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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
200 Attend Musicale

Around 200 persons attended the
musicale, presented last Sunday
afternoon in the Methodist church.
Oakland, by the American Associ-
alton Of University Women. Partici-
pants were mainly those who are
studying music in various schools Of
higher learning.
Soloists were Misses Dorothy
Brock. Mary T. Naylor. Eloise Ashby.
and Florence Sisk. with piano ac-
companists being Miss Mildred Han
nah, Of Fairfax, Va, a house guest
Of Miss Sisk; and Miss Donna Lift
man; Piano solos were given by Miss
Mary Maude Paugh, Robert Smith
and Miss Littman. Miss Mary c..
Flaley presented cello solo, accom-
panied at the piano by her sister
Mrs. William c. Robinson.
Several selections by young
mems chorus concluded the program
after which about fifty college stu
dents gathered around the piano for
a few Christmas carols. In the mems
chorus were John Grant Thomas
Jones, Robert B. Sincell, Robert Bos-
ley, Robert Smith, John Hansen, Her
bert Leighton and Warren Mann,
directed by Mrs. F. A. Thayer.
Those attending were welcomed by
Miss Ruth Keller, president of the
Garrett branch, and at the conclusion
tea was served to the guests.
This was the second annual musi-
Gale to be given and was under the
direction of Mrs. S. Townshend
Naylor, program chairman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
ACCIDENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Georg and son
Walter, Flatwoods, spent Christmas
day with Nh and Mrs Fred Glotfelty,
near Oakland. Other guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Glotfelty that day were Mr..
and Mrs. Harold George and daugh-
ter Helen, Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Georg had as
their dinner guests on Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Harold George and daugh-
ter Helen, Accident, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford Fike and family, Markleysburg,
Pa
Dale Fike spent the holidays at
Markleysburg with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ford Fike, returning on
Sunday evening to the home of his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Georg, at Flatwoods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Groer were
home for the Christmas holidays.
Robert Rush was recent visitor
of his wife and family in Accident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
AURORA-EGLON

Mr. and Mrs Walter DOMAIN. Of
their daughter. Grace, to James
Knots, son Of Mr.. and Mrs Clarence
Knots. of Rowlesburg, w. Va. The
double ring ceremony was performed
December "a i'm the Methodist par
sonage at Oakland, with the Rev.
Denver G. Pickens officiating. The
bride chose for her marriage a blue
wool suit with brown accessories Her
cor5age was Of white roses. Mrs.
Hancell Teets. sister Of the bride, was
matron of honor. She wore a tan suit
with matching accessories and a cor
sage OF white roses. Hancell Teeta
served as best man.
Following the wedding a reception
was held at the brides home. Mrs.
Knots graduated from Aurora High
school with the class of 1945 and for
some time has been employed at Rock
Inn. near Aurora. M Knots gradu-
ated from Aurora high school with
the class of 1912. and until recently
was employed at Sabraton. The
couple will reside at Aurora for the
present.
Word was received here of the
ucdtH Ol Albtll MARSH december 20,
of Adrian, Michigan. Wesley Harsh
and Mrs. Emma Henline, both Of the
Accident community, are brother and
sister, and Mrs. Laura Calhoun, of
Aurora, is Il sister. Last rites were
conducted Monday at Adrian.
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at Maple Springs
church by the Rev d. b. Spaid, for
Thomas Grove, nearly 80. who died
December ~, at the home of his
grandson, Glenn Flint, Of Aurora,
after long illness. His wife died
June 5, 1882. Immediate survivors are
Mrs. Frona Flint, Aurora; Mrs.
Elizabeth Fike, Eglon; Mrs Maggie
Arnold, near Eglon; and Mrs. Mary
Hesse, near Gortner. Two sons pre-
coded him. Burial was in the Eglon
cemetery.
Announcement was received here
of the birth of daughter December
20 to Mr.. and Mrs Vester Fike, of
Easton, Md This is their third child
and first daughter and has been
named Karen Rose. Jesse Fike and
the late Mrs. Ona Fike, formerly of
Eglon, are the paternal grandpar-
ents.
Mrs. John Harsh and daughter, la,
and son, Ellis, accompanied by Miss
Helen Schlossnagle motored Friday
to Denton. Md, where they visited
the formers son-in-law and daughter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
Red House Class Has Party

The Young Peoples Sunday School
class of ST. Johns Lutheran church,
Red House, had its annual Christmas
party at The Mountaineers Canteen
at Mt. Lake Park on Monday evening,
the 22nd Refreshments were served
and gift presented to the teacher,
Mrs. Earl S. Lee.
Those attending the party were:
Lillian, Clinton and Peggy Shaffer,
Helen and John Bachtel, Resale and
Violet Stahl, Barbara Bachtel,
Eleanor, Mary and Jean Schloss-
nagle, Helen Rush, Blanche and Neil
Wolfe, Norma Roth, Leland Mosser,
Ben Knepp, Robert and Bud Dodge,
Carroll Deems, Herbert Ridder and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl S. Lee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
CRELLIN

Among Sunday dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Colaw were Mr..
and Mrs. G. j. Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. F. Colaw, j., of Frostburg; Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Ashby and family, of
Clarysville; Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Col
aw and sons, and Mr.. and Mrs. Don
COlaw and sons, both of Crellin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Schroyer and
children and Mrs. Minnie Friend, of
Friendsville, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Friend and son.
James E. Peters, of Keyser, spent
q few days last week here with Mrs.
Myra Martin and family
Mr.. Stanley Ashby has been con-
fined to his home for the past few
days due to sickness.
Mrs. Lawson Knots is spending
the Christmas holidays with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Knots and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hoopengard-
ner and son, Frostburg, are spending
the Christmas holidays with Mrs.
HOopengardner's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Ashby.
Mr.. and Mrs. E F. Colaw and
daughter, Odell, spent Christmas in
trostburg visiting friends and rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Rice and
daughter, of Hyattsville, spent the
Christmas holidays with Mrs. Rice's
parents, Mr. and Mrs Lester Yutzy.
Mr.. Rice returned home Sunday while
Mrs. Rice and daughter returned on
Wednesday.
Mrs. Floyd Carskadon has been
confined to her home the last few
days with the flu
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Yutzy spent
New Years eve in Keyser with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Leighton.
Mrs. Edith Sadler and Miss Icie
Schoch spent the Christmas holidays
here with their mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Schoch. Mrs Schoch will ac-
company her daughters back to Wash
ington to spent the winter
The death toll in the Holy Land
reached 333
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01

The death toll in the Holy Land
reached 1873.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
DIED
MRS. EDITH NJ. FREELAND

Mrs. Edith Mae Freeland, AZ, wife
CT j. Edgar Sammy" Freeland. of
Colinth. w. Va, died Tuesday after
noon in Memorial Hospital, Cumber-
land, where she had been a patient
for 10 days.
Surviving, besides her husband, are
one sister, Mrs. Leland Roth, Oak
land, and two brothers, Orlando f.
Frankhouser, Terra Alta, and Henry
Frankhouser, Corinth.
A funeral service will be held on
Thursday at p. m. in the Corinth
Methodist Church by the pastor Rev.
Il. j. Sheets, and burial will be in
Terra Alta Cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
INEANT DEATH

The death of Donald William
Sharps, aged just one year, died in a
hospital in Moultrie, Ga, on Monday
evening, December 20, at 10 o'clock,
from pneumonia. He was born on De-
cember 30, 1916.
The child had been in i'll health
since birth, having heart condition.
Children in similar conditions have
been known in recent years as "blue
babies," through improper circulation
Of the blood through the heart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharps and their fam
lily had gone to Pavo, Georgia, about
the middle of December to spend
Christmas with members of her fam
ily
A funeral service was scheduled to
be held at Pavo on Wednesday. The
body will be brought to Oakland Tor
burial.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
CHRISTIAN A. BEACHY

Christian A. Beachy, farmer, died
at his home on Negro Mountain, near
Grantsville, on Sunday evening. De-
cember rs, at 8 O'clock. He had been
i'll for several months with a heart
condition
A son of the late Aaron and Cath
crime Folk Beachy, he was born near
Grantsville.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Keim Beachy; a son Clyde, at
home; two daughters. Mrs. Hesther
Margrof, Akron, o.; and Mrs. Ethel
Maust, Springs, Pa; two grand
children, and his brothers, J. A..
Beachy, and Edward w. A. Beachy,
near Grantsville.
Funeral services were conducted at
II a. M, on Wednesday from the
Mennonite church, Springs, Pa, of
which he was a member. Rev. Roy
Otto, pastor, officiated. Interment
was in the Springs cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01

Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Wheeler and
daughter. They returned to their re-
spective home on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hughs, of
Washington, were recent guests at
Mr.. Iiughs' parental home at Aurora.
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder, of Gnegy
Church, spent several days recently
with her son, Paul Snyder and family,
Of Terra Alta.
Mrs Ruth Shafer, of Eglon, took
her small daughter, Carolyn to the
Myers Clinic at Philippi w. Va, on
Saturday for tonsilcctomy. She re-
turned on Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
Contributes to Lunch Program

At the last regular meeting of the
Oakland-Mt. Lake Lions club, the club
made contribution to the Oakland
Elementary Parent-Teacher associ-
alton amounting to $4,000 to assist
in the expenses of the cafeteria.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01

Vittorio Emanuele III, exiled ex-
king of Italy died in Egypt on De
cember %, of pneumonia. He was rs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01
MRS. LAURA MOSsER FRIEND

Mrs. Laura Mosser Friend, widow
of Milton Friend, died at the home
of Robert Rhodes, Swanton, on Fri
day, December &c. She was aged II.
Mrs. Friend was a daughter of the
late Daniel and Annie Mosser and
was born in this county July "a, 1876.
She had been ill for about two weeks.
Surviving are one sister and one
brother, Mrs. Jessie Sweitzer, Swan
ton; and Truman H. Mosser, Mt. Lake
Park. Her husband died about %
years ago.
She was a member of the Epis-
copal church in Swanton.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Methodist church in Swan
ton on Monday afternoon at o'clock,
with Rev. George w. Simpson, U. B.
minister officiating. Interment was in
the Mosser family cemetery near
Swanton.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04
RECRUITING NEWS

Prior servicemen of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard can now enlist in the Regu-
lar Army for direct assignment to
the European Command under new
enlistment procedures according
to an announcement made by Staff
Sergeant Clint o. Dollar, local Ar
my and Air Force recruiting SER
geant.
Applicants for this assignment
must not be eligible to enlist in a
grade higher than staff sergeant
under current directives the SER
geant said.
Many men with previous service
can enlist in the grade they held
at the time of their separation de-
pending on the length of time they
held military OccupatiOnal spe-
cialty needed by the Army.
Sergeant Dollar pointed out that
veterans whose prior service quail
ifies them for service only in the
Air Force will not be eligible for
the above assignment.
For more details visit your To-
cal Army and Air Force Recruit
ing Station located in the State
ArmOry, Dover.
The deadline to be met for a
COmbat-Disabled Veteran of the
Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine
Corps, and the Coast Guard to be
eligible to enlist in the Regular
Army in the grade they held at
the time of their separation has
been lifted according to Staff Ser
geant Clint o. Dollar. Army and
Air Force Recruiting Sergeant for
this area.
Now a veteran if he is combat
wounded may enlist at any time
with his old grade the sergeant
said.
Former commissioned officers,
warrant officers and fight officers
applying for enlistment under the
combat-disabled plan may be en-
listed as a master sergeant up to
and including June 80, Sergeant
Dollar said.
For further details contact your
local Army and Air Force Recruit
ing Station located in the State
ArmOryF Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04
By WiestbrOOk PegEer
Released By wNU Features

As I perceived at the time, the
4 4 trial of a section OF the Taft
Hartley law before Judge Ben
Moore, in Washington, was suspi-
cious business. Justice Frankfurter
later remarked that he saw evidence
Of an inside job. The defendants
were the CLIO. and its psalm-sing-
ing president, Philip Murray, the
Gethsemane kid. THE CLIO. AND
MURRAY ARE LATCH-KEY PALS
OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN.
Fran1furter, in effect, accused the
department Of justice of slipping
its own client a mickey finn. Ac-
tually we know, and so does Frank.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04
washington
AIIII|WEEk|. :
By Charles L. Egenroad

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The tax
payers dollar has become the Pres
ident'sl pawn to block the success
of the SOth Congress in fulfilling
its 1916 election promise to the
nation.
Every effort of the SOth Congress
to save dollars for the American
taxpayer has been met with a chal-
lenge that has it's roots in the
New Deal.
Proof of the pudding does not
come from Republican sources
but, strangely enough, from the
Democrats themselves - beginning
with President Truman's comment
a year or so ago when he said:
This is not the time for a tax
cut" Since then many things have
happened for the good and the bad
of the American taxpayer.
Congress talked of cuts in gov
ernment expenditures, and actual
ly succeeded in 'slicing off more
than So billions last year. But now
it finds that, without Administra-
tive control of budget cuts, only
services to the public get reduc-
ed, while bureaucratic payrolls re-
main unaffected.
Synchronized departmental prop
aganda machines went to work on
every cut, to harp that budget re-
ductiOns mean only a restriction
of services. That payrolls remain
the same is proved by Democrat
Senator Harry Byrd's figures.
Mr.. Truman plays the New Deal
game bv tossing expensive, pseudo
social proposals into the Congress-
ional lap as fast as he can think
of them to create the impression
that the Republican Congress gave
tax relief unwisely.
With the aid of his State Depart
ment he plugs for greater Euro
pean relief; he presents mounting
national defense claims that seem
inconsistent, yet which serve to
sharpen the horns of the Congress
sional dilemma. Now he digs deep
into the Harry Hopkins bag for
increased social security and other
such reforms" that all sound won
derful, but have one big common
catch-7they all require the tax
payers dollar.
1t all adds up to a Presidential
budget of more than SAB billions,
which threatens to wipe out our
new take-home pay increase for
many pay days to come.
That's Mr.. Truman's position to-
day. Every dollar that Congress
tries to save in expenditures he
''balanceS" with new expendi.
ture plan for another cauSe-any
cause. At the present time it is
estimated that Congress is $500
million or more ahead in the re-
ductiOn contest, which is Just
about $2.7 billions short of where
they should be-that is $2.7 bill
lions short of making ends meet.
And there are still 100000 gov
ernment employees helping to
spend more than 5 times as much
money as the government spent
before the war-WPA and all!
Mr.. Truman may choose now to
keep payrollees rather than main
tanning services; but the taxpay-
er may put in veto in November.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04

farm is whether or not it can raise crops
which will pay fair rate of interest on the
land after all expenses, and this of course de-
pends upon the price received, as we'll as the
wages and other expenses which must be paid
CITY AND TOWN PROPERTY
The Federal Reserve Bank in Washington is
especially disturbed at the continuous climb
IN mortgage loans on city and town property
This is probably due in part to the activity of
the Federal Loan and Savings Banks in So
lfciting mortgages. Certainly this should be
curbed at the present time. 1t is wrong for
mortgage loans on real estate to be climbing
during period in which business loans are
dropping OFF steadily and are being reduced.
These Federal Loan and Savings Banks must
be careful not to be part of a vicious circle
whereby someday the property, upon which
they are now loaning and which loans are in
part guaranteed by the Government, will come
back into the Governments hands. If the Gov
eminent then adopts a policy of selling these
houses at auction, the houses for which the
veteran now pays $4,000 will be selling in
the open market for $4,000 or even less. 1t is
entirely possible that what happened to city
and small town real estate in the 3O's. could
easily repeat in the sos
REASONS FOR BEING CAUTIOUS
There are four definite reasons which peo-
pie should carefully consider before further
bidding up prices for any kind of real estate.
These reasons are as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04

sion and the voters had four years
in which to forget.
In those Mark Hanna days there
were few different speeches, but
many copies Of each. Each SPELL
binder was provided with a half
dozen, to be delivered to the type
Of audience they would fit. The
promises Of farm commodity in
creaSes would be delivered to a
farm audience; a wage increase
promise to group Of workers. The
audiences were small and only
those Immediately in front of the
speaker knew what he said. The
same speech could be delivered at
the next stop.
Hanna placed his Republican
candidate, on the front porch Of the
Mckinley home at Canton, Ohio.
armed him with a half dozen
speeches which would fit any group
that called, and invited all Ameri-
ca to visit the great man. Many
called. AS each group approached
the front gate the appropriate
speech Of welcome was laid out.
1t contained the candidates prom
iseS for their class. He talked only
to the little group in front Of him.
Others Of their class would hear
the same speech. be thrilled by the
same promises, but no group of
any other class would hear that
speech or know of the promises
made to the other class
In Mark Hanna's day It was
all as simple as that. But they
did not know the political cam
paigning advantages or disad-
vaptages Of radio as a medium
for the distribution Of campaign
material. Today the candidate
must have a different speech for
each occasion; today he cannot
buy votes by offering conflicting
promises; today radio carries
everything the candidate says TO
the people Of every class and 70
every point in the nation. He
talks to many millions rather
than few hundreds. And radio
has added millions Of dollars TO
the cost of conducting a cam
paign.
Radio has done one other thing
to political campaigns. With the
possibilities Of buying votes with
conflicting promises eliminated, the
candidate and his oratorical sup
porters have little Of a really def
mite nature to offer. Until election
day we must listen to banal double
talk, generalities that mean nothing
and to vituperative denunciations
Of the other fellow, neither of which
will change many votes. Radio may
have helped to make political
parties honest but it has taken
much Of the Joy out of political
campaigns.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04

W The upward trend in mortgage in.
debtedneSS, which in some localities
is reaching dangerous point.
(2) Threats of surplus farm products and
even certain manufactured goods due
to the present higher level of prOduc.
ton.
CD The recent downward trend in the
buying power both of farmers due tO
lower prices of farm products and of
the Industrial population due to the
increased cost of living.
4) The fact that large proportion Of tbo
money now being sent to EurODe will
be used to aid Europe to produce moro
farm products and manufacturers
goods in order to be Independent of MS.
HOW TO INVEST
Use your earnings first to pay up your mort
cages and other debts. Then put your bniI5-
lngs and machinery into good shane So Won
can go through the next depression witbou+
any maintenance COSTS After this give y,o,,r
wife break by buying her a modern kitcbor
and bathroom. She was patient and tbrift,,
for you during the hard times: she now i
getting older and cannot do so Tnucb DE-
liberal with your church and give vonr chiI
dren USEFUL education in agriculture nc
chanlcs or business. Above ALL have Sood
savings bank account or a safe deposit ho1 ~
U. S. Government "E" bonds. DON'T SN KTEn NJ
THESE IN YOUR HOUSE.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04

Extensive expansion of the man
ufacturing facilities, including the
requirement of a new plant at Do
yer, and an increase in variety of
products of General Limb and
Brace Company, 1914-16 Market
street, was announced today.
The company, now the largest
single producer Of willow wood
artificial limbs in the United
States, has purchased the building
and machinery of the American
Building Corporation, Mary and
Pear streets, in Dover.
The new building has 10000
square feet of floor space and its
own railroad siding. 1t will be used
for the manufacture y of stump
stockings, crutches, canes, walk
ers, bed tables, and sick room spe-
cialities, which the company is
adding to the list of articles it has
been manufacturing.
AS further development and
consolidation of the business the
present plant at Elk Mills, Md,
used for processing willow wood
for limbs, is now being moved to
the Dover plant.
The General Limb and Brace
Company, first organized on Au-
gust 3, 1943, at 1916 Market street
by Patrick Morgan, Wilmington,
the present president, with two
mechanics, now operates three
plants in Wilmington.
The company operates it's brace
and OrthOpedic appliances shop on
three floors at 1920 Market street !;
it's mass production artificial limb
shop at Fifteenth and Poplar
streets, and has it's retail estab-
lishment, finishing plant, and main
Offices at 1914-16 Market street.
General Limb and Brace is now
supplying several hundred retail
limb and brace companies through
out the United States. With the
present expansion program it is
expected the number of distributor
outlets for it's products will be in
creased to several thousand among
which will be wholesale and retail
drug stores and hospital supply
| houses.
In addition, an extensive for
eign trade program is being car
ried out. In the past year the COM
pany sold more than $15O,OOO
worth of Orthopedic equipment
abroad.
Among the countries to which
products were sent are the Philip
pine Islands, larger users of it's
products; Poland, YugOslavia,
Hungary, Finland and China. Un-
der the European Recovery Pro-
gram these foreign sales will be
greatly increased, especially in
war stricken countries of Western
Europe, where thousands of per-
sons sustained serious physical
handicaps during the war.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04
Farm Mortgage Debts

The farm-mortgage debt on jan
uary 1. 1948 is estimated to be a.
882 million dollars, an increase of
about 1O4 million dollars of % ner
cent over that Of last year. This
rate of increase was slightly high
er than between January 1. 1916
and January 1, 1947 when the debt
rose about 96 million dollars. The
increases in debt during 1946 and
1947 represent a reversal of the
downward trend in the farm-mor-
tgage debt which had been in Dro-
gress since 1929 with but one minor
exception in 1928.
Milford chronicle., 1948-06-04
The facts are that these

big increases in land val
ues are not the same in different sections of
the country. Probably the farm values fairly
near large cities are abnormally high They
are selling not on their value as producing
FARMS but rather on their speculative value
for subdivisions, etc. This also applies to
pasture land near small cities There seems
to be an abnormal demand for bottom lands
which in many cases is selling far above a
sensible price.
The special concern of the Agriculture De-
partment, however. is in connection with land
being bought on mortgage. They are very
much opposed, at the present time, for farmers
70 Duy land for which they canont pay cash,
believing that sooner or later a crash is COM
ing, due to an inevitable decline in farm
prices. OF course, the ultimate value of a