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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Two More Cooperative
Meetings Are Held

Two other meetings were held by
farmer members of the Southern
States cooperative, similar to the one
held at Accident.
The meeting at Friendsville was
attended by IT'S farmers and their
families on Monday, July 2G, while
around $50 attended the meeting at
Aurora on July %.
At Friendsville, William Umbel and
Hubert Friend were elected to the
Advisory board. New members chosen
on the Farm Home advisory commit
tee were Mrs Stanton r. Friend and
Mrs. Reuben C. Friend.
Stanton Friend presided. Reuben
Friend was elected chairman of the
board and Charles Rush was named
secretary. Mrs. Blaine Friend and
Mrs. Glen Friend were chosen chair
man and secretary respectively of the
Farm Home committee.
Winners in a feed bag style show
were Mrs. Arthur Custer, first; Mrs.
Robert Friend, second, class |; Mrs.
Lambert Wright, first, class II; Mrs
Harry Grove, first, Mrs. Charles
HENDERSON, second, class III. Music
was furnished by the William Bruner
string band. Mrs Thomas Sines led
group singing and Mrs. W. J. Glenn
accompanied at the piano.
William Umbel was named a dele
gate to the district election meeting
to be held in October.
At Aurora Roy burst, Amboy, and
Ernest Harsh, Eglon, were named to
the advisory board and new members
chosen on the Farm Home Advisory
committee, were Mrs. Guy Harvey,
Oakland, and Mrs. Claude Winters,
Eglon.
Brooke Stemple, Amboy, chairman,
presided. Roy burst was elected
chairman for the ensuing year and
Page Schroch, Aurora, was named
secretary. Mrs. Claude Winters, Egg
Ion, and Mrs. Wade Hauser, Aurora,
were named chairman and secretary,
respectively Of the Farm Home Com
mittee.
Winners in the feed bag style show
were Georgia Lee Loughrie, first,
ANGELA Gay Loughrie, second, group
l; Wanda Stemplc, Aurora, first, and
Beatrice Harsh, Eglon, second, group
II. Group singing was led by Mrs.
John Unger, accompanied by Mrs. W.
d. Webster. A sound motion picture
was shown.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

and flaming eight. He was aided by
Lyons, centcrfielder, and Wolfe,
shortstop. Compton hit for homer
and Glaze got two-bagger. Rinker
hit a triple for Swanton.
Crellin pounded out Is hits in
swapping Kitzmiller while Evans
and Lewis were limiting the latter
to five hits. d. Lewis had two homer3
and two singles in six trips to the
plate.
Kitzmiler had brief time as lead
er of the league when it won last
Thursday from Swanton II to 2 Mel
vim Brown tossed a four-hitter and
struck out six Swanton batsmen. La
mark Moore had homer, double and
single. Cough also smacked a home
run as did Diehl of Swanton.
In defeating Oakland last Thurs
day, Crellin scored four runs in the
sixth inning. Only six hits were mad
in the game, singles by Lewis, Colaw
and Williams, of Crellin; and Maruc-
eli d. Wolfe and Kahl, Of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Miss Meredith

by his receptionist, Miss Meredith
Munroe.
Becoming III they had stopped at
Mrs. Wolverton's, west Of Gormania,
where they had rented two cabins.
Miss Munroe sent for an ambulance
and local physician, but he was dead
upon their arrival.
The deceased was born in Nauvoo,
Pa, April 20, 1880, and was aged 6S.
He was member Of the Seventh Day
Adventist church, a Fellow of the
American College of Physicians, a
professor of Medicine at the College
of Medical Evangelists, Los Angeles.
Surviving are his wife, DR.. Belle
Wood Comstock; two sons, DR.. De-
Loss Comstock, Kenneth Comstock;
two daughters, Mrs. w. R. Nelson
and Miss Marthel Comstock, and
three grandchildren, all of Los Ange-
les; also one brother, |. NJ. Comstock,
Morris, Pa; and one sister, Mrs.
Josephine Ashley, Los Angeles.
His remains were brought to the
Bolden Funeral Home in Oakland and
later shipped to Los Angeles where
funeral services will be conducted on
Saturday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
DIED
WILLIAM w. HARVEY

A funeral service was held at 2:30
p. m, last Friday in the Mt. Bethel
Methodist church for William Wesley
Harvey. 81, retired farmer, who died
at his home in Peerless, near Kitz-
miller, following long illness. Inter-
ment was at Elk Garden.
A member of Mt. Bethel Methodist
church, Mineral Lodge No. 1902, To-
OF, Elk Garden, and Council No. y,
Junior GUAM, Blaine, Mr.. Harvey
was born July 30, 1867, near Swanton.
Besides his widow, Mrs. BERTHE
Blanche Wilson Harvey, he is sur
vived by seven daughters, Mrs. Mar
garet Whetsell Mrs. Abigail Davis,
Akron, O.; Mrs Mildred Beeman, of
Vindex; and Mrs. Orval Sharpless,
Mrs. Myrtle Paugh, Mrs, Vera Sharp
less and Mrs. Minnie Whitacre, all
of Kitzmiller; and five sons, Ray,
Asbury, William s., Everett and
Charles Ray Harvey, Kitzmiller.
Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Jane Whitacre, Kitzmiller, and Mrs.
Laura Sharpless, Deer Park; broth
er, Owen Harvey, Kitzmiller, 40
grandchildren and % great grandchil-
dren.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Shallnar In First
Place in League

Shallmar moved back into first
place in the Upper Potomac Baseball
League as a result of the weeks
games. Oakland was in second place
with Kitzmiller, Klondyke and Cree
lin next in consecutive order.
Crellin was moving up in the
league with wins over both Kitz-
miller and Oakland during the week.
Crellin shut out the Oakland team
40 last Thursday and on Sunday
trimmed Kitzmiller 16 to 3.
In Sundays games Shallmar blank
ed Loeb Lynn SO, Oakland took the
measure of Swanton AZ, Klondyke
won a doubleheader from Elk Gar
den 80 and 1910, in addition to the
Kitzmiller-Crellin tussle.
At Swanton Bob Glaze twirled Oak
land to victory, scattering nine hits
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County, Md. She died at her home on
Tuesday evening, July 27, following a
years illness She was member of
he Evangelical United Brethren
Church and the Woodmen Circle of
Swanton.
Mr. Shaw, the son of the late Dor
sey Maurice and Emma Brown Crib
BILE Shaw, was born at Hopwood, Fay
cite County, Pa. He was telegraph
operator for the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, Keyser, and be-
longed to the Woodmen at Terra Alta
and the Brotherhood of Railway Tele-
graph operators. He died from heart
attack at his residence, little more
than five hours after his wifes death.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are survived by
one daughter, Elfreda Shaw, and two
sons, Wayne w. Shaw and Maurice A.
Shaw, all at home. Mrs. Shaw is sur
vived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane
Swetzer Friend, Swanton; eight
brothers, Arthur E. Friend, Mt Lake
Park; and J. Wilmer, Grant, Lenvel,
Bruce, Burke, Leslie and Chester
Friend, all of Swanton; three sisters,
Mrs. George d. Beckman, Mrs. Hay
ward Custer and Mrs. Michael Frantz,
all of Swanton, and several nieces and
nephews.
Mr.. Shaw is survived by one broth
er, Alvie H. Shaw, Keyser, and sever
al nieces and nephews.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
MRS. HUBERT BOWMAN

Mrs. Hubert Glotfelty Bowman, so,
of McHenry, died at her home about
8 o'clock on Saturday evening, after
an illness of about two hours. She be-
came paralyzed while milking the
cows at o'clock, and was carried to
the house.
She was a daughter of Mrs. Hattie
Lowdermilk Glotfelty and the late
George S. Glotfelty, McHenry. She
was born February %, 1898, in Nc
Henry. She was a member of the
Methodist church at Hoyes, and also
a member of the Woodmen Circle,
and the WSCS Of the Methodist
church. She was a former postmis-
tress at McHenry.
She is survived by her husband,
Hubert Bowman, McHenry; one sor,
Charles Bowman, McHenry; hoF
mother, two sisters, Mrs Waltc.'
Hamill, near Deer Park; Miss Jeai
cite Glotfelty, McHenry; and one
brother, Frederick Glotfelty, Oakland.
The funeral service was held at II
o'clock 4. M, from the Sand Flat
Tabernacle, and interment was in the
Flatwoods cemetery near McHenry.
Rev George W Simpson officiated,
and was assisted by Rev w. E. Wade
and Rev. c. w. Fraker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
COVE

Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Weber and
sons, of Grecntown, Ohio, spent the
weekend with relatives here and at
tended the Burkhart reunion on Sat
urday.
DR.. and Mrs. Peter Yatchyshyn and
daughter, Lana, Donora, Pa, were
Sunday afternoon guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Richter
Guests this week of Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Margrotf are Mr.. and Mre.
Bryson Martin and Gayle, of Dayton,
Ohio, Mrs. Lewis Zahner and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs Marian Stout and
daughter, of Ohio, Mrs Matilda Mar
CROFT, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tompson
and sons, of Akron, Ohio,
Alma, Ester and Claudine Opel and
Hubert Thomas We're Sunday even
ing guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Margroff.
Mr.. Rob Roy Paugh attended the
funeral of his aunt at Deer Park,
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Bert Griffith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Richter spent Sunday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Griffith, at Addison.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bulkhart and
family, of Dallas, Texas, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Harmon last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Krause was visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Harmon,
returning to her home at Reisters-
town, last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Hartman
visited with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. John Friend,
at Addison, Sunday afternoon. They
also visited Mrs. Matilda LETTERS and
son at Mill Run.
Miss Rose Miller, of Accident, re-
Gently visited with Mr. and Mrs
Lewis Hartman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Richter were
shopping in Uniontown, Pa, Satur-
day.
Miss Mary McClintock, of Frost
burg, is spending her vacation with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. r.
McClintock.
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Ringer and
Maxine and Charles, of Grantsvilc;
Robert and Kathyrn, Mr. and Mrs
Ruth Griffith, and Reed Richter were
picnicking at Browning's dam, Sun
day.
WI. anu NlIS. ILIldS NICNlIulOCk. vi
and Mrs. Albert Richter and family,
Mrs. Everett McClntock and son,
MIR. and Mrs. Frederick Smith AND
sons and Miss Mary McClintock were
picnicking at Deep Greek Lake, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chidester, of
Arizona, and Donald Chidestcr,
Frostburg, are spending a week with
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Hickman
and son spent Saturday night at
Confluence, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Richter ard
daughter, of Belle Vernon, Pa, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Griffith.
Mr.. Paul Thomas, Bertha and
Beulah Hartman spent Sunday after
noon at Swallow Falls.
Sunday evening guests of Mr. and
Mrs Clayton Resi- were Paul arc
Melvin Smith. Owen Bach, Of Acct
dent, Ain and Homer Hanft, Mary
Ringer and Betty Richter and Ho-
bert Bowser.
Mr.. and Mrs Rob Roy Paugh at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Hubert
Bowman, at Sand Flat, Tuesday af-
tcrnoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
JOINT SHAW RITES

Joint funeral services for Mrs.
Blanche Elizabeth Shaw, "a, and her
husband, Eddie William Shaw, 60,
were held Friday afternoon at 2:30
from the Evangelical United Brethren
Church, Keyser, with Rev. c. W..
Fraker, McHenry, officiating. Inter
ment was in Queens Point Cemetery.
Mrs. Shaw, the daughter of Josiah
G. Friend and Mary Jane Sweitzer
Friend, was born in Swanton, Garrett
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
DIR. DANIEL d. COMsToCK

Dr.. Daniel Deloss Comstock, ply
stefan Of Los Angeles, Cal, died near
Gormania last Thursday evening as
result of heart attack.
He came East recently to visit
relatives in Pennsylvania and was
enroute to his home. He had gone to
Washington, D. c., and was being ac-
companied from there to California
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Marriage Announced

Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Josephine john
son and Howard F. King, which took
place on Thursday, July %, at Reno,
Nevada. The couple will reside at the
McCloud hotel in McCloud, California.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Two Enlist In Army

James Robert O'Haver and John
Thornton Wilt, both of Swanton, en-
listed in the U. S. Army corps of
engineers at the recruiting station in
Cumberland last week, it was an
nounced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

American, British and French diplo-
mats in Moscow asked for meeting
with Stain in effort to settle differ
ences in Germany.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

Crellin coupled two hits with two err
rors for all of its runs, breaking up
the mound duel between Lewis and
James. Lewis famed ten batsmen.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
Clemson Keeps
Record Clean;
Wins Al To @

Clemson, S. C. Nov. 6-(P)-
The Clemson College Tigers kept
clean here today by swamping
the Furman University Hurri-
cane, 41-0.
A sunbaked crowd of $4,000
watched Clemson hold down the
scoring by liberal substituting.
Furman was the Tigers sixth
victim of the season, its third
in Southern Conference circles.
A muddy field hampered play
on both sides. A steady morn
ing rain had quit two hours be-
fore the game time.
Clemson drove go, 46, 88, 90,
64 and 81 yards for its scores.
The Hurricane got to the Tiger
10 in the second period when
center jim Covinoton covered
Clemson tumble Passes failed.
On only one other occasion did
the Hurricane penetrate Glenn
son territory, to the 40, but to
no avail.
Fullback Fred Cone plunged
and broke through the middle
for gains ranging from three to
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07

81 yards in the first tiger scof-
ing drive. Left halfback Bobby
Gage interspersed two 10 yard
runs. Cone went over from the
four. Sub Fullback Jack Miller
booted the extra point from
placement, his 18th of the season
and his first of the afternoon S
five.
1ight halfback Ray Matthews
got his first touchdown Of the
afternoon on Clemson's next
series of plays, a cutback off
left guard for 81 yards.
Clemson held off in the second
quarter, but racked up two more
in the third period. The first
was on 12-yard Gage pass to
end Jim Poulos in the end zone,
ending an 88-yard march. The
other was by Matthews on a 29-
yard left end sweep climaxing
a 92-yard drive.
Again in the final period the
Tigers went twice for scores.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07

New York, Nov. 6-(AP)-Ar-
my decisively scored its seventh
straight victory of the season to-
day by overpowering Stanford
43 to 0 in Yankee Stadium be-
fore 46,695.
1t was the first time in three
meetings that Army has defeat
ed Stanford, and the highest
score any opponent has run up
this year on the Big Reds rated
only 20 points behind the Cadets
on the strength of walloping
Washington 200 and barely los
ing to Southern California 7-6.
Stanford's previous worst defeat
was 27-14 by Santa Clara.
Army had too many fast backs
for the faltering Stanford line
Gil Stephenson. Arnold Galiffa,
Harold Shutz, Bobby Jack Stuar
and Rudy Cosentino all making
Sc ac''lar dashes.
Stanford's one big offensive
threat, Fullback Emery Nit :
chell, was carried off the field
just after Army scored its first
touchdown in the first period,
but despite his 'oss Stanford
kept plugging ana once reached
the Army five only to fold.
Cosentino's 78-yard touchdown
run in the last period was the
longest gain of the game, but
Galiffa-whose passing wa S
sharp all day-scored on 4 l.
yard dash, Stuart ripped off 60
yards to tally, and Shultz had
a 56-yard run to his credit. Ste
phenson scored once on plunge
and set up the touchdown with
a 8-yard gain on a shovel pass
from Galiffa.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
RICHMOND BEATS
DAVIDSON 'CATJ
BY so COUNT

Davidson, Nov. 6-(P)-Rich-
mond University's Spiders capi-
talized on a third period block
ed punt today and defeated Da-
wilson Colleges Wildcats, 6 to
0.
On a rain-soaked field, block
ing back Bernard Hofbauer
broke through and slammed into
Bert Anderton's kick on the Da-
wilson 26. A wild scramble a.
cross soggy turf finally ended
on the two yard line with Ed
Ralston, Spider fullback, cover
ing it.
On the first pay Ralston ram
'med over center for the score
as Davidson's Homecoming
rrowd of $500 groaned. Frank
Thompson failed to convert
when a bad pass from center
delayed Tom Billingsley in set
ting the ball upright.
Both CLUBS were handicapped
by driving showers that raked
the field for the first three per-
iods.
Wet conditions rendered the
overhead game risky business,
but Davidson elected to try Il
passes. 1t completed seven for
81 yards. Richmond tried not
a single pass.
Davidson's boldest bid fol
points came midway of the oper
ing period when Charlie Sutton
field fumoled on the Spider q
and Buddy Chandler recovered
| for Davidson. Jim Sifford 60
three yards in two tries, two
passes, Auburn Lambeth to Jake
Ashmore, carried only to the II
and the ball went over.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
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SPORTS
Weldon High Hands l4-7 Loss
To Courtland High Friday

Courtland, Va. - Weldon High
took advantage of some accur-
ate passing and hard-charging
line here Friday afternoon to
hand Courtland's football team
q 14-7 setback.
Weldon got first score when
Raymond (Buddy) Bass snag-
ged pass thrown by Jimmy
Johnson and move into the end
zone for the touchdown. Robert
1nabnett plunged through the
CORTLAND line to add the extra
point for the visitors.
Weldon sewed up the victory
WI 4 team co-captain Billy
Johnson, hard-cnarging tackle,
broke through on a CORTLAND
punt attempt to block the punt
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
Football
Scorebourd
BY The Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
Army 43, Stanford 0
Penn State 13, Pennsylvania
Dartmouth 26, Columbia 81.
Princeton At, Harvard 7.
Cornell IA, Colgate 6.
Holy Cross 16, Duquesne 13.
Yale So, Kings Point 0.
Brown 36, Western Reserve O..
Northwestern 16, Wisconsin Z.
Notre Dame 46, Indiana 6.
Illinois IA, Iowa 0.
Michigan 35, Navy 0.
Ohio State Al, Pittsburgh 0.
Michigan State At, Marquette
Dayton 7, Miami (O.)
William & Mary 7, North
Carolina 7 (tie).
Tennessee 13, Georgia Tech 6.
Clemson Al, Furman o.
Wake Forest 27, Duke 20.
Georgia 20, Florida IL.
Virginia 81, North Carolina
State IA.
Richmond 6, Davidson o.
Maryland 10, South Carolina
Hampden-Sydney 80, Gallau-
det o.
Wofford Is, Presbyterian 6.
Santa Barbara 27, California
Aggies 6.
High School Football
BY The Associated Press
Central, Charlotte 6 Reynolds,
Winston-Salem 6
Cooleemee 13 Walnut Cove IL
Sparta 80 Taylorsville 0
Barium Springs 10, Thomas
vile 6.
Randleman 6 Liberty 0
Rankin Is Summerfield 7
Curry 80 Pilot 10
Children's Home 7 Spencer 0
Statesville 38 North Wilkesborc
Wilkesboro 10. Boone 7.
Elm City 26 Saratoga 6
Pittsboro 48 Stantonsburg 18
Cary 0
Perquimans, Hertford 7 colum
bia 0
Methodist Orphanage, Raleigl
AZ Durham County 6
Farmville 7 South Edgecombe
Ossipee 81 Stoneville 20
Burlington 10 Salisbury 0
Kannapois 13 Asheboro 6
Lexington 18 Mooresville 0
Mebane 6 Gibsonville 6 (tie)
Wa1kertown Is Hartse1 6
Elkin 38 Boonville 13
High Point 10 Greensboro 6
Gastonia 20 Asheville 0
Tabor City 79 Shallotte Z
LAGRANGE 20. Warsaw 0.
Oxford Orphanage 80 Smith
field 13
Oxford High 70 Roanoke Rap
ids 0
Fayetteville 38 Raleigh 6
Ahoskie 80 Manteo 0
Kinston 40 Norlina 0
Selma 80 Angler 0
Clinton 43 EMF 0
New Bern 7 Swansboro o
Wallace 13 Ayden 0
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07

deep in the CORTLAND territory.
The ball bounded into the end
zone and Tommy Gardner fell
on it for a touchdown. Inabinett
again hit the line to add the
second extra point in two tries.
Outstanding in the Weldon
backfield, according to Coach
Jesse Parker, were Jimmy John.
son and Inabinett, while the
standouts in the line play were
Willie Ray Medlin and Billy
Johnson.
Next Friday Weldon will be
favored when they clash with
Murfreesboro.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
NLan And Mary Pulls Upset To Tie Caoinas Tar Heels 7To7
aant Yellow Jackets 7Wn Best Game But Lose To Oxford To
Army Continues Unbeofen March
By Defeating Stanford 43 To o

The game, considered the big
city substitute for the once dy-
manic Notre Dame Army series,
was marked by loud booing
whenever Coach Red Blaik of
Army changed his complete
team, as is his system on offense
and defense.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07
Tornado Fails
To Halt This
Gridiron Tilt

Rockmart, Ga, -(AP) A
round $500 fans braved the wea-
ther - brother, and how -
to watch a high school bootball
game here Friday night.
A tornado was blowing just IL
miles away at Cedartown.
Winds of $3.50 miles per hour
whipped across the field, some
times carrying punts straight up.
Rain covered the playing field
until not a blade of grass was
showing.
Mud coated the players until
nobody in the stands could tell
who was on what team.
The referees had to untangle
pile-ups fast to keep the bottom
man from drowning.
But though the game looked
more like water polo than foot
ball, nobody seemed to care.
Rockmart was playing Rome
and that's an important game
in these parts.
Rockmart won finally on a 40
yard swim by Fullback Jim Col
den. The score was 60.
ids band put on a halftime for
nation show.
The game was hard-fought and
clean football was the order of
the evening, penalties being few
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-07

s N G E K Frances Yeend.
opera and concert soprano, does
handstand during Florida vaca-
ton between engagements.
Inc most western point. in the
United States is Cape AlVa,
Washington.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Bv An9elo Patri

There are some things that should
not be told to children, If 1t Is at
all possible to keep from them Sc
curely. Securely is the point OF the
matter.
A child born out Of wedlock Is a
child disgraced, according to the
attitude OF most people. 1t is too
bad but it is so, and as such, a child
is made to suffer severely for some
thing he had nothing to do with. If
we can spare him we ought to do so,
first making sure that nobody will
spring the truth on him and shock
him beyond repair.
It is said to know that there are
such people who like to spread such
unfortunate truths even when they
concern helpless children. But they
exist and they must be reckoned
with and the child protected from
their gossip by telling him as much
about his birth and parentage as
will make any such shock easiereto
take. II he can be saved the hard
truth, spare him.
Adopted children should be told
early in their association with theiI
new parents that they were choset,
to be their son or daughter. Beyond
that bare fact, little else need bt
said. When they are old enough te
ask questions about their birth, they
are unusually stable enough, secure
enough in their home relationships
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Family Secrets

to be told such details as seem ne
cessary.
Then there are the children who
never saw their own fathers because
they were killed in the war. Their
mothers remarked and the child
has a new father. It is always best
to let the child know this even when
he has been given his new fathers
name. Too many people know his
history to keep the secret safe.
For such children some token OF
their fathers being should be about
their room-a picture of him, some
personal belonging, so that the child
learns, almost unconsciously, that
he had q father other than the one
he knows. This saves him from un-
necessary shock and allows him to
stand on firm ground in family re-
lationships.
And the children whose father is
in jail. If that can be kept from
them it is better so but there is
usually scant possibility of hiding
the fact. In any case, it Is not to
be told them until they are old
enough to understand the situation
and to find comfort and strength in
other sources. Such children need
acutely the friendly help of under
standing men who, to the degree in
their power, replace the fatherly
care they miss otherwise. Life spares
nobody, not even children, but we
can with loving sympathy and un-
derstanding spare them some things.