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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
WINNERS In TRACK
and FIELD MEET
Are ANNOUNCED
JuniOr-SeniOr High School Event
Held Yesterday on Athletic
Field at Southern Site


Annual countrywide field and track
meets were resumed Wednesday with
events carried out on the new athletic
field Of Oakland High school for boys
and girls Of all junior-senior high
schools
The track and field winners were
designated as follows:
18th girls, lloyd. dash, won by
Helen Hetrick, Grantsville; Bernice
Lee Oakland, 2nd; Shirley Keister,
Grantsville, Bird; Virginia HENDERSON
and Elsie Sisler, Friendsville, tied for
1th.
18th girls, 7O-yd. dash, won by
Dorothy Humbertson. Friendsville;
Freda Baker, Oakland, 2nd; Donna
Burrell, Kitzmller, 3rd; Vera Murphy,
Grantsville, 4th.
won by Donna Balrick, kitzmiller,
distance 6 feet 81 inches; Donna
Burrell, Kitzmiller, 2nd.
Dodge Ball Throw for Girls
18th, Marie Guthrie. Grantsville, 1st,
distance 30 feet 3 inches; B. Smith,
Oakland, End; 0. Sharpless, Oakland,
Bird.
Sth, Sarabell Burell, Oakland, So
feet SO inches, c, McClung, Kitzmil-
Ter, 2nd; d. McRobie, Kitzmiller, 3rd.
9th, j. Myers, Oakland, 56 feet 8
inches; J. Farmhouse, Kitzmiller, End;
A. Warwick, Oakland, 3rd.
10th, Heather Robinson, Oakland,
55 feet 11l$ inches; Neva Fernando,
Kitzmiller. 2nd; Bonnie Conley, Kitz-
miller, 3rd.
18th, Grace Bachtel, Oakland, So
feet Ga inches; Gloria Maffett, Oak
land, End; Shirley keister, Grants
vile, Bird.
18th, Donna Barrick, kitzmiller, 55
feet Sc inches; Donna Bm1ell, Kitz-
miller. 2nd; Joan Litzenburg, Oak
land, Bird.
Run and Catch Relay for Girls
18th, Friendsyille LIST, Grantsville
2nd and Bird Kitzmiller, 4th.
Sth, Friendsville LIST, Oakland, 2nd
and Bird; Accident, 4th.
9th, Oakland list, GrantsvilIe, Ind;
Oakland, Bird; Grantsville, 4th.
10th, Friendsville LIST, Oakland,
End; Grantsville, 3rd; Grantsville, 4th.
18th, won by Friendsville.
18th, won by Oakland.
Standing Broad Jump (GirIs)
18th, Marlene Patton, Grantsville, 7
feet; Dolores Wright, Friendsville,
2nd; Janet Uphold, Friendsville, 3rd;
Loretta Barger, Kitzmiler, 4th.
18th, Carol McClung, Kitzmiller, 6
feet 1912 inches, EXcava James,
Kitzmiller, 2nd; Mabel Miller, Grants
Vile, Bird.
9th. Donna Weimer, Oakland, 7
feet inches, Katie Friend, Oakland,
2nd; Fern Foley, Oakland, 3rd; Patsy
Burrcll, kitzmiller, 4th.
10th, Heather Robinson, Oakland, Z
feet PIG inches, Betty Article, Friends
vile, 2nd; Eloise burst, Grantsville,
3rd; Martha Sharpless, Kitzmiller,
4th.
18th, Gloria Maffett, Oakland,
feet 9l2 inches, Gladys Walters, Oak
land, End; Shirley Keister, Grants
vile, Bird; Polly Hall, Accident, 4th.
Dashes for Girls
It'll, SO yards, Janet Uphold,
Friendsville, LIST; Janet Wilson,
Kitzmiller, 2nd; Beverly Winters,
Oakland, 3rd; Faye Coddington,
Friendsville, 18th
Sth, Carol McClung, Kitzmiller, LIST;
Carol Wolford, Oakland, 2nd; Ruby
Frazee, Friendsville, 3rd; Barbara
Steele, Oakland, 4th.
9th, 60 yards, Loretta Wolfe, Oak
Continued on Page Six
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
Town Council Gets
Outlook On Supply
OF Gas This Winter

Information concerning the expected
natural gas supply for Oakland this
coming winter, was presented to the
Mayor and Town Council Of Oakland
at the regular meeting Monday night
by Roland r. Gilbert, district manager,
of Elkins, w. Va.
The plans for larger gas mains
through the center of town, which had
been announced several months ago,
apparently are being held up, due to
shortage of materials. Mr. Gilbert
called attention to the regulation re-
leased by the company several weeks
ago which restricted new heating con
tracts. No new heating contracts will
be taken on now, he said.
The certainty Of plenty of gas for
Oakland this winter seemed to hinge
on the possibility Of supplies from new
gas wells in this area. He told the
council that the gas from a we'll on
d street, in the town of Mt. Lake Park
would be piped into the Oakland lines,
and that if the Hamill well, now being
drilled, became productive, that the
production there would be turned into
the lines and connected to 8th street.
Other Matters Discussed
A number of other matters were
disposed of at the regular business
session. Three permits were granted,
one to Edgar T. Hardesty, contractor,
to construct a building "a by 36 feet
for the c. and P. Telephone company,
at cost Of $4,000; one to NJ. S.
Brookhart for construction of a resi-
dence 80 by 81 on Pennington street,
one story, white single siding, at
an approximate cost of $4,000; and
one to Dewitt and DeBerry to erect
an aluminium awning in front of their
place Of business on Alder street
Karl Kahl and Spencer Graham, who
own property north of town, suggested
that the town include that area within
its corporate limits, and pointed out
that it had already been sub-divided,
with streets and alleys already marked
out. The council took no definite ac-
ton. The present city line is at
Omar street.
1t was decided the town would ask
the B. and 0. railroad to move the
warning signal for the electric cross
ing gates to $500 feet on the west
bound track. AT present the warning
signal begins operating when trains
come within a distance Of 1000 feet.
Collections for the month amounted
to $5,630.35, with expenditures total
ing $5,2S9.S3. There was an estimated
balance on hand of $1,770.Sl, plus
$945.22 in the parking meter fund,
and $1,000 in the sinking fund of the
water department Movie tax for the
month totaled $78.S5.
The town contributed $3.50 to the
playground association for payment
of instructors this summer. The Oak
land elementary school playground
will be open this summer under super
vision.
The purchase Of power mower
costing $40 from the Garrett Truck
and Implement company was author
lied. The council plans to have Chris
tian L. Larsen, executive secretary
of the Maryland Municipal League,
present at the meeting on July 8, to
discuss the REMEMBERING of the var
ious streets.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
Receives Science Award

Frederick Thayer, senior student in
Oakland High school, has received
the Bausch and Lomb science medal,
an honorary science award, it was
announced. The medal has been pre-
scented to $4,000 high school students
in the United States since 1892 to
promote the study of science. Thayer
expects to enter Wooster college,
Wooster, O., this fall where he will
take a pre-engineering course pre-
paratory to entering Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
Ruling on Postponed Games

League officers of the Mt. Top
Baseball league announced this morn
ing following a meeting, the rules
concerning postponed games. They
said there had been some confusion
concerning the matter.
They pointed out article 5, section
7, Of the bylaws which states Games
postponed because of weather must
be re-scheduled by the following
Thursday at 5 o'clock, EST. The game
is limited to seven innings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
Troopers Qualify

Qualifying as experts with the
pistol among the State police, are
Cpl. Samuel Conrad, stationed at
Oakland; Troopers John f. Browning,
Glen Folk, Blair Bucket, Robert Hen
line and Charles Dewitt. Marksmen
include Trooper Milton Hart. A total
of qualified OH the pistol range at
LaNale.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07
Wounded In Action

Mr.. and Mrs. Ncstor Sukow, of
Deer Park, have been officially mott
fed that their son, Pfc. Boyd J. Su-
kow was wounded in Korea, on May
II, 1851.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07

Lawrence Groves, c. and P. Telc-
phone company employee, fell while
at work one day last week and broke
his right ankle. He is now doing
limited office duty fol- the company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07

Miss Elizabeth J. Lohr, Pittsburgh,
who has been visiting her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Reaford
Purbaugh, will return to her home
today. Mr. and Mrs. Purbaugh will
accompany her.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-06-07

Air force disclosed production of an
improved jet fighter superior to Rus
sian built MIG 10.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Rev. Truman Conley
Draws Jail Sentence
In Grundy Court

Last Thursday in the mayors
court at Grundy, the Rev. Iru-
man Conley, itenerant evangelist,
was fined $3.50 and given a jail
sentence of 80 days for setting up
a public address system contrary
to a town ordinance on July 281
He was defended by S H SuthI
erland, Clintwood attorney. An
appeal was taken, and the preach
err was released on a bond of
$3.50.
Conley, in defiance of a town
ordinance, attempted to set up a
loud speaker through which he
intended to preach to the people
on the street. The case aroused
a great deal of interest So deep
was the interest in Grundy last
Thursday that people began gath
ering in the morning to hear the
trial. The courtroom was over
flowed, and the trial was held in
the mayors office.
Attorney Sutherland contended
that the warrant for Conley's
arrest was not properly drawn
but was overruled. The case will
be tried at the October term OF
the Buchanan County circuit
court
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16

G, c, Hanover Of skeetreek was
IN tews gpssaas
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16

shops. The return trip was made
by way of Douglas and Cherokee
Dams.
Dickinson County folks who en-
joyed this nice trip were: From
Birchleaf, Mrs Irene Sutherland
and Mrs Fay Davis; from Clint
wood, Mrs. Ruby Mullins, Miss
Mozelle Rasnick, Mrs. N B Ras
nick, Mrs Beuna Smith, Mrs, w
C Southern, Mrs. A A; Skeen,
Mrs. Fern Skeen, Mrs Billie R
Skeen and Mrs E J Suther-
land; from Georges Fork, Mrs.
Anne Boiling, Mrs Edna Brown
ing, Mrs. Earl Owens and Mrs
E Vanderpool; from Haysi,
Mrs. William Arlington, Mrs.
Rheul Fuller, Mrs R D. Keene
and Mrs Ruby Taylor; from Hon
ey Camp, Miss Ada Dotson; from
Lick Fork, Mrs Emma Browning,
Miss Patsy Browning, Roger
Browning and Mrs. Clercie Rob-
inson; from Yates, Miss Glenna
Yates, Miss Jolene Yates and Mrs.
Sis Yates All extend thanks to
the Tri-State Bus Company for
giving us a careful and patient
driver in the person of John
Stout
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Flock of A Chickens
Killed BY Dog In
ClintWood

A tan cocker spaniel dog be-
longing to, a Clintwood citizen
played hob with a flock of fry
ing-size chickens belonging to
Mrs, Elizabeth Kennedy Wells Of
Clintwood one night last week.
The flock numbered 46 and
had been well fed and attended
to. The dog entered the chicken
lot at night and killed all but two
of the flock. When the family
arose in the morning the dog was
still in the lot, just finishing the
slaughter, evidently just for the
fun of killing They took no ac-
ton toward disposing of the dog
but did keep it inside until they
could learn who the owner was
so they might decide upon some
legal action.
1t is understood that suit
for damages has been filed,
pnol 1kAlo III
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
COUNTY. MEN GO TO
BRISTOL FOR
EXAMINATION

The local draft board classified
the following young men for ex-
animation for the armed forces
Monday and they left on char
tered bus for Bristol for examin-
alton:
Oliver Kendrick, Jr., Baden
Gerald Estelle Pickett, Nealy
Ridge
Ersel Clinton Rose, Mcclure
William Mullins, Coeburn, Ri 2
Henry Mickels, Clintwood, Rt 2
James w. Stanley, Clintwood,
RI. 2 :
Ollie Carlos Lyall, Birchleaf
Worley Mckinley Laforce, Haz
Norman Sykes, Haysi
Anthony Clifford Stanley, Coe~
burn, Rt. 2
Creed Bradford Hanover, Clint
wood
Odell Carly, Willard
Randolph Stanley, Clintwood
Ernest Palmer BARLEY, Stein.
man
Enoch Marvin Sluss, Clintwood
Garland Morgan Sullivan, Bee
Emett Edwards, Leck
Kermit Hamilton, Darwin.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
RUFUS PERRIGAN IN RACE
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Rufus Perrigan, SO, farmer and
lay worker in the Regular BapA
fist church, Martha Gap, will op
pose Glyn Phillips for the Buch~
anan-Dickenson seat in the Vir-
ginia House of Delegates. Lee
Stanley, deputy clerk, said that
Parrigan had been certified as the
Republican candidate by Bans
Willis, Republican county chair
man.
Parrigan states that he will
make an active campaign for the
office. Phillips was nominated by
a Democratic convention at Grun
dy on July %
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Mrs. Martha Jane
BARLEY Dies At
Home of Daughter

Mrs. Martha Jane BARLEY, Sc,
died Saturday at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Goldia Mullins,
on Cranes Nest. She had been bed
fast for more than a year and her
death was not unexpected
Burial was in the old Mullins
cemetery in Flemingtown Sun
day afternoon. Funeral services
were conducted by Elders James
Wright and Earl Mullins.
Mrs. BARLEY was a daughter of
Isaac and Elizabeth Mullins who
came from the Toe River Valley
in North Carolina about 1880 and
settled in Flemingtown She was
married to Will Shores more than
fifty years ago He died long ago
and she later married Pleas Bart
ley, who survives her.
She is survived by two sons,
Jerome Mullins and Arthur
Shores, and by one daughter,
Mrs Goldia Mullins. She lived
to be the last surviving member
of her immediate family
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Tourist Trade
TrickleS Into


The scenic area of the Breaks
is attracting thousands Of tour
lists this season. Tom D Selfe, for
mer resident of Dickinson Coun-
ty, now in business at Elkhorn
Ciy, KY, states that the tourist
business is helping his town no.
ticeably this year. The new bridge
across the river at Elkhorn City,
he says, was recently opened for
travel.
Lee Sutherland of Tiny says
that on recent Sunday visit to
the Breaks he noted car licenses
from several states and that park
ing space was at premium. Mr..
Sutherland noted that many of
the visitors had heard of the
scenery but were at loss when
they reached the parking area,
A question often heard was,
"Where is the scenery, anyway"
He believes that some kind of
guide service should be organic
ed for the assistance of such Wis
itors, who unable to find their
way around in unfamiliar sur
roundings, might ga away to con
vey their disappointment to 9TH
ers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
RONNIE HAROLD DELOACH

Ronnie Harold Deloach, Swear
old son of Mr.. and Mrs Clifford
Deloach, of Cintwood, died in the
Dickinson County Hospital Nom
day evening after an illness of
three or four hours.
Rumors are to the effect that
he might have died of spinal men
nights, but this report has not
been confirmed by medical au-
thorities here. !
Burial was in the cemetery at
Rose Hill Church on Big Ridge
Wednesday afternoon, Elder Ball
lard Baker was in charge of fuz
neral services
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Memorial At Haynes
Cemetery Aug. 26

Memorial services for deceased
members of the Haynes family
will be held on Pine Creek at the
Haynes graveyard on Sunday,
Aug. 26. Among the ministers
will be Elder Emory Vanover,
and Ed. Alex Tompkins Several
members of the family who live
in the vicinity of Alexandria will
return for the meeting. Milton
Haynes, Fairmont, w Va, also
plans to be present
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
ClintWOOd
Playing
500 Ball
By CLAUDE SHORT

ClintWood again came through
the past weekend to continue
playing 500 ball, as they have for
the previous two wee<-ends, ana
we say that as long as they will
continue to do SO we will be sat-
isfied, and there is still the poss11
bility of coming out of the cellar
by the end of the season, a goal
we would like to realize. The two
games the past week were played
with the league leader, Appala-
CHA. One of the games was sche1
duled for the past Saturday night
at the fair ground here, but early
Saturday afternoon the Wise
countians called and said they
would not play under the lights,
and that they were bringing their
team and umpire to play h e
game that afternoon and for
ClintWood to have team on the
field ready to play when they ar
rived Or that the game would be
forfeited to them-a rather de-
handing message. But Clintwood
yielded, and might l say, in rare
and unusual style, as we out hit,
out fielded and out-played the
Appalachians all the way round,
and Clintwood won over our OPP
ponents to the tune of 10 to 8.
Tom Romans was On the mound
for the locals and we give him
credit for a masterful job. He had
plenty of backing in the field,
and ample slugging power to help
him during our turns at the bat.
We give the boys credit for
very fast and well-played game.
On Sunday, the return game
was played at Appalachia, with
plenty of excitement and a very
close game up until the last frame
at which time the game was all
tied up at to S. Fuller, on the
mound, had kept the league Lead
ers' bats well intact until the last
inning, and all indications point
ed to another win for Clintwood,
but the Wise County lads caught
up to the Old Masters sliders and
twisters, and before their bats
could be silenced seven runs had
crossed the plate to win the game
for Appalachia to the untimely
score of IL to 5.
This weekend ClintWood meets
Keokee here, Saturday night, and
at Keokee Sunday. Only four
more games remain in the season
this weekend games
with Keokee.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16

Since last week we have dis
lsss Rsxt csluHsa)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
BETTYJEAN FRENCH DIES
IN COEBURN HOSPITAL

Betty Jean French, 13-year- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Carson
French, of Nora, died in the Coei
burn Hospital last week from the
effects of a ruptured appendix.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Saturday by Ed
ers Claude Rose, Enoch Rose and
Jack Kiser, and burial was in the
family graveyard on Smith Ridge.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16

Shown above is part Oh the
i Dickinson County Home Demon
stration group and friends max
ing the tour of the Smoky Noun
tains July 10 to 18th. The picture
was made atop the Rockefeller
Memorial at New Found Gap on
the line between Tennessee and
North Carolina.
The group of 35 women and
girls and one boy left Clintwood
in a chartered bus at Z a. m on
Tuesday, July 10, stopped in Err
win, Tenn, at noon where we had
a picnic lunch and were shown
through the Blue Ridge Potteries;
thence to Asheville, N. c., arriv-
ing about 4 p m. After securing
accommodations in two neighbour
ing tourist courts, we then as
sembled on the handicapped picnic
area of the Milestone Tourist
Court and enjoyed a picnic sup
per from the abundance of food
brought along.
Just as the bus carrying the
Dickinson County group pulled
in at the Milestone, who should
pass but Richard Chase, the emin
ent folk artist of Big Stone Gap,
in his station wagon After sup
per we went post haste to the Civ
ic Center auditorium of Ashe-
Vile where the Craftsman's Fair
was in progress. Here we saw
carding, spinning, vegetable dye
ing and handwriting done in the
traditional way Here, too, we
saw useful and beautiful objects
of wrought iron and other metals
being made; trays, chairs, bas-
kets and brooms being shaped be
fore our eyes; bowl rising on
potter's wheel. Techniques 1n
leather work, silk screening, gem
making and other crafts were
demonstrated Authentic folk
dances and folk music were per-
formed for the pleasure of the
crowds, and here again we saw
Mr.. Chase leading and taking
part in the play, Or telling h e
tale of wicked john to spell
bound audience.
The second day our group tour
ed the $4,000 acre Biltmore estate
with it miles of hard-surfaced
roads, surrounding the magniti-
cent 300-room mansion with its
marvellous flower gardens n d
pools and hot houses of tropical
flowers and plants. That after
noon we were taken to the Chero
kee Indian reservation where we
saw the pageant Unto These
Hills" on Wednesday night, COM
ing to Gatlinburg for the second
nights lodging,
The morning of the third day
we returned to the Top of Old
Smoky" for the wonderful view
of the mountains from New
Found Gap, intending to go on to
lofty Clingman's Dome to find
the road leading to that point
closed for repairs Coming back
into Gatlinburg, we stopped again
and the women had a great time
visiting the many crafts and gift
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
Mail Your news in early

covered three daughters and one
son of Confederate soldiers living
in Clintwood. They are Mrs. Gal
lie Friend and Mrs. John M
Skeen, daughters of the late J.
H. Long; and Mr., and Mrs, F C
Hillman. Whe knews of ethers?
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
BAKE SALE

A bake sale will be held on
Saturday, Aug. 18th, at the New
Hardware by the Ladies Aux
iliary of Valley View Church.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-08-16
OF
All
Things!
By E. f. B.

by Es " IL
Swift, Hick Baker, and Old
Man Ranny left behind them the
tradition of a silver mine in the
Cumberland Mountain. The ma
tives, looking over the bleak
rough slopes, have often voiced
their faith in the legend There
must be some kind of wealth in
that mountain" they will say.
They believe that the Good Lord
compensates and that He filled
the bosom of the hills with min
eral riches, because He certainly
didn't put much on the surface.
Maybe the mountaineers' faith
is that kind OF which the Scrip
ture speaks, and maybe the Gooo
Lord does, in the long run, even
up the scales. The Mountain is
good for something" after all.
Probably, no minerals of present
value lie under the surface. Sci2
entists Of the future may discover
new uses for the material in the
rock deposits We know not what
the future may reveal, but the
unfolding will be slow. Here, in
our own time, the Mountain may
begin to yield a stream of riches
that will not dry up.
Senator M M. Longs propos-
al of a highway along the crest
of Cumberland Mountain from
Pound Gap to the Breaks has
boldness and imagination Such
highway would be as beautiful
and scenic as any section of the
famed Skyline Drive. Traversing
an almost unbroken area of ma
tional forest, high, and cool il
the hottest weather, this drive
would attract thousands of tour
lists through more than half of the
year The travellers would leave
some mony behind them, and
that money would come in
mighty handy
We have talked in jest of the
Swift legend and the waking
dreams of Hick Baker. A silver
mine could not last long. If the
vision had been a reality and the
mine had been opened in Hick
Bakers time, it would now be
exhausted A scenic drive along
the SUBMITS where that poor man
plodded and dreamed would be
source of income for years with
out number This would be
wealth that wouldn't wear away.
A silver mine would yield riches
to only few; the highway Wis 4
Toned by Senator Long would
benefit everybody along the
slopes of the Cumberland.
There isn't any road across the
Mountain between Pound Gap
and the Breaks. Virginia keeps up
passable route to the sumit at
Osborne Gap, but the authorities
have not yet been convinced of
the need to reopen the Blowing
Rock trail. Two communities, on
either side of the Mountain, good
neighbrs in days of old, have
been separated since the old road
went out of use. If they would
unite in fight to get the road
restored, results would follow
sooner or later. You know what
little bit of faith will do,