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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
REHEARSALS BEGIN
FOR Centennial
SONG OF THE OAKS
Pageant Narrative Completed
and RehearsaIs Are Started by
ChOir-Chairman Enthusiastic

Enthusiasm about Oakland's
pageant for the centennial cele-
bration, to be called the "Song of
the Oaks" was expressed by Mrs.
Lewis r. Jones, pageant committee
chairman, following the final draft
ing of the scenes and the first re-
hearsal of the musical group Tuesday
evening.
The narrative for the pageant has
been completed by Joseph Sollars,
elementary school principal, and final
drafting of the scenes is to COM
pleted by next week, Mrs. Jones said.
She pointed out that the scenes
were authentic in regard to history
and covered events from the coming
of the McCarty's up to World War II,
including the first school, the organi-
zation of the county and the naming
of Oakland as the county seat. The
pageant is to be directed by Mr.. Sol
lars. The chorus has been selected
and the first rehearsal was held Tues
day evening under the direction Of
Rev. Felix G.. Robinson. Mrs. Jones
said the choir members were cnthusi-
astic about the parts of the ballad
which they will sing. The ballad was
written especially for the centennial
by Rev. Robinson. The next chorus
practice is scheduled for the night of
July 5, in the Methodist church
Mrs. Jones said the actors for the
pageant were being selected and
probably would be announced next
week. In the meantime various COM
mittee chairmen had been named and
already accepted. They included
James Bell, Jr., and Arthur Naylor,
Jr., lighting; Herbert Leighton, ST.,
properties; Mrs. William c. Warfeld,
small properties; Mrs. Paul Naylor
and Mrs. r. f. Weber, costuming.
Mrs. Jones said the Forestry depart
ment would assist in planning ana
preparing the stage settings.
The pageant is to be given on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings during the celebration, Au-
gust 8 to A. and would be presented
on the site for the new high school
building, the former Hamill property,
at the Weber crossroads, between
Oakland and Mt Lake Park.
Admission to the pageant will be
As and rs cents, tax included, and
Mrs. Robert Ruckert is in charge Of
ticket sales.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Big Celebration Is
Planned By Firemen

Plans are materializing for another
huge Fourth of July celebration in
Oakland, sponsored by the Oakland
Fire Department, Inc, it was an
nounced this week.
Already about 20 fire companies
have acknowledged invitations af-
firmatively, a number of which will
bring along their fire apparatus. At
least five bands and two drum corps
will interspersc the line of march.
The parade will begin at l PM,
standard time, and the usual line of
march will be followed beginning on
Oak street and including Third and
Second streets. The procession will
return to Oak, and then cross the
overhead bridge and disband at the
carnival grounds.
The Dumont Shows, consisting of
a number of rides and shows, will be
located on the Old Glades hotel lot,
adjacent to the Manhattan hotel, and
Second street, from Alder to Oak,
will be roped off every night during
the celebration, and all day on July A.
There will be a display of fire
works on July 4, at II pm.
Robert Stanton, in charge Of the
parade, said that the bands and drum
corps include the Fulton Meyers post
of Cumberland, the Kelly Mansfield
post, of Piedmont, the Farrady Post
of Frostburg, drum corps; Parsons,
Meyersdale, Westernport and Oak
land bands.
Fire companies included those of
Kitzmiller, Newburg, Mt. Savage,
Luke, Kingwood, NJ II W n
Friendsville, Tunnelton, Thomas,
Bloomington, Bowman's Addition,
Midland, Sabraton, Belington, and
McCoole. The Bloomington fire de-
partment auxiliary also will be in the
parade. Stanton said that around 100
invitations had been sent out, and
that a number of others were eX-
pected.
General arrangements of the cele-
bration are in charge of A. G. Gort-
ner, w. w. Dawson and Emroy Boil
den.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Bond Drive Here
Reaches 1915 Percent

Reports on the opportunity savings
bond campaign for the period ending
June 25 showed that Garrett county
had sold 1876 percent of its quota of
$4,000 and stands 18th place in the
list of the % counties and Baltimore
city.
Citizens must purchase $17710
worth of 'E" bonds if they are 20
match the record of Hartford and
Baltimore counties which already
have met and over-subscribed their
quota.
The Opportunity campaign ends
formally June 80, but during the next
two weeks, designated by h 2
Treasury Department as accounting
period all E bonds purchased in the
state will be credited towards the
Maryland quota of $12,700,000. The
state has met 500 percent of its
quota.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
KITZMILLER MINER
KILLED BY ROCK
WOIfOrd Fernando, 81, Crushed
To Death While At Work In
HamiIl Mine

Wolford Richard Fernando, %,
father of five small children, was
killed last Thursday afternoon when
a piece of rock fell and crushed him
while he was working in the Hamill
mine at Kitzmiller.
The accident happened about PAS
while working with four other men in
a section Of the mine operated by the
McNitt coal company. DR.. Ralph Cal
andrella, Kitzmiller physician, said
Fernando died Of a fractured neck,
crushed chest, fracture of the right
ankle and internal injuries. He said
the miner was killed instantly.
w. c. Paugh, mine foreman, said
he was supervising job in which
Perando and three other men were
shoveling coal on to a conveyor in
the seventh right section Of the mine
when a large piece Of rock fell from
the roof and struck Fernando, who was
knceling at his work Paugh said
the other three Immediately pulled
the huge slab from Perando's body
and took him to the Sharpless Funer-
al Home at Blaine where he was pro-
nounced dead. Three other eyew:t-
nesscs, according to Paugh, were
Roland Davis, John Harvey and
Leonard Craver. The Hamill mine is
near the Nethken pit where five men
lost their lives last November when
the main heading Of the mine filled
with smoke and fumes.
DR.. Z. l. Baumgartner, deputy state
medical examiner, investigated the
Hamill mine accident.
Fernando was a member of Local
22O4, United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca, Blaine. He was born in Blaine,
March ,, 1917, a son Of Scott Richard
Perando and Maude Virginia Peran-
do, Kitzmiller
He is survived, besides his parents,
by his widow, Mrs Madeline Virginia
Burgess Perando, and his five chill
dren, Joan Louise, II; Wolford Eu-
gene, s; Alden Randolph, 6; Dale Ed
ward, e, and Eva Mae, four months.
Also surviving are five brothers
Charles NJ, Augusta, w. Va; Jesse
Washington; Franklin NJ, patient in
Fitzsimmons General hospital, Den
yer; and Jack and Ray, both at home;
four sisters, Mrs. Betty Burnsworth
Mount Savage; Mrs. Faye Daugherty
Shaw, w. Va; and Neva and Rudy
Gay, both at home; and a foster
brother, James Rohm, Oakland.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday afternoon from Mt Bethel
Methodist church. Rev. Jonathan Ed
wards, pastor of the Kitzmillel
Presbyterian church, officiated In
terment was in the Elk Garden GENE
terry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Seven Attending
Boys State Event

Seven boys from Garrett county are
among the Al boys from the Mountain
District, American Legion, who are
attending Boys State at the Balm
bridge Naval Training school this
week
The tcn-day program is featuring
talks by Theodore R. McKeldin, form
or mayor of Baltimore; Joseph
Buscher, assistant attorney general Of
Maryland; and Harry Bard, of the
Baltimore City Department of Edu-
cation.
All week the group will be holding
elections on all levels Of government
and setting up model governing bodies
in training the youth for better citi-
zenship.
Those attending from this county
and their sponsors include the follow
ing:
George Kley, Oakland, Oakland
Parent-Teacher association; Joseph
DiSimone, Glenn Waybright, Oakland,
Proctor Kildow Post, American Le-
gion; Perry Broadwater and Robert
Brobst, Accident, Accident Legion
Post; Cecil Kelly, Richard Bender,
Grantsville, GrantsviIle Legion Post
and Grantsville Rotary club.
The boys were separated into two
,,,i,nicinsl o,ouns "Kav Citv" and
Legion City" Two parties, "Consti-
tutional" and "Federalist," were
formed in each city. Baltimore boys
won both mayoralty elections. City
councilmen also were elected. Later in
the week the boys will elect a COVER
nor and two U. S. Senators. The Cum
berland area has the largest delega-
ton present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Artists Address
Civic Club Meeting
President Appoints Various
Committee Chairmen

Joseph Goethe and Arthur Rainier,
well known artists, now at Youghlo-
gheny Forest spoke before the Civic
club members at their regular meet
ing on Tuesday.
Mr.. Goethe, whose work is mostly
in wood sculpture, explained that his
subjects were selected after study
of the color, texture and grain of the
wood as well as any natural defects
or irregularities in the material. He
demonstrated on several works which
he used to illustrate his talk.
Mr.. Rainier also had with him sew
eral of his paintings to illustrate his
talk on SCHOOLS of Art" and eX-
planned to the club the various
schools, their characteristics and the
most important artists employing
these techniques.
Mrs. Earl Zepp, club president, an
nounced the following work and com
mittee chairmen: American Home,
Mrs. Austin Schildwachter; education,
Mrs. Maurice Brookhart; music, Mrs.
Frederick Thayer; literature and
poetry, Mrs. Ray Crowthers; penny
art fund, Mrs f. II. Field; inter
national relations, Mrs. +. Z Tower;
public health and welfare, Mrs Irwin
Field; youth conservation, Mrs. P. B.
Naylor; gardens, Mrs. Ralph Weber;
hospitality, Mrs. Z. l. Baumgartney;
press and publicity, Mrs. w. E. Daw-
son; telephone, Mrs. w. w. Dawson;
parliamentarian, Mrs. Fulcher Smith;
program, Mrs. 0. I. eraser; ways
and means, Mrs. Hugh Echard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Senator Tydings
Will Be Speaker
During Centennial

Confirmation that U. S. Senator
Willard E. Tydings of Maryland,
would be in Oakland to speak on
Tuesday, August 9, following the
parade on Farm and Home Day, was
announced this week by Howard
White, chairman.
He also stated that old and new
units to be included in the parade
had been mapped out and that deal
ers of machinery were being con
tacted about setting up their various
units.
To Build Hugh Cake
Work on the huge paper-mache
birthday cake on the Court House
lawn is expected to begin around July
/ by Aza Stanton.
Arrangements were made with the
youth committee to repeat their
youth parade in the Homecoming
parade also on Saturday, August ID,
and another addition to the home
coming program, concert by the
End army band, at $3.50 p. m, on
that day was announced by F. +.
Rathbun, chairman of the Central
committee.
Possibility of having place mats
for free distribution to restaurants,
b. and o. diners, etc, as a good adj
vertising medium, was discussed.
Miss Susy Smith reported to the
central committee that $5,575 worth
of advertising for the program book
let had been sold to date and that two
places had contributed prizes for con-
tests.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Help Wanted !

Volunteer help is urgently
needed by the Oakland Centen-
NAL Committee. There must be
81 ticket takers to assure Oak
land getting its share of the
carnival proceeds, electricians,
general handy men, persons to
tack up publicity road signs,
etc.
The Centennial celebration
will be what each individual
person makes it. An unseliish
offer to help viii be greatly APP
preciated. Volunteers may con-
tact +. Il. Rathbun, chairman
Of the committee, Mayor Joseph
limbaugh, or some other mem
Der of the central committee,
or leave their name at the City
Hall, specifying what job they
are willing to undertake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
All Girls to Camp

The Garrett County Girls All
camp will be held at the Bittinger
Recreation area, July 10th through
the 10th, it was announced by Miss
Eleanor X. Dearborn, home demon
stration agent.
Girls who plan to go and who have
not registered are being asked to
send their registration to Miss Dear
born by July 5.
The program will include swim
ming, crafts, folk dancing, music,
stunt night and council fire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Quality as ''Experts''

Pistol qualification medals were
awarded to number of State patrol
men at a luncheon meeting in Cum
berland last night.
Troopers Glen Folk, Blair Bucket,
Jack Browning, George Coddington,
Robert Henline, and Timothy Gilmore
were among those receiving medals
for expert"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Polio Information
Being Given Out

information to parents and others
on what to do if infantile paralysis
strikes in this area, is being distri-
buted by members of the Garrett
County chapter of the National
Foundation for infantile Paralysis.
Precautions are being about avoid
ing crowds, over-fatigue, swimming
in unhealthy waters, chilling and
about care in keeping clean and
practicing good sanitation.
Calling the doctor and consulting
the local chapter are urged to pre-
vent possible gripping, in case the
disease strikes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Given 9 Months in
House of Correction

Linn Morgan, past fifty years Of
age, of Mt Lake Park, was sentenced
to nine months in the House of Cor
rection at a hearing before Magis-
trate H. A. Loradtch last Friday on
charges of larceny.
Morgan was found guilty Of the
theft of items of clothing from the
home of Mrs. J. E. Yell, Jr., at Hem
lock Hollow, near Gortner, the first
of March. According to local authori-
ties Morgan has served previous
terms in the Maryland penitentiary
and House of Correction.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Steal Players Benches

Officials of the Oakland Amvets
baseball team reported this week the
theft of three players benches from
the new playing field in East Oak
land.
They were of the opinion that the
theft was perpetrated by several
youth, and expressed concern over the
fact that such lack of consideration
would be shown by those they were
trying to help by providing base
ball field for their own enjoyment
One bench was recovered quite a dis
tance away from the playing field.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30

Two members Of Grantsville Chap
ter, Future Farmers of America, won
trips to Springfield, Mass, and size
able cash awards in contests at the
state convention held last week at
College Park.
Donald Glotfelty won the state
public speaking contest with his talk
on "Maryland's Biggest Poultry
Problem" Young Glotfelty and HON.
er burst constituted the first place
poultry judging team of the state.
Glotfelty won 500 in the public
speaking contest, and he and burst
won $25 as a poultry Judging team.
Glotfelty spoke particularly on the
part Garrett county farmers could
play in the future and in the further
development of the poultry industry.
Half of his prize money is given to
the FLA chapter in Grantsville, of
which he was president last yea. A
graduate of the school in June, he is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Glot-
felty. He plans to enter Waynesburg
college in September to study veteri-
nary medicine.
Both boys, accompanied by their
chapter adviser, Merlc Garlctts, of
Friendsville, vocational agriculture
instructor at Grantsville High school,
will attend the Springfield, Mass,
Agricultural Exposition next Oc-
tober, with their expenses paid.
Thirteen states in the northeastern
part of the country will be repre-
scented at the Springfield FLA re-
gional contest. Winners will go to the
national convention at Kansas City
in November.
Nine delegates from the 40-mem-
Der Grantsville Chapter attended the
state convention at College Park,
which ended Friday, with 300 repre-
sentatives of the SO FLA chapters in
Maryland taking part.
Besides winning two of the eight
first placings, Grantsville delegates
won a third and a sixth place in the
various contests.
James Glotfelty and William Stan
ton won third place in the beef judg-
ing contest.
Hamill Glotfelty and Everett Baker
placed sixth in swine judging. Orlo
Folk placed ninth in the farm me-
chanic contest.
Dale Yommer and Edwin Wampler
judged dairy cattle.
Grantsville delegates who won S.
each for individual placings were
Dale Yommer, Orlo Folk, James Glot-
felty, Everett Baker and William
Stanton.
Another member of the Grantsville
chapter, Robert Bucket, who was I'M
able to attend the state meeting, won
first prize Of $50 in the dairy pro-
duction improvement contest.
Garletts said Harry Savage of the
Friendsville FLA Chapter won first
place in the soil conservation contest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Concert Artist and
Teacher Is Coming

Word was received in Oakland
this week that Dir. Felix Mendelssohn,
famous concert artist and teacher,
would meet with prospective students
on Friday morning, July 8, in the
social room of the Lutheran church.
The church council made the room
available for his music classes.
Those who have registered their
intentions with Paul Stockman at
the Music Shop in Oakland, together
with those who have not but who
plan to take courses are to meet Dr..
Mendelssohn at a. m, that day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Health Group to Meet

A meeting of the county tubcrcu-
losis and health association is being
called for Thursday evening, June 30,
at 7;3O p. m, to discuss details of Or
ganization. The meeting will be held
at the William-James hotel.
Mrs. Ruth K. Graham, director of
the county organization and the
Maryland tuberculosis association,
will attend. 1t will be an open meeting
for persons interested in the health
problems of the county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Rain Is Plentiful

Rain continued to be plentiful dur
ing the past week in Garrett county
with a total of 1.61 inches falling dur
ing four days, according to measure
ment at the government station at
Weber's.
The high and low temperatures of
the week were recorded on the same
day, with readings Of so and 81 on
Friday the oath.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Large Number Attends Opening

A total of 1859 persons were regis
tered last Saturday at the opening of
Oakland new appliance store by Paul
Dewitt and Prentice DeBerry. Facto-
ry representatives of various types
Of appliances were kept busy the en-
tire day and evening demonstrating
and explaining the equipment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-06-30
Water Consumption at
Highest Peak In City

The June quarter is the largest in
the history of the city water depart
ment, it was announced this morning
by Arthur Lawton, clerk-collector.
Amount Of the bills which have been
sent out, will total $1,000.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Ohio Unions Say Schools
For Handicapped Children
Are Horrible Firetrdps

3-Since deaf children cannot
hear fire gongs, the schools rooms
are equipped with system of em-
ergency lights. This system would
be useless if flash fire knocked
out electric circuits.
AT the Blind School, the hos
pital is located on the top floor of
the most hazardous building. This
building has no fire escapes or
emergency exits of any kinds.
The Ohio labor groups are work
ing closely with Dale Stump, a
prominent Columbus attorney who
years ago was carpenter and the
president of the Ohio Federation OF
Labor. Stump is the general coun-
sci for the Ohio Federation of Or
ganizations of the Deaf. This
group, composed of the adult deaf
people Of Ohio, also is actively
working for new state schools.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
EcA Wins First
Round In Fight

Washington (LPA)-Senate and
House conferees agreed last week
on the Economic Cooperation Adj
ministration's second year author
ization act. ECA Administrator
Paul Hoffman called the Congress
ional decision "the best possible
Easter message that could be sent
to Europe"
The $5,430, 100000 authorized in
the conference report falls but
slightly short of the amount re-
quested by. the Marshall plan
agency. The gap is taken up by a
$150,000,000 Treasury fund to
guarantee American investments
in Europe.
Amendments designed to make
the European recovery program a
Frelief bill for American businesses
were turned down by tidy majorit-
les in both Houses. Rejected too
were reactionary proposals in
structing ECA not to "subsidize
European socialism, Accepted,
however, was an amendment order
ing Hoffman to give small business
every opportunity to get Marshall
plan contracts.
Biggest battle for ECA this year
ON Capitol Hill comes next month
when the two Appropriations Com
Imittees debate how much money to
actually make available for Eu-
ropean economic reconstruction.
The bill just agreed to simply auth
orizes the appropriation.
Republican spokesmen have al
ready said that they'll attempt to
cut ECA funds by the amount APP
propriated for the military aid
program under the new North At
lantic Defense Pact
Trade union spokesmen here,
pleased with the success of the
Marshall aid program they did so
much to get written into law last
year, will oppose this attempt to
reduce its effectiveness.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
WunfS Stronger
(Confinued From Page OHs)

farms hiring farm labor, it woulc
guarantee a minimum wage to APP
proximately half of the 100000
farm lahorers."
The AFL also wants general eX-
tension of wage and hour coverag,
to every employer who is engaged
in any activity affecting com
merce"-the same coverage that
there is under Taft Hartley and
earlier under the Wagner Act.
This is not in the House commit
tees bill.
Large stores and hotels should
be brought under the Act, and the
confusing exemptions for agricul-
tural and fish processing, trans
portation employees and workers in
Puerto Rico should be ended Mason
urged.
Mason, who was accompanied by
AFL economist Peter Henle, had
to explain to freshman members
of the subcommittee some of the
finer points by which employers
cvade the intent of the overtime
pay provisions of the law, includ-
ing Chinese overtime" and the
Belo-type contracts sometimes re-
sorted to.
Later in the week, President
Mitchell of the Natl Farm Labor
Union appeared to underscore the
AFL's request that workers on
factory-farms be covered, He point
ed out that less than 2f6 of the
farms of the country employ more
than 500 of the hired labor in
American agriculture, and that "it
Is the workers employed on such
farms whom we want to include
under the minimum wage law"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Truman Urged To
Instruct Leaders
To Use Caucus

Washington (LPAj = President
Truman was given a piece of ad-
vice last week by the AFL's' poll
tical arm. That advice was to
"learn a lesson from Dewey"
Reminding the President that
Gov. Dewey. facing a split COP
in the New York state legislature,
had pulled into line all but one of
the Republican legislators, LLPE
last week urged Truman to Gin
struct his party leaders to caucus
the Democrats of both the House
and the Senate before major bills
are voted on by Congress"
"Both Republican House leader
Martin and Senate leader Taft keep
an amazingly strong party unity
by this method" the Reporter
points out. "Two-thirds of the
Democratic members of the House
can bind every Democrat to vote
for or against a bill. Any member
not abiding by the caucus decision
can lose his party patronage and
his seniority on committees"