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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09

We don't say exactly that the Maryland State Planning
commission pessmistc about Garrett county Perhaps the
the members have used for study is reliable and
county population will decrease during the next seventeen
years should make every Garrett counan raise up on
his hind legs" and declare 1T won't be So
The commission assumes that present birth and death
rates will change and that argescae industrial de-
veopment will take place This editorial is not aimed at per
suadng anyone aid in changing the first part of that fore
Wen just let take its But each and every
Garrett countan might have something to do with the
second part.
In the organizations to which we belong we could dis
css the possibility small industrial Developments We
concentrate making this a respected and decent va
catonand by sressng climate, fishing, hunting, swimming
and many forms of recreation.
Garrett county is the only county in the state that the
Planning commission figures is due for decrease in popu-
aon We doubt the sincerity with which the members
make prediction but believe there enough ener
getic people in this community to hoer 4" isn't going to be
true"
Full development of the recreation resource in this
county could easily 1000 jobs The enthusiastic
feeling that countans have for this coupled
with the Commission recommendation for funds to improve
the recreation spots and the recommended program for
economic development by the U. s. Departments Of Com
merce and Labor following study of the should lend
themselves to some optimistic thinking.
SO in addition repeating that song line Say ism t
So let's all get busy It's job for every Individual and every
organization.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Tri-County All
Camp Date Set

The Tri-County Boys All camp
will be held July ~ through July
is at Pleasant Valley Recreation
area, according to James McHenry,
assistant county agent here. Boys
will attend from Garrett, Allie
gany and Washington counties.
Plans were completed for the
outing at recent meeting in
Cumberland. Attending from here
were John H. Carter, county agent,
and Mr.. McHenly.
On the schedule in crafts will be
copper plating and gimp work.
William Mace, soil conservationist
here, will take the campers on
nature hikes. Demonstrations are
scheduled in the afternoons.
Movies and slides also arc on the
daily program. Nesper programs
will be held daily.
McHenry will be in charge Of
swimming and waterfront activi-
ties. Joe Steger, Allcgany county
assistant agent, will handle food
supplies. Carter, Steger and Roscoe
Brown, Washington county assis-
tant agent, will conduct the crafts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Auto Thieves
Elude Police
Following Wreck

Two young men miraculously es-
capped death and serious injury
about midnight Saturday in an auto
crash at Thayerville, on route 219,
north Of Oakland, and fled from
State Police investigating a series
of car thefts in Maryland and
West Virginia.
Cpl. Samuel NJ Conrad, stationed
at Oakland, said he noticed the
1850 sedan going through Oakland
which looked suspicious and he
stopped the car near Sand Flat
but when he got out of his auto
mobile the other one sped away.
He raced the car to the Deep Greek
lake section and clicked the speed
of the car around 100 miles an
hour during the pursuit.
He later came across the de-
molished auto ON the Thaycrville
turn. The driver apparently failed
to negotiate curve and the We
hicle rolled end over end for about
100 feet through wooded area.
The pair, believed to be from the
Pittsburgh area, backtracked after
escaping almost certain death and
took another car about one and
one-half miles from the scene,
Conrad stated. 1t belonged to
Naomi johnson, Star route, Oak
land, and was described as a 1910
Chevrolet sedan.
Police said the youths apparently
were headed toward Pittsburgh.
The demolished ear was identified
as belonging to the Sterling Gro
Gerry company, of Princeton, w.
Va. The auto was taken from
Princeton, police said, after another
stolen car had been abandoned in
that community.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Want Observation
Post Personnel To
Meet For Training

For the purpose of training
ground observers to staff the
Civilian defense observation posts
in this county, a meeting has been
scheduled for Wednesday, April %,
at 1870 p. M, at the Swanton
school.
Film strips on such training will
be shown and a discussion period
will follow. Persons from ages ten
upward are being urged to attend.
The meeting will include people
from Swanton, Mt. Zion, Meadow
Mountain, North Glade, Altamont,
kitzmiller, Deer Park, Blooming
ton and nearby. Age Frederick
Sellman, from the filter center in
Philadelphia, will direct the discus
sion.
Gail Warwick is the chief observ-
er at the Swanton station, with
Ellis Harvey, assistant, and Orval
Teets the observer. Twenty-Five
others already have signed.
Mr.. Warwick pointed out that by
all people taking their places as
members of the unit no one person
would be forced to do more than
his share.
At the present time this county
has no ground observation post
in action, although few have
been planned. This was pointed
out as handicap to civil defense.
John S. Elliott, county chairman,
said that to lessen the possible air
attack from an enemy one must
prepare for such attack in case it
does come There is no important
target in this county but its people
would be responsible for caring for
people in other areas that are at
tackled Its ground observation
posts would be able to detect planes
appearing in their areas and they
would aid the filter cenlcrs III spot
ting enemy aircraft.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Conservation Tour
For School Teachers
Planned in May

A conservation tour which will
take fifty-five or sixty of Garrett
county's school teachers through
parts Of the county was planned
at a meeting Of conservation of
ficials yesterday.
The teachers are to gather at
the Negro Mountain fire tower at
10 a. m. on Saturday, May Is, to
begin their tour. The trip will in
clude tree planting demonstrations
on Keyser Ridge, the landscaping
and work in conservation to be
done at the Northern High school,
the fish rearing station at Bear
Greek, the Marvin Calls farm at
Accident for inspecting soil con-
servation practices, and the farm
pond at the Foster Yost farm at
Accident.
Details of the tour were mapped
out at meeting at the Soil Con-
servation service office in Oakland
yesterday. Attending besides w. w.
Mace, district soil conselvationist,
were Martin NJ Gordon, soil con-
servation aide, Cum berIan d !;
Charles Ellington, extension con
servationist; Fred Bull, secretary
Of the state conservation commit
tee; Byron Ashbaugh Of the State
Department Of Education and Re
search; Dale Arner of the Game
and Inland Fish Commission; Jack
Paulhamus, assistant district for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Begins 5Oth Year
Of Dental Practice

DR.. B. Frank Sclby is entering
upon his 50th year Of practice as
a dentist in Oakland, still going
strong. Not only has he practiced
in Oakland for 10 years but he has
maintained Offices in the same Ia
cation, second floor of the First
National Bank building, for that
length Of time.
DR.. selby was graduated from
the University Of Maryland Den
tai school in April, 1903. Between
that time and the time he rented
an office in Oakland in Anil,
1904, he practiced some at EgIon,
w. Va, in the office Of his brother,
DR.. J. G. Selby, a medical doctor.
He recalled this morning that
when he first came to Oakland he
was associated for a brief time
with William BiXler, but this kept
up no more than a year.
DR.. Sclby is a native Of Howard
county, having been born at Wood
bine, near Mt. Airy. He is a menu
Der of the Methodist church, Oak
land Masonic lodge, and the Oak
land Rotary club.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Disease Treatments
Subject of Talk

"The Golden Age Of Thera-
peutics," that part Of medicine
which has to do with the discovery
and application Of remedies for
diseases, was the subject Of an adj
dress before the Oakland Civic
club at its last meeting March 81,
at the William-James hotel.
Speaker was Dr.. f. l. Baumgart-
ner, local physician. He gave a
short history Of the most recent
drugs developed in the past twenty
five years with the result that dis
eases such as pneumonia, typhoid
fever and others have become very
rare. lie declared great strides had
been made in anti-infective thera-
by, the development Of the sulfa
drugs and their derivatives. Virus
diseases are still to be conquered,
he pointed cut. A question period
followed the talk. The speaker was
introduced by Mrs Paul Turney,
chairman of the Public Health and
Welfare committee.
Announcement was made OF sew
cral future meetings, the first dis
trct meeting April % at Cumber
land; the annual state convention
for Maryland April 10, 20, 2l, at
Baltimore; and the 62nd annual
convention of the Federation of
Women's clubs in Washington May
25 to %.
The club was informed of the
change in the bloodmobile schedule
in the county by Mrs. Grover c..
Stemplc, and members arranged
to assist in getting donors to meet
the quota.
Mrs. George Deacon, civil de-
Tense chairman, spoke on the need
for volunteers for the air observa-
ton post planned for Oakland,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Discuss Stream
Pollution at Meeting

discny.inn of nolbltion Of
streams from coal mine leakage
va hold Tuesday Al a meeting Of
tbn Ca,,ott County Conservation
association ii the Oakland Fire
I'm Ahont sivtv members at
tended
chief sneaker was PauI Mckee.
af +ho lTa,vland Wator Pollution
Cort,oI hoard Guv arner and J.
1onrv Scbilnn also members Of
,bo Loard wara nresant
NJ. lfcKa, avnIainad that there
,,..s not n,Ycb tba+ could 10 done
:, contral Of mine nollution until
H. ne.. fornuia Leiaq sought in
tbo Tobns Honkins research Iabora-
to,.v can ho narfccted This formula
would cIea, acid from the streams.
if na,.foctad
Tho Interstate Commission on
mo Potomac Rive, basin also has
n,adn baadyav with the acid mine
wate, problem in determining
c.,,sos ana methods Of counter-
ac+ing tho acid mine water
II was ovnlainod that when a
,,i,o va. ononod nm and air and
u..+or and suInhu,, combine sui
,b,,.;. oo;d results That acid com
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Planning Group
Forecasts Decrease
In Population Here

The Maryland State Planning
Commission has forecast a slight
decrease in population for Garrett
county within the next seventeen
years.
The commission predicted that
Garrett county was likely to lose
$50 persons from its 1850 popula-
ton of 1859, decrease of IS
percent.
The loss of population here is
forecast on the assumption that
present birth and death rates will
not change substantially, and that
no large-scale industrial develop
mcnt will take place III The area
during the two decades under le-
view. Such development, the re-
port says, could change the fore
cast and probably reverse the trend
in population decline.
OF the advance forecasts issued
by the commission, covering all
twenty-thrce counties and Balti-
more city, Garrett county is the
only one listed for a decrease. AL
legany counN's population is eX-
pected to increase from S9,55G IN
1850 to 1ol, 900 persons in 1870,
an increase Of 1873 percent.
The commission estimates that
Garrett county's population in 1865
will be 2I,o00, 2O,S00 in 1860, 20,-
700 in 1868 and will remain station
AIRY during the next five years, the
figure still being 2o,700 in 1870.
The population in the state is
expected to increase by 1,125,999,
an increase Of 49, percent. This
would put Maryland's population
in 1870 at 3,469,Ooo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Bill For Extra
Judges Subject
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Ministers Elect

Rev. W. S. Patterson, St. Paul's
Methodist church, Oakland, was
named president of the Mt. Top
Ministerial association at regu-
lar meeting of the group on Mon
day. He succeeds Rev. Luther l..
Hare.
Other officers named were Rev.
Donald X. Gallon, Red House Lu-
theran, vice-president; Rev. For
rest I. Benner, Nazarene pastor,
Oakland, secretary and treasurer
Other retiring officers were Rev.
Ralph D. Bowman and Rev. Viii
liam c. Rogers.
The next meeting of the group
is set for Monday, May 4, at St.
Paul's Methodist church, Oak
street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Date For End of Red
Cross Drive Extended

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
PIT. A. Council To Meet

Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty, county
president, announced a meeting of
the Garrett County Council Of Par
ents and Teachers for Thursday
evening, April l6, at o'clock in
Northern High school.
Mrs. Grace Wilson, Cumberland,
state bylaws chairman, will be
the speaker. Parent Teacher groups
of the county are being asked to
bring copies Of their bylaws to
the meeting. The session is open
to all persons interested in the
schools and Parent-Teacher groups
in the county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Oakland Council
Reorganizes Monday
Committees Named And APP
p0intments Made At
Regular Meeting

Organization Of the City Council
of Oakland, naming of committees
and confirming appointments oc-
cupied the attention Of the mayor
and councilmen at the regular
meeting on Monday night.
Mayor Joseph limbaugh adj
ministered the oath of office to
four councilmen: Dr.. E. l. Baum
gartner, Emeric Dusic and Harry
Stemple. whose terms had officially
expired in March, and Donald NJ
Browning, new member. Baum
gartnel and Dusic had been re-
elected, while Stemple was APP
pointed to fill the uneXpired tern
Of the late Walter Hardesty.
Baumgartner was reelected
president of the council upon mo
ton of Maurice Brookhart, second
ed by Mayor limbaugh.
Committee appointments were as
follows, with first named as chair
imam:
Water and street-Dr. Baum
gartner, William d. Rees, Donald
| NJ. Browning, Emcric Dusic, Harry
l.. Stemple, Mayor limbaugh, ex
officio.
Golf-Maurice Brookhart, Dusic
Rees
Finance-Stemple, Baumgartner
Browning, Brookhart.
Public Relations-Dusic, Rees
Broollhart, Mayor limbaugh.
Arthur Lawton was named clerk
collector for another year. He has
served in this capacity since 1889
Other appointments: Henry Arnold
day police; Leslie J. Baker, night
police; James Lewis, water super
intendent; Clyde Sines, street
superintendent; Lee r. Mason
weighmaster; L. X. Jones, city at
torney.
For greater safety on certain
streets Of Oakland Police ChIei
Arnold recommended that 25-mlle
speed signs be placed on Liberty
Center, South Third, High and
Eighth.
Among other business conducted
the council appropriated $500 Tor
aid in cleaning up the Oakland
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Green Is Named to
Legislative Group

Delegate Arthur Il. Green, who
has been minority floor leader in
the House during the recent session
of the Legislature, has been named
to the Legislative Council, group
which studies possible legislation
when the General Assembly is not
in session.
Senator Robert B. Kimblc, AL
lesany county, also was named to
the group.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Prizes Awarded To
Is In Egg Hunt

Eighteen prizes were awarded
to youngsters at the Easter egg
hunt provided by the American
Legion auxiliary on Monday at the
Legion home. Over fifty children
gathered to participate in the
hunt, despite the cold and rainy
weather.
Prizes were won in the follow
ing order: Shelia Helbig, list; Bob
by James, 2nd and 3rd; Eddie De
Witt, Linda Robinson, Shirley Lee
Bernard, Michael Cook, Pat Turney,
Roberta Burgwald, Johnnie Fitz-
water, Dickie Snyder, Lynn Sheehe,
Harry Mcintyre, Carroll Thomas,
Linda Robinson, DicIlie Castilow,
Michael Cook and J. Bell.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
April Weather Typical

Typical April weather has pre-
vailed during the past week, con-
GLIDING with heavy shower early
this morning followed by clearing
skies. Friday, Saturday and Sun
day were fairly clear and cool, but
the balance Of the week was rainy
and cold \ heavy fog hung over
the territory on tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
High School Ball
Team Plays Today


The Southern High school base
ball team will open its season to-
day on the local diamond. The OPP
ponent will be Terra Alta High
school. Probable starting pitcher
for today's game is Denver Big
Boy" Sislcr. Names of other play
ems were not announced
Kyle Wilson, director Of athletics,
announced that two postponed ball
games scheduled with Bruce High
April 1 and April ,, would be
played May Is, at Bruce, and May
20, at Oakland. Southern High has
- game schedule
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Oakland Elementary
PIT. A. To Meet

The Oakland Elementary school
Teacher association will
meet Monday, April IS, at the
school. Teachers will be in their
rooms at 1870 to discuss matters
with parents.
At the regular meeting which
begins at s o'clock, Miss Irene
Sharpe, superintendent of the Car
rctt County Memorial hospital, will
speak The meeting is in charge Of
c. L. BrIner, president.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09

The body of Pfc. Donald Richard
Sollars, who was killed in Korean
fighting on February 4, 1853, ar
rived in Oakland yesterday, and
was taken to the Bolden Funeral
home. Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the Episcopal church
in Deer Park ON Saturday after
noon at o'clock, with Rev. John
J. Atwell, rector, officiating. In
terment will be in the Deer Park
cemetery with military rites to be
held at the grave by war veterans.
Sollars, who was Is years old,
served with Company X, 3rd bat
talon, fifth infantry regiment,
fifth regimental combat team. A
letter from Baptist chaplain in
Korea written February II, in
formed Sollars' mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Mcdonald Sollars, Of Crellin,
that he had been mortally wounded
by small arms fGre near Sohui-
ryong, North Korea, ON February
i, while he was preparing to go on
patrol with his unit. A memorial
service was held in his company on
February s.
4 son of Richard SollarS. Deer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
Power interruption
Scheduled April 10

An interruption in the electric
power service next Thursday,
April Is, By the Monongahela
Powel company, was announced by
John |. Collins, manager for the
Kingwood- Oakland area. The time
is from 3 to p. m. on that day.
Communities affected include
Oakland, Mt. Lake Park, Crellin,
Hutton, Corinth, Hopemont,
GAINESVILLE and Terra Alta.
The interruption is being made
so that equipment damaged dur
ing the January sleet storm can be
replaced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-04-09
League To Open April Is

The Mt. Top Baseball league will
open for the season on Sunday,
April 26. Two games are scheduled
in the five-team circuit.
Swanton will play at Accident
and Terra Alta will play at Bit
finger. Loeb Lynn will be idle.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-05-20

General Chairman Ernest Will
hams today announced the final
program of the 1858 Sun-Fun Fes-
tival June 81 at Myrtle Beach,
S. c.
On Wednesday, June 3 there will
be Motorboat Races from South
port, N. c. to Socastee Myrtle
Beach Bridge) S. c. These races
will begin in the early afternoon
and arrive at the beach around
400 p. M. Exhibitions are planned
at the finish line and trophies will
be awarded by Mary Kemp Crit
fin of Florence, Miss South Caro-
lima of 1852. Persons interest in
more information on boat races
should contact Stanley Edgeworth
in Myrtle Beach.
Wednesday also is the day for
the JouSting Tournament and the
plug horse race. Under the Spon-
sorShip of the Rotary Club, this
event will offer many thrills and
laughs.
Thursday June starts at sun
rise with Sun-Fun day. The gay
time when everyone must wear
bathing attire or go to Jail. Under
the sponsorship of the Myrtle
Beach ElkS Club the proceeds
from Sun-Fun fines" goes to the
Myrtle Beach Memorial Hospital.
Arrests will be made by the
worlds prettiest cops and costumes
ranging from Bikini TO the old
fashioned bathing suits will be
seen.
The Beauty Queens form all
over South Carolina will arrive
during Sun-Fun day as will Miss
America, Mickey Spillane. Hugh
Morton, Orville Campbell, B. H.
Frapar tand other celebrities.
AT 7:30 p. NJ. on Thursday night
the quarter finals for the Miss
South Carolina Beauty Pageant
will be held. This event is under
the sponsorship of the Myrtle
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-05-20
Celebrities To Appear
At Myrtle Beach

Such celebrities as Veronica
Lake, Diana Lynn. Eva Gabor.
Gloria DeHaven. Faye Emerson.
Evelyn Keyes, Shirley Booth. Dor
othy MCGUIRE, Ilona Massey. Joan
Bennett, Zachary Scott. Roddy
Mcdowell, Jackie Cooper and Will
liam Bendix are among the well
known movie names from which
the Carolina Circle Theatre is
casting its first summer season.
Many of these and other famou.
stars will be seen in person, in {
series of plays during the elcvc.
week season in the newly con
Structed Theatre at the OCca.
Forest Hotel. Beginning June 23r
and ending September 9th. t.
Carolina Circle Theatre will sta
the nations top actors and actre>
seS in eleven Broadway hit PLAYS
Each week different play wit
one or more stars will be present
ed in the intimate "theatre-in-the-
round style. New Broadway sue
ceSses such as The Moon is Blue"
Bell, Book, and Candle" and Il
Am A Camera" as well as ali
time favorites like Charley s
Aunt" Voice of The Turtle" and
THE Philadelphia Story" will de-
light the most critical theatre
Ger.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1953-05-20

Jaycee's. Queens will be judged
constantly by the celebrate-judges.
The semi-finalS on Friday night
and finals on Saturday night are
expected to fill the $4,000 seat
Pavilion. Some seats will be re-
served at small extra cost.
The Friday morning treasure
hunt should be one of the most
interesting events since a treasure
will be buried somewhere on the
beach and a map shown the public
at 1000 A. NJ. in front of the
pavilion. The treasure is guarant-
eed to be at least worth $4,000 to
the finder and finders keepers.
AT 100 =. NJ. concert will be
given in the City Park followed
by the Sun-Fun Parade at $50
P. Nj. Floats are being procured by
the Lions Club and local floats
will be built and decorated by the
Garden Club and Pilots Club. The
parade will be under the direction
OF the American Legion. Bands
from Paris Island Marine Base.
Ninth Air Force. Myrtle Beach
High School, Mullins High School.
Shallotte High School and others
will be entered. Visiting bands
are being fed by the Myrtle Beach
Restaurant Association.
At the close of the parade. Mr..
Harrison Elliott of Latta. s. C.
will direct the state finals for
baton twirlerS at the Hig hSchool
Athletic Field. Mr.. Don Sartell
who is nationally recognized as
Mr.. Baton" will act as judge and
the winner will go to the National
Contest at Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
Saturday morning will lead off
with some OF the crazieSt beach
games ever seen. as the Civilians
will stretch their Imagination to
put volunteers to tests for prizes.
Sunday morning will be very
special for accredited press photo