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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

you look at it crosswise," in the words
of one sugarman. Furthermore, syrup
from buddy sap is inferior in flavor.
In Garrett county sugaring usually
"saps off" during the last week of
March OF the first week of April, al
though it has continued as late as
April 25.
Once the main maple water" run
is under way, the sugarmen are hard
pressed to keep abreast of it. The
liquid from each of Mr.. Stanton's
,45O keelers must be collected daily.
For this work the sugar crews use
two horse-drawn gathering tanks, one
Of 2t0-gallon capacity, the other only
slightly smaller
In these tanks the maple water is
hauled to the camp" The camp on
Mr. Stanton's farm was erected by the
present owners father in 1888 and is
still sturdy, although the surfaces of
its weathered, silver-gray timbers are
so soft they can be scored with a
thumbnail.
The camp is made up of several
processing shacks grouped under one
roof, and nestled against the side of
a hill. A road to an unloading lodge
runs along the hillside directly above.
Here the horse-drawn tanks discharge
their maple water into a receiving
vat, from which it runs down through
series of followed logs to storage
and boiling watts in the shacks.
The maple water demands constant
attention during its processing. 1t will
set" or sour, if allowed to warm up
too long before being boiled. Zach
season the Stantons let one barrel of
it set into vinegar, then mix this
half -and-half with their apple cider
vinegar. This mixture, they say, is
much better than straight cider vine
gar.)
On occasion, the STATIONS have
poured off their first batch of maple
syrup only seven or eight hours after
the first keller was emptied, but
more often the time has been ten to
twelve hours. Steady, even boiling is
preferable to speed.
The process is this. From the stor-
age watts. the maple water is piped
into boiling pans. When it becomes
slightly syrupy it is piped to finish
ing tank. There as it continues to boil,
it is tested frequently by weight and
by hydrometer until the right draw
mg-otf point is reached
In the old days, sugarmen deter
mined the drawing-off point by seeing
when a dipperful of syrup would
"sheet-off" pour in a broad sheet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

instead of narrow watery stream
or by watching the speed of the bub-
bles that rise in the boiling mass. BY
those inexact methods, however, they
sometimes cheated their customers
with thin syrup, and sometimes
cheated themselves with an unduly
thick one. Nowadays instruments are
used.
When it has boiled down to the
proper consistency, the syrup is
drawn off and passed through heavy
felt filters to remove small amounts
of niter-a gray, muddy impurity.
Then it is barreled or canned for
shipping.
1t is an open secert of the trade
that as late as few years ago many
barrels of Maryland syrup were regu-
larly shipped to Vermont. In recent
years several Garrett county sugar
men have formed a cooperative
organization and now sell directly to
consumers all over the country. Gold
en- prime and fancy grade syrups at
present bring about 81 a gallon.
Not all Of the finished syrup stays
syrup, however Some is ladled into
huge iron kettles to be made into
maple sugar. This is done merely by
boiling it bit longer, at a higher
temperature, and stirring it until it
is thick enough to pour into molds In
this form it is called cake sugar.
Another form is "crumb sugar"
which looks like common brown
sugar This is used in many Garrett
county homes to sweeten breakfast
cereals; it is also used by chewing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07
Homemakers' Board
To Meet April 22nd

The Executive board of the Garrett
County Council of Homemakers clubs
will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank
Spoerlein in Accident on Friday, April
%, at 1920 a. m. Miss Venia NJ. Kel-
lar, assistant director of Extension
Service in Maryland, will be guest
Action will he taken on the revision
of the Constitution and Bylaws.
Miss Eleanor K Dearborn, Home
Demonstration agent, held a work
meeting in picture framing in the En-
tension office for members of the
Oakland Homemakers' club last Fri
day.
a similar meeting will be held in
the U. B. aid hall, Loeb Lynn, Thurs
day, April 7, for the members of the
Mt. Lake Park-Loch Lynn and Vindex
clubs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Brenneman
celebrated their fiftieth wedding an
niversary at their home at McHenry,
on Sunday, April 3rd, with an open
house in the afternoon and evening,
when some hundred friends and rela-
tives called.
Their eldest son and his wife from
Akron, Ohio, joined the other two
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Duck
worth and Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
Brenneman, of McHenry.
Also attending were Mrs. Brenne-
mans sisters, Mrs. John A. DeLaw-
der, of Washington, D. c.; Mrs. f. A.
Weimer, of Hudson, Ohio; Mr.. and
Mrs j. Hartley Wilson, of Blackstone,
Va; Mrs. James Y. Wilson, Washing
ton; and her brother and wife, Mr..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07
Grantsville Soldier
To Be Re-Buried

The body Of Sgt. Burl E. Wiley
arrived Tuesday, April 5, at Grants
vile and will remain at the Winter
berg Funeral home until Sunday.
Reburial services will be conducted
Sunday, April 10, at p. M, from
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry f. Miller, near Grants
vile. Rev. D J. Combs, pastor of the
Grantsville Methodist church, will Of
ficiate Full military rites will be con-
Quoted at the Grantsville cemetery
by the American Legion, post 2l4.
Sgt. Wiley was born April 18th,
1923, at Kingtown, w. Va. He was
graduated from Grantsville High in
the class of 1871, He entered service
in January, 1914, and received basic
training at Camp Walters, Tex. He
was sent overseas in August, 1914
Sgt. Wiley served with the 8th
division of the 121st infantry in Ger
many and France, until he was killed
April 7, 1915, somewhere in Germany.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs.
Verna B. Miller; step-father, Harry
E. Miller, Grantsville; father, Wait
man T. Wiley, Ketterman, Calf. al
so three half sisters, Mrs. Harry
Billmeyer, Grantsville; Miss Dora
May Miller, Cumberland; Miss Patsy
Ann Miller, at home; and one half
brother, Johnny Lee Miller, at home
also his maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Barr, New Martins
vile, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

and Mrs. Brison Glotfelty. Addison,
Pa; Mr.. Brenneman's brother and his
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Brenneman,
of Akron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brenneman were mar
ried at Mt. Lake Park in 1899 by Rev.
J. f. johnson, and have lived in Gar
rett county most of their lives. Mr..
Brenneman served two terms in the
House of Delegates at Annapolis from
1889 to 1915.
Delightful refreshments were served.
The wedding cake, sent from Wash
ington, graced one end of the table
with a punch bowl at the other end,
centered with a bowl of yellow roses.
The house was decorated with yellow
roses sent the hosts in memory of
the occasion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07
Seedlings Distributed

Around $4,000 trees are being dis
tributed to Garrett county farmers
through the Soil Conservation ser
vice. About $4,000 were distributed
in Allegany county
They are distributed without charge
to farmers cooperating in soil con-
servation programs. Wildlife food
and shelter shrubs totaling about
$4,000 seedlings, have been divided
among farmers in the two counties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

Mr.. Stanton has 206 acres, and 80
of these are covered by maple groves,
in which 900 to 900 trees are tapped
every spring. Each tree is hung with
one to three keelers; ,450 were put
out this season.
Many maple sugarmen hang from
four to six keelers to a tree, and one
Garrett countian has maple on
which he regularly hangs sixteen or
eighteen, but Mr. Stanton believes
such heavy tapping might harm the
trees.
A sugar maple can be tapped, Mr.
Stanton says, as soon as it attains a
diameter of 10 or ~ inches. A tree
that size is about so years old, and it
can be expected to yield annually for
200 years. Tapping, the sugarman
comments, apparently has no effect
on the growth or life span of the tree.
The tapping holes seal themselves
soon after the spiles are withdrawn.
With his equipment ready, the
sugarman stands by, ready to tap his
trees at the proper cue from the
weather. Maple water begins to run
when the first thaw sets in. At the
first sign of the thaw, Mr.. Stanton
and his men load the heavy farm
stoneboat with stacks of keelers,
throw on a box of spiles and set out
for the maple groves.
With braces and bits they bore
holes in the trees, or 3 feet above
the base and at least 6 or inches
from any previous years hole. They
hammer a Spite into each hole, and
hang the keelers on and cover them
with sheets of tin.
In good sugaring weather the drip-
ping maple water fills the keelers in
% hours. An average tree yields 40 to
so gallons in a season; some of the
good leakers" have yielded 100 to
1925.
The average trees 40 OF 50 gallons
of water produces one gallon of syrup
which, by Government standards,
must weigh eleven pounds. A gallon
of syrup, in turn, boils down to
about eight pounds of sugar.
The first run of maple water is
considered the best. The syrup from
this run is pale, golden and clear, and
most delicate in flavor. 1t brings
higher price. Also, its sugar content
is the highest Of the season.
If the thaw continues, the naples
generally yield freely for three or
four days, then slow up. When this
happens, the sugarman hopes for bad
weather If the thaw is followed by
few days of freezing cold, the trees
will yield freely for another three or
four days when the next thaw sets
in. In Garrett county the season
usually runs to five or six thaws and
freezes.
The worst possible kind of spring,
from the sugarman's standpoint, is
very brief and clean-cut one. For
sugaring is over when the buds on
the naples swell
At that time, instead of maple
water" the trees yield "buddy sap"
yellow fluid that is extremely diff
ficult to work. It'll sour quicker'n
milk, and it'll gum up the tanks if
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07

The House passed bill repeating
the 63-year-old Federal tax on yellow
oleomargarine by a vote of 287 to 49,
1t now goes to the Senate.
A twister hit the Uniontown area,
damaging the Country club and sew
eral homes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07
New Councilnen Are
Sworn In; Baumgartner
Named President

At reorganization meeting of the
Mayor and Town Council of Oakland
on Monday evening, recently elected
councilmen were sworn in by Mayor
Joseph Hinebaugh, and DR.. E. l.
Baumgartner was again named presi-
dent of the group.
Appointments included the follow
ing: Arthur Lawton, clerk-collector;
William Sheets, night police; James
Compton, water superintendent; jim
Lewis, assistant; L. r. Jones, city
attorney; Lee R. Mason, weighmaster;
John j. Sweeney, day police The lat
ter is eligible for retirement on June
Is, 1919. Mr.. Lawton is beginning his
eleventh year as clerk-collector.
Committees will include the follow
ing: water and streets, DR.. E. |.
Baumgartner, chairman; Harry L.
Stemple, Earl Shartzer, Emeric Dusic,
Mayor Hinebaugh, ex-officio; golf
Ralph Pritts. chairman; Emeric Dus-
ic and Prentice DeBerry; finance,
Prentice DeBerry, chairman; DR.. f.
l. Baumgartner, Harry L. Stemple,
Ralph Pritts.
A new public relations committee
was named consisting of Emeric Dus-
is, chairman; Stemple, Shartzer and
Mayor Hinebaugh.
Pass Resolution
A resolution was passed at the
regular meeting requesting the State
Roads commission to hard-top the
shoulders on Third street, between
Green and Center. The resolution
pointed out that the commission had
jurisdiction in the matter and ex-
pressed a hope for early consider
alton.
Request Deed
Walter ". Dawson and Emroy Boil
den were before the council in refer
ence to money for band expenditures
and also in regard to the town turning
over an outright deed to the property
on Third street, adjacent to the Coca
Cola plant, upon which the firemen
plan to erect a building. The council
agreed but stipulated that if the fire
department organization ever ceased
to exist that the lot would revert to
the property of the town.
R. l.. Smith appeared in regard to
improvement of the road leading to
his residence. The audit of the books
of the clerll-collector and treasurer
by Harland l.. Jones, was approved.
Mayor Hinehaugh was authorized to
renew the garbage contract with j.
Edward Tasker at last years contract
price.
A permit was granted to Mrs. Edna
Ruff to erect 4-room dwelling on
Bartlett street, size &c by % feet, one
story, frame, with brick shingles and
composition roof.
The Moose lodge revised its permit
and reduced the request to a build
ing one-story in height on their
lot on the East side of Third street,
adjacent to the Arthur Savage gar
age, the size to be 40 by 80, of cnder
block and brick construction. The
lodge was granted a permit last year
for a two-story building there.
The town authorized the clerk-col-
lector to borrow $1,000 to pay for the
town garage, recently erected.
Receipts were below average, and
included $493.41 for water, $173.34 /
for taxes. Expenses amounted to &c.
636.2S and included $3,250 for a roller,
$3.50 for refunding bond coupons,
$4,000 for a carload of pipe. Movie
tax amounted to $102.65.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-04-07
Swans on Lake

Five white swans were much in
evidence Sunday on the lake, at
Mt. Lake Park. One still remained
there early this week.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Brazilian Attacbe
and Wife H0n0red

The new Military Attache o1
the Brazilian Embassy, Gen. Edgar
do Amaral and Nine. do Amaral
were the guests in whose honor
the Assistant Military Attache
Col. Augusta Fragoso and Nine
Fragoso entertained at dinner last
evening. The party was given in
the Chinese room of the Hotel
Mayfower and the guests included
members Of the Inter american
Defense Board, the military and
naval attaches Of Latin American
diplomatic missions as we'll as Of
fcers of the United States serv-
ices, members of the Brazilian
Embassy staff and number from
residential circles.
The Brazilian Ambassador, Mr.
Mauricio Nabuco, just back from
Florida, was there and others In
the company were the Brazilian
Ministers, Mr.. Alfranio Mello
Franco and Mr.. Walder Sarmanho
with Nine. Mello Franco and
Nine. Sarmanho. Also at the
party were 1t. Gen. and Mrs
Willis Crittenberger, Maj. Gen
and Mrs. Leroy Irwin, Maj. Gen
and Mrs. Alexander Boiling, Maj
Gen. and Mrs. Robert Walsh
Mai. Gen. and Mrs. William Nor
ris, Rear Admiral and Mrs. o. B
Hardison, and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. L. A, MatheWSon.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Embassy Dinner

The Swedish Ambassador and
Nine. Bohemian entertained at
dinner last evening. their guests
including the French Ambassador
and Nine. Bonnet, the Canadian
Ambassador and Mrs. Hume
Wrong, the Luxembourg Minister
and Nine. LIE Calais, the Director
of European Affairs of the State
Department and Mrs. John D.
Hickerson, the United States Min
lister to Bucharest, Mr.. Rudolf E.
Schoenfeld; Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony
]. Drexel Biddle, the former 1tal-
ian Ambassador and Signora
Rosso and members of the Swed-
iSh Embassy staff.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
McNmcb-Coffyn
Ceremony Held

Mrs. Eleanor Wildwood Coffyr
was married to Col. Joseph H
McNinch yesterday, Judge Nathan
Cayton officiating. 1t. Col. Nal.
colin E. Beckham served as best
man and Miss Suzanne A. Ortol
and Mrs. Frederick S. Cooksley
were the bridal attendants.
Mrs. McNinch is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles N. Mid
wood of Lowell, Mass. She was
graduated from Simmons College
and served as a WAVE with the
rank Of junior grade lieutenant
She recently resigned as chief o1
the Reference Division OF the
Army Medical Library.
Col. McNinch Is the son OF Mrs
s. I. McNinch Of Noblesville. Ind
He received his bachelor and med
ical degrees from Ohio State Uni
versity and served in Europe dur
ing the last war. He now is direc-
tor Of the Army Medical Library
and chief Of the Historical Divi-
sion in the Surgeon Generals
Office.
Mrs. Cooksley was hostess al
one of the prenuptial parties TO;
Col. and Mrs. McNinch entertain
ing at the American Newspaper
Women's Club of which the hostess
is a member. Other fetes before
the wedding included a shower Of
the Misses Eleanor Hastings. Ruth
Macdonald and Anita Welge ir
Miss Hartings home and a tee
given by the staff Of the Reference
division
Evening star., 1949-03-02
1912 Daughters Plan
Benefit Gard Party

A benefit card party to assist
the philanthropic work OF the
District Society, United States
Daughters of 1912, will be held
Saturday afternoon at the Bur-
lington Hotel.
Mrs. Ernest Lansdale Etchison
jr., general chairman of arrange
ments, will be assisted by Mrs
Michael l.. Heinrich. Mrs. Harry
II. Harris and Miss Mary Norris
McCabe. Other chairmen are Mrs
William F. Hellmuth, tickets; Mrs
Lewis B. Rhodes and Mrs. R.
Stevens Pendexter, tables; Mrs,
Sol Lansburgh and Miss Mary c.
Oursler, prizes, and Miss Josephine
Adamson, Mrs. George H. Alex
ander and Mrs. Frank Sherman,
candy.
Patronesses, under the chair
manship of Mrs. Charles Henry
Plotner, include Mrs. Lucius Will
ingham Mcconnell, society pres
ident; Mrs. Lloyd Dewitt Smith
and Mrs. Percy Young Schelly,
honorary past presidents national;
Mrs. Frederick B. Ingram, fourth
vice president national; Mrs.
Cyrus Griffin Martin, recording
secretary national; Miss Stella
Pickett Hardy, registrar national,
and Mrs. Lansburgh, honorary
vice president national.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Harscb to Speak
To Peace GrOnb

who's Winning the Cold War?'
will be the subject of an address
by Joseph c. Harsch to be- made
at a luncheon sponsored by the
Women's Action Committee fol
Lasting Peace at / pm. next Tues
day at the Willard Hotel.
The speaker is a news commen-
tator, former foreign correspond
ent and author Of Pattern o1
Conquest"
Mrs. Irving Gumbel is chair.
man of arrangements for the
luncheon which is open to the
public. Mrs. G. K. Arnold, 2501
Calvert street NV, is handling
reservations.
Mrs. Richard Harkness, acting
chairman of the Women's Com
mittee, will present Mr.. Harsch.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Koreaj First Representatives
Host at Large Reception
Party Marks Anniversary
Of Passive Revolution
Bv Betty Murphy

Chang. Special Representative OF the Republic OF
Korea official reception in Washington yesterday
DR. Chang hasn't Ambassador but like
United to Korea John j. Muccio he holds the
rank of be pretty much the same
thing.
In any wardman Park Hotel given
n commemoration anniversary Of the National
Revolution the independence and the
of the Republic of Korea"
So stated the engraved which sent
the Supreme Court the Cabinet Ambassadors
countries Senators and Representatives
paricua those Relations
of
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Dinner HOstesses

Mrs. T. Septimus Austin and
Miss Madeleine Austine enter
tanned "a guests Saturday in
the Wardman Park Hotel apart
ment in compliment to Mrs.
Morris Clifford of Louisville. KY.
Mrs. Clifford, a talented artist,
is particularly we'll known for her
portraits in water color. 1t was
during a recent four-year trip
around the world. with prolonged
sojourns in the Orient, that she
found this medium of the water
color to be especially adapted to
her itinerant painting.
Following the dinner. during
which the guests we're seated at
small tables, Mr.. John v. Hansen,
noted photographer and world
traveller, gave a showing Of some
of his renowned colored moving
pictures.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
sob Congress Cnb
To Honor WiUes
of Ne1V Congress

The wives of members of the
81st Congress will be feted at tea
today by the wives of members OF
the preceding Congress. The 80th
Congress Club will stage their
party from until 5 o'clock at the
United Nations Club.
Greeting guests at the door will
be Mrs. Ralph Harvey, Mrs. Don
aid Jackson and Mrs. John Allen.
There will be no miStaking who's
who, for each guest will be given a
card bearing her name and State,
and every effort will be made to
see that the wives of the fresh
men members of the Congress are
given the warmest of welcomes
since their arrival in Washington.
: Mrs. James Davis of Georgia,
newly elected president of the 80th
Grub, will be in the receiving line,
as will Mrs. Andrew j. Biemiller
who is president of the 81st Club.
Mrs. Charles E. Potter is in
charge OF the arrangements LOT
the tea and will be assisted by the
hospitality committee composed
of Mrs. James P. KEN, Mrs. Ray
mond Baldwin, Mrs. Carroll
Kearns, and Mrs. Edward Miller.
Tea and coffee will be poured by
Mrs. John ]. Sparkman, Mrs. Otto
Passman, Mrs. Donald Nicholson,
Mrs. Albert Carter, Mrs. William
McCulloch, Mrs. Zales Ecton, Mrs.
John w. Bricker, Mrs. Edward
Thye, Mrs. Thor Tollefson, Mrs.
John j. Williams. Mrs. Monroe
Redden, Mrs. Norris Poulson, Mrs.
Carroll Kearns, Mrs. Russell Mack,
Mrs. Walter Riehlman, Mrs. Wint
Smith
Evening star., 1949-03-02
CbaPmans Hosts
1t Cocktails

Yesterdays party at the home
of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. John
Austin Chapman was their first
since Mrs. Chapman got back
from a three months visit in
Australia. She had gone home
to see one son married, the other
graduated, and returned of course
with much good news for Gen.
Chapman and their daughter
Betty.
The Economic Counselor of the
Australian Embassy and Mrs.
Roland Wilson were among those
vino enjoyed the ChapmanS' Spe-
cial brand of hospitality yester-
day, as were the Commercial
Counselor and Mrs. j. U. Garside,
the new Naval Attache and Mrs.
j. c. Morrow, the Air. Attache and
Mrs. M. o. Watson. the First Sec
retary and Mrs. Owen Davis and
the Second Secretary and Mrs.
H. w. Bullock.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Thomas B.
Larkin and Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Edmund H. Leavey headed the
United States military group at
the party, and from the Foreign
Liaison Office there were Col. and
Mrs. Anthony j. Drexel Biddle,
Capt. Adam j. Eisenhauer, Col.
L. w. Proper and Maj. and Mrs.
w. D. Richardson.
And still others who sampled
Mrs. Chapman's speciality, angels
on horseback" (prunes wrapped
in bacon, filled with a secret in
gredient and broiledO, were Col.
and Mrs. Hector M. airing, Col.
and Mrs. Roland c. Brown.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Catholic Alu11znae

A committee of the Catholic
University Alumnae Association
which is planning a scholarship
benefit will be entertained at
buffet supper tomorrow night at
the home Of the president, Miss
Marian Wolberg.
Committee members are Mrs
Fred v. Murphy, chairman; Mrs
Joseph F. Fleming, Mrs. George
P. Hughes, Miss Marcella Maloy
Miss Helen Mullaly, Miss Char
lotte Murphy and Mrs. Jerome A
SanSoucy.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Party for Clarks

The Attorney General and Mrs
Tom c. Clark will be the guests OF
honor of 1t. Col. and Mrs. John
H. Awtry who will give a buffet
supper tomorrow evening at 6:3C
o'clock at the Army and Navy
Club.
Mrs. Awtry will return today
from her home in Scarsdale, N. Y.
which she has closed preparatory
to leaving with Col. Awtry fol
Europe. Col. and Mrs. Awtry will
sail the middle of the month fol
Germany, where the former has
been transferred for duty.