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Evening star., 1951-10-22
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Evening star., 1951-10-22
SAUSAGE

To cook country-style sausage
patties place the patties in a cold
skillet! Cook over slow heat until
patties are well Drowned and
thoroughly cooked. Serve with
apple rings and mashed potatoes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
See Mhot Aappen4 ! /. i.

With the publication of the for the county, the tax
able to discern for themselves whether not the
predictions the primary election politicians have
true.
One statement in particular sticks in the back of our minds
Said "They have off big until next purely
because this election Let the stay in and
what happens" Well the this individual aiming at
stayed and let's what did happen is happening
The 81 95 500 of assessabe property exactly
the last year. The assessabe basis of the county is
practically the last year $24 million No homes
have been morgagd keep the interest paid the school bonds
led to believe would happen
The levy for the hospital last $60000 in order to
provide equipment and supplies and enable the humanitarian
institution be established firm foundation This the
appropriation only $35000 further reduction of $4,000
the previously paid other hospitals outside the
county medical patients The hospital by the end
its first year operation will have had well 1900 patients
and would be difficult the health effects among
them in terms of dollars and cents.
county citizens will money spent roads
this year make possible for them maintain their contacts
with business and the outside The Commissioners levied for the
running of all county agencies and increase
needed.
Contracts have been awarded for the high schools
which completion in 1862 will relieve congestion of the five
and enable elementary schools be remodeed and
larged
The affairs from all indications smooth
y and those responsible still accountable the
their efforts If it for the international situation the
picture in Garrett county would not be black after all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Mt. Lake Park Makes
Biggest Population
Gain in Past 10 Years

Recent figures released on the pop
ulation Of Garrett county show that
Mt Lake Park showed the greatest
gain with an increase of more than
60 percent. Loeb Lynn Heights was
second with a gain of % percent.
Oakland showed a gain of As, from
1887 to 1882. Other gains were: Mt.
Lake Park, from 551 to 887; Loeb
Lynn, from 339 to Ais; Friendsville,
from 500 to COZ Grantsville showed
a loss of four, from 463 to 459, while
Kitzmiller showed loss of 221, from
$40 to GAG. Accident population at
present was placed at 237, with no
figures available for 1910.
Garrett county's population APP
parently decreased by IT'S, the figures
dropping from 21,981 in 1910 to 21,-
206 in 1850. All figures may be sub
.iect to slight revision when final pro-
cessing o returns in completed
Present figures were from Howard G
Brunsman, chief population division
of the U. S. Bureau of Census.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Demand For State
Cabins Is Heavy

That there have been over 300 APP
plications for renting cabins this
summer at Harrington and New Ger
many recreational areas, was learned
from H. C. Buckingham, state for
ester. There are Is cabins at Herring
ton Manor and II at New Germany,
He said 270 applications were re-
ceived the first two days this year
with about rs percent of the appli-
cations requesting cabins for the last
two weeks in July. Cabins are al
lotted in order of applications re-
ccived.
Built by the Civilian Conservation
Corps in the late 1905 and opened
in 1910, the cabins are equipped with
hot and cold water, electricity, etc.
They arc owned by the state of Mary
land maintained out of revenue col
lected from patrons. Garrett county
receives Is percent, Buckingham said.
There is a 50-acre lake at Herring
ton, and a 10-acre lake at New Ger
many. Life guards are provided and
there is no charge for picnicking nor
swimming.
Buckingham said the county has
cooperated by building hard sur
faced road from Oakland to Herring
ton. At nearby Swallow Falls forest,
there are other picnic areas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
County In For Mild
Weather, Bureau Says

Garrett county is in for three
weeks or more of mild weather, if we
can take the reports of the weather
bureau n Washington seriously.
There were indications this week that
such a prediction might be true.
According to the records the county
has already had total of 70 inches
of snow, more than the county some
times gets oven an entire winter.
Three inches of snow fell on the 18th
and 10th, to make total of for
January. There was 3213 inches in
December and 3013 inches in Novem-
Der.
Also reported this week was IL
inches of rain during four days. The
high temperature for the week was
81, on the 18th, with low reading of
Is on the 18th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Five Births Recorded
at Local Hospital

Five births were recorded at the
Garrett County Memorial hospital i'll
Oakland during the past week.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin A. Stemple, Hutton, on
the 18th; daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester B. skipper, Crellin, on the
18th; son to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry X.
Bennett, Gormania, and a daughter
to Mr. and Mrs. Willard Elliott, Oak
land, both ON the 18th; a daughter to
Mr.. and Mrs William Mosser, Oak
land, ON the 10th.
Census at the hospital this morn
ing was Is adults and infants. j. +.
Gallagher, superintendent, revealed
that as of January Is, which would
cover an eight months period, there
had been S63 patients admitted. In
the breakdown of figures, this was di-
vided into 682 adults and 1871 new
born infants. Showing an average of
about 107 patients a month, these
figures would Indicate that the hos
pital will have served around 1900
patients by the end of its first years
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
COMMISSIONERS
KEEP TAX RATE
$1.95 FOR 1851
Levy Completed Saturday.
County Figures on $696,250.2S
For Years Expenditures

The County Commissioners in COM
pleting the annual levy this past Sat
urday, kept the county tax rate at
$1.95 per each $500 of assessable
property.
The county will operate on an ex-
pected revenue of 1896, 25028, and of
this amount $4S2,741.0S will come
from the county tax rate of $1.95 on
a taxable basis of $24,755,953. The
tax basis is from real and personal
property, estimated automobiles and
estimated returns from the State Tax
Commission which include the Penn
sylvania Electric company and other
corporations. Other estimated income
of 1913, 40920 include beer licenses
and taxes of $4,000, uncollected
taxes of $50, 451.74, auto tax $4,000,
income tax of $4,000 and other items.
School System
The School system Of the county
will receive $168,340 on the 68-cent
basis. Additional items include county
library funds of $4,951.19 and capital
outlay of $24,756.
The County Welfare Board will re-
ceive $53,87866, in order to qualify
for Federal and State grants, some
$4,000 more than last year.
The Commissioners made provision
in the levy for sum of $4,000 for
the Garrett County Memorial hos
pital, $4,000 less than for the previ-
Gus year. Under the heading of "other
public welfare" a decrease was noted
in the hospital care of needy, hitherto
paid to other hospitals in the state.
This amount dropped from $22,892
last year to $4,000 this year. Amount
for chronic hospitals also dropped
from $1,264.50 to $500.
The Commissioners levied $751;
O077S for the county roads depart
ment, an increase of some $4,000
over last year The election fund was
cut to less than $4,000 after having
been $10,5OO last year.
The State tax rate this year has
been set at soc which is less than
half what the rate was last year.
The detailed list is published in
this weeks issue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Oakland Scouts Plan
Anniversary Activities

Oakland Troop No. 81, Boy Scouts
of America, is planning varied pro-
gram for the observance of Boy Scout
Week.
The 41st anniversary of Scouting
in America will be celebrated Febru-
airy through February II. Ralph
Fauber, scoutmaster, said one of the
features will be the day the troop
will take over" the operations of
the town of Oakland for day.
A mayor, six councilmen, two
policemen, an attorney, and possibly
other positions will be filled by scouts
who will assume the duties of those
duly filling those positions. They Will
attend the regular meeting of the
Mayor and Town Council on Monday
evening, February 5, to learn their
responsibilities.
The combined scouts of Oakland
and Crellin troops will have get-to-
gether for decrburger feed at which
time all scouts will rc-dedicate them
selves to the Scout Oath and Laws.
They will attend the Methodist church
in a group on Sunday, February II.
During the week they will visit the
meetings of the Knights of Pythias,
the Rotary Club and American Lee
gion. These three organizations
helped to send representative from
the troop last year to the Scout Jam
boree at Valley Forge.
Mr.. Faubcl said further plans
would be worked out by the officers
of the troop. He announced five new
members, John r. Brown, Larry Kent
Lupardus, David Lupardus, Delbert
Bittinger and Gary Bittinger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Gas Well Conditions
Remaining Static

Conditions around the new natural
gas area in this section remained
static during the week.
Columbian Carbon company Of
ficials said this morning that the well
on the Gnegy- eraser farm at Loeb
Lynn had been capped with a capacity
of 249,000 cubic feet, and would be
piped into the main line in the neal
future. This is about half the capacity
of the Beachy we'll near Gortncl
which was the first one to be brought
in" in this section.
The N. X. Welch well has capaci-
ty of around 8 million and the one on
the property Of the Mt. Lake Park
Union Holiness Camp Meeting associ-
alton has capacity of around II mil
lion.
Columbian officials said they were
engaged in placing a 7-inch casing on
the we'll on the Joni Miller farm where
the depth of the well is 1918 feet. No
gas has been found there. The Gnegy-
eraser well was 5000 feet deep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
To Assist in Filing Income
Tax Returns

arrangements have been made to
assign deputy collectors of internal
revenue to this area for the purpose
Of assisting taxpayers in filing in
come tax returns for the calendar
year 1850, and estimated returns for
the year 1851.
The places to be visited and the
dates include the following for West
ern Maryland:
Cumberland, postoffice, January 1G
through March Is.
Frostburg, City Hall, February l
and 2.
Barton, First National Bank, Feb
ruary 5.
Grantsville, American Legion, Feb
ruary 6.
Westernport, postoffice, February 7
and 8.
Homecoming, postoffice, February 8
Oakland, postofficc, February II
and 10.
Crellin, Stanley Coal company
February a.
Kitzmiller, Garrett Coal corpo-
ration, February Is.
Luke, Devon club, February 10, 20,
Il and %.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Caulihower AS Cash
Crop May Be Pushed

Development of cash crop for
farmers of either small or large
farms in this area may come from de-
cisions to be made at meeting called
for next Thursday evening, January
25, in the office of John H. Carter,
county agricultural agent. The meet
ing will begin at 1870.
Cauliflower is the particular vege-
table concerned and the possible
project is being developed by the EX-
tension Service, University Of Mary
land, and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad.
Preliminary meetings have been
held in recent months and last sum-
mer two farmers experimental with
the vegetable primarily as demon
stration to show it could be grown in
this area to good advantage. Test
plots were also conducted several
years ago at the DeBerry farm, north
of town.
Mr.. Carter pointed out that this
area was excellent for cool season
crops, and he is urging that the meet
ing next Thursday be we'll attended
by anyone interested in the establish
ment of this industry, especially
farmers who might be interested in
growing cauliflower as a part of their
business.
The project may be carried on by
the farmer with restricted acreage,
Mr.. Carter pointed out. Those who
tried it out last year were Earl Har-
vey and Donald MacMurray, who
grew one acre each, and who plan to
participate again this year. Mr. Car
ter said minimum of twenty-five
acres was desirable, in order to make
favorable marketing conditions.
Ordinarily an acre will produce at
least 400 crates, and producers in the
Canaan Valley area last year mar
keted their crop at 1925 per crate
Price would depend entirely upon
market quotations in New York, OF
other large eastern cities. Mr.. Garter
said maturity of cauliflower would
come at a time when there would be
little going to New York from the
Catskills or Long Island.
The necessity of heavy use Of ferti-
lizer was stressed by Mr.. Carter as
one of the prime needs in growing
cauliflower successfully, with around
ton to the acre being the minimum
R. l.. Winklepleck, horticultural
agent for the B. and 0. railroad, plans
to be here for next Thursdays meet
ing. The possibilities of development
in this branch of farming will be out
lined by him and Mr.. Carter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Oakland and Accident
Teams Play Friday

Oakland and Accident high school
basketball teams, both boys and girls,
will meet in county league contest on
the Oakland high court on Friday
evening. 1t will be the first meeting
of the teams this season, as earlier
scheduled contests were postponed on
account of the weather.
The girls contest will get under
way at Z o'clock, with the boys game
about 8:15.
Oakland boys will also meet Eel
louisville High school here on next
Tuesday evening, with game sched-
uled at Aurora the following evening.
Oakland lost to Terra Alta High
school last Friday night on the lat
ter's court SO to "a. Terra Alta led at
half time 30 to IA. Sisler was high
scorer for Oakland with II points
while Hauser scored 8, McIntire 5
Orendorf 4, Kley and Ramsey each.
Collins was non-Scoring. Oakland
played without the services of Carl
ton Tasker, regular, who was out
with carbuncles on his neck, and with
out Carey Baker who has moved to
Ohio
Fraley led the Terra Alta scorers
with r. Everly had 10, Hill and
Cooper 9 each, Groves s, Smith and
Glotfelty each, and Metheny /.
In the preliminary game the Terra
Alta Jayvees won over the Oakland
Jayvees As to "a. George Hanst was
high scorer for Oakland with 10
points Amman led the Terra Alta
scorers with Is points.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
O'Conor To Speak At
Chamber of Commerce
Dinner In March

That the official dinner meeting of
the Mt Top Chamber of Commerce,
usually held in January, would not
be held until March, was announced
this week by Charles L. Briner, secre-
tary.
He said he had received a letter
from U. S. Senator Herbert R.
O'Conor, who is to be the speaker this
year, saying that due to heavy COM
mittee work in the Senate he would
not be able to come to Oakland before
March. A definite date will be an
nounced later
At meeting of the Board of
Directors on Monday night, Emeric
Dusic, president, praised the work of
the late Karl Lehman, as vice presi-
dent of the Chamber and chairman
of the Mercantile committee Lehman
never missed a Board meeting and
carried out all assignments given to
him, Dusic pointed out.
l. r. Rudy, Jr., was named chair
man of the Mercantile committee to
fill the vacancy until after the cleo
ton which will be the week of Janu-
airy D. Briner said ballots were being
mailed out to members. New and old
members of the Board of Directors
will have dinner meeting on Mon
day, January 20.
The Board instructed Briner to
write letters to Frank Kley, B. l..
Gender, ST., Mayor and Town Council
of Oakland, and H. O. Teagarden for
their activities during the holiday
season for street lighting, free enter
tainment for the children and other
work during that time
Irwin Field, treasurer, reported a
balance of $732.62 in the treasury.
The Board will send delegate, |. R.
Rudy, ST., to an organization meet
ing of the Maryland State Chamber
of Commerce at Annapolis on Janu-
AIRY 27.
Charles H. McIntirc reported
progress on the new folder being pre-
pared for distribution this spring.
The back of the new folder was
sketched by Aza Stanton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Scouts Will Trap
Rabbits for State

The Scout troops of Garrett county
are set to trap rabbits for the State
of Maryland, and get paid rs cents
each for doing it.
The trapping, however, is to be
done within the limits of the towns
where rabbits are inclined to destroy
a persons garden and shrubs, and the
state plans to release them in wooded
areas.
This new angle is being carried out
by the State Game Department after
they had learned that the rabbits of
the western states were suffering
from bubonc plague. The state is not
importing any rabbits this year be-
cause of the danger of transporting
the disease Lloyd Cook, district game
warden, said he believed as many rab-
bits could be acquired this way for
the hunters as by importation from
the west.
The plan is to get the rabbits out
of town and into the woods and fields.
Traps are being furnished to scout
troops at Oakland, Friendsville, Kitz-
miller and Grantsville. The rabbits
caught will be collected by game
wardens and released in nearby for
ests. The project will be carried on
each winter, according to present
plans, but not later than the middle
Of March.
Mr.. Cook and Leo Friend attended
last Thursdays scout meeting at Oak
land, and said they planned to dis
tribute the traps there this evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Youth and Leaders
Air YOUTH Problems
At Hagerstown Meet

A group of Western Marylanders
studying the needs of the youth of
the state, heard a recommendation
for educating children from a uni
versal angle.
The suggestion was one Of many
made at Hagerstown Saturday at. a
regional meeting of the Maryland
Commission for Youth. About $50
youngsters and adults attended to
represent their units in Garrett, Al
legany, Carroll, Frederick, Montgom-
cry and Washington counties.
The commission was set up by
former Governor Lane as a sort of
study and planning group to deter
mine the greatest needs Of the coun-
ties and how they can be met. The
discussion covered six phases of
planning, health, education, children
recreation, health, education, children
at home and away from home, insti-
tutional care, employment, and youth
in trouble. The leaders also met to
discuss methods of trying to get
something done about the reports and
recommendations of the various
groups.
The suggestion for Installing a
more worldly viewpoint among stu
dents came during the discussion of
education Along this same line the
meeting produced suggestions that
sex education be started in elcmen-
taIy school, domestic re a i n S
courses be offered in later grades and
work groups in religion be organized
in the classrooms.
Also discussed were the possibilities
of a survey to outline employment
facilities for young people, commune
ty protection services for neglected
children, greater attention to the re-
Mobilization of mentally retarded
children, and wider community spon-
sorship of youth recreation programs.
The county group was led by
Joseph p Sollars, Oakland Elemen-
tarY instructor, who is chairman for
this county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Home Demonstration
Agent Is Appointed
Miss Ethel Grove Will Assume
New Duties Here About March
LIST

Announcement of the appointment
Of new Home Demonstration agent
for Garrett county was made yester-
day by Mrs. w. w. Dewitt, president
of the county council of Homemakers'
clubs.
The new agent will be Miss Ethel
Grove, of Hagerstown. Miss Grove
formerly was home economies instruc-
tor in Accident and Friendsville High
schools. The appointment is effective
March LIST.
Mrs. Dewitt said news Of the APP
pointment had been sent to her by
Miss Nenia NJ. Kcllar, assistant direc-
tor of Extension and former State
Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Grove will fill the position
made vacant by the resignation of
Miss Eleanor X. Dearborn a few
months ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
To Assist in March
of Dimes Collections

Members of the Oakland Civic club
will assist in the collection of March
of Dimes contributions by a house to
house canvass of Oakland, it was an
nounced. The members will be divided
into groups:
Second street, Mrs William R
Browning, Mrs. James Helbig; Third
street, Mrs. A. G. Gortner, Mrs. w
w. DeWeese; Fourth street, State
road and old Deer Park road Mrs
Irwin Field, Mrs. Bowen Hardesty
Mrs. John Gallagher; 5th, 9th and 7th
streets, Mrs. Grover c. Stemple; Lib
erty, Mrs. Frank Kley, Mrs. A. G
Hesen; Alder street, Mrs. w. w
Dawson, Mrs. Roger Tower; Oak
street, Mrs Harry White, Mrs. Herb
ert Leighton, Mrs. Philip Whitaker;
Water street and Oak street from the
bridge, Mrs. William A. Shirer; Pen
nington and Crook Crest, Miss nellie
Shaffer; Center and Wilson streets
Mrs. Paul B. Naylor; 8th and Reese
High and Green streets, Mrs. W. E
Dawson, Mrs Earl Zepp; business
section, Second, Alder streets, Mrs. E
|. Baumgartner, Mrs. o. 7. eraser;
Liberty and Green streets, Mrs. EN-
roy Bolden; Third street, Mrs. Hugh
Echard and Mrs. Maurice Brookhart
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-01-18
Ballots Mailed In Soil
District Balloting Here

Ballots are being mailed to farm
owners and other eligible land
occupiers in the Garrett Soil Con-
servation District by John H. Carter
County Agricultural Agent, which
will result in the election of three
district supervisors in the regular
triennial election of Supervisors
which will be held January %.
Mr.. Carter said that a polling sta
ton will be kept open that day from
9 a. m. until p. m. in the County
Agents office, Post Office building
Oakland, for the convenience Of all
eligible voters who do not cast their
ballots by mail. All mail ballots must
be signed.
Candidates for these three posi-
tions, who have been nominated, OF
renominated, by written petition OF
Garrett land owners are:
Arthur Fitzwater, Swanton; Dorsey
Guard, FriendsviIle; Harry w. Hum
mel, Grantsville; Otis Riley, Oakland;
Clark Schlossnagle, Friendsville; Will
liam Wildesen, German.
Arthur Fitzwater, Dorsey Guard
Otis Riley are now members of the
Board and have been re-nominated.
Mr.. Garter points out that all per
sons or corporations who possess
farm land in the district-either as
owners, lessees, renters or tenants
are eligible to vote in this election.