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was crowd lining both sides
of the avenue. Rev. &c. Mcleod,
pastor of the church of1iciated,
assisted by Rev. Enoch o. Wood
house, fellow classmate at How
ard of deceased who rendered
several solos. A great mass OF
floral tributes was banked about
the caSket. Interment was at
Mt. Hope Cemetery to which
more than 80 cars moved in
the arrangements. CASTOR E.
the funeral cortege. The CHS
ohm Funeral Chapel was in
charge Of the arrangements.
CASTOR E. Franklin was born in
Elizabeth, N. c., 3S years ago
and was a Hampton graduate Of
Northeastern University and
was aMaster Electrician. Filter
establishing the Mels Fres busi-
ness on Columbus Ave, he open
ed the Avenue News on the site
of Lonnie Lees restaurant
Continued on Page Six
The guardian., 1953-07-18
THANKS GOVERNOR HERTER
AND Commissioner MCKINNEY

Governor Herter this week re-
leased the text of the following
letter:
HON. CHRISTIAN A. HERTER,
GOVERNOR
The Commonwealth of Massa-
chuSects
Executive Department, State
House
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
I wish to thank you again
for authorizing Mr.. Elwood Nc
Kenney of your Commission
Against Discrimination to take
part in our Convention at st.
Louis last week.
AS we had hoped, this dis
cussion OF the Massachusetts,
law and of those factors es-
ssntial to effective employ
ment legislation was of major
aid to our delegates, many of
whom are now engaged or will
later participate in working
for passage of fair employ
meat practices legislation in
their respective states. Further,
those delegates from areas
where such legislation is op-
erative now have better u1-
derstanding of their duties as
citizens desiring the successful
administration of the statute.
On the whole, 1 am certain
that our delegates are inclined
to Piew the Massachusetts stat
ute and its administration as
models for the rest of She coun-
try. And it should be added
that the consensus of the del
egates at the Convention was
that Massachusetts, was fortu-
nate in having a person of Mr..
Kenney's calibre serving on its
Commission Against DiScrim-
ination.
We feel deeply indebted to
you both.
THURGOOD MARSHALL,
Director and Counsel National
Association for the Advance
ment OF Colored People, New
York 18, N. ".
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EGLESToN SO. - 3 family brick.
vacant spt.. 5-6-6 rooms, sep.
heaters. newly renovated. 9. l. ap-
proved. Back piszzss. Price.
So, 500.
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Louis st. Clair Morris, in his
74th year, passed away on July
IL, 1858, after short illness.
Funeral services were held at
l pm, Wednesday, July IS, in
st. Cyprians Episcopal Church,
the Rev. Nathan Wright, Jr.,
Rector, officiating. Interment
was in Mt. Hope Cemetery. AZ
rangementS were under the di-
rection of The Greer Funeral
Services.
Mr.. Morris leaves to mourn
his loss, a beloved wife (Eddie) !,
one daughter, Mrs. Eugenie
Johnson, three sons, Gladstone,
Cleveland and Frederick, fifteen
grandchildren, other relatives,
and host of friends.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Louis
st. clair Morris wish to thank
relatives, friends and neighbors
for sympathy, cards and flow
ers on the occasion of their
recent bereavement.
Mrs. Louis st. Clair Morris,
Wife.
The guardian., 1953-07-18
Minister'S Wives
Mark 18th Anniversary

The Minister'S Wives Council
of Boston and vicinity cele-
brated its 18th Anniversary on
Tuesday evening, June 30, at
Gloucester Memorial Presby-
terian Church, Boston.
T h Interdenominationali
Ministers Alliance and several
guests enjoyed a delicious turk
The guardian., 1953-07-18
Ethel Waters Wins New StardOm

Ethel Waters achieved the
peak of her spectacular career
with her starring role as the
warm and wise Bernice Sadie
Brown in the prize-winning
Broadway play, The Member
of the Wedding"
The brilliance Of Ethel Wat
ers' performance at the Rox-
bury Theatre, in a picture long
awaited. is a far cry from the
night when THE Member of
the Wedding" first opened at
the Empire Theatre in New
York. On that evening in
January, 1850, she had reached
the crossroads of an illustrious
career. Miss Waters, whose
singing and acting had made
her The FIRST member Of hel
race to see her name in lights
above a Broadway theatre, had
been virtually forgotten; "The
Member of the Wedding" was
the play which would return
her to oblivion or to fame of
her heyday on Broadway as in
"As Thousands Cheer" Cabin
In The Sky" and "Mamba'S
Daughter"
Her brilliant portrayal in
Member OF the Wedding" as
the earthly housekeeper showed
such insight and warmth that
1t helped the play to win the
New York critics and the DON
aldson Award as the best play
of the year. She followed that
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Rhodes has selected May 90,
1854, for his next presentation
of Opera, The coming perform
ance threatens to eclipse all
past ones, and you have ample
notice to keep away from that
date. We expect to tax the ca
pacity of the hall on that night.
More particulars as they deVe-
lop. Watch the GUARDIAN!
The guardian., 1953-07-18

cruise; Count me on the trip"
are typical expressions over
heard as the cruise date nears.
Be sure to get tickets in ad
vance, is advice by the wise;
and avoid the last minute rush
and crush for tickets at the
wharf. The Boston Belle, next
Monday, July 20, leaves Rowes
Wharf at P. M. and returns at
II. An eveningful of merriment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Q4eAtc


From readings in freedom published by the Readers Di-
ges particularly for Boy Scouts is the following condensed
story:
ION bleak November morning A. H. Graenser sat in
Omaha hotel lobby He had just five cents and had been
informed he could reener his until he had paid
his His baggage, his overcoat in the room
Something had be done He walked to the window
and tried peer out into the cold harsh world but the
glass all steamed up 1t then he remembered what
an old chemist had told him. Gycern soap, rubbed
on glass wiped off with clean cloth would prevent
stcaming.
AT the drugstore he purchased cake Of gyccrn
soap with his last nickel Sitting cold park bench he cut
the "a pieces. The NracleRub came to him
Demonstrating wndsheds at the citys stations and
breathing it, he easily sold the cubes at $3.50 Dozen
drugstore park bench to stations he finished
the day with $27 After covering Omaha stations he
worked East Before long he wrapping his product IN
tnfoI and packing dozen to box
Three months later Graenser in Detroit with an
automobile and 900 cash With this capital he formed the
Presto Products company Ourishng firm producing clean
ing and polishing materials of all kinds.
This story could have special message for students
at graduation time. Not student is going to be down
and every student will be without clear oppor-
uny to proceed into well paying job But there will be
those desperate work. loss to what to do and how
to go about doing it.
That's where the good old fashioned initiative comes in
along with responsibility to get ahead by ones own efforts
And in country where there freedom such as ours there
is always the opportunity develop idea Take your
ideas seriously Improve them for your good and pos
sble let those ideas work for the good of Garrett County
And preso We will along in progress with the best
of them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Electrical Storm
Strikes In County

A severe electrical storm struck
Oakland and other parts of Gar
rett county late Saturday night
and early Sunday, causing consid-
cradle damage.
Lightning entered the George
Sanders home in Mt. Lake via the
television aerial, and causing a
fire in the living room. 1t was not
necessary to call the fire depart
ment, but the furniture was dam
aged to some extent.
Lightning also felled large
tree ON route 40, at Negro noun
tain, which slowed passenger cars
and held up large trucks for sew
eral hours until the State Roads
commission was able to have it re-
moved. The tree was six feet in
diameter.
The heavy rainfall also washed
gardens and plowcd ground.
Hail fell in a number Of areas.
Sunday remained cool but the
weather has moderated during the
balance of the week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Here For Workshop

That Joseph Hunter, of Balti-
more, state president of the Mary
land Congress of Parents and
Teachers would be in Oakland for
the workshop period at Southern
High school next Tuesday, was an
nounced by Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty,
president of the Garrett County
Council of Parents and Teachers.
The county council planned the
workshop to show methods of i'm
proving Parent-Teacher meetings.
The session is scheduled for June
. at 1870 o'clock, standard time.
Also coming for the discussion,
which was announced last week.
are Mrs. Leonard c. Needles, End
vice-prcsidcnt of the Maryland
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
of Chcstertown; and Mrs. Fred
Bull, school education chairman, of
College Park. Mrs. Needles is
former county council president
and past district vicc-president.
The public is invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Looking For Oil

Around l5 or 20 men of the Pet
ty Geographical Engineering COM
pany have rented office space in
the limbaugh building on Third
street and plan to remain in this
area for at least four months, it
was learned yesterday.
The company plans to drill a
number Of holes in the Friendsville
and Accident area of the county in
an effort to discover whether or
not there is oil under the surface.
After a core drilling is made some
dynamite will be set off and the
trcmors recorded on a seismograph.
From the reactions one is supposed
to he able to tell whether or not
there is oil. Kenneth Andall, one
of the company officials, has
rented the b. B. Ncthkcn property
on Crook Crest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Vacation Bible
School To Begin
Monday, June 9Th

The Daily Vacation Bible school
for churches of Oakland and vi
cinity, will begin next Monday,
June s, in st. Marks Lutheran
church. Glasses will continue from
9 to Il 30 IA. m, until Friday, June
10, with the exception of Tuesday,
June 9, when classes will start at
/ p. m. Students return to school
for their report cards on that day.
st. Marks Lutheran church, St.
PauI's Methodist church, and the
Church of the Nazarene, are co
operating, with the pastors, Rev.
w. S. Patterson, Methodist; and
Rev. Forrest T. Benner, Nazarene.
Mrs. Edward P. Kahl and Mrs.
Earl Lee are in charge. Teachers
will include: Mrs. May Arts, in
termediatcs; Mrs. Robert 7. Hotf-
man, 9Th; Mrs. Arthur Naylor, 4th;
Mrs. James Lcmmcrt, Bird; Mrs.
Fred Burgwald, 2nd; Mrs. Wade
Beeghly, list; Mrs. James Hclbig,
eginners; Mrs. John Sharps,
nursery. Assistants will be Rcbecca
White, Linda Pritts. Shirley Stock
man, Betty Starr Kildow and Olivia
Naylor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Is Graduated With
Honors On Monday

Miss Jane V. Humbertson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
II. Humbcrtson, of Mt. Lake Park,
was graduated with honor "cum
laudc" at the one hundred seventy
first commencement exercises at
Washington college, Chestertown,
on Monday afternoon. Seventy-one
graduates received degrees. Miss
Humbertson received the Bachelor
of Arts degree.
She also received the History
Department award, presented by
members of the history department
to the student, majoring in history,
who attains the highest average in
history during his or her college
course.
Miss Humbertson also received
a scholarship to Carnegie Institute
of Technology, Pittsburgh, and will
go there this fall to obtain her
masters degree in library science.
She plans to spend the summer at
her home at the Park
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
To Enroll First
Graders On Friday

On Friday, June 5, principals of
all Garrett county schools will be
prepared to enroll first graders eN-
pecting to begin school in Septem-
her. The time is l o'clock p. M,
Standard time.
Since the health department is
still without a health officer, it
cannot offer to assist in the pre-
school clinic 1t was recommended
by r. Bowen Hardesty, county SUI
perintendent of schools, that par
ents take their children to a private
for a physical check-up
before September.
Any child who will be six years
of age on or before December 81
may enter school in September. Mr..
Hardcsty stressed the Importance
of enrolling the first graders on
Friday and to bring a birth Ger
tificatc. The principal also is re-
quired to see that child has "A
scar as that is required
before entering school by school
law.
From the number enrolling on
Friday the Board Of Education will
know what books to buy, the NUM-
Der of teachers to employ and
other matters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Receives Degree

Miss Barbara Anne Winters,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
O. Winters. Sth street, Oakland, re-
ccived her Bachelor of Arts degree
at the S3rd annual commencement
exercises at Western Maryland col
lege ON Monday.
While at the college she ma ored
in Art, besides being chaplain of
the Phi Alpha Mu sorority, a mem
her Of the Canterbury club, Future
Teachers of America, the Aloha
staff and the College players. She
plans to teach this fall in Balti-
more City or Baltimore County.
Her parents and other members
of the family motored to West
minister for the ceremony. Also
attending were Mir. and Mrs. How
ard White and daughter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Truck Company To Hold
Safety Dinner Meeting

Thirty or more persons are OK
pected to attend safety meeting,
sponsored by Sanders Motor
Freight, Inc, at the William-James
hotel on Saturday evening at $50
o'clock.
A representative of Markell In
surancc company from Richmond,
Va, will present awards to drivers
earning them, Francis w Sanders,
president, said. Pins arc awarded
by the insurance company for safe
driving during the past year and
with no accident chargcablc to the
fault of the drivers, while the
Freight company will present L. S.
Savings bonds to those honored.
Twenty-Five dollar bonds are
awarded for one years safe driv-
ing, $50 for two years, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
ForeSters Learn
How To Combat
Large Scale Fires

Organization of forestry en-
ployes for combating large scale
forest fires and other disasters was
emphasized at a meeting this week
at Harrington Manor, west of Oak
land, in the annual threc-day state
fire training session.
More than 100 full-time employees
of the State Department of For
csts and Parks attended from all
over the state.
In charge of the training pro-
gram was State Forester II. c..
Buckingham, and he was assisted
by A. X. Bond, assistant forester.
Joseph f. Kaylor, director of the
Department of State Forests and
Parks, was present for the demon
stration.
The training sessions were held
in an area which District Forester
William H. Johnson pointed out
had amasscd an outstanding record
in forest fire control this spring.
He noted there had been only 10
forest fires in the four-county
Western Maryland district this
spring and that they had burned
over only 5712 acres. Nine of the
blazcs and AS acres we're attributed
to Frederick county. Allegany
county had two fires, burning a
total of five acres. Garrett county
had just one, which harmed one
acre. Washington county's one fire
burned three and one-half acres.
In 1852 Garrett county had Is
fires with 279 acres burned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Awarded Damages

Joseph A. Blubaugh Monday was
awarded a $430 verdict from Henry
Brumage by Garrett County
Circuit court jury in Oakland. As
sociate Judge Morgan c. Harris
presided at the trial.
The case originally was tried in
Allegany county circuit court and
at that time Blubaugh won a 1865
verdict. A new trial was granted
and the case was removed to this
county.
Blubaugh contcnded that his
auto was damaged in an accident
on Georges Creek Boulevard De-
cember 10, 1851. Blubaugh stated
that he stopped his car because the
road was blocked. While stopped
his car was rammed and damaged
by Brumage's truck. the plaintiff
argued. He was unhurt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Dates Set For Field
Day On Barn Hay
Drying Equipment
Will Be Held Monday, June s,
On Farms In HOyes And
GOrtner Areas

Interested farmers may see a
demonstration on the use of barn
hay drying equipment next Mon
day, June 8, it was announced by
John II. Garter, county agricultural
agent. Mr.. Carter set the dates
when it was possible to have a
representative from the University
of Maryland Extension Service, the
Monongahela Power Company and
the Potomac Edison Company.
The demonstration will be held
on two farms. One at 1890 O'Clock
EST, will be held at the farm of
Clark Schlossnagle, one mile from
Hoyes on county route No. So. The
second one will be at the farm of
Ross Grove, one half mile west %
Swan Meadow School, in the Gort
ner section. This will be at , o'clock
EST.
Present for the demonstration
will be James Copeman, agriculture
counsellor, West Maryland Power
company; George Mullen, farm
supervisor, Potomac Edison COM
pany; and Harry Hofmeister, agri-
culture engineer for the University
Both Mr.. Schlossnagle and Mr..
/
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04


Rev. Tilden H. Gaddis, Winona
Lake, Indiana, is one of the evan
gelists who will be at the list an
nual Mt Lake Park Holiness camp
meeting, scheduled to be held June
26 through July 5 this year. The
meetings are interdenominational.
Also serving as an evangelist will
be Rev. S. H. Turbeville, Winter
Park, Fla.
The opening service will be held
on Friday evening, June 26, at
1880 o'clock. Regular services will
be held daily from 9 a. m. through
the evening preaching services. All
meetings are on Eastern Standard
Time.
Other workers will be The Cad
dis Moscr party, for music; Miss
Lavctta Serrott, children and
youth; Rev. c. S. Thompson,
peoples meeting; Rev. Andy Roe,
ring meeting; and Rev. N. l..
Casey, prayer meeting.
Officers include DR.. @. II. Calls,
West Palm Beach, Fla, president;
Stanley AShby, Crcllin, vice-presi-
dent; Rev. |. f. Steyer. Bramwcll,
Va, secretary and treasurer.
Rev. and Mrs. David Stewart
and family, missionary family from
Africa, will be there the entire
time. Rev. Stewart was back in the
states for an operation from which
he is recuperating. In the presi-
dents report he revealed that with
the aid of the natural gas proceeds
from the well on the Camp Meet
ing property at the Park the mis-
sionary program was stepped up
from an offering Of few hundred
dollars to as many and more
thousands of dollars, and from an
occasional missionary representa-
tive at the camp meeting, TO the
support of three full time mission
aries in Urundi, Africa, together
with partial support of others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Nine Are Injured
In Route 50 Wreck

Nine persons sustained injuries
Sunday evening about 7:45 o'clock
in head-on crash on route so,
about one mile west of Mt Storm,
near Stony River bridge.
Admitted to Potomac Valley hos
pital in Keyser were Roy Hart
man, ST., 81, Kcyser, laceration Of
the right eye, chest and arm in
iuries; his wife, Mrs Mabel Hart
man, Al, fractured left leg, cuts
and head injuries; two children,
Ida May, IS, head injury, and Roy,
Jr., 4, cut over right eye and right
thigh injury; and Mrs. Hartman's
72-year-old mother, Mrs. Lydia
Shaffer, conclusion and decorations
about the face, head and mouth.
All were in good" condition, ac-
cording to "A hospital report.
Another daughter of the Hart
mans, Norma Jean, -, was treated
for left leg injury, bruises and
cut over the left eye.
Riding in the other vehicle were
the owner, Melvin Pennington, 10,
Bayard; Charles Walters, Cor
mania; and Ruth Pennington, Bay
ard. All were taken to Garrett
County Memorial hospital in Oak
land with varied injuries.
West Virginia state police said
Hartman was driving one machine,
but the operator of the other car
was not known, pending investiga
ton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04

The Oldest Ashby relative of the
Garrett county pioneer family, Ar
thur Bud" Ashby, aged 95 years,
died suddenly at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Maud Weis On-
dorff, near Star Tanncry, Virginia,
last Wednesday evening, May 27.
He was born at what was then
known as Piney Bottom, four miles
west of Oakland, on January II,
1858, a son of the late Jesse J.
Ashby. ST., and Hannah Morgan
Ashby.
He was educated in the schools
of his day aud taught school at
Sunnyside, Oak Grove, Shook Shop
and Bear Range.
He married Linnic Victoria
Myers, daughter Of the late
Henry and Caroline Myers, also
pioneer residents of the county, in
the year 1885. The same year the
couple went to st. Louis, Mo-,
where he engaged in the lumber
business for many years. His wife
died in 1917.
Mr.. Ashby, with his daughter
and family, moved to Virginia in
1898 where they purchased a farm
in the Cedar Creek valley neal
Star Tannery and where he has
resided since that time.
He visited relatives in this
county a number of times in past
years and was here for the Cen
tennial Celebration in 1919. His last
visit was in September, 1851, at
which time he spent three weeks
in the county. He was active for
his years and retained his memory
until his death.
Besides his daughter he is sur
vivcd by six grandchildren and II
great grandchildren, also num-
Der of nieccs, nephews and cousins
The funeral was held from St
James Lutheran church near Star
Tannery on Saturday afternoon,
May 80, with Rev. +. B. Smith,
pastor, in charge. Burial was in st.
James cemetery. Attending the SER
vices were Glenroot Dilley, Mrs. E.
II. Dilley and Mrs. bessie Junkins,
of Oakland; Burton Ashby, of
Waynesburg, Ohio; Oscar Shaffer,
Crellin; Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Ashby,
of Grantsville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Bible School Is
Planned At Park

The Daily Vacation Bible School
of the Mt Lake Park BAPTIST
church will be held in the church
at Loeb Lynn beginning June Is
and continuing through June 26.
Sessions will be from 9 a, M, EST,
until noon, Mondays to Fridays, in
elusive.
Rev. William G. Rogers, pastor,
said the curriculum would include
Bible stories, Sword" drills, mis-
sionary activities, songs and hand
work. There will be classes for be-
ginner, primary, junior and inter
mediates, in the age groups, 4 to
Is. Mrs. Rogers will be the prin-
cipal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Musical Festival Today

The annual Music Festival by
pupils of the Oakland Elementary
school is being presented this af
tcrnoon at 1880 o'clock, EST, at
the school, it was announced by
Edwin w. Elias, principal.
In preparing for the festival yes
terday, one Of the bleachers used
in the performance collapsed and
several children narrowly escaped
injury. Georgia Ann Glotfelty, Viii
ma Warwick and one or two other
pupils had their legs caught under
board, but were otherwise un-
injured
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-06-04
Refused Beer Permit

The Board Of License Commits
sioners, at a postponed hearing on
Tuesday at the court house, refused
to grant a license to sell beer to
Gcnevieve Dewitt, at the Rainbow
Inn on Deep Creek Lake.
There was hearing ON the re-
quest in May. but was postponed
until Tuesday. There were a num-
her of protests, Rainbow Inn is
just across the highway from the
Deep Cree!. BAPTIST church.