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The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
Public May Attend Many Activities

On Friday and Saturday of this week, Palmer will be the gather ing point for several hundred Republicans of the Third Division. A full program has been planned for the two-day session and will include addresses by prominent Republicans; the introduction of all candidates for office; lunch cons; Valley hours; rally; Flame of Freedom ceremony, and a dance.
 The public is invited to attend any of the many activities. How ever, convention committee heads request that only delegates and alternates attend the convention meetings to be held at headquart- CTS. Limited space and seating prevent general attendance to these meetings.
 The luncheons, smorgasbord, dinner and dance are open to the general public and anyone wish ing to attend may purchase tick cts at the information desk or in the halls where the activity is to be staged.
 The Matanuska Valley Cham Der of Commerce will have cars available for tours of the Valley Visitors wishing to make the trip are invited to be at the Matan- uska Hotel at 1000 am. on Sat urday, March 20.
 The dance which will clima. convention activities will be helc Saturday evening at the ElkE home, beginning at 1000 pm Music for dancing will be fur nished by Schaefer's orchestra.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
LEGION BIRTHDAY PARTY TONIGHT

All Legionnaires and their fam- tlies are reminded of the birth day party dinner to be held this evening by members of the Le- zion Auxiliary at the Legion building. Serving will begin at 6:3O pm. The party is planned in honor of the 35th birthday an- niversary of the American Legion, and will be held in conjunction with birthday parties all over the world.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
Gospel Services Open 10 Public

Gospel services, being conduct ed each Tuesday and Sunday eve nings at Grange Hall, will con- tinue, Dellas Linaman announced this week. The meetings are open to the, public and all interested persons are invited to attend. There is nO admission charge, no literature for sale, and no contributions solicited in any way, Linaman said.
 Bible studies are being conduct ed by MT. Linaman and Lowell Collins who are conducting the series of Gospel services through out Alaska.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
Anchorage kcgIes Take Basketball Tournament

The Anchorage High School Eagles captured the Western Al aska Basketball Tournament held in Fairbanks last week by defeat ing the Fairbanks Malemutes in. the final game played on March Is with a 56-48 score. Anchorage will now play the Southeastern Alaska champion, Sitka, at Sitka on date to be announced.
The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
Reporters
 ] No1Aook

One of Vern Williams Holstien COWS had twin heifer calves this @past week. The Williams farm is >' located on Fishhook Road.
 Dr. Curtis Dearborn will speak on greenhouses and gardening at meeting to be sponsored by the Chugiak Homemakers' on Tues day at the Chugiak Community ~Club.
 New bulletins available at the Extension Office include: Farm >Sprayer for Weed Control, "Use of Native Alaskan Materials for Farm and Home Construction and "Sampling Soils for Chemical Tests. Anyone interested may drop in at the office and obtain "a copy.
 Mrs. Mildred Petersen of Pal --xner, who has been visiting rela- lives in Washington, D. C., is re- turning to Alaska this week. She recently visited Del. E. L. Bart s~4ett.
 Another Bartlett caller was C. A. Brewer, manager of the Ma ~tanuska Electric Association who mad been a Washington visitor to confer with officials of the REA. Mrs. C. Ivan Branton is pa -tient in Providence Hospital in Anchorage.
 Returning from Providence this >spast week was Don L. Irwin, di- ~rector Agricultural Experiment Station, who is recuperating at @aa1is home.
 Miss Nancy Delaney, former nurse at Valley Hospital, has writ ten the hospital staff of her work at the Margaret Hague Hospital ~in Jersey City, N. J. where she ais taking a postgraduate course in obstetrics Classes are compos- ~~ed of nurses from nearly every state, Canada, Hong Kong, and Ireland, she wrote. Miss Delaney ~plans to return to Alaska upon cOmpleClOn O1 IIle course.
 Kathy Richards is spending a few days in Fairbanks this week.
 Jim Wilson, commissioner of agriculture, and Dr. Fred Hon. singer of Juneau are spending a few days in the Kenai- Homer area this week. They also plan to attend the Extension Service conference in Fairbanks next week, as well as the Alaska Chamber of Commerce meeting at Mt Mckinley.
 Mrs. Marjorie Meyer and two children left Tuesday of this week for the Philippines where they will join her husband who is sta toned at Clark Field near Man ila with the Air Force. Mrs. Meyer and children, who expected tc leave for the Philippines in April have been staying with her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Col berg the past year.
 According to word received by friends in the Valley, Tom anc Arlene Day, former PalmerlteS plan to spend vacation in Egypt after which Tom will return tt Iran and Arlene will go on t' Switzerland and other points The Days expect to return to tht States in July.
 Fred Zieke, Coop genera manager, and Keith Walker creamery manager, are in Fair banks this week on compan. business.
 Billy Lyon, president of Seldo via Chrome Co. Inc. was Palme visitor this week making stocl certificate deliveries to local pur chasers of stock in the Chrom Corp. Mr. Lyons reports stock
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The frontiersman., 1954-03-18
HORSE INJURED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT

Roland k. Grover, 23, trans porting a horse in a truck was involved in an accident Sunday, two miles east of Anchorage on the Glenn highway.
 The animal, which Grover re- gently purchased and was trans porting to his farm in the valley, was knocked unconscious, but not seriously injured, according to Territorial Police who investigat- ed the accident.
 Growers told police he had ap- piled his brakes quickly to avoid striking a vehicle in front of him. A truck operated by Phil J. Ram stead, Is, of Anchorage, struck the Grover truck from the rear.
 Another accident reported to have occurred this past Sunday in- volving Fred Joiner of Palmer and his three-year-old son, did not happen this past week, but rather about two months ago, and was reported in The Frontiers: man at that time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29
CRELLIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Bolyard and
daughter, of Terra Alta, W. Va,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Darwin Fike
and daughter last Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Harvey and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Orval
Teets and daughter, of Swanton,
were Tuesday dinner guests of
Rev. and Mrs. Erwin Fikc.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edwards,
Glantsville, were visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Shat
fer last Tuesday.
Mrs. Dan Shelton and daughter
of Kingwood, w. Va, called on Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Shaffer Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Gilmore and
daughter Media, Terra Alta, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Carskadon
and Mrs. Margaret Knots Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Garrett and
son Danny visited relatives ncal
Glenville. w. Va, over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Bell attended
the Barber Shop Quartette contest
which was held last Friday even
ing in Keyser, W. Va.
Dennis Colaw and son Jackie
were in Cumberland on business
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Shaffel ant
daughter, Betty Ellen, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Ashby al
Wavnesburg, Ohio, this week.
The Opportunity club will meet
Thursday evening, April %. at the
home of Mrs. Don Colaw, with Mrs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29

The Accident Homemakers' club
held its regular meeting on Tues
day evening, April 20, in the home
economies room at Northern High
school. The family life chairman
spoke on Making Discipline
Easier" The club president gave
history of the club for the past
thirty years. Twenty-Five members
and two guests were present, with
Mrs. John Schlossnagle becoming
a new member Movies were shown
on "Your Kitchen" and Flower
Gardens" At the conclusion Of the
evening refreshments were served
by Miss Dora Schlossnagle and
Mrs. Leila Speicher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Gnagey, of
Meyersdale, Pa, were guests of
Mrs. c. Schmale last Wednesday.
Thomas Taylor remains i'll at
his home.
Mrs. Myrtle Frazee and Miss
Icie Friend, of Oakland, were re-
cent callers at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert McOlvin and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Riddell.
A number Of local persons at
tended the turkey dinner in the
Zion Lutheran church on last
Thursday evening. Hon. Theodore
r. McKeldin, Governor of Mary
land, was a guest. Also attending
were Senator and Mrs. Neil c. Fra
ley, of Oakland.
Mrs. c. Schmale. Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn Martz and family and Mrs.
Orlando Hetrick and son visited
the fomer's sister-in-law, Mrs.
Jacobs, in Pittsburgh, on Sunday.
Olonzo P. Fike was in Baltimore
Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. O. Aiken and
family were weekend guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Margold Harmon and
family in Newton. n. c. They also
visited relatives and friends in
Charlotte and Durham. Mrs. Aiken
and children returned home Sunday
night while Mr.. Aiken remained in
Poolesville.
Mrs. William Miller is spending
some time with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Aiken
in Bethesda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Knieriem
and family, Of Wheeling, w. Va.
were Sunday guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Speicher.
Dr.. Fred Thompson, College OF
Education, University of Maryland
addressed a group of teachers
principals and parents in the local
school on Monday evening. He
spoke on the topic "Developmental
Tasks and Needs of Children"
Sunday guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Miller were
Mrs. T. IL. Jackson, Uniontown
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29
HOmemakers Pay
Tribute To Member

Members Of the Oakland Home
maker club are paying tribute to
Mrs. Sallie Wooddell, one of its
oldest members, during National
IIomemakers week, May ? to 3.
The club is honoling Mrs. Wood
dell for her outstanding work in
Hooked Rugs as a hobby. The art
of dyeing and hooking rugs was
brought to the county by Miss
Eleanor Dearborn. former home
demonstration agent in January,
1850. To date Mrs. Wooddell has
hooked ninety-two rugs. Her pat
terms are of various floral designs.
Friends and neighbors contribute
old woolens for her rugs.
Extension work began in the
county in 1917 Each agent has had
part in the expanding program
which is designed to help every
homemaker make her home more
lovable and livable.
Mrs. Wooddell, member for a
number of years, is the daughter
of the late Hopwood and Elizabeth
Starr Kildow who resided in Oak
land. She taught school for twelve
years at Bray, Mt. Zion, German,
Sunnyside, Red House, Cherry
Creek and Fair Sweep. After com
pleting a course at Mountain State
Business college, Parkersburg, W.
Va, she did stenographic work at
Webster Springs and there mar
lied Mr.. Wooddell who was sheriff
of Webster county at that time.
She has four children, a son, DR..
Hopwood Wooddell, dentist at
College Park; a son Matthew, with
the communications division of the
US. Air force; two daughters,
Mrs. b. l. Gender, Sr., and Mrs.
Jacob Mumma. Mrs. Wooddell
makes her home with the latter
who operates the Youthland shop
in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29

Churches cooperating in this
visit are the Grantsville Lutheran
church, Emanuel church, Bittinger;
Zion Lutheran church, Jennings;
st. Johns church, Meadow Noun
tain; Grace church, Friendsville;
st. Johns church, Cove; and st.
Paul's, Accident
A representative Of the publ
cation house will be present to
answer all questions. The special
boolmobile unit is visiting towns
in this area under the auspices of
the Baltimore branch of the publ
cation house in an effort to ia
milialize members of the Lutheran
church with the services available
through this agency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29

The "Muhlenberg Traveller"
boolmobile operated by the United
Lutheran Publication house in
Philadelphia, carrying a complete
sample stock of items available
from that organization and its
branches, will be in Accident ON
Friday, May Z. it was announced
by Rev. William f. Carlson, pas
tor.
Open to the general public from
> p. m, it will be parked on Main
street, in front of st. Paul's Luz
theran church. A special program
featuring the religious film, "Re-
turn to Faith" will be given at s
p. m. at the church. After the pro-
gram the bookmobile will again be
open to the public.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29

James Foy in charge of the bible
lesson.
Homer Shaffer's Sunday School
home Of Mrs. Floyd Carskadon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rice and fam
lily, Of Aliquippa, Pa. were week
end guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Mersing and family. Mrs. Rice and
children remained for a visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fulk and
family, Silver Spring, visited rela-
tives here during the Easter holt
days.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Sims were Les
ter and Harold Soldiers. Red Oak;
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Hauser and
children, Of Mt. Lake Park; and
Mrs. Emma Shaffer and son David
Mr.. and Mrs. George Drainer,
of Fairmont, W. Va, visited Rev.
and Mrs. Erwin Fike, Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nordeck Shaffer
and family, of Oakland, called on
Mrs. Margaret Knots last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Carskadon
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Car
skadon and Mr.. and Mrs. Cletis
Carskadon and families, at Dan
vile, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dawson and
family, Of Fairchance, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Hahn and daughter,
Oakland, were Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss Hahn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Campbell
and family, of Midland, were Sun
day visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Dwight Ashby.
Miss Phyllis Uphold spent few
days with her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Burl McCarty,
Morgantown.
Mrs. Mabel Crane and Mrs.
Grace Grubb, Buckhannon, w. Va,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Les
ter Yutzy and other relatives.
A pc Thomas W. Charmley, who
has been stationed in Elmendorf,
Alaska, arrived in Crellin to spend
As days with his mother, Mrs.
Charles A. Barkman. Mrs. Bark
man, who has been i'll with a con-
gested lung, is being cared for by
Mrs. Pauline BoWmer. Carol Ann
Barkman also has been confined to
her home with Scarletina for the
past week. Visitors at the Bark
man home have been Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Kimble, Westernport; Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Bowmer, Mt.
Lake Park.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29
To Wed Next Month

Mr.. and Mrs. John Kope, stan
Route, wish to announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Amy
Ruth, to Sgt. Charlie Earle Griggs,
Jr., of Baltimore.
Miss Kope is a graduate of Oak
land High school, class of 1852.
She has had one and one-half years
training in the School of Nursing
at Church Home and Hospital, in
Baltimore.
Sgt. Gliggs has been in the Ain
Force for three years, and after
his present furlough, will be sta
toned at the Air Free base in
Macon, Ga.
The wedding will take place in
May.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29
Dedication Program
Set For Kitzmiller

Planners for dedication ccre-
mouy to be held here decided to-
day it might be a good idea for
"the parade to stand still and
watch the crowd go by"
c. G. Mcintyre. who heads the
committee on scheduling events for
the halliday program, made this
statement after deciding there may
be too many citizens in the parade.
Governor McKeldin will be the
principal speaker at the ceremony
defeating Kitzmiller's new Civil
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-04-29
Accident Personals

Pa; Pvt. William Jackson, Valley
Forge, Pa; Mrs. Helen Welder, Mr.
and Mrs. Stoneroad. Mr.. and Mrs,
McCrackin. all Of Uniontown.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
License Plates
On Sale Monday

It's time to take stock of the old
family jalopy again and decide
whether it will hold together long
enough to warrant buying new Ii
censc tags.
II so, the plates will be available
next Monday. March 1. and may
be placed on the car the same day.
All Ohio-rcgistered vehicles must
have the new tags by April l.
The new plates will have white
numerals on a maroon background
"a color. combination that was
last used in 194l. And the ten dol
lar fee will again buy two plates,
ending a one-year experiment with
issuing only one tag for the rear
of the vehicle.
The one-tag practice met with
criticism from police officials who
said if hampered them in their
work.
Plates can be purchased here at
the license bureau which is located
beneath the First National Bank
here. Sue Bycrs is registrar Plates
are available at several other To-
cations in the county.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Taylor Appointed
On Committee To
Study Drainage

When Madison County officials
met with the Legislative Commit
tee on Drainage in Columbus, last
Friday, Commissioner George Tay-
lor was appointed with the Prcsi-
dent of the Engineers Association
of Ohio, to work with the chair
man of the Legislative Committee
on Drainage, toward a revision of
existing ditch laws
After these revisions have been
effected by the Advisory Commit
tee, the findings will be passed on
to all County Engineers, County
Commissioners, Farm Bureaus,
Oranges and other Farm Groups,
for discussions and suggestions.
Commissioner Taylor stated that
he feels sure that this exhaustive
study of these laws, some of which
have been on the books for 100
years, will mean their revision to
much better meet the needs of
both agriculture and industry.
Madison County Engineer II. G..
Ekedahl attended the meeting with
Commissioner TaylOr.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Wilcox Resigns
To Take New Post
In Henry County

Claude Wilcox, who has been
Veterans Training Instructor at
London High School since Septem-
ber 1852, has resigned effective
March / to accept a similar posi-
tion in the High School at Malinta,
Henry County.
Charles L. McGriff Of Columbus
has been hired to fill the vacancy
caused by Mr.. Wilcox's resignation.
Mr., McGriff, a graduate of the
University of Kentucky received
his B, S. in Agriculture in 1896.
He was County Agent Of Harlan
County, Kentucky for six years;
served as Veterans Training IN
structor at WeSterville for three
years and in Macarthur, Ohio for
one year. He also served as instruc-
tor in Aviation for the National
Research Council at the Univer-
sity OF Tennessee and has been
connected with the Visual Farm
Program at Ohio State University.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Nearby Counties
Get 20 Per Cent
Allotment Cut

Farmers in Champaign and Lo-
gan Counties will have to plant
approximately 20 percent less corn
to qualify for support price help
from the federal government, CO.
unity production and marketing
chairmen announced Wednesday.
Charles Ford, chairman of the
Agricultural Service and Conser-
walton unit in Champaign County,
said the corn acreage allotment
for Champaign County for 1854 is
52,212 acres. Average acreage per-
mitted in corn during the last three
years was "a, 706 acres.
William L. Smith, Logan County
chairman, said the country's allot-
ment for 1854 is 44,6O0 acres COM
pared with an average of $500
acres over the last three years.
Farmers will be given their i'm
dividual allotments and, if they
stay within the limits set forth,
will qualify for crop loans under
the federal price support program.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Police Hunt BIS.
Escapes After
Cars Are Stolen

Madison County's Sheriff's office
and the London police, each had
their troubles Friday morning,
when each set out to locate thief
or thieves who had stolen cars
sometime Thursday night or early
Friday morning.
London police were called to the
home of Raymond Smith, 205
Washington Avenue, where a car
was stolen early Friday morning.
In place of the Smith car, police
stated another, stolen from Lam
caster, had been, abandoned in
front of the Smith home.
Police Chief German F. Clark
and Officer John Sherman, are
checking the trail of two boys
reported escapes from the Boys
Industrial School, Lancaster, who
are suspected of having left the
car and taken off in the Smiths
car.
Sheriff's Deputy Robert Allison
with the State Highway Patrol,
are trying to locate the person or
persons, who made off with a 1949
Hudson, owned by Arthur Hustled,
said to have been stolen from in
front of his home on the Gwynne
Road, near Lafayette between $50
and nine o'clock Thursday night.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Presbyterians To
Celebrate 125th
Anniversary Here

The congregation of First Pres
byterian Church, London, this year
celebrates the 125th university of
the founding of the Church. The
actual anniversary date comes in
September but other dates of i'm
portance being noted. the commit
tee in charge of the celebration,
has made plans to begin this
years commemoration, Sunday,
February 28, since it was on Feb
ruary %, 1884 that the Trustees
of the Church on behalf of the
congregation, were granted Incor-
poration papers by the Ohio Leg
iSlaturc
Upon receipt of the papers of
Incorporation the first Presbyter-
ian Church building was erected
in 1884 and 1885 on the southwest
corner of Fifth and Oak Streets.
The building, for many years the
home of Mrs. Anna Myers Jones,
and her late husband, w A. Jones,
is still standing and is still the
residence of Mrs. Jones.
To commemorate the IncOrpora
tion of the Church which was ac-
tually founded in September 1929,
a special service is planned for
next Sunday morning. Some OF
the pioneers of the Church will
be introduced through a historical
narration by Judge James Finley
Bell, who, incidently, is directly
named for the Reverend James
Finley one of the early ministers
of the Church. Judge Bells father
the late Judge James Finley Bell
a prominent member of the con-
gregation during his lifetime, was
named for the Reverend Mr.. Fin
ley.
The Sunday service is the first
of several special occasions, still
in the formative stage, planned for
different times throughout the
year, according to James V. Shaw
chairman of the Planning Commit
tee, who is a son of the late Hon
r. K. Shaw, founder of the Busy
Mems Bible Class and prominent
member of the congregation during
his life.
Special music for the Sunday
morning services will be numbers
by a male quartet, Murray G. Lohr
Larry Taylor, Kenneth Jinkens
and Herbert A. Bauman, Jr.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-02-26
Foster Is
Highly Honored

Wayne B. Foster, a former resi-
dent of London and a graduate of
London High School, now admins
traitor of Holzer Hospital, CALI
polls, has been elected president
of the Southeastern Ohio Regional
Council.
When he assumes his duties
March l, he will establish the
Councils headquarters in Gallipo-
lis. The Council is made up of
business, industrial and civic lead
ers interested in all phases of a
varied development of the area
that includes Gallia, Meigs, Ath-
ems, Jackson, Vinton, Pike, Hook
ing and Lawrence.
Mr.. Foster is a son of Mrs.
i. Bruce Foster of Columbus, until
several years ago a resident of
Madison County and the late Bruce
Foster of London.