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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-01-05

DR.. and Mrs. Linn Grant, Balti-
more, visited their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. 7. Naylor, DR.. and Mrs. W.
w. Grant, during the holidays
Members of the Oakland Rotary
club and their wives held a dance in
the William-James hotel following
dinner meeting on Friday evening.
The Mayor and City Council will
have their first meeting of the new
year on Monday, January 9, it was
announced by Arthur Lawton, clerk
collector.
Mrs. Harold NJ. Dawson, Mrs. Viii
liam Warfeld and two children re
turned to Washington on Sunday
after visiting their mother, Mrs. C.
N. McIntire.
Miss Eleanor X. Dearborn, home
demonstration agent, has returned to
Oakland after spending the Christ
mas holidays with her sister in Brad
ford, Mass.
Mrs. J. Edgar Long, Clarksburg,
spent New Years day here with her
sisters, Misses Nell and Floss Shat
fer and Mrs. Arnold Scherr
Employees of the Ralph Pritts gar
age and their guests were entertained
on Monday evening with dinner at
he William-James hotel. Bonus
checks amounting to $1,000 were dis
tributed. About seventy attended the
dinner.
Mr.. and MIS-. Charles Davis were
in Cumberland on Saturday to visit
the formers father, Wilbur Davis,
who is a patient at Memorial hospital.
He was visited on Monday by his 9TH
er son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Davis.
Miss Crystal Elliott, instructor in
Chevy Chase Junior college; Miss
Eloise Ashby, student at Barnard
college, New York; and Harold Ash
by, student at Southern School of
Optometry, Memphis, Tenn, have re-
turned to their studies after visiting
J. j. Ashby during the holidays.
Members of the Garrett Branch,
American Association of University
Women, will meet Monday, January
8, at o'clock in the Home Economics
building of the high school. Mrs. c.
w. Highlander is program chairman
and they will study the South Ameri-
can countries of Bolivia and Peru.
Word was received this morning Of
the sudden death of William Oscar
Simpson, of Richmond, Va, former
resident of Deer Park, which occurred
sometime during the night Funeral
arrangements are incomplete.
The Tri-Mu Sunday School class
will meet Thursday, January u, at s
O'Clock at the residence of Mrs. Har-
ny White, Oak street. Hostesses will
be Miss Roberta Cooley, Mrs. Reaford
Purbaugh and Mrs. Edna Ruff. Mrs.
Paul Stockman will have charge of
devotionals. Officers will be elected
for 1850.
Officers in Oakland Lodge No. 1872,
A., f. and A. NJ, will be installed at
the regular communication Of that
organization on Tuesday evening.
Five of those to be installed are c.
Melvin Right, worshipful master;
Prentice DeBeTy, senior warden;
Prentiss Porter, junior warden; Rob
ert T. Hoffman, secretary; and Dr..
W. w. Grant, treasurer. Other off
GERS are appointlve.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-01-05

Copies of The Republican may be
obtained at Gonder's Cut Rate store,
BamilPs Book and Stationery Store
Englander's Pharmacy, in Oakland !;
Tiartin's Store, Mt. Lake Park; and
Harvey, Ream and Humbertson's
S ore, Loeb Lynn; at five cents per
Ply.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-01-05
MRS. ROBERT E. RAILEY

NIKS. RUBEKI z. KAILE
Mrs. Robert E. Railey, prior to her
marriage on December 27, was Miss
Vava Ann Helbig, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Leo Helbig.
Her husband was graduated from
Officers Training at Lakeland air
force base, San Antonio, Tex, and is
now a second lieutenant in the army
air force.
They returned to Oakland last Fri
day from brief honeymoon and on
Saturday left for San Antonio where
Lieut.. Railey will be stationed with
the air force training command.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-01-05
MRS. HENRY c. BUTLER

Mrs. Mary Ann Butler, 80, wife of
Henry Clay Butler. died Tuesday at
her home near Grantsville, following
an illness of several years.
Mrs. Butler was born in Somerset,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-01-05

Government will begin pouring So
billion, 800 million CT insurance re
funds into hands of Is million veter-
ans on January 1G. Checks viii range
from 80 cents to $528, with average
of SITS.
An aircraft carrier and two de-
stroyers We're sent to strengthen the
U. S. fleet in Asiatic waters.
Evening star., 1950-11-22
Magazine Poroys Dick Mansfield Washington Safety

ninth precinct. no children were
killed going to or from school, al
though four were killed after
school hours. That compared with
1874 school children fatally injured
in traffic accidents elsewhere in
the city during the same period.
Retired in 1943.
Inspector Mansfield went back
to police headquarters as chief of
detectives and assistant superin-
tendent but in 1943 he was
stricken with a heart attack and
was retired from the force.
"One day as he pondered his
ill fortune" the story continues,
Mansfield got a call from Ben
McKelway, then associate editor,
now editor. of The Washington
Star. The Star was an old friend.
For 20-odd years. Mansfield had
been doing a Sunday cartoon for
the newspaper called Those Were
the Happy Days, a pen-and- ink
reminiscence of Old Washington.
"McKelway knew Mansfield's
talent as a cartoonist; knew his
reputation as a safety crusader.
So he put the proposition to Mans
f1eld-would he take over as di-
rector of The Stars school safety
program? Mansfield certainly
would. Now he could be a useful
Evening star., 1950-11-22

faces. the response is a show
stopper"
Have you ever seen a white
lion?" Inspector Mansfield asks
next. "You haven't? Well. I'm
going to show you the only two
white lions in the world"
Inspector Mansfield turns to
his board and draws two white
lines-"They spell safe crossing
at street corners"
The story gives this account of
how Inspector Mansfield became
what he is billed in the title
The Cop Who Saves Kids Lives:
"His early calling to show busi-
ness, the jaunty, 62-year-old in
spector attributes to the late AL
Jolson," the story reports. His
talent for art, poetry and music
he derives from his mother, Alice
S. Buckley Mansfield. now spry,
needle threading. piano playing
80. His love for the life of a
cop he got from his father,
Philip, who died at 81 after 25
years on the Washington police
force.
"And his understanding of the
problems of the spoiled rich kids
as well as the underprivileged
stems from his own early begin
nings in his native Southeast
There, during the
whooping cough epidemic of the
pos. his beloved gas works was
the great social equalizer. Wealthy
children were brought there by
their parents to inhale the gas
fumes as a cure
One of five children, Inspector
caught stage fever from
fellow teen-ager, Asa
Yoelson-Al Jolson-sing and
at Martin Schneider's
Navy Yard Exchange. His father
Evening star., 1950-11-22
Like a Fuel oil
Pipe Line to
Refineries all
Over the World!

Yes, the huge, new fuel oil terminal constructed
by L. P steuart & Bro, Inc at Piney Point,
Md, is Washington's pipe line" to the world!
For the first time ocean tankers can dock near
this area giving the District direct access to oil
fields and refineries anywhere on the globe.
This vast, new plant can store 37,800,00O gall
Ions of fuel oil including the heaviest indus
trial type for commercial buildings, as well as
light domestic type for homes. Combined
with our Washington facilities, L. P. steuart
& Bro, Inc, capacity is now 45,800,o0O gallons
-. record amount for this area
Evening star., 1950-11-22

Honorary Police Inspector Rich
ard H. (Dick) Mansfield, The
Stars safety director, is credited
in this weeks Saturday Eve
ming Post with being the one
man above all others who "has
done more for a longer period to
make Greater Washington's school
kids safety conscious.
In fact, the Post devotes q story
to Inspector Mansfield's activities
as "the Capitals Pied Piper Of
Safety"
To mark the publication Of
Inspector Mansf1eld's traffic-suc-
cess story, bound copies of the
magazine were presented to the
Commissioners, Inspector Mans
field and other officials at the
District Building yesterday.
In making the presentations,
w. c. Geleng of the Curtis Pub
fishing Cos circulation division
observed that Washington Is out
standing in its promotion of traf-
f1c safety. The purpose of writing
the Mansfield story, he said, was
to interest other cities In follow
ing Washington's lead.
Others Get Copies.
Copies of the magazine, with
the recipients name in gold on
the blue binding. also were pre-
septed to Arthur j. Sundlun,
chairman of the Commissioners
Traffic Advisory Committee; Traf-
fic Director George E. Keneipp.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
and Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett.
Since 1943, when he came to
The Star. the story reports, In
spector Mansfield has brought his
traffic safety message each year
to 5000 Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia school
children.
"And he brings 1t to them in a
fancy wrapper-with all the en-
tertainment skill Of a vaudeville
performer, the deft artistry Of a
newspaper cartoonist and the
stern authority Of a police official,
all of which he has been. in that
order" says Author Ernest l..
Barcella.
Describing the chalk talks with
which Inspector Mansfield "sells"
safety, the story says the retired
police officer commands respect
with his uniform, "hypnotizes
them with his patter. captures
their hearts with his big Irish
smile and wins their confidence
with his homespun sincerity"
Cartoons Described.
Mr.. Barcella describes in detail
Inspector Mansf1eld's one-man
show, particularly the cartoons
featuring Safety Sally. "a wire
walker, but not a jaywalker::"
Sammy and Terry. "the dead-end
kids who wind UP in a ceme-
terry" COCO. the safety clown
with the traffic light nose; Les B.
Careful. the hero; Bad Breaks.
the reckless bike rider and Walk
er Cross, the safety patrol boy.
There also are samples of In
spector Mansfield's opening pat
ter to his child audience:
"You children look sick today.
so I've brought along some
vitamin pills-pills that will
make you live longer-vitamins
S-A-F-E-T-Y."
Mr.. Barcella observes paran-
thetically that when the light
dawns upon the bright young
Evening star., 1950-11-22

Washington Times. But in 1922,
he rejoined the force.
It was a few months later that
tragedy introduced him to his
new career.
Tragedy Inspired Talks.
lone late October afternoon in
1922 few months after he re-
joined the force-Mansfield siren
ed his motorcycle to the scene of
an accident on Washington's o
street at Seventh NV" the story
recalls. "A blond, curly haired
6-year-old boy lay sprawled on
the pavement-run down by an
automobile. During the night
the child died. Mansfield, mindful
that the same fate could befall
his own sons, vowed he would do
something about it.
1.-THE next day Mansfield went
to the victims school, discussed
his plan with the principal and
then-with cartoons and words
explained to the pupils how their
dead classrnate might have been
with them still had he followed
certain elementary rules of safety.
Thus was born the idea of safety
chalk talks"
After q tour Of duty at head
quarters as lieutenant of de-
tectives, Inspector Mansfield in
1882 was made captain of the
ninth precinct. There. he launched
a safety campaign that drew CITY,
wide attention. His safety chalk
talks became a standard part Of
the curriculum in the 81 element
ary schools in his precinct. He
also stationed policemen at dan
gerous intersections near schools.
In the 10 years he headed the
Evening star., 1950-11-22

citizen again. Now he could do
what he loved best to do"
The District commissioners gave
Inspector Mansfield the title of
honorary police inspector and The
Star pays his salary as The Stars
safety director.
Pointing out the decrease in the
number of child fatalities in the
years since Inspector Mansfield
took on his new job. the story re-
calls that in 1948 the National
Safety Council gave its Public In
terest Award to The Star "for ex-
ceptional service in accident pre-
vention" and The Star. in accept
ing, said its efforts to tell the
safety story in Washington were
embodied largely in the work of
Inspector Mansfield"
Evening star., 1950-11-22

had other ideas 50 "Dick" Mans
field became a Navy Yard ap-
prentice machinist. He lost his
job in the 1907 panic and with
time on his hands dropped in at
Chase's Theater at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. There he saw lightning"
Hooper, a cartoonist, and was so
impressed he started practiclng
cartoons himself.
Quit Vaudeville in 1911.
In 1908. he got a job as o car
toonist-actor at the Bijou Thea
ter at Ninth street and PeIlnssl-
vania avenue NV. and was soon
booked for shows at cities through
the East and South.
"In 1911, as he prepared to open
a Western tour in Chicago" the
story continues, actor Mansfield
was confronted with a hard
choice-quit show business or lose
his best girl, Lillian Magruder
of the famed Maryland Clan Ma
gruder. She reasoned with him
that a permanent fireside, how
ever humble. was much preferable
to a life Of comparative luxury
out Of a suitcase.
Mansfield conceded that this
made good social, If not financial,
sense. He chucked the stage and
its fabulous $75 a week, joined
the police department as a raw
rookie at STA a month and got
married"
Two sons were born to their
marriage-Richard Mansfield, now
a Washington building contrac-
tor. and Donald Mansfield, a
Washington motorcycle policeman.
After 10 years as policeman,
Inspector Mansfield gave it up to
become cartoonist for the old
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-07
Grazing Land, Trees
Good Combination
Soil Conservutionist
Pledges Assistance
To Holmes Formers
by A. p. Currou
Soil Conservationist

Timber is used on all farms. The
cheapest way to have it is to
produce it on the farm, provided
there is land better adapted to
timber than to other crops.
The Holmes County Soil Con-
servation District wants to assist
the farmer in establishing and i'm
proving farm forests. There are
several ways that the district
technician can assist the farmers,
selecting appropriate areas to be
planted, assisting in procurement
of pine seedlings, instructions in
planting, assisting in wood land
management, in harvesting and
marketing wood land products.
The most important is to assist
the farmer in locating the land
that is best adapted to grow for
est. We have only a few things
that we can use land for. 1t will
either be row crops, grasses or
legumes, or timber. The most sue
cessful farmers plant on their land
what it is best adapted to grow.
However, the land that grows the
best row crops will grow good
timber or probably better than
some of the sleeper land that we
recommend for timber. But due
to the cost of the better land in
most cases, from the standpoint of
farm economy, it is not practical
to grow timber. The technician
will place orders for trees and
supervise the farmer in the best
method Of planting trees.
Also, the district can help the
farmer in management of his tim
Der, as to when to thin, what trees
to leave and which trees to mar
ket. 1t is fortunate in having two
graduate foresters who will help
the technicians with problems
that they not capable of doing, H.
R. Raum, with the U. S. Forest
Service and Frank Haggerty,
with the Extension Service.
We have found that the hill
section Of Holmes county is more
adapted to grasses, legumes and
trees than tor row crops. Grazing
land and trees properly managed
make a good combination on a
farm.
q The grasses and legumes can
be grazed by livestock, making a
good profit. Also, the grazing re-
duces the fire hazard in a forest.
The income from the livestock
helps to tide the farmer over until
ne can get an annual income
started from the forest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-07
$4,000 Seedlings

Cont. from page this section)
Gus old cones which were pro-
duced in the past years.
The production of pine seed is
not immune to the frivolity of the
weather. Seed is born in the fe-
male flowers which are the cones
and they are pollinated by the
male flowers that give off a dense
yellow dust-like pollen in March
or April. Rain or frost during
this time may ruin the crop. Also
when the seed is mature in Oc-
tober and ready to be shed, long
rainy season may cause the cones
not to open and rot the seed held
within it.
Birds, insects, rodents, soil con-
ditions and fire take their toll of
seed that might have become
trees.
For these reasons and others,
hundreds Of thousands Of idle
acres each year are being put back
into production Of forest products
throughout the South BY artificial
reforestation Or tree planting. The
demand for pine trees becomes
greater each year as more people
realize that their land is not re-
stocking satisfactorily, and as the
value of pine forests becomes
more generally known. The pro-
ductive capacity of state and fe-
deral pine nurseries cannot keep
up with the ever increasing de-
mand for pine seedlings and more
seedlings. It is a good sign that
we are becoming conscious of one
of our replaceable natural re-
sources.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-07
Treated Fence Posts
Last 1870 Years
Directions Given For
Cutting. Feeling. Use
OF Pento Solution
BY r. S. Melton.
Henry F. Flemming

The rapid expansion in the
farm practices of using treated
posts is revealed in survey of
some 10000 farmers and F. F. A
members who reported over $780,
900 such posts produced during
the last five months of 1949.
Holmes county is in the midst
of a vast pasture expansion pro-
gram because of the trend toward
livestock production. Land suit
able to row crops can be made
highly productive under the pre-
sent pasture program by the de-
velopment of improved pastures
One Of the big points in good
pasture management is enough
fencing for controlled grazing.
Untreated non-durable posts
usually last from 2 to years in a
pasture fence, compared to "Pen-
Ia" PentachlorophenoD treated
posts that last Is to 20 years. Add
to this the P. M. A. payments for
treated posts and a farmer can
actually build a permanent fence
almost as cheap as he can build a
temporary fence.
What should he cut for fence
posts? Young stands of trees that
are too small for pulpwood should
be thinned, always following
the principles of good forestry
management.
When should fence posts be cut?
Posts can be cut any season. No
vember to March posts dry with
out heavy checking but are harder
to peel. From April to October
they are easier to peel, check
more and insects and rot attack
sooner.
What size to cut? Line posts
should be 8 inches in diameter
at small end and 6 feet long. Cor
ner, pull, and stretcher posts
should be 5 inches at small end
md Z to 8 feet long. Larger OF
aonger posts generally are q waste
Of timber and cost of treating
runs too high.
When and how to peel? Posts
should be peeled as soon as pos
sible. All inner bark must be re-
moved. The preserving solution
will not 60 through the inner bark
and results in a poorly treated
post II the bark is not completely
removed.
How to dry? Dip posts for 2 to
3 minutes in "Penta" solution to
prevent sawyer attack. Sort posts
as to sizes and stack crib fashion
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-07

ID inches off the ground and allow
to dry for 3 to months.
What type of dipping tank is
necessary? A simple tank made
by cutting three drums and weld
ing the ends together is very sat
isfactory.
What solution of preservative
to use? Mix the solution / to 4,
to 8. to 10, as recommended by
manufacturer, using the concen-
trate and a dilutent of kerosene,
tractor fuel or other light petrol
cum.
How long to treat? The length
of time of treating depends on
size of post and kind of wood,
larger posts take longer. Pine and
poplar treat quickest; gum, oak,
elm take longer. The time will
average "a to 48 hours for most
woods of small diameter.
What is the approximate cost
per post?
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-12-07

ID "Penta" may cause skin ir-
ritation to some people. Rubber
gloves may be worn when handl-
ing the chemical. Wash thorough
ly with plenty of soap and warm
water.
ca Keep fire away from "Pen-
ia" solution.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-12-23
Information HodIl At Army Post \

A new series of Troop In formation Hour topics on sub- jects of primary interest to the army only will start soon at Fort Greedy, the Troop h. formation and Education Off, ficer said today.
 Announced by the Depart ment of the Army recently, the new series will cover topics in which army men should be interested but that are not adequately covered in Armed Forces Talks now dis tributed by the Department of Defense for the use of all three services, according to WOJG Mike Haggard. Troop Il & E Officer.
 The first in the series, Getting Along With Your Allies" has been published and is expected soon at Fort ! Greedy, Haggard said. All offibers and enlisted men in
 the army meet one hour week.
 ly to discuss topics of signifi-
 cant importance to the world
 today.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-12-23

Recently assigned at Fort
 Greedy is Sgt. Mederic Dube
 who is now son duty Tn the Engineer Section.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-12-23

Mrs. E. A. Marian flew to Anchorage Thursday to spend
 Christmas with her husband, now working there for MSTS.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-12-23

Mrs. Harry Meyers, local bookkeeper, was an incoming PIMA passenger from the states last Friday.
Evening star., 1950-03-10
Dr.. Roy Smith Named to Speak
At Easter Sunrise Services

DR.. Roy L. Smith, publishing
agent of The Methodist Church,
will speak at the ninth annual
Sunrise Service to be held Easter
Sunday. April 9, at Fort Lincoln
Cemetery, Bladensburg road and
the District line.
The service which will start
at Sal am, is sponsored by the
Organized Bible Glass Association
of Washington. Howard M. Stack
house, executive vice president of
the association, is general chair
man.
Mr.. Stackhouse announced that
Representative Elliott, Democrat,
of Alabama, will give the Scripture
Reading at the service. DR.. Page
Etchison, association president
and field secretary of the Ameri-
can Bibly Society. will give the
invocation and Navy Chaplain
Paul G. Linaweaver the benedic-
ton.
The Rev. DR.. Ralph D. Smith,
Warrington West District super
intendent of The Methodist
Church. will say the prayer.
A concert by the United States
Navy Band, directed by 1t. Comdr
Evening star., 1950-03-10
14,900,OOO Workers
Permanently Insured
For Social Security

About 100000 workers were
permanently insured under provi-
sions of old-age and survivors in
surance as of January l, the So
cial Security Administration re-
ported yesterday.
Victor Sadd, manager of the
Washington field Office, said this
was an increase of 100000 over
the figure of year earlier.
Permanently insured workers
are certain Of at least the mini
mum insurance protection, re-
gardless Of their future employ
ment.
About 100000 men and 2,1Oo,-
900 women have permanent insur-
ance rights by having been paid
wages of at least $50 in 40 cal
endar quarters since January
1887.
Another 100000 men and 6O0,-
900 women hold similar rights by
working in jobs covered by the law
at least during half the number
of calendar quarters between Jan
uary, 1887, and the time they
reach the age of IS.
The official said there are an
other 24,6O0,000 persons who are
fully insured but not yet per-
manently insured. He explained
survivors of these wage earners
would be eligible for benefits if
the worker died. On the other
hand, the worker himself could
not be eligible for retirement pay
ments at IS until he had worked
10 years.
Employees now contribute ~
per cent of their wages to the
fund from which benefits are paid
Employers contribute an equal
amount.
Evening star., 1950-03-10

A man accused of attacking a
woman taxi driver after forcing
her to accompany him into his
home. was held for grand jury
action under $500 bond in Mu-
nicipal Court yesterday.
The defendant is James c.
Owens, 80, colored, of the 800
block of G street NE, a bulldozer
operator.
The complainant. who is colored
and the mother of small child,
told Judge Walter j. Casey that,
Evening star., 1950-03-10
Boy, 3, Flies to New York For Leukemo Treatment

Memorial is one of the few hos
pitals in the world that has expert
mented with the rare and costly
drug in blood diseases.
The little boy with blond hair
and blue eyes, Is the son of rail-
road machinist at Two Harbors,
MINI.
With him on the trip were his
mother, Mrs. Gust Hanson, and
his grandmother, Mrs. Minnie
Bratt, Ripley, MINI.