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The Republican., 1947-09-25
Roy 0. Winters
Critically Hurt
When Hit By Car

Roy o. Winters, 6S, owner of the
Highland Park Dairy in Oakland, is
in a critical condition in Memorial
hospital, Cumberland, as the result
of injuries suffered Sunday evening
when he walked in front of a passing
automobile in front of his brothers
home south of the Maryland Line on
route 219, near Silver Lake.
The injured man sustained broken
lower jaws and a fractured skull and
remains in an unconscious condition.
He was unable to be moved on Sun
day night and was hospitalizcd at
the home of his brother, Charles
Winters, but was moved the follow
ing day to Cumberland The broken
jaws were set that same day and an
other operation was scheduled.
West Virginia Trooper Thomas
Stark said Winters left the home of
his brother at 7 p. m. to cross the
road to his car, looked in both direc-
tions and started across but walked
against a northbound automobile. A
member of the Winters family said
the auto was operated by Curtis
Burns, Keyser, W. Va, Trooper
Stark, who was aided in the investi-
cation by Cpl, A. M. Hurst, said no
charges were filed against the driver
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Committee Named
To Assist In Burial
of State War Dead

Plans are being formulated in Gar
rett county for the return of bodies
of Warld War II dead, who served
with the Army, and arranging for
suitable burial ceremonies.
A committee of local servicemen
and representatives of most veteran
organizations has been named to
handle local details consisting of
Paul A. Turney, Oakland, American
Legion; Joseph M. Gonder, Oakland,
Veterans of Foreign Wars; and Sgt.
Blair Robinette, U. S. Army recruit
ing service, postoffice building, Oak
land.
According to War Department
records 50 men from this county
died overseas. Of this number 80
were killed in action, 10 died of
wounds, died non-battle, had Of
ficial findings of death, and one was
listed missing in action.
Figures compiled by the Mary
land Historical society indicate more
than 1000 soldiers from Maryland
were buried overseas in World War
II. Of this number it is estimated
that II percent will be returned to
the United States
Mr. Turney said his committee had
no idea whose bodies would be re-
turned and would not know until they
were notified by the war department.
The first group of bodies to arrive
in the states will be a shipment on
October 10 to San Francisco COM
prised of servicemen buried in
Hawaii. The next shipment will be
from the Henri Chappelle cemetery
in Belgium and will arrive in New
York on October 25. The distribution
point for Maryland is Philadelphia.
The next of kin will be notified by the
War Department when the bodies ar
rive. The local committee will then
assist in making arrangements.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
YOMMER WINS
JUDGING HONOR
AT SPRINGFIELD
Grantsville Student Takes
Third in Individual Cattle
Judging in Stiff Competition

Joseph Yommer, senior in Grants
vile High school, won third in indi-
vdual cattle Judging in competition
with twenty-five boys representing
eleven northern states, at the Eastern
States Agricultural Exposition at
Springfield, Mass, the week of Sep
tcmber IS, it was announced.
fused. hood Onn..
The placing marked Yommer as
one of the outstanding cattle judges
among the young studying farming
in the northeastern states. Gommer
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce
Yommer, Of Jennings.
Yommer was one of group of
eight Future Farmers and three
vocational agriculture teachers repre-
senting Maryland, who attended the
exposition. The Future Farmers who
made the all-cXpense trip were the
first place winners in the various
fields of judging at the Frederick
Fair last fall.
State winners from this county who
attended included Merle Garletts,
Grantsvillc vo-ag teacher and coach
of the state team; Joseph Yommer
and Samuel Downey, who won the
statewide contest in dairy judging
at Frederick.
The dairy team and coach from
this county were accompanied by the
poultry Judging team from Cordova
High school, the milk Judging team
from Sandy Springs High school, and
the public speaker from Lisbon high
school. The trip was made by motor
The other Maryland teams made
outstanding records also. The poultry
judging team came in first, the milk
Judging team placed with one of its
members second, public speaking was
fourth, and showmanship fifth. Of d
total of Is individual possible awards,
Maryland captured 5, indicating the
excellent work being done among the
Future Farmers of America.
The Republican., 1947-09-25

7. Sterling Evans, representing the
National Headquarters of the Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis, will be
in Oakland this evening to meet with
the officers and community repre-
sentatives of the local group at the
William-James hotel and will present
the charter to the organization
The affair will be in the nature of
dinner meeting at 6 o'clock.
Mr.. Evans was here recently to
organize the local group as a step
towards increasing the efficiency of
the workers here who had previously
been directed by branch of the
Maryland State headquarters.
Officers include DR.. E. l. Baum
gartner, B. O. Aiken, Mrs. Helen T.
Baumgartner, George X. Littman, B.
|. Gonder, and f. E. Rathbun.
Community representative are w.
j. Glenn, Friendsville; Marshall
Brown, Grantsville; L. c. Hutson,
Kitzmiller; Mrs. Carroll Pattison,
Bloomington; Miss Josie 1den, Crel-
lin; Mrs. Edgar Smith, Loeb Lynn;
Mrs. E. c. Clatterbuck, Deer Park :;
Mrs. Peter Scrip, Kempton; B. 0.
Aiken, Accident; Arthur Humbert-
son, Mt. Lake Park; Miss Mary Jane
Harvey, Swanton; Charles l.. Briner,
Oakland.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Collides With Buggy
And Auto Last Friday

Forrest X. yelling, enroute to his
home in the Park last Friday about
noon in his automobile, sideswiped a
car driven by Jasper c.. Myers, of
near Kitzmiller, going west on the
highway, and struck a carriage oc-
cupied by two Amish women, enroute
to their home at Gortner.
The two women, Mrs. Eli Beachy
and her daughter, Miss Esther
Beachy, were thrown from the car
riage when the impact broke one of
the rear wheels, but were not injured.
The accident was investigated by
Corporal Thomas Currie of the State
Police. At a hearing before Magis-
trate H. A. Loraditch that afternoon
yelling was fined Sd and costs on
charge of reckless driving.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
B. g. O. Announces
New Fall Schedule

New passenger train schedules will
go into effect on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Sunday morning,
September %, at 1901, with the end
ing of daylight saving time in num-
ber of eastern cities, according to
John F. Wilmington, general pas
senger traffic manager.
Most of the through and commuter
trains from the east that were sched-
uled an hour earlier in the spring
will be returned to their former
schedules or approximately so, and
other schedule adjustments have been
made.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Former Friendsville
Minister is Dead

E. Roy Parham, Al, an employe of
General Motors corporation at Pitts
burgh the last eight years, died Sep
tember %. Before joining the COM
pany he was a minister serving as
pastor of the Christian Church at
Friendsville.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Possible Polio Case
Being Investigated

Health Department authorities an
nounced they were investigating a
possible polio case in this county,
which has so far escaped the current
outbreak of the disease.
Danny Friend, aged 9 months, of
near Friendsville, is seriously ill. DIR.
Winter R. Frantz, acting health Off
Ger for this county, made an exami-
nation on Tuesday and yesterday the
child was taken to Sydenham hospital,
in Baltimore by State Trooper Hen
line.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Prop Cutters Propose
Alternative Plan

Considerable interest was shown in
the Garrett County Forestry Boards
proposed regulation governing tim
ber cutting at a public hearing on the
proposal at the Grantsville School
last Wednesday evening, when a
group of about fifty operators and
land owners presented an alternative
proposal which was received favora-
bly, by the Board.
This proposal provides that:
'No tree of a desirable species
shall be cut that is under IL inches in
diameter measured one foot above the
ground level, unless prior approval is
obtained from the local forestry
board. For speciality cuttings, such
as mine props, pulpwood, etc, cutting
will be allowed to a minimum diane
ter of inches measured one foot
above the ground level, with the prior
approval of the forestry board. Such
applications for approval or for an
alternative cutting plan shall be acted
upon by the local forestry board with
in 80 days"
The Boards original regulation
made no provision for prop and pulp
wood cutters.
Chairman Joseph Fahey, of Grants
will Io1
Another hearing on this proposal
was held at the Oakland High school
last evening.
Oakland Meeting
About twenty-five persons attended
the hearing in the high school audi
torium at Oakland last evening, but
no recommendation were made and
no regulations approved.
William A. Parr, district forester,
who presided in the absence of Joseph
F. Fahey, Grantsville, chairman of
the local forestry board, said several
of the group opposed the proposed
regulation and declared the entire
forestry act was unconstitutional
Clifford Friend, Friendsville, was
spokesman for their group. Mr.. Parr
said possibly another meeting would
be called for this area when it was
possible for all members of the forest
ry board to be present. Last night
William Winterberg and Blaine Friend
were also absent.
Associate Judge George Henderson,
on an appeal from local magistrate,
termed the Forest Conservancy Act
constitutional in an opinion handed
down early in July. The opinion gave
the forestry board the right to regu-
late the cutting of timber, set up
rules for conservation and to license
sawmill operators.
The case resulted from the arrest
of Troy Friend and Sherman Frazee,
who failed to properly register and
pay the necessary license fees for saw
mill operation, in bona fide attempt
to test the constitutionality of the
act.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Summer Makes Exit
With Thermometer 26

Summer made its official exit on
Tuesday with rapidly dropping
temperatures. The official arrival of
fall came two days later this year
than the day usually thought of as
the first day of fall, September 81.
There was a sharp decline in
temperatures throughout the state
but the sharpest was in this county
where the mercury sank to 26 degrees
and heavy frost covered the county.
Most of the garden vegetables and
flowers that had been left unpicked
and uncovered, were killed.
Wednesday morning the tempera-
ture was 81.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Methodist Ministers
Named For This Area
DR.. Denver G. PickenS Returns
to Oakland Church for Third
Consecutive Year

DR.. Denver C. Pickens was re-ap-
pointed to st. PauPs Methodist
church, Oakland, for his third year,
at the conclusion of the annual ses-
sion of the West Virginia Methodist
conference Sunday night at Clarks-
burg, W. Va.
Other assignments showed some
changes in this area, with Rev. W.
Reece Burns, pastor of Bethel Metho
dist charge at Mt. Lake Park, hav-
ing been given the charge at Rowles
burg. He will be succeeded by Rev.
R. E. Hitler who previously was at
Adamston Methodist church, Clarks-
burg.
The assignments were announced
by Bishop James H. Straughn, Pitts
burgh, appearing for the last time as
presiding officer over the state meet
ing. He is to retire next June after
serving the Pittsburgh area, which
includes the West Virginia churches,
since 1910
The appointments in the Moorefield
district include:
E. B. Wyand, district superin-
tendent, Romney; Aurora, F. l.
Peters; Bloomington, w. NJ. De-
shong; Corinth circuit, H. T. Sheets;
Davis-Thomas, R. w. Morrow, Jr.;
Elk Garden, Randall D. Prince;
Friendsvile, w. E. Wade; Gormania,
j. E. Hodges; Grantsville, Delbert J.
Combs; Kitzmiller, to be supplied;
Terra Alta, J. C. Buckley.
H. R. Wriston, Friendsville, goes
to Jane Lew, while j. H. Hardesty,
Kitzmiller, goes to Burlington DR..
w. S. Patterson, former pastor in
Oakland, who has been at st. An
drew's church, Parkersburg, was
named superintendent of the Buck
hannon district and will reside in
Buckhannon.
George Stratton, who was at
Davis-Thomas, goes to the Stephen
son Memorial church in Parkersburg.
b. T. Trevey, former pastor here, was
appointed to the Lauckport church,
Parkersburg. Garrett Evans and l.
S. Middaugh, former pastors at Mt.
Lake Park, are in the Wheeling area.
The former is at Edgewood Park,
while the latter is at Thomson church,
both in the city of Wheeling. R. L.
Greynolds, formerly at Friendsville,
was again appointed to Ridgeley for
his sixth year.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Secures New Line
of Merchandise

The Bell Photographic studios are
announcing this week that they have
secured the complete line of Hallmark
greeting cards and are now offering
them to their customers. The line in
cludes 300 different kinds of greeting
cards, claimed to be suitable for every
occasion.
James Bell, ST., proprietor, said
they expected to open a complete gift
shop in connection with their studios
within the next thirty days.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
PIT. A. Meeting Planned

The Oakland Elementary School
Parent-Teacher association is having
its initial meeting of the year on
Thursday evening, October 2, at s
o'clock, at the school.
Parents of the beginners are being
especially urged to attend with other
parents since the topic for discussion
is to be "What Parents Should En-
pect the Child to do the first year of
School," Refreshments will be served.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
To Build Addition
To Mt. Zion School

At a meeting Of the School Ad-
visory Board with the County Com
missioners on Monday evening, the
matter of the addition to the Mt.
Zion school was taken up and the
members voted to make the necessary
addition and to use county labor for
the same.
At present fifty or more pupils are
crowded into one small room in the
Mt Zion school where two teachers
are engaged to instruct all grades.
Members of the Advisory board
present were H. C. Riggs, Floyd O..
Leighton, Stewart Rodamer, Milton
Pritts, George Littman and Earl Ault.
R. 0. Mccullough was unable to at
tend.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Coca Cola Plant Entered

The Oakland Coca Cola plant was
entered on Sunday night by a robber
or robbers, but departed without hav-
ing obtained anything, according to
Nelson Langan, manager.
He said entry was made by remov-
ing pane of glass in the rear of the
building.
The Republican., 1947-09-25

Number II at present is running at
12:19 p. M, while the National
Limited is running at 9:57. Train No.
% is now running at 4:44 a. m.
There is no change in train No. "a
and only few minutes change in
trains Nos. 80 and IL.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Elgin Ordered to Clean
His Department

Governor Lane on Tuesday directed
w. Lee Elgin, commissioner Of motor
vehicles, to take immediate action"
to put into effect a series of recon-
mendations for improving the eff
ficiency of the department of motor
vehicles and providing better service
to the public.
The Republican., 1947-09-25
Final Approval Given

At a meeting of the Episcopal
vestry last night, final approval was
given for the use of the Parish House
on Center street as temporary quart
ers for the proposed National Guard
unit, which is to be formed here.
The Republican., 1947-09-25

Members of the Youth Fellowship
of the Methodist church had a social
and get-together in the former Helbig
grove, at the north edge of town last
evening.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Health Team Finds
 EYE CASES HELPED WITH VITAMIN A

Travelling with portable laboratory cased in boxes, three members of a health team stud ying the relation of nutrition and eye diseases have just com. pleted a three-months survey. Nearly 1000 cases were studied in the towns of Unalakleet, White Mountain, Kotzebue, Point Hope, Kivalina and Sela- Wik.
 Members of the health unit making the survey were Miss Christine Heller, nutritionist for the Territorial Department of Health, Dr. Carroll Shukers, nu- tritionist of the University of Arkansas, and Dr. John R. Tot ter, biochemist of the University of Arkansas.
 Conclusive announcements are not yet ready, but Miss Heller has stated that cases of eye ul- cerations treated with Vitamin A showed definite improvement.
 The group travelled from town to town in the Boring Sea area, setting up their lab in schools of the Alaska Native Service. Teachers and nurses helped with the work by re- porting eye cases.
 Some foods were tested for vitamin A content, and the liv- CTS of seal, whale and tom cod were found to be excellent sources. The yolk of the seagull egg was also found to be rich in vitamin A.
 Other vitamin-sources in the Boring Sea area were discov- cred in salmonberries, rose hips, sour dock, frebush and willow greens.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
'Patrolnan
 Will Check 

The vehicles of Palmer drivers will be checked this week for head and tail-light and brake de- ficiencies, highway patrolman Wesley Gilman warned yester- day.
 MT. Gilman said the rapid ap- proach of winter, with it's at tendant driving hazards of fog and heavy rains and snoWs, make regulation equipment absolutely necessary. And by regulation equipment he means one tail light and two headlights in good condition for each vehicle.
 A warning to nonresident mo- torists was also issued. Outside license plates are given a 90-day visiting period of use in the terri tory. If a visitor stays longer than that time, he must purchase Alaska plates. It was pointed out that should the visitor accept enl- ployment before the god y period is up, he forfeits the right to use the state-side plates. MT. Gilman. one of two high. way patrol officers assigned to the Anchorage area, will spend this week in Palmer checking vehicle equipment.
 He said that no Palmer patrol man had been appointed to re- place the officer who recently
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
New Employe Begins Work Here

Newest addition to the staff of the Alaska Rural Rehabilita tion Corp, and newest resident in Palmer this week is Mrs. Genevieve Hilderman. Mrs. Hill derman arrived in the Valley only last Friday, and was al- ready at work in the ARRC of flee at 9 o'clock Saturday morn ing.
 Mrs. Hilderman will be sten- ographer-bookkeeper for the ARRC. She comes to the terri tory from Des Moines, Wash, a small town outside of Seattle. Her son Tony, who will enter the fourth grade in Palmer, ac companied her north.
 The two made their initial trip to Alaska by steamer, and Mrs. Hilderman says there can be no grander introduction to Alaska when the weather is right. It even stopped raining in Ketchi- kan several hours before the Al eutian docked there she report ed
 A new manager to fill the po- sition vacated recently by Don Irwin and later by Mrs. Kay Hamby has not yet been appoint ed. Both MT: Irwin and Mrs. Hamby will be connected with the headquarters office of ex- permiental station work in Alas ka. Mir. Irwin is to be director of experiment stations.
 Mrs. Hamby said Saturday that until a new manager is in residence in Palmer, she will re- main in the ARRC office. She expects the announcement of the new appointment to be made shortly however.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Girls To ROmp On Maple Court This Winter Too

Palmer girls and women are also planning to participate in the winter program of athletics here. Last Friday evening a group of nine girls, all former basketball players of Palmer high school, met to organize a town team.
 The group will be sponsored by Bert's Drug Store. Neal Wright, store owner, has agreed to pur- chase suits for the team.
 Practice sessions on the gym floor two nights each week are planned, but no definite schedule has yet been established.
 Neither is it known what op- posing teams will meet the Palm CT women's team this winter. It is hoped that engagements can be booked with the local high school, Wasilla and Anchorage and Fort Richardson teams
 Mrs. Ethel Lyons, third grade instructor at the Palmer school, has been chosen coach of the group. Mrs. Lyons said yester- day that she hoped to have play ing dates for the first games of the season ready very soon.
 Although nj n e prospective players were present at the or ganizational meeting at the Co., op fountain last week, the team will welcome additional squad members, Mrs. Lyons said. Other women interested in the game should contact Mrs. Lyons for full details of practice dates. Those dates also will be an- nounced in the Valley Frontiers man as soon as they are fixed.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Hospital Ins and Outs

Members Of the staff of the Matanuska Valley Hospital took a Well-earned rest this weekend, when all patients were dismissed from the hospital.
 Among those who returned to their homes this week were:
 Mrs. Eugene Marsh, Palmer, Mrs. s. D. Flackenstein, Wasilla, Miss Patricia Worden. Anchor age, and Mrs. Glen DeLong and son of Palmer.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Rains DOuse Moose Plans

Because it rained in Palmer last week, there will be no auxil- iary of the Palmer chapter of the Loyal Order of Moose organized just yet.
 That recent downpour has been blamed for variety of ills, but it seems the ladies who had hoped to make up the charter group of the Moose auxiliary have a bit more to complain of than most.
 Members of the Moose lodge have been promising the women of their family that they could have a lodge, too. In fact, they'd gone, on record for a date no later than this fall.
 h order to make a place for the ladies meeting hall, mem bers of the Moose got busy and dug a basement. The plan was to move the present Quonset hut. which does duty as Moose hall, over the basement. The men were then to move downstairs while the ladies took charge of the present hall.
 But the rains have changed those plans now. With the base ment still un-housed when the recent moist spell began, it soon began to resemble a we'll in ap- pearance. The advent of still more water weakened the moral fiber of the whole structure, and one side wall finally tumbled down.
 Remedial steps on the part of members of the Moose lodge are stil! pending
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Road Is Okay

Two rough sections of road in the Palmer area were reported soft but passable today. The re- cent Moose Creek overflow, which washed out fill near the bridge, has been almost com pletely resurfaced by the Alas ka Road Commission.
 The area below Chugiaiz is improved, but still requires carefully driving over the 150- foot construction area.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Flies Outside

Matt Perkins of Palmer flew Outside this week on a quick business trip MT. Perkins ex- poets to be gone for only short time. He went to Pacific coast points.
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01
Go Outside

MT. and Mrs. Charles Carson, formerly of the Shamrock Bakery, left for the Outside recently. ....-
Valley frontiersman., 1947-10-01

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transferred to Ketchikan. He does not anticipate that replace ments before spring.