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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29

to Oakland, Friendsvillc Blaine,
and kitZmiller as part of the phone
company's nationwide direct dial
ing system. Kenneth Johns was
named principal at Southern High
school, succeeding Dr. James S,
Collins. A native of Oakland,
Charles NJ. White was named OK
ccutivc officer of Republic Steel
corporation, of which he had pre-
viously been president.
In July, the weather came back
into the news, when flash flood
in Oakland caused an estimated
$4,000 damage to business estab-
lishments. Following this, activity
was speeded on the flood control
plans. In a mid-year statement, it
was disclosed that the total assets
of the county's banks exceeded S1O,-
100000, believed to be a new high.
During this month, too. the new
wing to the Garrett County Nc
mortal hospital was turned over to
the hospital board by the contrac-
tors.
Miss Thclma Hanlin was Judged
Garrett county farm queen in Au-
gust, and George Bishoff won the
county's tractor operator contest.
George later went on to win state
honors and was regional contest
winner at Richmond, Va The local
National Guard company turned in
Continued On Page Two)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Making Most Of Dollar
Is Homemuker Theme

Making the Most of Your Dol
lar" is the demonstration for the
meetings of Homemakcr clubs dur
ing January.
There will be a report on Civil
Defense and plans for a county
survey with members making a re-
port on what they would do in case
Of an emergency.
Homemakers have been asked by
the Civil Defense director to make
a survey of the homes in the coun-
ty to find out the number Of people
they could "sleep" and feed in
case of disaster. This already has
been done in Oakland and Deer
Park. Rev. John j. Atwell, Oak
land director, said there was a
need for area canteen organlza-
tions.
Tailoring workshops are sched-
uled for Grantsville and Oakland
with the one at Grantsville set for
January 5, 10 to ,, in the Grants
vile Fire hall, and the one at Oak
land in the Lutheran church Par
ish building on January 6, also
from 10 to 3.
Miss Ethel Grove, home demon
stration agent, said this would be
the first advanced clothing work to
be given. Homemakers and women
in the county who have taken cloth
ing work with the agent would be
eligible for the workshop, she
stated. 1t is planned to work with
100 percent wool, making a suit
or dress.
Homemaker meetings: Cassel-
man Valley club January 3, s p.
M, at home of Mrs. Neal Swartz-
welder. Mrs. Harold burst and Mrs.
Kenneth Edwards will give the
demonstration. Grantsvillc club,
January 4, 1870, at home of Mrs.
Joe Dolan and Mrs. Carrie Beachy.
Mrs. Wilson Bills will give the
demonstration Altamont club, jan
uary 4, 7 p. M, at the Woods club
house. Mrs. Jesse Woods will give
the demonstration.
Four-H meetings: During Jan
uary the clubs will feature various
topics. Accident will have clothing
rcmodelng; Bittingcr public speak
ing: Chicasaw, better storage;
Monte Vista, clothing, hens;
North Glade, clothing, hens; and
Ryan's Glade, cake dcmonstra-
tions. The Ryan's Glade club will
meet January at the home of Mrs.
Leona Propst, 1880 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Oakland PoStoffice
Cancellations Hit
High of l2O,854

The Oakland postoffice cancella-
tons during the Christmas period
from December 10 to December
"a, inclusive, hit a new high of
l2O,854, it was announced this
week by Donald NJ. Browning,
postmaster. This is approximately
a ten percent increase.
The high day was on the 10th
when there were 1880 cancella-
tions. The records showed that 49,
600 two-cent stamps had been sold,
exactly the same amount as last
year, and that $4,000 three-cent
stamps had been sold, decrease
of some 5000 over the ten-day
period.
Stamp sales, postage, etc, for
the entire year will probably show
a slight increase over 1854, Brown
ing estimated.
dlNCl IOoC N"o pa ''N 'i'ii y
heavy this year, and there was a
particularly heavy rush over the
weekend when the postoffice was
officially closed. Terminals at
Washington, Pittsburgh and Gin
cinnati were badly iammed. Brown
ing said the Oakland office received
SIS sacks of parcel post on train
No. IL Sunday and Monday also
was heavy day.
Locally the mail was taken care
of promptly. Browning said that
everything had been cleared from
the office on Saturday evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Aurora High Seniors To
Run Service Station For Duy

Seniors of Aurora High School,
Aurora, w. Va, have been invited
to operate Whites Truck Stop, To-
Gated on Route so near the Mary
land line in Preston county They
are to operate from twelve noon
until midnight, Friday, December
80. The class will receive expert
ence by running the business plus
the profits for the day The profits
are to be used for the annual trip
of the class
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Called To FIue Fire

The Oakland Volunteer Fire de-
partment was called to Hutton on
Tuesday morning about 6:45 as the
result of flue fire at the home
of Allen Armstrong. The fire had
been eXtinguished by the time the
department arrived
The blaze was caused by an over
heated stove pipe that was too near
the outside wall. The damage was
slight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Fiscal Activities
Show Figures For
Garrett County-l955

A report of the fiscal activities
of the State of Maryland for the
year ended June 30, 1855, has been
submitted to Governor Theodore
r. McKeldin by J. Willard Tawes,
comptroller of the treasury.
Throughout the report number
of the figures are concerned with
Garrett county.
The statement showed that the
county treasurers had turned over
S1O,923.54 in state taxes with $13,-
1860 yet to be paid.
Under notes receivable figures
showed that the county had bal
ance of $55O,OO0 as of July l, 1854,
had paid $8,119.46 in interest and
$34,071.91 on principal, and still
owed $515,928.09 as of June 30.
Payments to delegates in 1855
amounted to 81, 800 to Jesse lash
by, 5000 to George Z. Coddington,
81, 445 to Harry c. Edwards, 1880
to Kermit S. Glotfelty, and 5000 to
Arthur H. Green, with Mrs. nellie
X. Friend receiving 5000 as stenog-
rapher.
Under State Department of Ed
ucation appropriations for the year
figures showed Garrett county re-
ceived $929,O33.82, broken down as
follows: Aid per pupil, 500, 442; aid
per classroom, $85,OSO; cqualiza-
ton aid, $62O,874.83; part payment
of salaries, S18,525O6; incentive
fund for school construction, $751;
245.37; handicapped children,
$831.57; public libraries, $3,826.62;
federal vocational education, 81
37O.O2; adult education, $88475;
school lunch, 12,036.34; veterans
training program, $4,213.01; sup
plementing teacher salaries, $780,
485; school milk, $4,59I64; an
ticipated legislation, $621.61.
Distribution of state and federal
funds to political subdivisions dur
ing fiscal year: Accident, $2,075.54;
Deer Park, $3,438.34; Friendsville,
So, 1856; Grantsville, $3,789.82;
Kitzmiller, $3,159.37; Loeb Lynn
Heights, $3,486.98; Mt. Lake Park,
$8,518.82; Oakland, $19,64727;
county, $1,818,155.47; total, ST.
865, 847.27.
Public assistance appropria-
tions; $3O4,54 with $97, 1928
for old age assistance, $l20,089.72
for aid to dependent children, ST.
944.32 for needy blind, Sal, 532,26
for aid to permanently and totally
disabled; $4,161.7O, general pub
JIG assistance; $1,7O5.32, general
public assistance to employables;
81 ,868.04, board care for children;
$35, 253.89 for administration costs.
Corporation franchise tax re-
ceipts, $40; receipts from tax on
admissions, $851.71; receipts from
income tax, $45, 1O8.47 from indi-
viduals, $2,913.87 from corpora
tions, $23.62 from fiduciary, MAX
ing total of $4S,O45.96; receipts
from retail sales and use taxes,
$124,3OO.32 from retail sales and
use tax, $82 from license fees.
Analysis of cash receipts paid
Continued On Page Three
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Airmun Sent To Punumu

A Sc Charles w. WiIand, son of
Mrs. Beulah V. McGhee, of Grants
vile, has arrived in Panama for
assignment with the air rescue
service as an operations clerk.
He will be on duty with the Goth
air rescue squadron, unit of the
organization dedicated
TO saving lives. Altman Wiland at
tended Central High school in
and enlisted i'll the air
force in November, 1854.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Christmas Seal Sale
Hits S15,498 Mark

The 49th annual Christmas Seal
sale of the Allegany-Garrett Tuber-
culosis association passed the S15,-
600 mark as of last Friday
Glenn X. Davis, seal chairman,
said the weeks receipts tOtaled 81
3O8.35 and brought the campaign to
the Sl5,49837 mark.
This includes $13,64293 raised
from seal sales in Allcgany county
and S1,855.44 in Garrett county.
Last years campaign brought in
S1S,3OO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Registration Day Set
For Surplus Foods

Registration day for those desir-
ing surplus foods in Garrett coun-
ty was set by the County Com
missioners for Wednesday, Janu-
AIRY at the following places:
Grantsville, Friendsville, Oak
land, Kitzmiller and Bloomington.
Hours will be from a. m. until
> p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Free From FotoI Accidents

Garrett county was free from
any fatal accidents during the hol-
iday period, although other sec
tions of the county we're not so
fortunate.
City police chief Henry Arnold
said that no arrests were made for
drunk or disorderly conduct on
Christmas Eve, although several
persons had to he warned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Cold Snap Broken

The cold snap OF the past few
days was broken this morning
when slcct began TO fall
Saturday was clear and warm
but the weather had cooled con-
sidcrably by Sunday and the
mercury continued to drop on
Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday
was the coolest point of
the week with the thermometer at
5 above zero. Weather remained
cold throughout the day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Fish Biologists
Evaluate Deep
Greek Fish Data

Fishery biologists with wide eX-
perience in several important sport
fishing states gathered recently at
the Chesapeake Biological Labora-
tory, SOlomons, Md. to digest the
mass of fishery data collected at
Deep Greek Lake. They decided
that an immediate answer was not
possible because of the completely
of the problem, but promised that
concrete recommendations would
be issued in about four weeks.
The professional fishery biolo-
gists studied the details and tenta-
tive analysis of over eight years
of scientific Investigations in the
Garrett County lake The partial
results of the September fish suf-
location experiment in Hoop Pole
Run was an important part of the
tWo-day discussion.
Conducted jointly by Harold j.
Elscr, fishery biologist of the
Maryland Department of Research
and Education. and Edwin Nj. Bar
ry, chief of fish management, Mary
land Game and Inland Fish Com
mission. the meeting was devoted
to a full review of all the hydrobio-
logical findings to date. The theme
was, How can fishing be improved
and what can be done to provide
greater sustained harvest in Deep
Creek Lake."
The discussion centcred around
several informal reports consisting
of the following general subjects;
- overpopulation Of yellow perch
in the lake; ~ statistics on fisher
men success based on creel studies
during the past five years; 80 lack
of suitable predatOrs for reducing
the uper-abundance of perch; C4)
how to provide variety of good
fishing for different types OF
fishermen. and % to provide fish
ing that is most consistent with
the natural environment of Deep
Creek Lake. The experts drew up
on their experiences with lakes
similar to Deep Creek Lake in
their evaluation of the major prob
lem of coping with the yellow
perch. and at the same time pro-
viding better sport fishing.
Among the prominent fishery BIZ
oIogists who participated were: DR..
Albert Hazard, formerly director
of the Michigan Institute of Fish
cry Research, and now Assistant
Director, Pennsylvania Fish Com
mission: DR. Gordon Trembly,
fishery biologist and Arthur Brad
ford. Fish Pathologist, Pennsyl-
vania Fish Commission; DR. Rich
ard Stroud, Executive DlltCtol'
Sport Fishing Institute, Washing
ton. Robert G Martin fish biolo-
gist. Virginia Commission of Game
and Inland Fish. Also present were
eight biologists and fish manage
mcnt specialists from the Mary
land Game and Inland Fish Com
mission and the Maryland Depart
ment of Research and Education.
A spokesman stated, THE recon-
mcndations for immediate action
will be submitted to the Commits
sioncrs of the Game and Inland
Fish Department in about four
weeks"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29

A number of explorer scouts
with their leader, Robert Long, are
spending several days this week at
the Shaggy Mountain Rod and Gun
club near Swallow Falls. Among
them are Douglas Smith, Tom
Nally, Billy Moore, Sam Moore,
Jack Gncgy, Lonnie Naylor, Bob
Montgomery, Don Evans, John
Brown and Bruce Swift.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29
Association To Meet

Members of the Garrett County
Conservation association will meet
on Monday evening, January 2, at
8 o'clock, in the Oakland fire hall
on Third street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Engelbach
have returned to their home at
Chevy Chase after spending sew
eral days with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
f. Smousc, Pennington street.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Fish Sticks Prove
Popular Food Item

Most popular sticks in the home
today are kept in the refrigerator
not the WoodShed.
Fish sticks, boneless slices of
pre- cooked and frozen fish, have
grown in demand from rs million
pounds in 1858, to about SO mil
lion pounds processed in 1854, ac-
cording to Asp Food Stores, one
of the leading professors.
Convenience has been the key
note behind development of all
pre-cooked fish products. The
frozen fish sticks, for example,
need only to be reheated for II to
Is minutes before serving. In the
Cap'n John packages packed by
A&P, there are eight sticks in a
l0-ounce carton.
YOUNGSTERS as well as adults like
them not only because they are
delicious but free from bones as
we'll. They are sliced to proper size
from blocks of fresh, frozen, skim
less filets before getting uniform
coating of pure breading and but
ter. Frying turns them to a golden
brown. They are placed in wax
lined cartons, cooled and quick
frozen, ready for delivery in re-
frigerated carriers to stores where
they are displayed in frozen food
cases for simplified self service
SbinpiOu
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

DID YOU KNOW? - That milk
is considered the most suitable car
rier for vitamin D fortification be-
cause of milk's content of calcium
and phosphorus, both requiring
Vitamin D for utilization in the
body?
That the increased height of the
average American man is credited
to improved diet and the tenden-
cy for tail individuals to select tall
mates?
That Air Force members show
in recent years, an ever-increaS-
ing demand for milk, vegetables,
salads, fresh fruits and fruit
juices?
That the dairy COW is the most
efficient producer of calcium of
any animal species, in terms of
converting calcium intake to CAL
cium produced?
HELPS IN SEWING - Wrap
ped around the head of your sew
ing machine and stitched in place,
a piece OF heaVy 1lannel PROVIDES
a handy pincushion.
A pair of tweezerS kept in the
sewing machine drawer can be US
ed to catch a thread and draw it
easily through the needle eye.
IT is GOOD TO KNOW THIS.
TOO - Clothespins boiled in salt
water will be toughened against
splitting and will not freeze to wet
clothes.
Separating colored and white
clothes takes no extra time If you
have plywood divider for your
laundry hamper.
Very tiny scratches on waxed
sufaces can be concealed by rub
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Marine Delbert Richard
In Puerto Ricon Areo

CAMP LEJEUNE, N. c. 9TH
TNC)-Marine Pvt. Delbert l..
Rikard. son of Mrs. Olive D. Rlk-
ard of Route 4, Lincolnton, N. c.,
is scheduled to participate in a
large scale amphibious training
exercise in the Puerto Rican area
with the Atlantic Fleet Marine
Force Training Group from jan
uary to March, 1855.
The exercise is designed to ia
miliarize Marines with the latest
fighting equipment and to test
their readiness in full scale am
phibious maneuvers. Units of the
End Marine Division from Camp
LeJeune, N. c., and units of the
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from
Miami, Fla, are taking part.
After a siX-Week training phase,
the Marines will board ships and
storm the beaches Of the island
of ViequeS on an amphibious at
tack against aggresSor forces dug
in on the island. While in the
area, the Marines will visit cities
in Puerto Rico and other Carib-
bean islands.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Farm Outlook
Is Good, Benson
ellis Congress

WASHINGTON - Secretary of
Agriculture Benson told Congress
the postwar decline in farm in
come has just about stopped and
farmers may look forward to "eco-
nomic stability and continued
growth.
"The small changes in farm in
come and farm prices between
1858 and 1854 suggest" he said,
that most of the postwar adjust
ment has been completed. and
that we are in a period of COM
parative stability"
Benson made his forecast in tes-
mony before the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee.
He said the general economic
situation is good and agriculture
will share in the growth and pros2
perity ahead of Us, to the extent
it continues to apply science and
technology to its production and
merchandising
Benson told the committee that
the administrations farm pro-
grams-embracing flexible price
supports, crop control measures,
and programs for disposal of sur
pluses-is operating satisfactorily.
Some Democratic farm leaders
in Congress have indicated that
they will seek this year to repeal
portions of the administration
program, particularly flexible price
supports, and restore the war-born
high rigid floors which were drop
ped last year.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
"FIRsTs" FOUND EVERYWHERE
The Promised LAM" "---North Carolina

al sections.
Southern Pines, Pinehurst,
world famed as golf and health
centers, and Sedgefield, which is
near Greensboro, not only are
popular resorts for tourists but
are also the permanent home of
many retired people. Among the
retired people living in the Pine
hurst Southern Pines area is
General George c. Marshall
(Ret.).
Chapel Hill, home of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Dur
ham, world renowned for its
cigarette manufacturing and the
home of Duke University, Ra-
leigh, capital of the State and
noted for its schools and col
leges, and numerous other Tar
Heel communities have found
favor with many retired people.
1t is interesting to note that the
University of North Carolina is
now conducting one of the nations
most important studies on the
problems confronting people past
middle age. In August, 1854, there
was held in Chapel Hill the first
Institute of Gerontology under the
direction of the University's School
of Public Health. CHRONOLOGY
simply has to do with people liv-
ing happy lives after they have
passed middle age.
The central theme of the think
ing of the people making the ger
ontology studies is: "Old age is a
time of new growth not a time
for retirement.
Senior citizens, who have select
ed North Carolina for their home.
have generally found this true.
They often follow one of two
courses. They become active mem
bers of their chosen community,
devoting much of their time to the
charitable and civic activity that
their earlier and busy lives did not
permit. They become active in va
rious civic and religious aspects of
the community in which they live.
Others devote time to a hobby.
Sometimes it is a hobby they have
had little time for in earlier years,
or it might be one they decided to
acquire after they chose the life of
retirement.
In connection with the studies
on gerontology, it is well to note
that a gerontology study is now in
progress at North Carolina State
College in Raleigh. Several insur-
ance companies have combined to
make $4,000 grant for two year
study at the University of North
Carolina on Recreation for the
Aging in North Carolina" It is the
first study of its kind in the ma
ton.
LEADS IN POPULATION
North Carolina leads the
Southeast in population and in
industrial and agricultural pro-
duction. 1t leads the nation in
textile, tobacco and wooden
furniture manufacturing.
The States population on
July l, 1858, as estimated by the
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24
Children S Home
Society Christmas
Fund Drive Ends

GREENSBORO - The Christ
mas Fund Drive of The Chill
dren's Home Society of Mort h
Carolina ended Friday January 81,
with $44,265.99 in contributions to-
ward a $4,000 goal set for the
annual campaign when it began
Thanksgiving Day.
Announcing the end of the drive,
President Charles w. Gold, Jr.,
said he considered the 1854 SIS
drive successful in spite of falling
short of it's goal. "MoSt of the con-
tributions came from small towns
since the Society could not solicit
in the larger communities where it
is a member of a Chest or United
Fund. While gifts were smaller, we
had more contributors than in any
previous drive, good sign the
public is aware of adoption work
more than ever before"
The 52-year-old adoption agen-
cy is the only voluntarily-support-
ed agency finding homes for chill
dren in every part OF the state.
Last year a total of 478 babies and
school-age children in orphanages
were helped by the Society.
The Christmas drive provides
about one-third of the Society'S
budget of S15l,O00. Another third
is received through 35 chests and
united funds. and another third
from gifts during the year. "The
fact that we missed our goal by
S5,734.02 means we must hope for
extra gifts during 1855 to make up
the difference, Gold said.
The Junior Woman's Clubs Of
North Carolina have sponsored the
Society as a state project for the
past five years. Most of the 79
clubs conducted membership drives
and benefits in the fall for the So
ciety, as we'll as arranging pro-
Grams in their community, fea-
turing the Society.
The Lincoln times., 1955-01-24

US. Census Bureau. was 4,228,-
coo, of which about 73 percent
are white and the average age
25 years. The State has a land
area of 42,712 square miles. in
Guiding a water area of 3,615
square miles. Its greatest length
from the coast to the mountains
is 500 miles.
The present Governor of North
Carolina is Luther H. Hodges. a
retired industrialist and former
vice president of Marshall Field &
Company. Governors of the Tar
Heel States, as North Carolina is
nicknamed, under the State Con-
stitution cannot succeed them
selves when elected for four-year
terms. Unique among the nations
states is that North Carolina does
not give its governor the power to
veto. He receives a salary of $15,-
900 a year plus $4,000 expenses and
living quarters at the 65-year-old
Executive Mansion in Raleigh.
North Cardinals General Assem-
bly, meets in regular session every
two years.
WELL BALANCED STATE
eve have a well-balanced State
from the standpoint of what we
have to offer tourists and people
contemplating retirement, says
Conservation Director Douglas,
who was mayor of his home city
of Charlotte from 1885 to 1941
during the period Of its greatest
growth as "the Queen City of the
South"
Not too much has been said in
this article about North Cardinals
tourist attractions as they are in
many respects we'll known in this
and other countries. But from its
historic coast. once roamed by
Blackboard and other pirates of
yore, and the colonial homes and
sites of yesteryear, to numerous
other places of interest the State
of North Carolina does not have
to take backseat to any State in
the American Union In what it has
to offer tourists and retired peo-
pie.
at is highly gratifying" says
Director Douglas, "that more and
more people of this nation are
finding out what we have to offer
them. To them we extend hearty
welcomes and an invitation to tar
w with us as long as they desire. |"