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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
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FL blity to youth of the community. Their needs are
usually taken of to but there limit
to the possibilities if individuals will remember what they have
liked when they youths themselves.
There has always been interest in Scouting in this
Oakland has had Boy Scout troop for tWentone years Al
most that long group of aside veacre
Deep Creek Lake be used Scout camp and citizens spent
several hundred dollars in erecting buildings there Owners Of
the ground had we'll dug and have kept the
The Scouts again in camp and will remain tive weeks.
When they return home the Girl Scouts will the site
With thoughts focused their activities, ought
thought also making this tract place
for the Scouts and possibly other Scout and youth all
the county While have the ground this
will be there for 1916. The
feel would back their obligation of
standing giving the for the Scouts if they knew
the Scouts and older leaders would maintain it properly
there enough interest evidenced by citizens
local organizations doubt arrangements could be made to have
it Scout site Perhaps it could be decided to the
town of Oakland substantial organization
Scout committee where members would feel definite
responsibility The would then be better cared for and
permanent improvements could be made.
LET'S GIVE THIS SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
WHEELING GOLFER TAKES
FIRST PLACE IN MATCH
George Hoffer Equals Course
Record On Second Nine Holes
And Scores PIT For y Holes

George Hoffer, Wheeling, W. Va,
with consistent golfing which was fire.
quently under par, won first place in
the first annual Western Maryland
Tri-State invitation tournament, con-
Quoted the past weekend on the Oak
land municipal course.
His playing won for him temporarily
the DE- Logan L. Carr Memorial Sill
yer Loving cup, donated by relatives
of DR.. Carr, and an electric razor
valued at $4,000. The cup must be won
three times by an individual to become
permanent property.
Second place in the tournament,
which attracted a field Of thirty en-
tries from towns throughout West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland,
was won by Evo Pctri, also of Wheel
ing, while third place went to Phil
Contic, Of the Preston Country club,
kingWood.
Hoffer had score of PIT for the
scvcnty-two holes of medal play, scor-
ing "a and 35 for a par on Friday,
SO and 80 on Saturday for 68, tiein9
the course record Of 80 on the last
nine holes which is three under par.
His Sunday scores were 81, "a, "a and
35 Petr had low of 33 for nine
holes and was low for the first day
with a total of IS. but he cOuldn t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
PRE-INDUCTION
EXAM ORDERED
FOR THIRTY-SIX
Must Report to Local Board In
Oakland on Wednesday Night,
August s, for Baltimore

lhlrty-slX reglstrants have been or
dered to report to the local Selectivc
Service board in Oakland on Wcdncs-
day night August 8, to be sent to Bal
tlmore for their prc-induction physical
examination. Those accepted will be
subject to induction after twenty-one
days.
They include:
James Alvin Metz..... Mt. Lake Park
Daily Dayton Sines ........ Oakland
John Walter Grimes ....... Oakland
Percy Robert Martin. ....... Oakland
Henry Richard Wotring ...... Crcllin
Ruby Hardesty. .............H Hutton
Clyde Mervin Bernard. Oakland
David Gran Miller. ..... Homecoming
Madison Dcsales Watson. . Shallmar
Harvey Stanley Bcvcr. Bloomington
Alvin Israel Moore 90. Mt. Lake Park
Charles Nichols Fernando. o.. Shallmar
Earl Thornton limbaugh. Deer Park
Thomas Earl Paugh ..... Deer Park
Charles Phillip Lee. Oakland
Dewey Melvin Mason. ..... Jennings
Oscar Dale UpOle. ...... Deer Park
Thomas j. W. Sincs ..... FricndsvllC
Guy Franklin Lipscomb. 49,. Oakland
Minor Hayward Rounds. &. .Grantsvillc
Samuel Alfred Lipscomb. ..... Crellin
Glenn Stewart Stanton. q. Grantsvillc
Glen Edison Woods SvaD+o,,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Oakland Fire Department Band
Receives Donation

The Oakland Fire Department band
was in receipt of check for $4,000
this week for their participation in the
celebration of the Kitzmiller Fire De
partment on July 4th. The check was
received by Mayor l.. NJ. Fraley.
Fraley said the Fire Department
auxiliary at KitzmlIer had also fur
nished each band me]aber dinner ON
that evening, and they were very APP
preciative Of the local band
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Building Committee
For Oakland High To
Meet Next Tuesday
Legislature Provides Members
With Power To Have Plans
Prepared For New Building

A meeting of the building committee
recently appointed in connection with
the construction of new building for
Oakland High school, will be held next
Tuesday evening, it has been an
nounced.
The committee includes Delbert
Davis, 0. T. eraser, S. Townshend
Naylor, Ralph Pritts and Grover C.
Stemple. They were selected upon
recommendation of the Oakland High
School Parent Teacher association.
The legislature provided in Senate
bill No. 426, for a special committee,
consisting of members of the Board of
Education, the County Superintendent
of Schools, and the County Commits
sioners of Garrett County, who would
have authority to acquire the site
needed.
The building committee and the
Board of Education are empowered to
have plans prepared for the erection
of said school building. subject to APP
proval Of the State Superintendent of
Schools. The special committee, to-
gethcr with the building committee
are empowered to enter into the con
tracts for the erection of the building,
The County Commissioners shall order
payment of the bills for the erection
of the school as approved by the Board
of Education and the Building COM
mittce.
The special building committee shall
also have the authority to cXpend SO
much of the county funds as may be
found necessary and desirable for the
equipment of said building.
The Senate bill further stipulated
that in the event the County Board of
Education found it desirable to begin
constructing before funds were made
available under the provisions of the
act, then the Board of County Com
miSsiOners would be authorized to bor-
row such sum as may be necessary
issuing note or notes for the same
not exceeding three percent interest
In the bill the commissioners are
authorized and directed to levy $25,-
600 to $4,000 for each of the years
1916, 1947, 1913. 1919, 1850, 1851
1852, and 1858, to be expended foI
schools in the county.
Up to 100000 may be expended for
Oakland High, up to $4,000 for
Fricndsville, up to $4,000 for kitz-
miller, up to $4,000 for Grantsville
up to $4,000 for Accident, up to So
600 for Bloomington, all for acquisi-
ton of sites, new buildings or addi-
tions; and up to $4,000 for repairs and
installation of a sanitary system at
Swanton school.
Any funds available from the
United States or any L. S. agency OF
from other sources may be expended
for any or all of the schools mentioned
in addition to amounts levied by the
county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Milkweed Not Needed

That there would be no need for a
collection of milkweed floss this year,
was announced by f. E. Rathbun,
county superintendent of schools, who
was county chairman of last years
drive
The milkweed floss collection cam
paign of the U. S. department of agri-
culture last year was considered high
ly successful, securing about 2,150,000
bags of pods which was expected to
yield about 1,650000 pounds of floss.
This was said to be sufficient to meet
government needs for this material.
For last years collection by the var
ious schools and other organizations
in the county a total of $4,000 was
received, Mr. Rathbun said, which was
distributed to the schools making the
collection, in proportion to the number
of bushels gathered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Garrett Fire Clay
To Be Investigated

Governor O'Conor announced that a
total of $4,000 has been allocated from
the states general emergency fund for
Maryland's participation in a projected
investigation of the fire clay deposits
in Garrett county.
The survey will be undertaken in
collaboration with the United States
Geological Survey, the governor said.
Further high grade fire clay deposits
may be uncovered.
About $1,000 also has been granted
to the state department of geology
mines and water resources to cover eX-
penses for Montgomery County Geo
logical map and the manuscript for
the Garrett county fire clay investiga-
ton report.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Grantsville Woman
Improves After
Attempt at Suicide

A woman of near GrantSvillc who
was reported by authorities as at
tempting to commit suicide as the re-
suit Of a misunderstanding with her
boy friend, was in an improved con-
dition at Memorial hospital Cumber-
land, where she was admitted last
Thursday afternoon suffering from a
gunshot wound in the abdomen.
Trooper Harry Holsinger, who in
vestigatcd for the state police, said the
woman, Miss Edna Hoover, p, who
makes her home with Marshall Wilt
in the Bear Hill section, shot herself
with a % calber rifle while in the
parlor of the Wilt home.
The bullet which entered the abdo-
men and emerged through the left hip
lodged in an organ Of the mountain
home.
The trooper said Miss Hoover was
with her boy friend, Everett Wilburn
20, of near Bittinger, and that Will
burn had been teasing her about their
marriage which has been postponed
several times.
Wilburn who told Trooper Holsinger
he was only kidding, said that the H.
ccnsc was secured about month age
but that the ceremony had been de-
layed. Wilburn is employed in coal
mine near Grantsville, authorities said
The gun, which belonged to Wilt
was confiscatcd and the bullet was re-
covered from where II lodged in tho
organ, by the state police. No charges
were placed, and Neil c. Fralcy
states attorney, said probably there
would be none.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Welfare Report
Shows Sl7,232.3S
Expended i'll June
Comparison Made In Amounts
Distributed In May and June

The financial report Of the Garrett
County Welfare board showed an eX-
penditurc of $17,23238 for the month
of June, as compared to $l6,728.13 for
the preceding month.
The report was released by Francis
Connolly, executive secretary.
The summary of obligations was as
follows; with comparative amounts
first for May, second for June:
General public assistance, $2,875.96
$2,8720O; old age assistance, 81 ,423.77
$7,522.9O Il burial in June for $1,000
aid to dependent children, $4,122. %
$4,366.42; public assistance to needy
blind. S1S9.85. S189.85; board of chill
dren, 1868 81, $360.5l; administration
$1,SO6.79, $1,82O70.
Mr.. Connolly said the increase in
the aid to dependent children for June
was due to unprecedented number of
plications-cleven families with Al
children.
In June there were 322 persons re-
ceiving old age assistance funds,
blind persons receiving aid, 324 chill
dren under Ado, 121 cases under gen
eral public assistance, 20 children re-
ceiving boarding home care, "a cases
under disqualification, , cases under
care for other states or county, case
under care for selective service, Al
protective care and four families re.
cciving other service in behalf of chill
dren.
The May totals for these same cate.
gorics showed little change.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Youths Questioned

A number of young boys were ques-
toned yesterday afternoon by States
Attorney Neil c. Fralcy relative tC
destruction of property at the Com
munity Playground. A number of win
dows have been smashed in recent
days, some of the playground equip
ment upset and some athletic equip
ment stolen.
The boys were rounded up by John
j. Sweeney, city policeman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Further Information
On Sgt. Fred Helbig
Received Yesterday

Further information concerning Sgt
Fred Helbig who was reported miss
ing in action, was received yesterday
by relatives from an air corps ser
gcant who is now back in the states
The sergeant wrote that before he
left Burma it was learned that Hclbig
had taken off on June Is with a load
of gasoline and never reached his des-
tination; that continuous search had
been made for weeks but no sign of
any wreckagc had been spotted. The
sergeant declared there was still a ray
of hope, that HclbiG and crew may
have parachutcd to safety.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Killed on Guam

Word has been received in Oakland
that Eugene Show, member of the
army air corps, died on July 20, on
Guam, following an accident on ono
of the air fields there. There were nc
further details
Show was a former resident of Oak
land. He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. f
V. Show, of Connellsville, Pa. An aunt
Miss Annie Friend, resides in Friends
vile.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Suffers Fractured Left Leg

Arch Holland, Loeb Lynn Heights,
sustained a broken left leg and other
injuries while engaged in hauling tim
Der in the woods near Bayard on Mon
day
He is patient in Memorial hoSpit-
al, Cumberland, where it was learned
both bones in the leg were broken be-
low the knee, The accident happened
when a sled upset
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Hospital Births

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Hilcman, Friendsvillc, in
Memorial hospital, Cumberland, ON
Sunday, July 20.
A son was born to Tech Sgt. and
Mrs. Howard Frantz, of Friendsvillc,
Monday night in Allegany hospital, in
Cumberland The father is in the Aleu-
tians.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Repairs Necessary
To Electric Line

That there would be an interruption
in electric service in this area was an
nounced by Frank Klcy, manager of
the West Maryland Power company,
today.
The electric current will be cut off
on Sunday, August 5, from 7 to $3.50
a m, he said, to repair the damage
caused by lightning between Kingwood
and Terra Alta, w, Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Annual AII-Day Meeting

The annual all-day meeting will be
Eeld at the North Glade Methodist
church, Sunday, August II, with SER
vices beginning at 1890 a. m.
Rev. w. Reece Burns, of Mountain
Lake Park, will be the guest speaker
IN the afternoon. The public is invited
to come and spend the day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Three Are Accepted

Three Garrett county men were ac-
cepted for induction at Baltimore on
July 26, according TO H. l.. Jones,
chief clerk to the local Selective Ser
vice board. They were Floyd Hobert
Jones, U. S. Navy; Jonas Randolph
Bittner, u. S. Army; and Hobart Will
liam Dewitt, U. S. Marine corps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Inspector Praises
Grantsville Mine
For Safety Record

In a report to the Mines bureau,
Federal Inspector F. l.. Treasure COM
mended the jenkins No. mine OF the
Burnwell Coal company, near Grants
vile, for operating its first full year
without a single lost-timc accident 1t
produced nearly $4,000 tons Of coal
without disabling injury in the year
after its opening in April, 1914.
To insure continuance of the good
saftey record Treasure suggested a
systematic timbering plan and use of
the vibration method of roof testing
and several haulage nettelments The
mine employs tWcnty-siX men and pro-
duces about sixty tons daily
Listed among commondable features
were the use of permissible explosives,
working places examined twice during
each shift by certified official, air
courses inspected at least once week
by the foreman, and tools maintained
in a satisfactory condition. He offered
detailed suggestions for improving
the ventilation system and recon-
mended use of permissible electric cap
lamps, ban on smoking underground,
several safer electrical installations
and formation of a safety organiza-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Peama~e~c1bon Scouting. .

FREQUENTLY we remind our citizens of their respol
bility to youth of the community Their needs
usually taken of to extent but there is no liz
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-08-02
Another Mine Inspected

In report on the McNitt Coal Com
pany's 200-ton a day Hamill mine near
Kitzmiller, Inspector Arthur Metcalf
urged a broader safety program to
combat an unfavorable accident rec
ord. He proposed better ventilation,
systematic timbelin&, safer haulagc,
and reduction of ignition hazards. The
mine employs siXty-Jhree men.
Metcalf commended some improve
ments effected since the inspection in
July, 1914.
Metcalf also recommended tests for
explosive gas at Icae; once month.
He proposed in addition to those
recommended for the Grantsville mine
adequate fire protection, Surface-m-
derground telephone service and a
first-aid training station.
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Evening star., 1945-04-29

backward. The boys say that's because
he's afraid to look where he's going.
1:10-There's smell of burning oil.
We're uneasy. Dickie explains it's
from superchargers pressurizing the
cabin
1:15-We're half hour out from tar
get. Japan is over on our left, below
the overcast. The crew is strictly busi-
ness now, except that they're burning
more cigarettes. I hold my hand out
against the panel lights to see how it's
shaking. Seems OK.
1:25-We see the first bomb flashes.
They're plenty planes on this deal and
we're bringing up the rear Through
the haze the explosions look like flashes
OF heat lightning. Here we come, Tokyo!
Well be hitting the coast in about 10
minutes.
The pilots strap themselves into their
seats and settle their flax helmets.
Even the busy navigator takes time to
get into his armor. But we see no
fighters. Where can they be?
1:25-My watch has stopped, I think.
Seems ages since I looked at it last.
My mouth is dry and my hair wet with
sweat under the big helmet. Now,
Evening star., 1945-04-29

has seen something. He can't be sure
what.
Maybe it was shooting star and not
flame breathing from a Jap fighters
exhaust.
12:31-We're donning f1ack armor and
helmets. The tension grows bit All
eyes strain ahead and the big ship is
blacked out.
The gunners aft are on the alert.
Everybody wears armor but the navi-
gator, laboring under his little light
over charts. dividers. slide rule, equa-
tions and Instruments
12:45-We are further from target
than we thought. A cross wind put the
navigator out a bit. The japanese
coast lies over on our left beneath the
overcast. My palms are moist and it
seems warmer in the cabin, but the
thermometer is constant.
Japan on Our Left, Below
100 a.m.-Strange how comfortable
unwieldy, heavy flack suits get as we
approach Japan. Dickie is working over
his fuel-consumption tables and tuning
the throttles. He's as frugal with gaso-
line as an A-card holder. He rides
Evening star., 1945-04-29

are other fighters now, one up forward
at II o'clock and two over around g.
Our power turrets keep squeaking as
the guns are pointed this way and that,
but the Japs don't close. I guess they
don't like us. Makes me feel better
Maybe they know that tail gunner hunts
squirrels in Arkansas.
Heading Back
2:05-We're on course and headed for
home. With tail wind Good old tail
wind. The fighters hang on behind,
but they don't close the range Every
body is feeling better.
2:24-Some of us take off our helmets
and fan our brows. Now and then the
tail gunner glimpses the fighters. They
seem to be wearing red and green marker
lights, just as If they took orders from
the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
We're beginning to talk about that for
gotten soup, coffee, hot chocolate and
orange juice in the insulated container
Evening star., 1945-04-29

all sides. Going off and on. The dark
ground below is spangled with contin-
uous gun flashes. Ahead Tokyo is
burning, but good.
They're Fingering for Us
1:2S-I can't see my notebook to
get the time down.
We're in the first searchlight screen
before Tokyo. They're lingering for us.
Off to the left there are two B-29s in
bright cones of cross-lights. They're
testooned with shell flashes.
Poor devils. They haven't pinned us
yet. Here comes the biggest light yet,
deliberately feeling for us. 1 glance
at Larry. He's taking evasive action.
Ducking, diving, zigging, tagging.
We're in the lights. You can count
the seconds and wait for the jolt of
shells coming up. The Japs at the
lights seem confused. They don't stick
to one plane long. Always pulling
away and lingering for another. Guess
we're coming in pretty fast all over
the sky. I can't see other planes
though. A white streak like phos-
phorus bomb falls by our starboard
quarter
Into the Smoke Wall
Can't see the time. We're running
into the wind. I understand, and a
great upheaval of smoke is rolling
down on US There are scores of fires
along its base, and the great black
mass is lit from time to time by some
Evening star., 1945-04-29

work. The navigator is asleep In the
nose of the plane.
ANA brilliant sunrise over the
Pacific. Tall cumAus clouds of faint
lavender turn red on top and several
homing B-29s appear around the hori-,
Zon.
9:05 a.m.-We have our wheels down
and are coming in, all in one piece. The
ground crew is waiting. The men howl
greetings, and we open the hatch and
climb down the ladder. I touch my
hand on the ground. How good the solid
earth feels.
But it was only one mission for me,
To the crew it was just another days
work. Tomorrow, the next day, next
week or next month, they would be back
on the long run. That crew and several
hundred others equally are at least al,
most as good.
The thought sobered me when I felt
like rejoicing at my good fortune. %,