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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10
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ON lhe ~NeelcUme stranger" sei at Paramount. Barry Fitzgerald was before the cameras to do the hrSt song number in hiS acting career. 'cameraSl' ordered director Eliott Nueent- Fitzgerald threw back his head and warhled the nlost an- thrush-liRe notes eyer heard in a movie studio. How did it Soundp' he asked anxsoOsly after the ordeal was over. Barry. old boy" said Nugent, I'm a kindly man and don't want 10 gicc y0u direct answer Co such a question. I'd pre- fer io drop the sUbiect-but if you ever hear me inadvertently address you as Gravel ocrtie you'll knoN what I meanl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10
College Girls Become Yes Women
nV RUTM Mtl.l.ETT NEA AlAR WElaaF

Don't 6e a yes.WOnAn ior your husband" That waS tsse advice oi Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jc. to celleee girls attending A Career fsai,A{e Af AANa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

fight Tor them.
 But there Is e lot of danger that they will turn into yesswomen SO far as other women are concerned.
 Education may convince c girl she has lust as much right to her political Ideas as her husband has to his. But it has failed to make her an indivadualtst in the world of other women.
 So she moves into a community as a bride and starts yessing other women all over the place.
 Yes. she hes to join any iEn- portant club that asks her because if she doesn't she will offend Mrs. So-and-so and Mrs. Such-and~Sach.
 Yes, she has to keep up a cer. tain living standard, even though it costs all out of proportion to her husbands income. because the oth- CT women in her crowd do things that wNy.
 THOSE ADVANTAGES"
 Yes. she has to keep Papas nose to the grindstoae So the kids can b. given certain advantages that mean more to Mamas' social position than to the kids real vel. fare.
 Yes. she has 30 play bridge even though she really doesn't enjoy {; because she can't let the other women taaink she never gets invited anywhere.
 The modern. educated woman iE a yes.woman. all right But not fof her husband. She Is too busy yeSsine other women'S ideas to pay much attention to what hes husband thanks-lei alone to yes him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

HOLLYWOOD lnMe le-lCS debalAble whether the phenomenal increase la the number oJ inde. penden, production companies has resulted. or win result. in better pictures. eat one thing R sure its eoine so bJang stellar opportu. mites to scores Of players who. otherwise. would have had little chance for success.
 The mayor studios slill have safe. lr tied up under exclusive contracts, the majority of the Screen'S estab. lished stars. and the bosses of the biz lots, naturally resentful of the ever-grOwine Independent cognpe. tition. are generally adverse to 'loanine" their Gables. oarSons, Flymns and Durbins to "upstart" would-be erivals Even fl they were willing to make such loans. the nna- jority of the independents could not afford to pay the tariff.
 The inevitable consequence is that the independent is forced to give star roles to such second.railk players as he can hire. and to give featured parts to actors and actres. Ses who are virtually unknown. Not only does he give them acting op- portunities, he is also obliged. in order to sell his pictures. to give them hieh.pressure publicity cam patRnS
 It's going to be interesting to watch the score board Under the major studio system of contracting ten players for every one needed most newcomers are lost in the shuttle. often without having roles big enough to adequately display their wares. I'm going to predict that. given opportunities. a sur- pffsine number of the lesser lights wfll not only survive. but will bee come box-offlce favofites.
 laol Chatter: Can it be that the cat actually DID get Gary Cooper tongue when lle was a kidg Peas in.a-pod: Barbara Britton and Jeanette Mcdonald No corporal of the Guard ever stood more erect than Mickey Rooney when Micke, is standing beside his taller-than- he wife. . Random thought: Maybe Hollywood spells the word mar. riage. MIRAGE Seems strange tha; Monogram in making a picture titled Freddie Steps Out" should have overlooked the logical actol for the rOle-Ffeddie Bartholomew Add news capable of putting me in a good humor: RKO's announce ment that Anna e. Nilsson will play a featured role in Katie Fol Congress" .Okay. maybe Mac West doesn't walk very fast--bul she always has a wiggle on Terse description Of Charley Mccarthy A wood wind instrument.
 Ai Warner Brothers. they're chuckling about a gag that back ared.. Seems that Jack Warner. the studios big boss. encountered six. year-old Derek Scott outside tho studio cafe. where Derek was wait. ing for his mother. Aren't you tlls little boy who's playing in 'iLf' With Mother'a" asked Warner. I'm title of the picture is Life Witl Father. Derek objected. T see. grinned the headman. and how dI you like working with Dick Powel and Josephine Dunn?" Maste Scott regarded his tormenior Ssis piciously for a moment. then re lorted thai the stars are William Powell and Irene Dunne And a that moment. Mrs. Scott arrived OT the scene. Derek turned to her and remarked in q voice that carriet well inside the cafe, Mama. guess you were right when you said Mir. Warner was crazy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

 tne grade school days high eang ose eag familiar taccs n the You helped them eth then homewo Yoa helped them patch her bruised snd battered feelings And hey Cd the for
 BUT NOW
 When they started o date and ready ior that long oetofe they helping them practically didn't girls anyhow difference together planning daytime And alone Michael of m pack
 You girls thought had those boys pocee You thought would forever leass through high school
 But bsSilhR You're an muorinR what did deserve the whas the matter with ass Why didn't they invite the Junior RTome"
 they inviting diE freshman. school miles redhed left school invited everybody efa the cold Some your PTOml
 IT'S THEIR BID
 you've pals they the leap their invitations They exciting girls they their friends quite nn the bl they're somebody she another school
 far aeld for their dance yourself looks the exciting a invite somebody with the lads woTe played with all life consider glaOgon Prom fare there's boy somewhere who woud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10
STRAND

For the first time in screen his- tory. a star wears stark white in every scene of a motion picture. ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

Greer Carson tells me that she's no longer dubious about her mo. thers success as a screen actress T was so nervous the day she first reported for work" Miss Carson said. that I couldn't resist calling her on the set about n A. N. and asking her how she was getting along. Fine. she answered, I'm having dinner with the director tonight think she may become a big star"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10
Elizabeth Woodward Says
LAST COME. FIRST SERVED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

speaking oG Hollywood ssNgoiFas here are a few statistics anent the career og BinR Crosby that find interesting and impressive, Tn the fourteen years that Bing has been making photograph records. more than 6o.oOoO copies of his discs have been sold in the United states and Great Britain. or an the songs that he has recorded. the two big. eesi sellers have been I'm dream ing or a White Christmas" ,approx- imately 20O0. 900 copiesl and silent Night" 'now over the l.5oo.O0 mark.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10
GUEsTs0ss ed ANSWERS
Remambsr Giae Rslas

RoDam1ber efle aDaes
 an interested ip receiving your literature on iodine, glnicb you Baas Aend to the address below, lL. Pg Answer-AS 1 have said here so0ras 0f times. if yOu gaDi tbf nsmplslet s'T'he g0dip Ration" ask for It iB wFjting H refuse f0 read eIipnineg) and iIlelose stamped sell addrnaaad envelope. q seem erHmpy aiout it please reinembe' [ have to foli0g some soFt of system and order to keep, say, 9e52 0tllel a0rrespopdents beside yourself from yelpine heeanse haven't answered thelT letters ss promptly as hseS feel ! should.
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 Gan insanity show 70 ip chil1reH sfteT two 0g three geaeFafi0nsj W0uld y0u a1gise c young meD t6 Eell the gig5 he Is engaged to nlarFt that there has been Insanity ip past generations 0f bts fsmllyS
 iH. R H1 AnsweT-SO0ner or later, sup nase, . Hleugher 0r tW0 Of ever, family is bound t0 develop inaaDIty Rul after tBO generations whf earess I mean tt is just Q Fenatk' able record if there Is 1lo such Fnei3s saj impairment ip three generations ef e family, H0weveF, f0T the saks of bls CT her happiness and vel fare, tlse goung person e0lpteinplefs ing marriage slloDi9 cover np e a0neeoI nothing pertaining te beeltll from tlae pn0speet1Ve peganef. Tgaes sllould both undergo examination by their owp phyelelan er pbysl' clans. M0w is the tlfne for them q bs honsrt end sbossbesHd wlfb ssel other.
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 70. W T.l Answey-Tlie federal governnlepi bliTean e0f1p0ses certain mild reg uiatl0ng" and the Flostfurn nlollseFi carefully comply wgtb the letter ol the regulations, and the eFeeillolil nubllc fails Ger the suggestion q eaa0Ft fe fhe e0ps ter eNegy pbysi'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-10

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
UhrtHtl1tas, l94t1 . .

The Christmas may be greatly commercalzeG by
business whole but there nothing human experience
That could take the place of the Christmas spirit which really
the spirit Of Christ dwelling within His children
Take Christ out of Christmas and December would be
just another day in a world without hope.
1t IS hearenng to know that there many people in
the world with attitude like George Bernard Shaw British
playwright who at his nnetieth Yuetde declared christmas
Tor simply nuisance Apparently supporting
his belief he declared Fifty years society
the abolition of Christmas far am the only member
Persons who have eanings toward Mr. Shaws attitude
on life in need refresh their with the orgi
nal Christmas story Those who need refreshing enjoy the
simple story more and more the years roll on
As told in the Bible by ST. Luke
And pass those days. that there went out de-
cree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should taxed
and all went to be taxed, every one into his city.
And Joseph also went up from Galee of the city of
Nazareth into udea the city David called Beth
ehem, be taxed with Mary his espoused wife being great
with child.
And that while they there the were
compshed that she should be delivered she brought forth
him III manger because there for them in
And there in the country shepherds abiding in
the field keeping watch their flock by night And TO- the
angel of the Lord upon th and the glory Lord
shone round about them; and they afraid
angel said unto Them Fear Not behold bring you good It'd
ngs of great joy which shall be to all people unto you is
born this day the city of David Saviour which is Christ the
Lord.
And this shall be sign unto you we shall find the Babe
wrapped in sWadding Clothes lying in a Manager
And suddenly there with the angel multitude of the
heavenly host plsng God nd saying Glory God in the high
est and on earth peace, good will toward men.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Parking Meters Bring
SlO0.73 Revenue In
Period of Five Days

Some praise and several gripes
summed up the first week marking
the use of parking meters in Oakland,
while city officials tabulated the re-
suits for five days as totaling $1O9.7
The meters went into effect Monday
morning at o'clock, although num-
Der of people assumed that they were
in effect last Friday and Saturday and
slipped their coins into the slots.
The total reported included UP to
noon last Friday. Nickels amounted to
S77.35 and pennies amounted to $31.18.
ClerkCollector for the town, Arthur
LaWton, also reported receiving $1.2O
in dimes. These dimes were placed in
the meters by people who were unin-
formed about the mechanism, as the
dimes 90 straight through without al
lowing any credit to the individual
and without showing anything on the
dial.
There are now l42 meters in use,
distributed as follows:
Third street, 81; Second street, II;
Alder street, %; Green street, 6; Lib
erty street, II; Oak street, 3.
The average thus far has been $25.
per day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Clear $4,000

Members of the Business ana Pro
fessional Women's club, who spon-
sored the benefit bingo party or De
cembcr II, announced they had
cleared sos.
This amount is to be used for the
teen-age canteen at Mt. Lake Park
and to start fund for furnishing
room in the HOSPITAL which is to be
built Members of the committee who
had charge Of the benefit included
Mrs. B. B. Snyder, Mrs. Arthur B.
Humhertson. Mrs. c. V. Harvey, Mrs.
DIN Hardesty, Mrs Theoia Miller
and Miss Mary )uise Hsl} =.
Miss Svhilla Paynter, Pre- IGenr,
also annou4ccI that eighteen II.
pound boxes were packed and ready
to be sent to members of Business
and Professional Wonen's cIuDs over.
seas. The boxes are filIel with food
and clothing, contributed by mem-
bers at their December meet ng, and
will be mailed as soon as tic Christ
mas rush of mailing is over.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Musical To Be Held
In School Auditorium

That the Christmas musical ar
ranged by members of the American
Association of University Women
would he held in the Oakland High
school auditorium, was announced
this week
The program will he given OH Sun
day afternoon, December %, from
four to five o'clock, and is open to the
general public.
Participating will be Robert Smith
Florence Sisk, Mildred Hanna, Murel
Robinson, Dorothy Brock, Donna Lift
man, and the Oakland Choral Society.
Miss Hanna, of Washington, p. C.,
will accompany Miss Brock and Miss
Sisk for the vocals, while Mrs. Felix
G. Robinson will accompany her
daughter at the piano, during the
latter's vocal and cello selections.
Miss Hanna will be the house guest of
Miss Sisk during the Christmas holi-
days. The two and Miss Brock are
students at the Shenandoah Conserv-
atory of Music, Dayton, Va.
Most of the participants are study
ing music in various colleges and uni
versities. The program will conclude
with all present singing Silent
Night"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
To Publish Next
Week On Tuesday

For reasons similar to those of
this week, next weeks issue of The
Republican will be published Tuesday
morning
New Years Day will fall on We'd
nesday, and the office will be closed
the entire day, making it difficult to
publish on Thursday, the regular pub
LEGATION date.
Many of our advertisers have
planned to wish their customers a
Happy New Year through the columns
of this paper, and in order that these
papers reach the homes prior to New
Years Day, it is found necessary to
publish on Tuesday morning.
Persons desiring to have news items
Or advertisements published should
get them into the office by Monday
at the latest. Regular correspondents
are asked to get their letters into the
office by Saturday if possible, and
Monday at the latest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
General Assembly Is
Ordered to Meet
On December u.

Governor O'Conor issued an official
proclamation on December 10 calling
the Maryland General Assembly into
special session on Friday. December
27, at IL a. M. to appropriate approx
mately 100000 in additional funds
needed to carry the state through the
fiscal year ending next June so.
The definite date was set b. the
Governor following u confer,. &C with
top state officials.
He announced his intention of cal
ling an emergency Ies-i.n aboui three
weeks ago after he was advised some
state institutions woLid iun out of
funds before the emf i the fiscal
year because of the rise in prices and
that special ap2rnrria'j Ii would
have to be made TO cnt ME salary
increases granted last September.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
LEGISLATORS TO
MEET CITIZENS
FOR DISCUSSION
Will Be at Court House Friday,
December 27-SchOOls and
Roads Will Be Important
Topics

Proposed legislation for the good of
the county in general and any other
matters of interest TO the taxpavers
will be discussed at a meeting MANNED
for Friday, December 27, in the Or
phans' Court room at the court house,
Oakland. it was announced bv Law
renee NJ. Fraley. Senator-elect
He said he and the three delegates-
elect, Ronald f. McIntire. George f.
Coddington and Jasper C. Myers, were
calling the meeting to give people an
opportunity TO saw what is on their
mind in regard to the affairs of the
county.
Mr.. Fraley said two subjects were
looming as important, roads and
schools.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Oakland Scout Troop
Reregisters For 1947
Names of Twenty-eight Active
Members Included in List to
National Headquarters

Twenty-eight boy scouts, their
scoutmaster, assistant and members
Of the troop committee have re-regi-
stored with national headquarters for
the year 1947, to begin the twenty
fourth consecutive year of active
scouting in Oakland.
Organized in 1924 by Rev. A. j.
Torrey, the local scouts have con-
tinued through the years to absorb
the high standards of character and
everyday living that are taught with
in their ranks.
The troop roster includes Robert
E. Sincell, junior assistant, Herbert
H. Leighton, junior assistant, both
away at school; Richard F. Leigh
ton, senior patrol leader; Fred A.
Thayer, scribe; Harvey R. Smouse,
Homer B. Bennett, George E. Kley
and Daniel E. Offutt, patrol leaders
Fred D. Bell, Jack NJ. Right, Thomas
f. Wainer, George H. Hanst, Paul l..
Graham, Willis E. DeBerry, Joseph
H. Arnold, David E. Full, Robert E.
King, Paul w. McIntire, Everett B.
Weimer, Mari B. Fauber, James R.
Murray, James Glotfclty, Warren
Mann, Kenneth L. Wolfe, Junior w.
Grimes, William E. Lewis, Edward H
Nansicklc, and William F. Herman.
William G. Fife remains as scout
master for another year and Bernard
|. Gender, Jr., will be his assistant
The latter has remained active in
scouting since 1924, being a charter
member of Oakland troop. He is an
Eagle scout as Is Robert Sincell. Both
Herbert Leighton and Richard Leigh
ton have attained the rank of life
! scout.
Members of the troop committee in
clude S. Townshend Naylor, George
H. Hanst, H. C. Leighton and Bernard
| |. Condor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Public Assistance
Expense for Month
Totals S21,46O.14
Executive Secretary Reports
Amount Less Than October
Except for Aid to Children

The Garrett County Welfare Board
spent slightly less in November on
public assistance than in the previous
month, except in the category of aid
to Dependant Children, according to
Francis Connolly, executive secretary.
This category showed an increase of
10 families, while the cases of two
families were closed.
Analysis of the reason for grant
ing assistance to these fanatics, he
explained revealed seven assisted be-
cause Of serious illness or injury to
the breadWinner such as broken leg,
total paralysis of one side of the body,
commitment of the father to state
menal institution, and senility. He
said three applications were accepted
because the fathers of these families
deserted them and their whereabouts
were unknown. The total spent for
aid to dependent children on 14O
families was $6,46980.
Other expenditures were as follows:
Old Age Assistance, 317 individuals,
$8,280.26; General Public Assistance
experimentation to 70 of the 14O Aid
to Dependant Children families, 81
045.00; General Public Assistance in
the amount of S1,678.05 was granted
to 81 other individuals who are I'M
able to work but who have no children
and are not eligible on the basis for
Old Age Assistance. Assistance was
granted to seven blind cases in the
amount of $200.63. Board for 26
children was paid in the amount of
$561,38, S2,225.00 or 10 percent of all
monies expended during the month
was spent for operating costs. Total
expenditures during the month totaled
So ,46O.11.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Medical Care Cost
S2,2o2.7O Here
In Two Months

Total expenditures in the county's
medical care program during October
and November amounted to 81 ,292.70
it was announced from the office OF
the County Health department this
week.
The October total amounting tc
$1,064.87, was $162.96 less than the
r ISrveinber expenditure of $1,227.83.
In October, doctors submitted ia
bills totaling $83285; dentists sub
mitted 9 bills amounting to $40; anc
druggists presented 119 bills totaling
$122.02 for prescriptions filled.
Last month doctors sent 1913 bills
totaling 1924; dentists submitted II
bills totaling $134; and druggists sub
mitted 100 bills totaling $99.83 fol
prescriptions filled.
A report of the statewide medical
care program as of October prepared
by the Bureau of Medical Services OF
the State Department of Health
showed Allegany county leading the
H counties with 286 INDECENT pa
Aients receiving medical services dur.
dng the month. Out of statewide to.
atal of 2,268 persons, Washington
county was second with 278 patients
and Garrett County was third witt
176 patients.
Garrett county percentage of home
visits was the smallest of any county
in the state with ia percent. The
highest was in Carroll county witt
55.5 percent of home day visits in 36(
calls.
Office visits amounted to SG5 per.
cent of the total Of 394 medical calls
in this county. AIlcgany and Washing.
ton counties had percentages of IS.
! No medically INDECENT cases were
:, handled in Garrett and Allegany coun
bites in October, Dr. Joseph P. Frank
i'll in, chairman of the local medical care
ne. GARD, announced. I term "in
a., gent" applies to pat receiving
fOlblic assistance, while ''medicallS
% az ta@tigent" refers to patients not re
elceiving public assistance but unable
e 20 pay for needed medical care.
ttqrV i
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Seal Sale Equal Or
Better Than 1915

The 10th annual Christmas Seal
Sale which formally closed on Christ
mas Eve has been accounted as equal,
if rot better, than the 1945 Sale, it
was announced by Philip S. Morgan,
President of the Maryland Tuberculo-
sis association.
Mr.. Morgan pointed out, however,
that great many people who have
been too busy to make their 1916 re-
turns because Of the Christmas rush,
will do so now.
'The greater the amount raised the
greater and more productive our pro-
gram" he said. at is never too late
TO contribute to the nationwide fight
to eradicate tuberculosis. This cam
inf wear will see much expended
Ecalth education program being con-
! Quoted by the Association. A well in
formed public is one of the best wea-
pons to use in our fight. We shall tell
the truth about tuberculosis in schools
and churches, industries and com
munities throughout the State of
Maryland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1946-12-26
Cancellations at
Local Postofice
Surpass All Records

Cancellations at the Oakland post.
office already have surpassed all rec.
ords, according to T. J. Stanton, as.
siStant postmaster.
During the 1915 Christmas pcrioC
there were $4,000 one and one-halt
cent cancellations, while up to Monday
morning the cancellations on one anc
one-half cent stamps reached $500
Total cancellations from the 16tl
to the 23rd total TABS, Mr.. Stanton
said. The busiest day was on Tuesday
the 18th when there were 1865 can,
ccllations. Mr.. Stanton stated that the
parcel post and other mail were il
proportion to the one and onc-hali
cent mailings.