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Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
STROKE FATAL To
G. B. NJ MULLEN, 50
Resident OF Laurel Community
Past Year Is Buried Friday
At ROckvale Cemetery

Funeral services were conducted
Friday at the Methodist church in
Edgar for George B. McMullen, 79
who died of a cerebral hemorrhage
following a stroke Tuesday morning
at his home two miles southeast of
Laurel. Burial was in the Rockvale
cemetery.
He was born Dec. 80, 1864, at
Ontario, Canada, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George McMullen, and moved
to Mankato, Kans., in 1885, where
he was a stationary engineer and
installer of steam equipment in in
dustrial plants.
He married Minnie Belle Chill
colt at Mankato and farmed in that
vicinity several years. After 1921
he operated a service station until
moving to Silesia in 1888. He came
to the Laurel community in July
1943. He was a member of the
Edgar Methodist church.
Surviving are four sons, William
H. McMullen, now employed in gov
ernment construction work in the
Smith w. McMullen,
Kans., Edward Lee Nc
Mullen, Southgate, Calf, and
Geo. C. McMullen, Laurel; a sister
Mrs. Arissa Smith of Los Angeles,
and nine grandchildren.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06

to compromise their individual diff
ferences if they wanted to preserve
their mutual welfare. In other
words, they agreed to make certain
concessions in the interests of unity.
In this spirit the constitution was
finally adopted.
"The history of the constitution
teaches us the important lesson
that this document will live only as
long as the spirit of unity in which
it was born prevails among our
people. The minute we become a
group of quarreling minorities, we
will violate the principles of the
constitution and undermine its
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
Word Received From
Former Mrs. Larson,
Now In Copenhagen

Following an inquiry that was
made last Nov. 19 through the In
ternational Red Cross, Mrs. John
o. Void received a message this
week from the former Mrs. Chris
Larson (now Mrs. Lars Knudsen)
of Copenhagen, Denmark, saying
that she still is alive. Mrs. Larson,
a widow, lived here several wears
before returning to Denmark, her
native land, where she married
Knudsen. The second husband later
died.
Mrs. Wold had had no word from
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Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
ASKS AID IN
SEPTEMBER DRIVE FOR
WASTE PAPER, RAGS TOO

C. L. Starbard, adjutant of Lau-
rel American Legion post No. 123,
says the Legion urges all residents
to assist the special paper and rag
collection of September by plac,ag
the material, properly packaged, on
the sidewalk at the city hall or on
the corners of blocks. If assistance
is needed the Boy Scouts may be
called.
Starbard said the county truck
will make collections Sept. 9 and 16
and that the material is badly need
ed.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
Byam p. T. A. Names
Season Committees

Committees recently appointed by
Mrs. Conrad Henry, president of the
Byam Parent Teacher association,
include Mrs. Gerald Scammon and
Mrs. Henry, publicity; Mrs. Henry,
Mrs. Mark Teeters and Mrs. Helen
Butler, program. Others appointed
are Mrs. Thelma Ross, membership;
Mrs. Butler, historian and Mrs.
Henry, summer roundup.
Laurel outlook., 1944-09-06
PHEASANT SEASON
OCT. 29 TO NOV. IS;
LIMIT 3 PER DAY
Hours Are Half Hour After
Sunrise To Sunset-NO Hun
Season Here This Year

This year the open season for
shooting Chinese pheasants in yell
lowstone, Saltwater and Carbon
counties will be from Oct. 80 to
Nov. 10, both dates inclusive. The
bag limit is set by the department
of fish and game at three cocks per
day, with a possession limit of six
cocks after the first day. No Hun
garian partridges may be shot this
year in the three counties.
Shooting hours are from 80 min
utes before sunrise to sunset.
The above information is contain
ed in bulletins received this week
from the state fish and game COM
mission by R. B. Packard, secrets. "
of the Laurel Rod and Gun cluD.
The Chinese pheasant season this
year in Dawson, Richland, McCone,
Roosevelt, Valley, Phillips, Blaine
and Hill counties will be Oct. 20 to
Nov. 80, inclusive; five cocks per
day; possession Limit, 10 after the
first day.
Dates and limits in Daniels and
Sheridan counties will be Oct. 20
to Nov. 30, inclusive; bag limit,
three; possession, six.
Lincoln, Mineral and Glacier
counties will have no open season
on Chinks. In all other counties,
Yellowstone, Saltwater and
Carbon, the dates are Oct. 20 to
Nov. 10, inclusive; bag limit, three;
possession, six after the first day.
The entire state will be open for
hunting Hungarian patridges-ex-
cept Yellowstone, Big Horn, Treas
ure, Sweet Grass, Wheatland, Still
water, Carbon, Golden Valley; Mus
selshell, Rosebud, Lincoln, Sanders,
Glacier, Toole, Liberty and
Pondera-from Oct. 20 to Nov. 10,
bag limit, three; posses
sion, six.
The Hun season in Dawson, Rich :
and, McCone, Roosevelt, Valley,
Phillips, Blaine and Hill will be -.
Oct. 20 to Nov. 80, inclusive; bag ,
INIT, five; possession, 10 after the !
irst day.
For Daniels and Sheridan, the >
Iun dates are Oct. 20 to Nov. 80, :
inclusive; bag limit, three; posses !
ion, six.
Under the heading of upland i
'irds, sharp-tail grouse may be shot =
rom Sept. to Sept. 25, inclusive, 4
n Daniels, Sheridan, Roosevelt, Gar Y
ield, McCone, Richland, Prairie, .
,uster, Carter, Wibaux, Fallon, :
DAWSON and Powder River; bag lin .
/, three; possession, five. In Blaine, ;,
'hillips, Valley, Fergus, Petroleum,
Judith Basin, Choteau and Hill the I,
ates are Sept. II to Sept. 19, in h
lusive; bag limit, three; possession, Il
i've. All other counties not men II
oned are closed. :;
All counties are closed for blue :,
rouse, ruffed grouse and Fraak- =,
ms grouse except Lake, Missoula, n
lincoln, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli, W
anders and Flathead where the a,
eason is Sept. II to Sept. 18, in
usive; bag limit, three; possession, VI
We. -.
The department says: upland
anne birds shall not be taken with
: by means of any automatic load
g or hand operated repeating shot
IN capable of holding more than
lree shells, the magazine of which
as not been cut off or plugged
ith one-piece metal or wooden
ller, incapable of removal through
e loading end thereof, so as to
duce the capacity of the gun to
vt more than three shells at one
me in the magazine and chamber
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Obs. Acorn Staff
Sponsors Dance

Members of The Acorn staff, Oak
land High school, are sponsoring a
novelty dance in the school audi
forum this evening, March 16, from
s to II o'clock.
Being a leap year dance the girls
will invite the boys and also carry
the pockctbooks. Admission is 33
cents per couple and % cents for
stays. The auditorium will be deco
rated in St, Patrick's Day coIors.
A St Patrick's Day assembly was
presented yesterday at the school. A
play, "Thc Kelly Kid" was presented
with Gloria Michael, Juanta Harvey,
Mary Schlossnaglc, Clifford Holar,
Larry Breedlove, Marian Lee and
Edward Zimmerman participating
About fifteen seniors took the ALP
and VIZ tests being given at fire.
quent intervals BY the Army and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Forty-Four Men Picked
For Armed Services
That Number Accepted From
Among Group Sent To Bal
timOre On March 7

Forty-four men were accepted fol
service in the armed forces from
among the group from this county
who were given their pre-inductior
physical examination in Baltimore or
Wednesday, March 8. The officiaI
list was received at the office of the
local selectivc service board
Thirty were accepted for service in
the Army, and fourteen were ac,
cepted for service in the Navy. These
men will be subject to call in about
twenty-one days.
Army Service
Those accepted for the Army in
Guided Urban Frederick Haenftling
Oakland; Clarence Russell Steiding
Crellin; Robert Willard Hauser, Oak
land; Arnold William Falltner, Crel-
lin; Virgil Bruce Kelley, Oakland;
Winton Franklin Wildesen, Blooming
ton; Glen II. Yoder, Grantsville; Ray
Charles Dintaman, Oakland; Howard
Joseph Johnson; Oakland; Fred Oler
Tasker, NindeX.
Charlie Henry King, Oakland;
Owen Hamilton Miller, Oakland;
Harvey Franklin Cover, Kitzmiller;
Robert Alexander Weise, Grantsville;
John R. King, Mt. Lake Park; Darius
Reuben FiIe, Friendsville; Paul Louis
burst, GrantsviIle; Clyde Davis
Weitzell, Avilton; Raymond Coolidge
Coddington. of Friendsville; Calvin
Coolidge White, Mt. Lake Park; Viz
gil Loren Bernard, Oakland.
Fred Oliver Magruder, Barton; Ar
thur Raymond Devine, Accident;
Cecil Lee Sisk, Mt Lake Park; Web
ster Ellsworth Weimer, Deer Park;
Woodrow Thomas Hone, Selbysport
Charles Arthur Harvey, Swanton;
Troy NJ. Smith, Deer Park; Calvin
Clifford Ross, Grantsvillc; Robert W
Stcmple, Oakland
Navy Service
Those accepted for service in the U.
S, Navy include Charles Kenneth
Frantz, Friendsville; Marshall Harold
burst, Of GrantsvilIc; Otis Warwick
Kamp, Grantsvillc; Alfred j. Right.
Oakland; Domcnick Ernest Fazzalore,
Swanton; Ward Shaffer, Vindex;
George Alvin King, Deer Park; Rob
ert Lee Johnson, Mt, Lake Park;
Marshall Eugene Paugh, Swanton;
George NJ. Browning, Oakland; Joe
Cerne, Steyer; Okcy Mcdaniel, Oak
land; Hughie Eugene Glotfclty, of
Swanton; Robert Glenn Miller, Acct
dent
y group Of cighty-ninc selectccs
left Oakland about midnight last
night and are being examined in
Baltimore today.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Manpower Official
Speaks At Meeting
Of Won1en's Club
Irwin J. Forsyth Stresses The
Urgent Need For More
Women In War Work

Irwin J. Forsyth, field assistant of
the War Manpower Commission of
Maryland, was the speaker at the reg
ular meeting of the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club held at the
Willian-Ja last Thursday evening,
March 8.
Nh. Forsyth spoke about the part
women are taking in war work and he
stressed how urgently more women
are needed for this work He brought
out the fact that now there is a ten
dency on the part of the public to be
over-optimistic and feel that the war
is practically won and our efforts can
be relaxed. However, he stated that
one million more women are needed
by July in addition to the seventeen
million now engaged in war industries.
Mr.. Forsyth praised the part that
Maryland women are taking in indus
try. He said that every county in the
State will be visited by a committee
of recruiters to persuade those who
are not now engaged in suitable local
employment to work in war industry
Today in Baltimore alone 10000 adj
ditional workers are needed and 60
percent of these can be women.
He also declared there was a great
need for workers in the coal mines in
this county, pointing out that the la
Dor situation here in mining, lumber
ing and agriculture was serious. Rec
ords in the Z, S. Employment office
show there is need Of 209 miners alone.
Mr.. Forsyth was introduced by Dan
r, Staley, manager of the Cumber-
land office Of Employment
Sixteen members attended and in
addition the club had as guests Mason
J. Glotfelty, president Of the Rotary
club; Virgil B. Kelley, president of
the Jaycees; and Jay Davis, president
of the Lions club.
The tables were decorated for st.
Patrick'S Day. Candles and flowers
and other appointments were in green
and white. Miss Ruth Ann Polling sang
two Irish ballads, "Ill Take You Home
Again, Kathleen and The Song of
the Kerry Dancers" Everyone then
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
ASSEMBLY ENDS
EXTRA SESSION
IN QUICK Time
Eighteen Measures Get Final
Approval Of Assemblymen

The extraordinary session Of the
Maryland General Assembly adjourned
sine die last Friday after enacting SOL
der voting and state bonus legislation
in less that five days time.
Governor O'Conor Immediately put
his signature on the soldier vote law
and announced he would also approve
the teacher bonus bill.
Eighteen measures were finally APP
proved during the session which be-
gan March g.
There were tumultuous sessions in
both the Senate and House when at
tempts to repeal the declaration of in
tentions law were beaten down.
With the rules virtually in a perma-
nent state of suspension, both Houses
completed the Legislative routine nee
cssary to enactment of a program
which had been generally agreed upon
previously.
On the motion Of delegate John c.
Luber the lower chamber adjourned
out Of respect to the late Thomas E.
Conlon, speaker of the House at the
last three regular sessions.
The Senate completed action on the
principal soldier voting bill and the
state employees and teacher bonus by
conculring in minor House changes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Houggardy Urges More
Interest In Affairs
OF Good Government
Executive Director OF Maryland
Public Expenditure Council Ad-
dresses Lions Club Meeting

John l.. Hougardy, executive d.
rector of the Maryland Public EX-
penditure Council, told members of
the Lions club and their guests on
Monday night that the condition of
bureaucratic government could be
traced to the citizens themselves. who
for too many years hadn't bothered
about government.
The meeting was held at the Fike
Boarding house on High street, with
about fifty members and guests pres
ent.
Mr.. Hougardy outlined the purpose
of the organization he represented
and urged those present to take an
active interest in the affairs of gov
eminent, to combat the lobbyists and
pressure groups that were on every
hand in Washington, clamoring for
handouts.
He declared the postwar problems
could be solved by business men
everywhere if they took the time to
be interested in government.
He pointed out the extent to which
the Federal debt was going as posi-
tive proof that all unnecessary spend
ing by federal agencies must be
eliminated, if this government is to
stave off chaos.
He urged those present as citizens
to take an interest in proposed lcgis-
lation and to keep contact with those
who represent the people in Congress.
He discussed briefly in this respect
the proposed Wagner Murray bill a
social security bill of much wider
coveragc than the one now in effect
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Sixteen Men To Leave
For Army March 3

The following named men who have
been accepted for service in the u. S.
Army have been ordered to report
to the local board on Thursday NOR
ming, March %, to entrain for Fort
George G. Meade where they will be
assigned to service:
Orland Chester Wright, McHenlY;
Rex Snyder, Deer Park; Emile Cor
nelious Chichester, Selbysport; Earl
Clellan Ellifritz, Kitzmillcr; Stanley
Earl Stanton, Grantsvillo; Franklin
Keith Wolfe, Crellin; Thomas Glenn
Cuppett, Mt. Lake Park; James Lee
Johnson, Grantsville; James H, Sol
onion, Deer Park; Adonis Walter Sis
Ter, Mt. Lake Park; Albert Freeman
Broadwater, Mt. Lake Park; David
Allen McRobic. Oakland; William X.
Stottlcmeycr, Mt. Lake Park; Robert
Oliver Jackson, Kitzmiller; Thomas
Calvin Smith, Deer Park; Paul Allen
Uphold, Jr., Terra Alta, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Mary Fraley Named
Editor "The Acorn
To Have Charge OF Next Years
Editions OF Oakland Hi Paper;
Wanda Whitaker To Assist

Mary Claudice Fraley was elected
editor of "The Acorn, official student
publication of Oakland High school,
in recent balloting, and will serve in
that capacity next year, succeeding
James Rock. Her assistant will be
Wanda Whitaker.
Miss Fraley, junior student, has
been active in ra-curricular activi-
ties. She was reporter and representa-
tive of the Student Council while a
freshman; member Of the Art club,
and is associate sports editor and rep
resentative of the Student Council
this year. She is also a member Of
the Glee Club and the girls basketball
team. Her class work is termed above
the average She is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Neil c. Fraley.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16

MAN ALA DlS MALE
Miss Fraley's assistant, Wanda
Whitaker, is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Whitaker She is a mem
Der of the Junior Dramatic Club and
has been secretary of the Student
Council. She is member of the Glce
club, the Dramatic club and vice-pres-
dent of the Student Council. She was
headline editor of The Acorn this year.
The election was held early this
year, as on March %, "a and 25 five
delegates representing The Acorn will
attend the annual convention of the
Columbia Scholastic Press Associa-
ton at Columbia University, in New
York. Those who will attend are James
Rock and William Treacy, Mary Fra
ley and Wanda Whitaker and Miss
Sybil Payntcr, editorial staff adviser.
The purpose of the meeting is to in
struct and advise high school journ-
slists in improving their paper. Clinics
will be held for constructive criti-
cism of papers and round table dis
cussions on various questions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
961 Woodland Acres
Burned Here In 1913
Report Made By District FOres-
ter At Meeting This Week

Nine hundred siXty-one acres OF
woodland were burned over in Gar
rett county in 1913, or about three
tenths of one percent of the total OF
277,000 acres, it was announced by
w. H. Johnson, district forester, who
reported that the Western Maryland
district last year had the finest fire
record in the state.
Suppression cost in this county was
81 ,039.33, while according to johnson
with the additional state costs added
the cost in this county was 81 1888
The Garrett figure was boosted
somewhat, Johnson intimated, by the
use of power equipment in combat
ting forest fires. Garrett county had
total of So forest fires last year
Six of these he reported caused by
railroads, one by camp fires, twenty
two by smoking, six by brush burn
ing, one to incendiaries, and six to
miscellaneous reasons.
johnson said an attempt would be
made to build up the Forest Fire
Fighters Service. 1t was developed
here last year and about 200 students
of the five Garrett county high
schools enrolled. Johnson added that
youths trained at Accident high
school proved of invaluable aid in the
last fire season.
Forestry personnel Of four Western
Maryland counties met this week in
Cumberland.
Joseph F. Kaylor, state forester
told the men that prevention Of for
est fires on uplands is of utmost i'm
portance in flood control. Investiga-
ton has shown that unburned forest
soil holds water six to ten times bet
ter than burned soil
He declared that the shortage of
manpower had reached such a critical
stage that women may be employed
in lookout towers in this area. Towers
must be open during the three spring
months of March, April and May,
and from September to December, in
elusive. There are IA lookout towers
in this district.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Methodist Junior Choir
To Present Operetta
Friday, March 24th

The Methodist Junior choir men,
bers, assisted by other young people
of the congregation, will present an
operetta, "Thc Golden Apple" in the
entertainment room of the church on
Friday evening, March 81, beginning
at s o'clock
The production is in charge of Mrs.
Frederick Thaycr, Jr,, and Mrs.
Minor Sprague, and the accompanist
is Mrs Nina Sharpe
Tickets arc being sold for fifteen
and thirty-fvo cents by members Of
the Womcn's Society of Christian
Service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Garrett Third In State
InBondSale Percentage

Garrett county was listed third in
the state in percentage of war bonds
purchased in relation to its quota, it
has been announced.
Charles county residents purchased
POS percent of the 100000 quota,
buying $416,117 in bonds. Howard
was second with POP percent, while
Garrett was third with 1913 percent.
The Garrett county sales totaled
$296,449 compared with $254,059 in
the Third War Loan drive
Maryland finished clear third in
the amount Of over-subscription
among the states with its lat per-
cent. Mississippi and North Dakota
had l54 and 1853 percent respectively.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
GRAND JURORS
FIND THIRTEEN
Thirty-Seven Witnesses Exam
ined During Session; Juveniles
Before Group For Questioning

The Grand Jury for the March term
Of Court adjourned yesterday after
noon after having examined thirty-sev-
en- witnesses and returning thirteen
indictments. The jurors were in session
from Monday morning,with Alonzo D.
Naylor acting as foreman, and George
z. Dawson and Gordon J. Calls clerks.
Neil c. Fraley, States Attorney, de-
clared that a number Of juvenile de-
linquency matters of Importance were
discussed at length by the grand jurors
and several witnesses questioned. He
said, other than these cases the indict-
ments covered the usual run-of-mine
infractions Of the statutes.
The criminal docket will be called
Monday morning, March 90 at 10 o.
clock, with Chief Judge D. Lindley
Sloan on the bench, and possibly either
Associate Judge William A. Hustler or
Associate Judge Joseph d. Mish.
The Grand Jury, in its report, noted
with much regret that His Honor,
Chief Judge Sloan will retire from the
Bench early in April of this year be-
cause of reaching the retirement age.
We feel that we are expressing the
sentiments of the citizens of Garrett
County in stating that he has served
the people of this county and the Cir
cult ably and with distinction and we
wish him many years of comfort and
happiness"
Following the examination of the
Court House, Jail and Sheriff's resi-
dence the jurors made the following
recommendations in their report con-
corning improvements and repairs:
First: We believe that the floors on
the first floor of the Sheriff's resi-
dence should be sanded and REIN
ished.
Second: The grill and iron work in
the cat walk in the Jail should be re-
painted and the leaks in the plumb
ing repaired.
Third: All metal work on the roof
of the jail and the Sheriff's residence
should be scraped and repainted and
the broken slate on the roof of the
Sheritf's residence should be replaced.
Fourth: All stone work on the Jail
should be repointed wherever neces-
sary
Fifth: Grand Juries in the past
L
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
Received Citation

Capt. Donald NJ. Loomis, is, a
native of Milwaukee, Wis, whose
wife, Mrs Esther Young LOOMS,
lives at Deer Park, has been awarded
the Legion of Merit, as a result Of
the Sicilian invasion, the Navy an
nounccd.
According to the citation, LOOMS,
commander of transport during the
assault on Sicily. trained and led his
men with outstanding professional
ability and aggressive leadership
and showed "cool courage under fire
and brilliant handling Of the units
under his coumsnd.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-03-16
City Officials Are All
Reelected To Office


All city officials who were candi-
dates for reelection were named at
the annual municipal election held on
Monday. There was no competition.
Only So votes were cast, the official
count being:
For Mayor, L. NJ, Fraley, 81.
For members of Council, A. G. Hesen
and Harry L. Stemple, rs each; for
Earl Shartzer, Is.
For City Treasurer, Richard L.
Davis, 70.
There were two write-in votes for
Grover c. Stemple for mayor
The city council will reorganize at
its regular April meeting.