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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Meaning Of Ame4dco .

Herbert Hoover in talk at West Branch, Iowa. where he
was born fine of what this country
America means far than continent bounded by two
oceans he said ut than pride military power glory
in in victory 1t than the of
farms of great factories Mines magnificent cities millions
of automobiles and radios than the traditions of
the great tide westward from Europe which pioneered the
of a continent 1t than literature,
poetry
"The meaning of word America flows from pure
spring The soul of America in its freedom of mind and
spirit Here alone the windows through which
the sunlight of the human spirit Here alone human dgn
ty not a dream but an accomplishment"
Those who interpret the greatness of this country in
material blind to basic truths Other nations have
comparable There monopoly intelligence
knowledge energy the ability invent build But this is the
only where the right of the individual is maintained to do
whatever he pleases, within the law.
declare that controls the stateand that the state
control the But that achievement in freedom must
always be guarded and defended is to live Hoover also de-
cared I'm those primitive days. social security had from the
cellar, not from the Federal government"
the tendencies of times lies in
increasing dependence government.
Real American values SPIRITUAL he declares I'm those
values based they the dignity and rights of
can find the real meaning of America"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
1851 Date Set for
Completion of Dam

Completion and operation of the
Savage River Dam are expected by
1851, according to a report by army
engineers to the Interstate Commits
sion on the Potomac River basin.
Scheduled completion is based
upon anticipated Congressional an
preparations, the report stated. The
initial contract will provide for COM
pletion of the dam embankment ard
will be of a continuing nature, ending
in June, 1850.
The Dam project carries an ini-
tial appropriation for 194849 OF
100000 which will cover the eXca-
walton and embankment work.
Hydraulic gates and accompanying
equipment will be purchased in 1850
for installation under a second and
final contract which will provide for
completion of all concrete work in
the outlet works and spillway and
operators facilities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
AS Hogs Entered
In Show and Sale
Fourth Annual Event to be Held
at Accident on Monday,
October IL

One hundred forty-five entries are
entered in the fourth annual All club
and Future Farmers fat hog show and
sale, which will be held on Monday,
October II, at the Accident stockyards,
it was announced by Arthur L. Curtis,
assistant county agent.
This is an increase of forty-two over
the number of hogs entered last year
and promises to be an outstanding
agriculture event, Mr.. Curtis said.
Last year Donald GlOtfelty took top
honors with both the grand champion
and reserve champion. The former
weighed 245 pounds and the reserve
weighed 235 Both were of the Berk-
shire breed. The winner sold for 50
cents a pound at the auction sale fol-
lowing the sale, while the reserve
champion sold for 80. The average
was % cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Seven Men Ordered
To Report October E

The local draft board received a
call Tuesday for seven men for pre-
induction physical examinations,
preparatory to an induction call in
November.
Mrs. Susie Butt, clerk, said the
following had been mailed their
orders to report for their pre-induc-
ton physical examination and will be
sent to Cumberland on Wednesday
morning, October 6:
Clarence William Maybe, Oakland.
Clarence Harvard Keefer, Oakland.
Otis E. Harvey, Kitzmiller.
Otis Owen Riley, Accident.
John Israel Foley, Deer Park.
Gilbert Virgel Moon, Deer Park.
Dale Carlton Harvey, Mt. Lake
Park.
The State call is for 14O men for
November induction. The National
figure is 10000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Episcopal Church Sponsors
Series of Breakfasts

Great Scenes from Great Plays"
new departure in religious radio
programs, sponsored by the Episcopal
families of the nation including Oak
land, will be broadcast for the first
time Friday evening, October l, to
$50 o'clock, EST, and every Friday
evening thereafter, it was announced
by Rev. Austin F. Schildwachter,
rector of st. Matthew's parish. The
broadcast will come over Wheeling
and Pittsburgh Mutual stations.
"Cyrano de Bergerac," drama of
self denial, will be the first play to
be broadcast. The series is being pro-
duced by the National Council of the
Protestant Episcopal church, in CO.
operation with 800 members of the
Episcopal Actors guild.
The program is aimed directly at
about 70 million Americans who have
no church affiliation as we'll as others
who have allowed their church affili-
alton to lapse. 1t is without hymns,
prayers or reading of scriptures but
there will be moral teaching in each
portrayal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Committees Appointed for
District Legion Work

Garrett county legionnaires were
included in a list of twelve commit
tees which were named by vice-com-
mander Arthur G. Ramey, to carry
on the work of the Mountain District.
Edward Kahl, Proctor Kildow Post
No. II, Oakland, was named with
Thomas F. Conlon, Cumberland, to
head the rehabilitation committee.
John Shoemaker, Accident Post No.
208, was named with Samuel A.
Graham, of Cumberland, to head the
Americanism committee.
Daniel P. Hershberger, Grantsville,
Post No. 214, was named on the
Junior Baseball committee.
Harvey Gortner, Grantsville, John
Shoemaker and Edward Kahl were
included in the Veterans Employment
committee.
Harry Evans, Wilson Fidler Post
No. 113, Kitzmiller, co-charman of
the Graves Registration committee;
Conlon and Kahl, Boys State commit
tee. F. r. Shaffer, Oakland liaison
officer for the 40 and 8.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Committees Make Reports AT
Civic Club Meeting

The Youth Conservation Committee
and other committee chairmen gave
reports of their activities at the regu-
lar meeting of the Oakland Civic clu6
on Tuesday afternoon in the Metho-
dist church.
There were 25 present and Mrs.
Howard Turner, chairman of the
Youth Conservation committee and
her committee members were hostess
ses. One new member, Mrs. S. H.
Jackson, was admitted.
Mrs. Turner reported that a girl
scout organization had been formed
with Mrs. Beatrice Gender as leader,
and Miss Cara Weber as assistant.
A girl Scout meeting has been called
for Monday evening at 1880 at the
City Hall, and it was stated that any
girl wishing to register should report
at that time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Annual Meeting
Scheduled October 7

Farmers from four states will at
tend the annual meeting of Southern
States Marketing Cooperative at
Oakland, Thursday, October 7, D. G.
Harry, Pylesville, Md, president, an
nounces.
r. B. Corbett, associate director of
the Maryland Agricultural Extension
Service, University of Maryland, will
be the principal speaker for the day
long session, which will include cleo
ton of two directors and reports on
the last years operations.
Members from District 1, in which
Oakland area is located, will name a
member to the Board of Directors.
L. j. Graham, Baltimore, T. N.
Gearreald, Richmond, Va, Robert
VanValzah, and L. E. Raper, Rich
mond, will also speak.
Members and interested egg pro-
ducers are invited to attend the Oak
land meeting. Registration will be-
gin at 1880 a. m. at the Oakland
Methodist church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Found Dead in Bed

Mrs. Harry Helbig, aged SO, who
had been residing with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Teets, for a number of years, was
found dead in her bed this morning,
having passed away sometime during
the night.
She had been in failing health for
quite some time but was not belfast.
Surviving are three children, Mrs.
Teets, Oakland; Edgar Helbig, Rich
mond, Va, and Miss Lillian Helbig,
R. N, Baltimore; also three grand
children.
Funeral services are to be con-
Quoted on Saturday morning at O.
clock from st. Peters Catholic church,
with Rev. FIR. Michael Carney offici-
ating Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Boosters Plan New
Membership Drive

Plans for the 1913 membership
drive were made Monday evening at
a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Oakland Booster club, with sew
eral additional Booster club members,
and a goal was set to exceed its 1947
membership of POI.
Preliminary plans were made for a
dinner meeting at the William-James
hotel for late in October, when
Coach Kyle Wilson and Principal
Grayson S. Burrier of Oakland High
school, will be the main speakers
They will be introduced by Odar Wat
son, former high school coach.
Coach Kyle Wilson was given three
footballs so he could begin touch
football practice at the local high
school. 1t is planned to continue this
kind of football until the new high
school is completed when regular
football may become a regular part
of the athletic program.
Mr.. Dusic said the club hoped to
take thirty members of the high
school squad to a football game at
West Virginia University, Morgan
town, this fall Members will donate
their cars. DR.. H. R. Gibson is in
charge of ticket arrangements.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Judge Orders Quarry
Operators to Pay $500
Fine Is Levied Against Vetter
Brothers, Inc, in Local Con-
tempt Proceedings

A court decision adjudging Vetter
Brothers, Inc, in contempt of court
on the first paragraph of previous
decree prohibiting defendants from
blasting in such way as to throw
rocks or stones upon the property of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustav Heise, at Will
o'-the-W isp, was filed in the local
court this week by Chief Judge Jo-
seph D. Mish. The defendants in the
case were ordered to pay 5000 in
order to stand purged of said con-
temp and were also ordered to pay
the costs of the proceedings.
In lengthy opinion, Judge Mish
declared he was convinced that the
defendants had made bona fide eff
fort to comply with the terms of the
injunction but that he was not con-
WINGED that the maximum effort was
made or "even such an effort as would
in all fairness entitle them to dis
charge from contempt proceedings.
He pointed out that the defendants
had fixed hours for blasting and
operating the crusher, that explosions
had seemed to be of less force than
prior to the injunction; that they had
endeavored to control the dust from
the crusher, having installed a new
type crusher at considerable expense
which greatly decreased the amount
of dust; and that neighbors had testi-
fled that the dust condition had i'm
proved.
But the judge indicated that evil
dence showed numerous violations of
the first paragraph of the decree. The
testimony showed that stones the size
of hens eggs had been seen by nu-
merous persons to fall on the Heise
property some of which were ex-
hibited in Court.
The Judge declared that it wac
"only by providence that no one had
been hit or fatally injured" by the
falling missiles.
The decision included the statement
that the fine was not to be taken as
any criterion for future action in the
event of continued violation of the
terms of the injunction.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Methodist Ministers
Named For This Area
No Changes Listed in Garrett
County Parishes-Dr. Pickens
Returns to Oakland

DR.. Denver C. Pickens was reap
pointed to st. Paul's Methodist
church, Oakland, for his fourth year,
at the conclusion of the annual ses-
sion of the West Virginia Methodist
conference Sunday night at Hunting
ton, w. Va.
Other assignments showed no
change in this area Assignments
were announced by Bishop Lloyd C,
Wickie, Pittsburgh, who was presid-
ing over the first conference since his
appointment the past summer.
The assignments in the Moorefie!l
district included Fred B. Wyand,
Moorefield, district superintendent.
Albright, Lantz Anderson; Aurora,
F. l. Peters; Bloomington, J. D. Shat
fer; Corinth-C GAINESVILLE, w. NJ. De-
shong; Davis-Thomas, r. w. Nor
row, Jr.; Elk Garden, Randall D.
Prince; Friendsville, w. f. Wade;
Gormania, J. E. Hodges; Grantsvilla,
Delbert ]. Combs; Kingwood, w. E.
Kenan; Kitzmiller, G. A. Bomboy;
Mt. Lake Park, R. E. Hitler; Parsons
Station, R. L. Greynolds; Piedmont,
0. C. Mitchell; Rowlesburg, w. Reeca
Burns; Terra Alta, j. C. Buckley.
Dr.. w. S. Patterson, former pastor
in Oakland, was retained as superin-
tendent of the Buckhannon district.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Activity Program
Starts at OILS.

The activity program at Oakland
High school was scheduled to start
this afternoon, with additional organ
izations formed to provide for parti-
cipation of more students than in
former years, it was announced by
Grayson S. Burrier, principal.
The seventh period on Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays will be de
voted to activities and the following
were listed:
-Four dramatic groups, with 18th
and 9th grades under the direction of
Miss Anna Lee Mouser; 10th and 18th
grades under Clarence Gump; a
photography club under Miss Lannie
Harmon; 9th grade glee club in adj
dition to the one in the upper grades,
in charge of Miss Dorothy Fletcher
arts and crafts club, under Miss
Frances Patterson; games clubs
under Mrs. Daisy Beachy and z. r.
Knots; commercial club, under E. S.
Smith; social dancing, under Mrs
Virginia McManis and Mrs. Theodl
Miller
Miss Roberta Cogley was named
sponsor for The Acorn, student news
paper; Miss Ruth Field, for the stu
dent council; o. 7. eraser, for Future
Farmers of America; Carl Everly fo1
driver education.
Mr.. Burrier said some of these
groups would meet every week, some
every other week. Each student in
the school is taking physical edu-
cation twice each week under the
direction of Kyle Wilson and Miss
Julia Morrison.
Enrolment at the school this week
mounted to 574, with several more
still expected the first of October.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Hospital Fund Reaches
S1O1.5lO.S4 Up To Present

Receipt of additional pledges to
the hospital fund during the past few
days leaves only $4,000 uncollected,
it was announced this week by the
county chairman. Pledges of the
Pythian Sisters and the Eastern Star
organizations, made early in the cam
paign last year, have now been paid.
The committee also received recent
ly check for $40 from Mrs. Selma
B. Filbert, of Baltimore, making the
total to date of cash contributions
and unpaid pledges, of $1O1,51O.84.
Work at the hospital site is pro-
crossing slowly, with the men ham
pered by the large amount of rock in
the basement area. They are plan
ming to lay footers for the foundation
in the near future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Republican Committee
Names New Member

At a meeting of members of the
Republican State Central committee
held recently at the home of Earle
Glotfelty, McHenry, chairman, Harry
Collier was named as the fourth
member to fill the vacancy which has
existed since the death of Benz. H.
Sincell.
Other members of the committee
are Hugh Maffett and Gilbert Saw
age.
The committee has called a meet
ing for Republican district chairmen,
to be held at Dave Gunters, on route
40, on Monday evening, October 4, at
which time the county organization
will be perfected and arrangements
made for an active participation in
the Dewey Warren campaign.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Glaze Fans i as
Oakland Wins Ill

Bob Glaze tossed a four-hitter and
struck out 10 batsmen on Sunday as
the Oakland Amvets defeated Shall
mar by the score of II to l in the
third and deciding game of their
playoff series in the Upper Potomac
Baseball League.
The victory advanced Oakland to
the finals and earned the locals tn
right to battle the winner of the
Crellin- Kitzmiller series which is
still "up in the air" as a result of d
protest.
Oakland team members expressed
the hope that Crellin and Kitzmillel
could straighten out their difficulties
Crellin's protest was upheld and the
game was ordered over, and a later
decision decreed that the game would
stand as played. Kitzmiller won the
game 5-4. The protest was made when
the umpire did not allow Crellir
batter to go to first base when he was
hit by a practiced ball.
In Sundays game here Kimble's
double cheated Glaze out of a shut
out victory in the ninth inning. The
other hits yielded by the Oakland ace
were singles by Burgess, Finch and
Rodeheaver.
Ted James and Dick Wolf paced
the Amvets' 14-hit attack. James col.
lected two doubles and a single and
Wolfe raped three singles. Oakland
scored in every inning but the thirG
and sixth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
S21,556.16 Spent For
Welfare For August

A total of $21 ,556.16 was spent by
the Garrett County Welfare Board
in August, including administration,
it was announced this week from the
local office.
The expenditures were divided as
follows:
Old age assistance, $8,677.53, for
289 cases, averaging $30O3; aid to
dependant children, $7,645.81 to 31S
cases; aid to needy blind, $26O.51 to
6 cases; general public assistance,
$2,069.86 for sc individuals; $698 for
foster home care of % individuals;
and $2,204.45 for administration
costs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
More Publicity for Oakland !!

Several hundred thousand persons
had their attention directed to Oak
land last Sunday morning, the result
of a full-page color photo of Muddy
Creek Falls, which appeared in the
magazine section of the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
The photograph had been taken at
the foot of the falls during the sum-
mer months and shows the falls at a
time when a substantial quantity of
water was pouring over the 45-foot
drop in the Swallow Falls State for
est.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
MANSLAUGHTER
VERDICT ISSUED
AGAINST KIRK
Jury Deliberates Over Six Hours
In Shotgun Staying of Step
father
GIVEN 6-YEAR SENTENCE

A Garrett county jury, after de-
liberating more than six hours, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of man
slaughter against Golden Kirk, %, CT
Deer Park, who was charged with
numbering his step-father, Walter
Messenger, of Bergman, w. Va, last
March 26, during heated argument
in the Kirk home. Messenger was
killed with three blasts from a shot
gun which Kirk had borrowed from
a neighbor. The verdict was brought
in at 2:30 a. m. Wednesday morning
the jury having deliberated since
8:15 p. m. Tuesday
Kirk was sentenced to six years in
the Maryland penitentiary yesterday
afternoon by Chief Judge Joseph ID.
Mish, prior to adjournment. The YER
dict carried maximum penalty of
ten years.
The case went to trial Tuesday
morning with Chief Judge Joseph D.
Mish, Hagerstown, and Associate
Judge Oliver H. Bruce, Jr., Cumber-
land, on the bench. After difficulty in
panelng jury from the regular list
of talismen the sheriff and his aides
summoned four from the street.
The trial got underway shortly be-
fore noon before crowded court
room. Kinks plea was self defense
and testimony from himself and his
witnesses tended to show the numer-
Gus threats that had been made by
Messenger against members of the
family, and tended to show the de-
ceased mans past record and charac-
ter
Ruth Messenger, young daughter
of the slain man, testified that the
night of the shooting her father
threatened Kirk and her mother. 1t
was after this that Kirk is reported
to have gone some distance to the
farm of Eston Carr and borrowed a
shotgun. Carr testified that he had
loaned the weapon to Kirk. The Mes
senger girl also testified that her
father had been drinking and that
she saw Kirk take one drink
Sheriff J. S. Teats, criminal investi-
gator William F. Baker, and Trooper
Robert Henline, of the Maryland State
Police, told of their investigation into
the crime. They testified that they
learned that Kirk had fired at his
step-father three times, the first
charge lodging in the mans face and
jaw, knocking him to the floor. The
second shot struck him in the back
and the third went into the mans
head.
Following the shooting Mrs. Mes
senger and Kirk went to the home of
Clarence Marley in Deer Park and
called Sheriff Teats.
Prior to coming to this county Kirk
was miner in Preston county, and
admitted shooting Messenger once
before about a year prior to the fatal
shooting. At that time the bullet en-
tered Messengers arm. At trial i'll
Preston county then he was found not
guilty of assault with a deadly wea-
pom, and released.
In this weeks trial Kirk was de.
Tended by Neil C. Fraley and Stuart
F. Hamill, Jr., who were appointed
by the court as counsel.
w. Dwight Slower, States At
torney, was assisted in the prosecu-
ton by Walter W. Dawson, former
States Attorney. Slower recounted
how Kirk had shot his step-father
and events leading up to the Staying
and asked for a verdict of first degree
murder.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
COURT DECLARES
SCHMIDT FREE
OF MANSLAUGHTER
Found Not Guilty After Trial
Yesterday MOrning-Sentences
Passed

In a trial before the court yester-
day morning Edward G. Schmidt,
member of the Oakland City Coun-
ell, was found not guilty on a charge
of manslaughter growing out of tbs
death of John Bachtel, Jr., of near
Red House, on June IA.
Schmidt was charged with the
death after young Bachtel was shot
and killed while Schmidt and Lee
were hunting groundhogs.
Both of them told the court on the
witness stand that the shooting was
accidental Schmidt said he fired at
the youths head while he was hiding
in the tall grass, thinking it was a
grounding that had escaped. Bachtel
died in Potomac Valley hospital
Keyser.
Both Chief Judge Joseph D. Mish
and Associate Judge Oliver H.
Bruce, Jr., heard the testimony ana
gave the verdict. Asa T. Matthews
and w. R. Offutt We're the defense
! attorneys.
Court AdjOurns
Court adjourned yesterday after
noon after having been in session
since Monday morning.
Given Three Years
Marvin Leonard Wilhelm, Balti-
more county resident, who pleaded
! guilty to a charge of armed robbery
was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
While visiting relatives in Kitz-
miller, he hitch-hiked a ride neal
Oakland on September l from Har-
/ old Bachtel, of Red House, brother
of the youth who was fatally shot in
June, and held him up at gun point
Just to prove that the pistol was not
a toy, according to the testimony
! Wilhelm fired shot through the cal
, window holding the pistol in front OF
! Bachtel's face He took the victims
money and watch and forced him tl
drive toward Swanton where the cal
ran out of gasoline. Bachtel finally
eluded the gunman and after an all
night search during which time vii
helm was fired upon several times by
authorities, one bullet going through
! his trouser leg, he gave himself up tc
Constable Roy Sewers at Kitzmiller
! Other Cases Heard
On a charge of assault with intent
! to rape, the first count of the indict.
ment was abandoned and John WEI.
4 liam Miller pleaded guilty to a SECOND
count of assault. He was given sin
months suspended sentence in tn,
House of Correction.
Other cases heard and tried during
this term include the following:
/ State VS.. julius Wilhelm, charged
/ before Magistrate J. U. Stanton witt
assault of Willard E. Blocher ans
jury trial prayed: tried before the
Continued on Page Five)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-09-30
Collection of Taxes
Considered Good

Tax collections for the current year
were considered good with the an
nouncement this week by Arthur H.
Green, treasurer, that 1851 $500 or
about 80 percent of the county's taxes
had been received thus far.
Interest on state taxes begins on
October 1, while interest on county
taxes will not begin until November
list. The discount period ended July
1st.
Mr. Green said that there remained
$88,849.2S yet to collect on 1913
taxes. He also pointed out that only
$9,48979 remained uncollected on
1947 taxes.