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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15

The finding of two old coins
where State Roads workers were
digging at the corner of Third and
Oak streets in Oakland this week,
is going to cause dirt to fly at Mt
Lake Park. Sounds little unusual,
but here is the story.
Tuesday, E. R. Fike, supervisor
of the project, noticed in the place
where they are constructing a
"catch basin" for the storm drain
being laid in that area, what APP
peared to be a washer OF coin.
Gerald Sanders picked it up Fur
Their examination disclosed a coin,
but one that was covered with COR
rosion. H. o. Teagarden, who hap
pened along, volunteered to clean
it. Using muriatic acid the coin
shaped up. 1t was a scent piece,
probably of early 1900. On one side
are the words IS Cents, sur
rounded by stars, with Omitted
States Of America" There is an
emblem on the other side and the
date but the latter is almost OBJ
liberated.
This caused no particular con-
Germ until yesterday another coin
was found by Charles Munday,
worker on the project, at the same
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
To Receive Award For Distinguished
Service as County Agriculture Agent

John H. Carter, county agri-
cultural agent under the EXten-
sion service, is receiving the
County Agent Distinguished Serv-
ice Award today at the National
County Agents Association meet
ing in Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.. Car
ter is one of two delegates from
the State attending the meeting,
and left Oakland last Friday.
Mr.. Carter was ono of two
Maryland agents nominated in 1853
by the Maryland County Agents
association for the awards offered
by the national association.
A statement about Mr.. Carriers
activities was prepared by Mary
land representatives for consider
alton of the national association
and the citation will be read at to-
days meeting.
Mr.. Carter became county agent
in this county on January /, 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15

Prior to that time he had served
about three years as teacher Of vo-
cational agriculture in Friendsville
High school He is a native of
Smith county, Va.
One Of the early programs was
concerned with the improvement Of
the potato crop grown in the hill
lands of the county. He organized
number of All club demonstra-
tons in cooperation with the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. These
and other demon
strations carried on with adult
farmers were concerned first with
seed of recommended va
rieties. Later efforts dealt with
fertilization and ade-
quate spray programs.
The Importance of youth in the
program is shown by
the fact that the first power spray
Continued on Page Nine)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Public Hearing on
Fish Regulations
Slated October 3

A public hearing of the State
Game and Inland Fish Commission
win be held Friday, October %, at
1870 p. M. at the Alexander hotel
in Hagerstown.
Proposed regulations to be acted
upon include an open season on
bass from June to November 80;
pike and pickerel for the same
period; walleye from April to No
vember 30; rockfish (striped bass)
from January l to December 81;
brook, brown and rainbow trout
from April l to September Is;
shad, hickory shad and herring
from March to September Is.
Suckers, catfish, carp, eel, gudg-
con, all species of sunfish including
bluegills, rock bass Commonly
known as red cye), fallfish, crap
pie, perch (white and Yellow from
january to December 81.
Creel limits and sizes of the
various fish will come up for dis
cussion later by the state agency.
Another recommendation to be
acted upon by the comission would
make Savage River from Merrill
bridge to the mouth of Poplar Lick
80 f1,, o...+;,,o, ,,.,, O,,1,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Tax Rebates Plan
Is Favored E To 4
KimbIe And Green Are Two
Of The Four Who Opposed
The Suggested Law

The Legislative Councils budget
and finance committee on Tuesday
night voted 6 to 4 in favor of a
plan to give Maryland taxpayers
relief when the state treasury's
surplus reaches a certain amount.
The tax relief plan, patterned
after one now used in Virginia and
modified from that proposed in the
last Legislature, was to come be-
fore the full council for study later.
The budget and finance COM
mittee approved a version which
would give Maryland taxpayers re-
bates only after four million dol
lars had been set aside from any
state treasury surplus. Even then,
the remaining surplus would have
to equal five percent or more Of
receipts estimated before the plan
went into effect.
Leading the fight for its APP
proval were Louis Goldstein, John
c. Luber, Edward Turner, John R.
Jewell, Mary L. Knock and Fred
w. Lucas, all Democrats. Voting
against it were Senator Robert B.
Kimble, Allegany County; Sen.
John B. Ramsburg, Frederick
county; Delegates c. Ray Barnes,
Carroll county; and Arthur H..
Green, of Garrett. All opponents
are Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Marks 10th Year In
Employment Work

On October 81, 1898, in a small,
one-story, two-room building, on
Liberty street, the Oakland office
of the National Unemployment
Service had its birth. At that time
Milburn w. Mann was the senior
interviewer in charge. Now man
ager of the department., he will OBJ
serve the completion of twenty
years of service with the agency
next Wednesday.
At the time Of opening it was
called the National Re Employ
ment Service, and through the
years its name has changed almost
as often as the headquarters.
Headquarters, now located in the
Treacy building on Alder street,
have been in the Gortner building,
transferred to Cumberland, return
ed to the City Hall here, then the
McIntire building, the Nance build
ing, the Joe limbaugh building,
and the second floor Of the Nally
building.
On November I, 1897, the federal
agency became a state organization
and was named the Maryland State
Employment Service. Then on Jan
uary |, 1912. it was changed to the
War Manpower Commission, max
ing it a federal agency again. But
soon after the end of World War
II, the agency again was turned
over to the state and was called
the Maryland Employment Service.
Since 1888 the state organization
was known as the Unemployment
Compensation Board and recently
was changed to the Department of
Employment Security
In the beginning Of the agency
it handled only domestic employees,
placing women in Jobs in private
homes and placed persons in en-
ployment in stores and industry.
Now, after 20 years staff workers
have undergone special training in
the employment field and the agen-
cy offers assistance in finding jobs
for the unemployed in all fields.
Office representatives seek out
employers and learn available Job
openings; the agency offers test
ing program to find out an indi-
vidual's abilities, and unemployed
persons are offered personal coun-
selling by the staff workers. The
office also provides service at other
points in the county on regular
days.
Mr.. Mann became manager of
the local office in 1913. He is also
active in fraternal circles, being a
member of the Masonic and X. of
P. lodges and the local Lions club.
He makes a hobby of gardening
and writing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Aurora f. H. A. To Present
PLAY on October 23rd

The Aurora High school f. Fl. A.
is giving a play, "Daisy's Diet on
Friday night, October %, at s o.
clock, in the Aurora High school
auditorium. Miss Martha Bolyard
is directing
The all-girl cast includes Doris
Beckman, Mary Ellen Harsh. Joyce
Teets, Beatrice Wilhelm, Wanda
Stemple, Doris Rembold, Carolyn
Bachtel, Margaret Bachtel and Le-
nora Lantz. Admission will be 25
and 40 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Lumber Mill Fire
Causes Heavy
Three Fire Companies Fight
Blaze At Aurora We'd
nesday Morning

Most of the Nine lumber mill at
Aurora, w. Va, and hundreds of
thousands of board feet of lumber
were destroyed by fire early yes
terday morning. The loss was esti-
ated in the neighborhood of
100000.
The Oakland Volunteer firemen
were called about 6 o'clock. The To-
cal company and companies from
Kingwood and Terra Alta fought
the blaze for almost four hours.
Elmer and Robert Nine, owners
of the sawmill and lumber yard,
reported 225.0 board feet of lum-
Der went up in smoke. OF this,
100000 board feet was seasoned.
Also ruined were the steam boil
ers used in seasoning the lumber,
three kilns, the saw mill and a
building. The structure was a large
one, covering about a block. 1t was
formerly known as the Bland saw
mill.
Emroy Bolden, fire chief, said
the firemen were hampercd by a
lack of water, as two dams at the
mill were almost empty because of
the dry weather. Firemen and saw
mill workers succeeded in tearing
down piles Of lumber in the path
of the flames and blocking it off,
and some lumber and building
were saved. The Aurora school is
only about 500 feet from the mill
and this building was threatened
for time.
Cause Not Learned
The cause of the fire was not
learned, according to Bolden.
There had been fire in the boiler
over the night. Bolden said the
high flames and intense heat made
the blaze particularly difficult to
fight and several men keeled over
from heat and over-eXcrtion, but
later recovered.
The mill had all modern equip
ment. Only a small amount of in
surance was carried The Nine
brothers had been in business only
a couple of years, having purchased
the mill from the widow of Eliza
Bland. The Oakland fire depart
ment had been called to fight fire
at the mill upon two other occasions
in the last ten years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Local Teachers
To Take Part in
State Meeting

Two Garrett county teachers will
be on the program of the seth an
nual convention of the Maryland
State Teachers association in Bal
timorc October Is, Is and II.
Marvin Calls, Northern High,
will preside at a business meeting
on agricultural instruction.
Mrs. Ruth Brown, Southern High
music instructor, will preside at a
discussion on "Teaching Music Is
Fun" She is vice-president of the
elementary division of the Mary
land Music Educators association.
Public schools of, the county will
be closed Thursday and Friday to
allow the teachers to attend this
annual meeting.
To Have Exhibit
Southern Highs library will be
on exhibition through pictures.
School librarians of Maryland are
planning an exhibit around the
theme of New School Libraries in
Maryland and are featuring photo
graphs of modern furniture ar
engagements and the new equip
ment being used. Mrs. f. d. Bittle,
local high school librarian, was re-
quested to prepare photographs Of
the new library for the exhibit.
Colored photographs of the library
were taken by John Soles, who used
students of his core class for
models. Black and white photo
graphs were taken by Sam Moore
The newspaper and magazine
rack at Southern is new feature
among libraries, plans of which
were worked out by Mrs. Bittle and
Miss Graham, state librarian for
the department of education.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Fire Is Taken To
Fire Department

A fire was taken to the fire de
partment one evening last week
instead of the department going
to the fire. A car passing through
Deer Park had caught fire, and
seeing the Fire Department sign,
the driver pulled into the lot. As
sistant Chief P. G. Arnold took
in the situation and used his own
fire eXtinguisher to put out the
fire.
The Deer Park Fire Department
answered calls on Saturday and
Sunday for tank truck and men
to the forest fire along the road
between Oakland, Crellin and Ter
"a Alta.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Fires Burn $50
Acres OF Forest
Land In z Days
Crew Of Some 200 Men Labor
To Subdue Flames
On Sunday

Two separate fires in the same
general area, about mile west of
Oakland burned more than $50
acres of forest land on Saturday
and Sunday.
Thought at first to have been the
same fire, with sparks from Satur-
days blaze spreading across the
1OO-foot-wid Youghiogheny river,
investigators have concluded that
the Saturday fire was started by
railroad sparks and the one Sunday
from a railroad fusee.
The fires were the worst in Gar
Iett county this year. Starting at
about ll:30 Saturday morning the
first fire burned some Is acres be-
fore being brought under control
by a crew of about 70 fire fighters,
led by Forest Supervisor Elmer
Upole, Of Mt. Lake Park.
William H. johnson, district for
ester, Cumberland, led crew of
some 200 fighters on the scene Sun
day. They included Baltimore and
Ohio railroad crewmen, volunteer
firemen from both Oakland and
Deer Park, members of the Forest
Fire Fighters of Southern High
school, the Explorer Scouts and Il
,,,,t,,L hon. Of ,,,.i,t3f "a ,.itiyo,,l
The first fire started in some old
timber slashings which had been
burned over a few years ago and
where some young timber was de-
veloping. Old treetops remaining
from the fire of a few years ago
burned with such intense heat that
Upole termed the fire the most
difficult he ever had fought in the
county.
The State Department Of For
ests and Parks tractor and fire
pillow was the most effective piece
Of equipment in combating the
blaze, the forester declared. Work
men continued far into Sunday
night before the second fire was
brought under control Aiding in
this was the Youghiogheny river
which confined the blaze on one
side
Nearly 10000 gallons of water
from the BIG and Little YOughio-
gheny rivers were poured on the
smouldering timberland on Monday,
and forest guards remained at the
scene until all sparks had been eX-
tinguished. The fire fighting crew
used two portable pumps and APP
proXimately 1000 feet of hose to
wet down the fire line area on Mon
day.
Many citizens viewed the blaze
from the Fingerboard Road.
Two grass fires also occurred in
Garrett county Sunday, one near
Swanton, and the other at Rock
Glade. Elsewhere in his district
johnson said there were four small
fires Saturday which burned a
total of less than an acre. One at
Swallow Falls, attributed to
hunter, burned about one fourth
acre. In the past week nine differ
ent forest fires had been blamed
on careless hunters, Johnson said,
and two of them were in this coun-
ty.
Another blaze broke out on the
l,oOO-acrc tract near Deep Greek
on Monday but was brought under
control quickly by Forest Guards
Myrl Wilt and Charles Thomas
after nearly half acre was burned.
johnson voiced a warning that
the timberland is still very dry as
no helpful rain has been forthcom-
ing for the past thirty days or
more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Teachers Group to Meet

The Garrett County Teachers
association will meet at the Acct
dent School on Wednesday evening,
October 81, at 1870.
There will be reports from state
and N.E.A. delegates, reports from
the workshop at Towson, AN In
stitute of Public Affairs" and APP
pointment Of committee members.
Mrs. Zoola Robson, secretary, is
asking for one hundred percent at
tendance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
District ScOuters to Meet

The regular monthly meeting of
the Deep Creek district scouters
and cubbers will be held at 7:3O p.
M, Tuesday, October 20, at the
Methodist church assembly room
in Oakland.
Results Of the council planning
conference will be presented and
plans made for the months ahead.
Rev. John j. Atwell is district
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-10-15
Plan Shooting Match

A public turkey shoot has been
planned for Armistice Day, No
vember II, at the Oakland Coun-
try Club, sponsored by Proctor
Kildow Post No. II, The American
Legion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09

1851, his mother has had six let
tiers from him.
SimmOnses Notified by The Star.
When notifiefid of her sons
release, Mrs. Julia Simmons said !:
THANK the Lord, He sure heard
my prayers" She quickly truned
from the phone and said to her
husband, Our son is alive,
honey, and has just been re-
leased"
Mrs. Simmons said she had
been listening to the radio and
had her television set on in hopes
of hearing some word but had
not been notified until called by
The Star at midnight.
Pfc. Simmons was captured by
the Communists in November
1850, three months after he had
been sent to Korea. His parents
first heard that he was a pris-
oner when the Communists re-
leased a prisoner list in Deem
Der, 1851. She heard from him
only once while he was prisoner
when he sent letter and a
Christmas car din 1852.
Pfc. Simmons, %, a native of
Kingsboro, N. c., came to Wash
ington as a boy. He enlisted in
the Army in April, 1850, while he
was II. He would have gradu-
ated from Browne Junior High
School the following June.
He had been fighting with the
oath Division before his capture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09

vision and listening to the radio,
hoping for word of her son. But,
as in the case of Mrs. Jackson,
the first word came in tele-
phone call, this time from a
friend.
ST don't know how to express
my happiness" she said.
Sergt. Spivey was captured in
Korea less than a month after
he returned to the front lines
following recovery from a wound.
His capture came November 26,
1850.
Was with Army in Germany.
Sergt. Spivey was born and
reared here. He attended the
Phelps Vocational School. He
served a hitch in the Army in
1947 and 1913, most of which
was spent on occupation duty
in Germany.
After that he worked two years
for the city post Office here. An
enthusiastic swimmer, Sergt.
Spivey was a junior life guard at
the Banneker Playground pool
while he was in school and work.
ing for the post office.
He re-enlisted in the Army in
May, 1850, and arrived in Korea
shortly after the war started.
He was with the End Division
when he was wounded in August.
Since the Communists released
the prisoner lists in December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
First Ships With Supplies
For koreu to Soil Next Week

Francisco even before President
Eisenhower signed congressional
legislation Friday authorizing
5000 million to start the recon-
struction task. The ship, after
taking on additional rationS at
the Oakland Army base, will
leave for Pusan Tuesday.
To follow this up, 5000 tons of
rice will leave the San Francisco
Bay area Tuesday aboard the
New Rochelle Victory along with
$500 tons of barley aboard a
second vessel, the Beaver State.
About the same time, 10000
bales of cotton will be hoisted
aboard the Stella Lykes in the
Galveston Houston area to begin
the movement of supplies from
the gulf ports. This shipment is
part 900 bales requested by
South Korea to meet a critical
shortage threatening unemploy-
ment in the cotton milling in
duStry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
BY the Associated Pres.

The first ships carrying new
American supplies to remake
war-Shattered Korea into a
show window" of the free
world will leave next week.
Four vessels are due to sail
Tuesday with cargoes of cotton,
barley and rice.
The four vessels are the van
guard of hundreds which will
carry food, raw materials and
equipment to rebuild South
Korea.
In announcing the first ship
ments, Foreign Aid Director Har-
old Stassen said last night they
are symbolic of the determine
ton of free men to be as vigor-
Gus in peace as they are valiant
in war in defense of freedom"
The first cargo, 400 tons of
barley, wass loaded aboard the
vessel P. and T. Trader in San
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09

81 Rhode Island avenue NE,
Washington, D. c.
Cpl. Herbert Watson, 25th
Division, Mullins, S. C.
Pvt. Clarence Jerome Mat
thews, Sd Division, Baltimore,
Md.
sion, De Quincy, La.
Pfc. Clarence Fountain, I'd
Division, De Quincy, La.
Pfc. James Hudson, 25th Divi-
sion, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Corpl. John w. Trotter, Com
pany M. 9th Regiment, I'd
Division, Ell Reno, Okla.
Pfc. Henry Stephens. Medical
Company, 9th Regiment, I'd
Division, New York, N. Y.
Pvt. James Williams, Battery
A, 503d FLA. Battalion, I'd Divi-
sion, Savannah, Ga.
Pfc. Samuel Kelker, Company
c, oath Regiment, 25th Division,
Chicago, Ill.
Corpl. Mack L. Spjearman,
Company K, 9th Regiment, I'd
Division. Madison, Ill.
Pfc. Tommie L. McCree, Heavy
Mortar Co., oath Regiment, 25th
Division, Eufaula, Ala.
Pvt. Lawrence H. McShan,
Company K, 9th Regiment, I'd
Division, West Des Moines, Iowa.
Pfc. Robert E. Campbell. I'd
Rocket Fla. Battery, 9Th ROK
Division, Columbia, Miss.
Pfc. John H. F. Teal, Medical
Company, oath Regiment, 25th
Division. Hartford, Conn.
Pfc. Lacy H. Lockley, 22d
Rocket Fla. Battalion, 9Th ROK
Division, Hagerstown, Md.
Corpl. Andrew G. Stovall, Bat
terry A, 503d Fla. Battalion, I'd
Division, Akron, Ohio.
Pfc. Philip White, jr., Head
quarters Battery, 503d Fla. Bat
talon, I'd Division, Marlin. Tex.
Pvt. Theodore L. Thompson,
jr.. Company c. oath Regiment.
25th Division, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pfc. Harvey o. Mitchell. Com
pany K. 9th Regiment, I'd Di-
vision, Kansas City, KanS.
Corpl. Calvin Royal, Co. l., 9th
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Oil Pipelines 10 Be Started
Under Mackinac Straits

ST. 1GNACE. Mich; Aug. g.
A 20-inch oil pipeline, capped by
specially designed cast iron
pulling head. will start inching
under the Straits of Mackinac
tonight.
From the country over, people
came here to watch the big show.
There are engineers from Ten
neSsee and Canada-oilmen from
Texas and Pennsylvania.
Eventually, two 20-inch pipe
lines will stretch under four
miles of Straits water from
Pointe la Barbe, one mile south
of st. Ignace in the upper PENN
Sula, to McGulpin Point. two
miles west of Mackinaw City, in
the lower Peninsula.
The Straits line will be part
of an enormous unit stretching
from Alberta, Canada, oil fields
down to North Dakota and across
the top of the United States to
reflneries at Sarnia, Ont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
Three District Men Captured
By Communists Gain Liberty

the newspapers every day, hoping
to see his name there.
But tonight I was so tired
from staying up late that I went
to sleep. The telephone woke
me-"
She said she was excited and
happy.
But I don't want to get too
excited" she said, until I actu-
ally see him"
Corpl. Jackson, a former steam
filter here, was born in Camden,
S. c., and reared in New York
City. He lived here many years
before enlisting in the Army in
1945.
He was assigned to Japan in
February, 1850, and was in &C
ton in Korea shortly after the
Reds crossed the 38th Parallel.
He was listed as missing in &C
ton in November, 1850.
Wife Received Several Letters.
His wife, an employee of the
Second National Bank, has re-
ceived several letters from him.
The first, which arrived in Au-
gust, 1851, bore the inscription {:
THE Chinese Peoples Commit
tee for World Peace and Against
American Aggression.
The last letter she received ar
rived last June.
Mrs. Spivey sobbed as she
spoke of her sons release. She,
too, had been watching tele-