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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Gun MIa1e4 p4olAem

ONLY THE MOST Thoughtless and carefree citizens have
failed to think seriously of water supply problem this week
brought attention forcbly when the reservoirs
dropped the fire level and there many
Saturday night bath last week. Rains thus far have helped
Other places in the county have been affected
Several towns without adequate water supply Wells have
gone dry and springs at a low level.
One of has been the prolonged dry spell Through
the county there deeper Wholesale aSng
forests has reduced the table which will take years
bring back with careful reoresaton and watchfu cutting
of the timber that remains
addition to this condition, particularly Oakland the town.
is growing. Additional customers being water service
and the drain the supply much heavier than formerly
The time has about arrived when Oakland must look to other
than wells and spring for her water supply
where will be- for engineers others decide
The Mayor and Town Council would do we'll to give this water
situation serious thought growing town needs good
sufficient supply Manufacturers always interested
in the supply when they look for town in which they
might oyae It looks like major project and that should
be tackled promptly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
A1va @. Gortner
Wins K. of p. Honor

Alva G.. Gortncr. active member of
Garrett Lodge No. 1l3, Knights of
Pythias. was elected grand prclatc of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, at the
annual convention held last weekend
in Cumberland. MIR. Gortncr was
nominated bv subordinate LODGES
several months ago and connected
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Water Situation Still
Remains Critical

The water situation remains critical
in Oakland with Just barely enough
water in the reservoirs above the fire
level to keep the town supplied.
Citizens in certain parts of town
were without any water on Satur-
day evening. The towns supply was
supplemented few days this week
by water from the well of the Oak
land Creamery company
The government weather station at
Wcber's recorded rain on Friday,
Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, but
the entire total was only LII inches
which helped late gardens but thus
far has not seemed to help any wells
or springs.
Drought conditions at KitzmilIer
have cut out school attendance to two
hours a day. Water from the Potomac
river is pumped daily into the sani-
tarY system at Kitzmiller school by
the local fire company. Drilling for
a well at the school has made no APP
preciable progress.
The high temperature of the week
was 50 on the 22nd, and the low was
50 on the 10Th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Davidian Speaks at
Rotary Gathering Here

Rotarians from Terra Alta, Frost
burg, Grantsville, Piedmont, and Key
ser gathered in Oakland last Friday
night for an inter-city meeting with
members of the Oakland group, and
heard an address by DR.. Simon Da-
vidian, noted lecturer
Dr.. Davidian, native Armenian, has
made a study Of the Russian problems
and pointed out that country's many
difficulties among the other nations
of the world. DR.. Davidian feels that
Russia is so young as country it
must be given time to grow up,
must be given concessions until it
has become a mature nation, and one
that viii take her place comparatively
among the other nations of the world.
He secs no danger of war with Russia.
The speaker was introduced by DR..
Robert Boss, of kcyser
+, Z. Rathbun, Rotary president,
announced the news of the donation
for a Memorial Library here.
This Fridays meeting is in charge
of O. T, eraser, chairman of the
Vocational Service committee, and the
subject will be about the Veterans
administration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Praise Bus Operators
For Safety Record
Express Gratitude For
Record Throughout the Years

Praise for the safety record Of the
Garrett county school bus operators
and expressions of hope that such a
record will continue indefinitely were
heard from every speaker at the an
nual banquet Of the operators, their
wives and friends, at the Mt Lake
hotel last Friday evening
They emphasized the Importance Of
safety for the children, and praised
their record made in spite of the con-
dition of the roads during the winter
months.
The banquet was the concluding
event on the days program which be-
gan with a business meeting in the
high school at 1890. Officers were
reelected as follows: Arthur H.
Green, Swanton, president; c. O. Ben
der, Grantsvillc, president; How
ard Skidmorc, Friendsvillc, secretary;
and Herman Schmidt, of Deer Park,
treasurer.
The bus operators voted several
minor changes in their bylaws.
About $50 persons attended the din
ncr and heard short talks by Earl
Guard, member of the School Board;
Senator Bernard |. Gender, Lawrence
NJ, Fraley, DR.. Thomas G. PulIen,
state superintendent of schools; f. +.
Rathbun, county superintendent of
schools; John l.. Fitzwater, attend
ance supervisor; and Walter W. Daw-
son, president of the Board of Edu-
cation.
Oscar Parrish, Cumberland, enter
tanned the group for forty-fvc min
utes with feats Of magic Group sing
ing was led by Cecil Smith with vii
liam Gibson at the piano. Arthur
Green served as master of cere-
monies. Various awards were pre-
scented to guests, bus operators and
their wives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Methodist Pastor
Reappointed Here
Other Assignments Announced
By Bishop Straughn AS
Conference Ends

Dr. Denver c. Pickens, pastor of
st. Pauls Methodist church in Oak
land, was reappointed to this charge
for another year at the conclusion of
the West Virginia conference held in
Wheeling, w. Va.
Announcement of the appointments
was made by Bishop James H..
Straughn as the concluding act of the
session which opened last Wednesday.
The assignments included those of
William j. Scarborough as president
of West Virginia Wesleyan college,
Buckhannon; and Leonard Riggle-
man as president Of Morris Harvey
college.
Pastoral assignments included:
Moorefield District-Fred B. Wy
and, district superintendent, Romney;
Albright, Paul Maness; Aurora, w. f.
Wade; Bloomington, w. NJ. Deshong;
Burlington, Paul H. Arts; Capon
Bride, W. P. Good; Circleville, Earl
Fike; Corinth-Cranesville, Lantz An
derson; Davis-Thomas, d. G. Stratton;
Elk Garden, Randall D. Prince; Etam,
to be supplied; Fort Ashby, W, f. Al
bright; Franklin, r. L. Odell;
Friendsville, Howard Wriston; Cor
mania, j. f. Hodges; Grant Hardy,
Joseph Gerstell; Grantsville, Carl L.
Grove; Hampshire, Virgil Conant;
Hardy, f. P. Look.
Keyser- First, O. H. Dorsey; Key
ser-Grace, H. S. Myerly; Kingwood,
W. r. Eskew; Kitzmiller, J. H. Har-
desty; Mineral, Ray W. Wilson;
Moorefield, j. +. Mcdonald; Mt. Lake
Park, Reece Burns; Oakland, D. c.
Pickens; Parsons-First, j. H. Lots
peich; Parsons St Johns, O. NJ. Bolts,
Petersburg, f. w. Slayton; Piedmont,
R, l.. Moore; Ridgeley, R. L. Grey
nolds; Romney, +. S. Wilson; Rowles-
burg, r. W. Morrow; St. George, to
be supplied; Springfield, Sumner
Sawyer; Terra Alta, j. C. Buckley;
Upper Track, w. A. O'Dcll; Wardens-
vile, W. c. Snyder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Festival Choir To
Be Heard on Radio
Will Come Over Air 1890 To
10:l5 Saturday Morning, Pre-
ceding Tw0-Day Program

The Festival Choir of the Noun
tain Choir Festival Association will
broadcast over 345 stations of the
Mutual Broadcasting Company
through WAR, Morgantown Satur-
day, September 28th from 1890 to
10;45 d. m. Norman Knight of WAR
will be in charge of the broadcast
The Festival programs are being
held in the spacious gym at Arthur
dale, W Va There is a Folk Festival
Saturday evening, commencing at
500 o'clock. Sunday afternoon, Sep
tcmber 10Th, there will be a short
concert by the Morgantown High
School Band preceding the afternoon
session which will include six repre-
sentative choirs Of all religious
faiths; a Community Choir from
Grafton, a Male Chorus from Scott
dale, Pennsylvania, a Methodist and
Childrcn's Choir from Morgantown, a
Roman Catholic Choir from Clarks-
burg, and Greek Orthodox Choir
from Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
Rabbi LevinsOn to Speak
Between Part One and Part Two of
The Evening Session, beginning at
500, Sunday. September 10Th. which
is a Festival Service, Rabbi Burton f.
Lcvinson of Temple Sinai, Pittsburgh,
Pa, will deliver an address. Rabbi
Lcvinson comes under the auspices of
The National Conference of
Christians and Jews. The Festival
Choir is under the direction of Rev.
Felix Robinson, Pastor of The Ar
thurdale Community Church. His
wife, Lucille Henry Robinson, is ac-
companist. The Choir is comprised of
choral units from Albright, Arthur
dale, Aurora, Brandonvillc, Rowles-
burg, Terra Alta, Tunnelton, and five
tcnors from Grafton Single admis-
sion tickets can be purchased for all
Festival performances. Arthurdale is
located on Route 90, one mile south
of Route 7, at Reedsvile intersection,
and II miles north of Route so and
its intersection with Route 80. There
will be adequate parking space.
The Festival was conducted for
several years at Mt. Lake Park. This
year marks the ninth session.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
9S4 Names Stricken
From Registration
Books of 9 Districts

With the REGISTRATION books of over
half Of the election districts of the
county Inspected by officials total Of
984 names have already been stricken
from the rolls, it was announced
yesterday evening by w. r. Brown
ing, president of the Board of Super
visors of Elections.
The inspection will continue until
all sixteen election districts are
checked All registered citizens of
the county who have not voted since
1910 are having their names removed
from the registration books, comply
ing with an act of the 1915 legis-
Iaturc.
1t will be necessary for these per-
sons to register either on October 1
on October s, to be eligible to vote on
November 5th. All those whose names
are being stricken from the books are
being mailed cards notifying them Of
tllI az, anu 81 DClIIS StIll W lIlG last
known address as shown ON the regis
tration books. 1t was at first planned
to remove the names on revision day,
but Mr.. Browning said this would not
have given any person an opportunity
to re-register prior to election.
OF the total number removed 591
are Republicans, 800 Democrats, two
declined and one socialist. The totals
by districts: one, 80; two, 1865; three,
164; four, 50; five. 90; six, 50; seven,
III; eight, 1853; nine, 81.
At 1890 o'clock this morning the
officials completed district 10, which
removed IA Republicans and AZ Demo
Gratis from the districts books. This
makes a total of 74S Republicans re
moved, 514 Democrats, with one
socialist and two declined, for a
grand total of 1865 thus far
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Some Game Refugees
To Be Opened For
Hunting This Fall
Other Areas Marked For Clos
ing Beginning In 1917; One
Area Wired Temporarily

Through a cooperative program
between the State Game and Inland
Fish Commission and the State
Forestry department, number Of
state game refugees will be opened to
hunting this fall, while other areas
are to be closed, it was announced by
Joseph F. KayIor, state forester, this
week.
Mr. Kaylor, William Johnson, dis
trict forester, and George B. Shields,
chief deputy warden of the State
game department., were in Garrett
county last Thursday making ar
engagements for the changeover.
The various game refugees in the
county have been closed for six years
and the ones which will be made
available to hunters, beginning No
vember Is, were announced by Kay
lor and Shields as follows:
200 acres of Tolliver refuge, 200
acres of Pine Swamp refuge in Saw
age Mt. area; about 125 acres of
Wolf Swamp refuge, about 500 acres
of the northern end of High Rock re-
fuge on Savage Mt, north of high
rock fire tower road; and a portion of
the Accident rcscttlement area
around Bear Creek, about POO acres.
Beginning in l917 there will be 300
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Band Will Sponsor
Halloween Event

That the Oakland Fire Department
Band would sponsor the annual Hal
Iowe'cn celebration in Oakland this
year was announced this week. Com
mittees have been appointed to work
out details with members of the Oak
land Fire Department.
There will be a band concert at 4
o'clock on Sunday afternoon in front
of the Court House, Harry Codding-
ton, president of the band, has an
nounced, The band members will meet
at $3.50 and have their picture taken.
Mr.. Coddington urged all members to
be present
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Mt. Lake Scouts
Schedule Radio Stars

Charlie Arnctt and the IIaymakcrs,
radio stars from station WMMN, OF
Fairmont, will be at the Oakland
High school auditorium ON Friday
night, September n, for a prcscnta-
ton sponsored by the Mt Lake Park
Girl Scouts. The show will begin at
s o'clock and admission is 25 and so
cents.
The stars include Charlie Aluctt
Daisy Mac, Kentucky Slim, Bob Kent,
Little John, Cherokee Sue and Skin
ny Davis. The latter is a radio, stage
and showboat star coming direct from
Chicago. These performers We're
formerly of the Rcnfro Valley Folks
and Shady Valley Folks
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Series OF Meetings

The Dunkard Brethren church,
Swallow Falls congregation, will con-
duct series of meetings commencing
September Is, at p. M, and continu-
ing each evening until the closing
services on Sunday, October 9th.
There will be love feast on Octo-
Der 5, at p. m.
Elders Ray Shank, Mechanicsburg,
Pa, and James Kegerries, Bethel, Pa,
will conduct the services. All are well
come.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
JUDGES DECLARE
MINERS GUILTY
OF RIOT CHARGE
Three Who Participated in I'm
lawful Assembly at Grants
vile to Serve Six Months
Sentence

Three Garrett county miners who
were named in an Indictment on
charges of riot and unlawful assembly
were found guilty before Chief Judge
William A. Hustler and Associate
Judge Walter c. Capper, in the Gar
rett County circuit court, after COM
pletion of the testimony, and We're
sentenced to six months each in the
House of Correction.
The three were Robert Smith, Ed.
Helmick and Woodrow Wilson, of
Kitzmiller and Blaine, and were three
of a group of about 100 miners who
were in the vicinity of Grantsville last
May 8 when John Keister, Grants
Vile, vice president and general man
ager of the BulnWcll Coal company,
was attacked on the Grantsvillc-New
Germany road, and also Roy f..
Jenkins, 26, farmer and world war
veteran was beaten by the mob while
driving to Grantsvillc the same day.
The BurnWell company had men at
work in its deep mine at the time
but its strip mine had closed April 1
when the men walked off the job dur
ing the general mine strike.
The three were released on $1,000
bond each pending an appeal to the
Court of Appeals by Edward J. Ryan,
defense attorney.
f. J. Ryan, Cumberland attorney,
who defended the miners, declared
that under the law they had a right
to peacefully picket and that there
was no riot or unlawful assembly and
that the accused did not commit the
assault on Keister.
The testimony showed that APP
proXimately 100 men were in a cara
van that day, in Is loaded cars and
truck, that they had left Kitzmiler
and were cnroute to the mine on the
Grantsville-NeW Germany road when
they met loaded truck enroute to
the tipple. A large number of pickets
had been at the mine upon two pre-
vious occasions to try to get the mine
to close. George Newman, driver Of
the coal truck owned by the Coal
company, testified how on this day
these men stopped the truck and
threatened him by declaring if he did
not turn around they would dump the
truck. He said he agreed to go back
and when he had turned and was en-
route back to the mine Mr. Keister
appeared in his automobile, cnroute
to Grantsville.
The testimony showed that some Of
the men grabbed Keister, dragged
him out of the car and knocked him
unconscious. keister, on the stand,
Unidentified the defendants as being
in the crowd and also testified that
Wilson was the one who grabbed him.
Newman testified he knew none of
the men.
A short time later when Roy Jen-
kins came along, it was pointed out
that he was also stopped and beaten.
He was not working at the mine, but
was a farmer in that vicinity, and was
merely passing the caravan. There
was also testimony that the crowd
was acting in a disorderly manner,
and that the men carried clubs and
stones.
Neil c. Fraley, States Attorney,
said the three who were accused adj
Continued on Pagc Thrccl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Einstein Visits Here

A gentleman walked over the
streets of Oakland yesterday who
caused moro than the usual attention
His NanDykc beard and set of his
hair alone did not cause all the dis
turbance. They were just part of
Albert Einstcin noted scientist and
wizard on atomic energy, who hap
pens to be guest at Deep Greek
cottage this week
Mr.. Einstcin is visiting DR.. Frank
Wilson at his summer home at Tur-
key Neck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26
Bloomington P.-T.A.
Has First Meeting

The Bloomington P.-TA., held its
first meeting for l9lG-l9l7, ON Sep
TENDER 18th. The meeting was in
charge Of the president, Mrs. Sarah
Duckworth.
Plans were made for purchasing a
radio for the school and obtaining
equipment for the playground.
The next meeting will be held at
the Bloomington school, Monday,
October 21st, at 1880 p. NJ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-09-26

Ephliam Ellsworth Enlow, of Sc
bastopol, California, who has sent
$4,000 to the Library Board for con-
struction Of a Memorial Library
here
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10

New ezaland has found fossil records of giant penguin seven feet high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10
Three Injured InAutoCrosh Driver Held for
 Hearing in City
 Court Thursdoy

Three girls, admitted to St. Mary's Hospital following an automobile &C., cident early Sunday morning on wolcott Road near Long Hill Road, were reported to be in fair condi- ton today. The three, under treat ment for leg injuries and face lac- erations, are Eileen Barringer, g, of 55 South Street; Victoria Barra, 21, of 54 High Street, and Gloria Baldoni, 21, of Y53 Bouley Avenue.
 Driver of one of the cars, Robert Fitzgerald, g, of PAS Circular Ave- nue, arraigned in City Court yester- day on charge of violation of the rules of the road, was granted 8 continuance to Thursday.
 Motor Patrolmen Chris Delaney and Donald Riley said Fitzgerald, travelling south on Wolcott Road, crashed into the rear of car oper- ated by Louis Baldoni, 29, of Wilkes Barrie, Pa.
 Miss Baldoni was a passenger in the Baldoni car, police said, and the other two girls were passengers in the Fitzgerald car.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10
nE WATERBURY DEMOCRAT wATERBRY CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Io I046
StGSsen Raps Democrats For POstWGr Failures

Hartford, Sept. 10- CUP) Key noted by former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen who declared the country's postwar foreign and dom- estic policies tragic failures" of the Democratic Administration, the Re- publican State convention settled down today to the business of pick ing candidates for the State and U. s. Senatorial posts.
 With the Senate nomination go- ing to Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin by exclamation, Fifth District Congress- man Joseph E. Talbot withdrew in favor of former Lt.-Gov. James L. McConaughy for the gubernatorial nomination.
 StaSsen, a prospective presidential nominee in 1948 who recently left the naval service with the rank of captain, called upon his party to of- fer liberal program and a con- structive leadership to rise to the hard challenge of worlds facts in the wake of this tragic war and at the threshold of the atomic age."
 A Breeze To Win
 Tt is, of course, true that this failure of the present national Ad- mmstration has made it easier for the Republicans to win" he said. But l should like to emphasize that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10

it has also gravely multiplied the responsibilities of the Republican Party.
 Tt is diScouraging," he said, "to recall the splendid anticipation of high production and good standards of living" and to recollect the lead- ership for a stable world economy which was ours at the end of the war, and to view the dissipation which occurred.
 Tt is extremely disappointing to reflect upon the deterioration be- tween the relations of the United Nations since the end of the war"
 Althoughplacing the major blame for the disputes among the United Nations on the ''unyielding and in- transigence of Russia" Stassen said that "our own Administration has not been blameleSs.
 Attacks Foreign Policy
 Tt is not blameleSs in the tragic failure of the London Conference of Foreign Ministers last September. It was not blameless in Winston Churchill'S Fulton speech, which frightened the very curtain that we must part for the world peace. It was not blameless in the early care- less handling of the question of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10
Dances AtY To Resume

John F. Suffa, chairman of the former Servicemen and Civilians Dance Committee, announces the re-opening of the Saturday night dances at Central YM.CA. on Sat urday, Sept. 21. MT. Suffa presided at the meeting of the committee last night and made the following appointments:
 Decorations committee: Michael Carusilla, Domenic Spranzo and John Egan.
 Orchestra committee: Janet Sur gener and Anthony Santoro.
 The committee welcomed back two of its former members recently dis charged from the service, Samuel Ferrara and Francis DelPrincipe.
 The next meeting will be held Monday, Sept. 16.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-10

atomic energy. It was not blamslesi in the unsound agreements ct Pots- dam"
 Stassen said that the Republican Party, to prove itself both to the na- ton and to the millions of young people beginning to take an active role in politics, must give a clear call for definite. constructive mea- sures in the interest of the America for which they served. No one can spot double-talk or weasel words faster than this war-reasoned gen. eration of American youth"
 Connecticut, he said, was typical of the areas which will be decisive in this election" The convention's nomination of such men as Gov Baldwin for the U. S. Senate he took as an indication that the party was presenting an outstanding group of candidates in these battle ground districts"
 Gov. Baldwin, he said, has given the State exceptionally efficient administration. and foresight. leadership in preparation for the tasks of war and the training of men in the skills that were needed, and in the preparation for the readjust- mentS to peace"
 These accomplishments, he said have long since stamped him as a man whom the Republican Party and the nation need in its national leadership.