watch with interest
the weather on that day, for tradi-
ton tells us (cvcn though VIC don't
believe it that if the grounding secs
his shadow he will return to his bur
row and there will be six weeks more
Of winter weather.
Most of the past weeks weather
has been springlikc with turn to-
ward the wintry on Wednesday, when
about two inches of snow fell. The
temperature dropped to about Is
above this morning, but today is clear
and moderating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Farmers Beginning
To Tap Maple Trees

Lawrence Bethel again is leading
his neighbors around Grantsvillc in
opening the maple sugar and syrup
season.
Bethel, who operates the former
Gilbert Green farm. has already
tapped" his sugar trees and has
made several gallons of syrup.
Ordinarily most of the sugar grove
owners do not begin sugar making
until the middle or latter part of
February, but the past few years
have had short seasons and others
plan to follow Bethel in tapping
trees earlier.
Warm days and slight freezes at
night arc considered perfect weather
to produce the best maple syrup.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
TEN PYTHIANS WILL GET
MEDALS ON FEBRUARY 20
One Fifty-Year Pin and Nine
Twenty-fve-year Pins To
Be Awarded

Ten members of the Knights of
Pythias lodge will receive longtime
service pins at the anniversary cele-
bration on Friday evening, February
20, it was announced this week by
officials. Joseph E. Harmed is the only
one who will receive a 5O-year award,
and announcement of this was made
last week.
Nine will receive twenty-five year
awards and they are J. H. Loar, F. C.
Stahl, G. j. Altstetter, E. R. Jones,
Walter Hardesty, w. 0. Droege, j. L.
Fitzwater, John W. Ream and C. A.
Fleegle.
Leonard Hathaway, chancellor CON-
mander, and Clifford Phillips, vice
chancellor, attended Pythian meet
ing in Keyser on Tuesday evening and
saw the Keyser degree team give the
Rank Of Knight to ten candidates.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
SCHOOL HOURS TO CHANGE
UNDER DAYLIGHT SAVING
Schools Will Open at 9:30
O'Clock on Monday, February 8

The school authorities of the coun-
ty are authorizing the opening of the
public schools at $3.50 each morning
and closing after having been in SEES
sion the same number of school hours
now prevailing in each school
throughout the county, beginning on
the morning of Monday, February 8,
as announced this morning at the
school board office by F. E. Rath-
bun, county superintendent of schools.
This action is being taken because
upon that day the daylight saving
time begins as stipulated by the Con-
gross of the United States.
1t is hoped these new hours, after
turning the clock one hour ahead on
February 9, will serve all of the chill
dren, teachers, and parents through
out the county most conveniently and
satisfactorily.
The plan further contempIates
opening at o'clock each morning
under daylight saving time, upon the
morning of Wednesday, April LIST.
Outside of this change no others
are planned in the school program
such as having school on Saturday
during the balance of this school year
advancing dates of commandments
and any other exercises incidental tc
the closing of the schools for the year
which occurs upon Friday, June II
Mr.. Rathbun said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Dies When Coal
Bank Caves In

Joseph Sylvester Uphold, Sc, be-
came caught under fall of dirt
when crop mine near Kendall, cavcd
in, and died as a result of suffocation
before anyone knew of bis prcdica-
mcnt.
Mr.. Uphold had gone to the mine
carly last Thursday morning with his
team and was seen around lunch
time Late in the afternoon his team
Of horses wandered back to his home
and search was started at once for
the missing man,
He was found practically buried in
the debris at the coal bank, just
about a mile west of Kendall.
Dr. f, |. Baumgartncr, county
coroner, and J. Q Owens, sheriff,
were called and made an invcstiga.
tlon, but an inquest was deemed un,
necessary.
This man vas unmarried.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
All Books in Campaign
Must Be in By Saturday

Those in charge of the victory book
campaign in this county, who are en-
deavoring to collect at least 1000
books for reading matter for the
armed forces, are urging that all
books be turned in by Saturday, so
that they may be shipped by truck
to Baltimore on Monday. Francis w.
Sanders has offered to take the
books to Baltimore free of charge.
All book donations may be left at
any school house or at any library
whore they will be collected, and those
having books and no way to get them
to any of these places may call the
community chairmcn named last
week and the girl scouts or some
other workers will be glad to collect
them, it was stated.
There has been no chcck-up thus
far as to the number already col
lcctcd, but it is hoped that the quota
will be more than met.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Lions Club Benefit
Scheduled Tonight

Plans are now complete for the
Style show and review to be held at
the Oakland high school this evening
by the OakIand-Mt. Lake Lions club.
Tickets have been on sale for the past
few weeks and there is every indica-
ton of large crowd attending. The
program committee announced a COM
pIete program, including Col. Bell,
the magician; Emeric Dusics new
song by Chick Briner; amateur acts
by talent from Grantsville, Friends
vile, Accident and CreIlin. The style
show will be put on by local Lions.
Tom Fisher, time lock and vault
expert, gave an interesting descrip-
ton of his work at the meeting Mon
day night Alex Hesen was a guest. s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
MISSLONC TO
Be NEXT HOME
DEMONSTRATOR
Unanimous Approval of Home
Ec Graduate of POcOmOke
Given By Executive
Council, Monday

Approval of Miss Mariana Lee
Long, of Pocomoke, as the successor
to Mrs. Mildred Barton Hoffman,
home demonstration agent for this
county, was given unanimously at
meeting of the Executive Council of
Homemakers clubs on Monday after
noon here.
Previous recommendation of Miss
Long by Miss Venia NJ. Kellar, as
sistant director of Extension, Uni
versity of Maryland, means that she
will in all probability be the next
agent here, effective March 1.
Miss Long is a graduate of Western
Maryland college, receiving her de-
gree in Home Economics and since
1889 has been working in West
minister for a Canning company
along the line for which she was
educated. She has been highly recon-
mended by number of people, and
she spent the weekend in the county
and conferred with the homemakers'
council on Monday.
Mrs. Hoffman, retiring agent, be-
came home demonstration agent here
in July, 1886, and resigned her posi-
ton last August, to become effec-
tive last October, just previous to her
marriage, but due to a shortage of
qualified people for that particular
position at that time, she consented
to continue with her work until her
successor was named.
Clothing School Held
The clothing school, held under the
direction Of the Extension service at
the home of Mrs. c. C. Gncgy this
week, closed yesterday afternoon.
Project demonstrators from each
club in the county and others attend
ed and helped to make up twelve gar
ments, which will be shown through
out the county to interest the women
in making house dresses, aprons, gar
den clothes, etc, so that the women
will be better prepared for carrying
out the increased garden program for
national defense. The school was in
charge Of Miss Helen Shelby, clothing
specialist University of Maryland,
assisted by Mrs. Hoffman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
STATE MANAGER TO VISIT
WOODMENCIRCLETUESDAY
Will Discuss Local And State
Problems And Plan For
Years Work

Mrs. Henrietta Snider, Maryland
State manager of the Supreme Forest,
Woodmen Circle, will be in Oakland on
Tuesday, February 3, to meet with
officers and members of the Crellin
and Oakland Grove No. 8.
Mrs. Snider's headquarters are in
Richmond, Va, but makes regular
visits in this area. She is state
manager for Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia,
Local and state problems and plans
for the year are to be discussed with
the group here.
The Crellin and Oakland grove met
last Thursday night, January %, at
the home of Mrs. T. E. Bishotf. Mrs.
Hervey Bittner, guardian, who recent
ly returned from Florida, gave an in.
teresting talk about her visit and also
told of an initiation ceremony of Tau
Phi Lambda chapter which she at,
tended while in Florida
Inc group discussed welfare WORK
in which its members are engaged
They turned in more than two hundred
articles of sewing and knitting last
year for the Red Cross and hope tc
double that amount this year, accord
ing to Mrs. Bishotf
Refreshments followed the bust
ness meeting. The local grove is ono
of 2,642 in is states and is the largest
grove in Maryland 1t had the first
Tau Phi Lambda chapter in Maryland
an organization for juniors. Their,
are 16 adult groves and - junior
! groups in the state, The Suprem,
Forest Woodmen Circle is more thar
so years old and has more than "a
million in assets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Forty-Two Members
Added to Red Cross
Roll Call This Week
Brings Total to CTS Paid Mem
bers and S76S.50 in the Bank

Solicitors in the annual Red Cross
Roll Call show evidences of their con-
tinued work this week with the re-
porting of forty-two more paid mem
bers and $4,000, making a total of
CTS paid members and $768.5O in the
bank. In order to reach the $1,000
quota there is still $432.50 needed
"This is not too much," Mrs Paul
B. Naylor, roll call chairman, stated,
as she urged solicitors and workers to
continue their job. Extra donations
came this week from the Democrat
club, $780, the Supreme Forest,
Woodmen circle of Oakland and Crel-
lin, $500; from Christmas entertain
ment at Methodist church in Deer
Park, $500.
Memberships sent directly to Red
Cross officials here included Mrs.
Myrtle Reese and Miss Clara Alice
johnson, Miss Charlotte P Bernard
and Lester Bernard, Bloomington;
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Employment Service
Placed 845 Persons
During the Past Year

The Oakland office of the United
States Employment Service placed
845 persons in employment during
1941, an average of 70 persons per
month, it was announced by Milburn
W. Mann, director. Of this number
51l were men and 334 women. Some
of the jobs were temporary while
others were for a longer duration.
Persons arc being placed through
the clearance procedure at other
points in Maryland by the local Of
flee. Three stationary fircmcn and one
stationary engineer have been placed
recently at the Aberdeen Proving
grounds. A large number have been
placed at the Baltimore plant Of the
Glenn L. Martin company in recent
months.
Mr.. Mann said many employers in
the county preferred to have the local
office refer qualified workers to them
rather than attempt to locate them
through their own efforts.
There arc 812 active registrations
on file at the local office, 700 men
and 1913 women.
The Employment Service is adver-
Using this week for young men to
take training course, to enable them
to secure work in defense plants. The
course is given free as the person also
works at a given task Further par
ticulars arc available at the office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-29
Time III UaA1GM :.

Time precious Don't it There fragments of time
to be gathered riding along waiting for trains busses waiting
at the barber shop dentists office
These moments in the aggregate considerable and by
tegent planning catch with ourselves
these satisfaction
ITS the leakage of little dbets of time that saps
compshmen Robert R. Updegraf business
Using COUNSELLOR in the current Rotarian magazine
feels that successful personages completed
their work moments other people waste Walter Camp de-
veoped the daily DOZEN of keeping
spare minutes Emily Post writes her notes in odd John
Erskne has written books paragraph time marginal
time"
Especially during this time valuable ourselves
and country. Let waste a minute of it.