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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
Senate Bill Asks
For Election of
Education Board

A bill was introduced in the
Maryland Senate this week calling
for election of school board MEM
bers in Garrett County, instead of
hy appointment as at present.
Known as Senate bill %, the
measure was introduced by Senator
Clifford Friend. No details were
available as to its general provi-
sions other than changing the
number and making the bill sub
iec5 to referendum.
At present school board members
are named by the governor "I'ell
vacancies occur or Wheh aPpoiiit-
mehtS expire. mere are TWO ne
publican members ana one behio-
cratic member at inc present t4l'le-
Inc term OF waiter W. dawson
VIII expire TINS year. oIher mem
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Another senate phi introduced
TINS week would place restrictions
on the issuance OF beer licenses TO
persons having lhelf pIaces Oh
business near chufch property
Known as Senate BIN co. there are
no details aVaHaoIe on ms one
either except the restriction would
be within 5oo feet OF churches ana
schools m towns, ana WITHIN
fourth mile OF churches and schools
elsewhere IN the county.
Senator Friend also was seeking
a law to allow the County Com
missioners to exempt from taxation
new industries for 10 years. The
only other bill introduced concerns
the regulation Of gas wells. No
bills have been introduced IN the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
County Remains
Under Heavy Snow

Garrett County still remained
under heavy blanket of snow as
the result Of a 13-inch fall during
the week, most of it descending
last Thursday night and Friday
The storm of last Thursday was
the biggest one of the winter and
for time blocked a number of
secondary highways and caused
schools to be dismissed on Friday.
Some buses were able to make the
trip but others were completely
begged down and drivers sent word
to the children where possible that
they would not be able to make the
trip.
The storm subsidized on Friday
and road workers kept at the job
until most Of the main roads were
open and passable by the week
end. The state had six trucks and
Is men working out of Accident
and s trucks and 10 men from Oak
land. State roads remained open.
Highways remained mostly free
of snow during the week but were
icy in spots and travel was hazard
GUS. There has been very little
melting during the week, with
temperatures remaining for the
most part below freezing The
dropped to 10 above
zero ON Wednesday morning for
the coolest reading of the week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
Hearing Scheduled
On Gas Well Bill

Lloyd L. Simpkins, chairman Of
the Judiciary Committee, of the
House of Delegates, announced
yesterday that hearing will be
held on House Bill No. IA, on Jan
uary 26, at 3 p. m.
DR.. Joseph T. Singewald, il, di-
rector Of the Department of Geolo-
gy, Mines and Water Resources,
has recommended the bill for the
regulation of oil and gas well drill
ing. At present the State has no
effective control over gas and oil
well drilling. House Bill IA, Simp-
kins said, has the approval of the
Garrett County delegation. 1t
would require that drillers must
first post a bond before beginning
operations. 1t would also regulate
the casing, operation and plugging
of the wells by the department of
Geology, Mines and Water Re
sources.
This is not the same bill intro
duced last week by Senator Cliff
ford Friend. He declared his bill
goes much farther than the one
drawn up by the Legislative coun-
ell which gives the Geology depart
ment the authority. His oil board
would include also men from the
Bureau of Mines and the Public
Service Commission.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
Named On Committees

Committee appointments for
members of the Garrett County
Delegation at Annapolis were an
nounced last weekend. They in
clude:
Ways and Means, Del. Harry c..
Edwards.
Agriculture and Natural Re
sources, Del. Kermit S. GIotfelty.
Civil Defense, Del. Jesse J. Ashby.
Alcoholic Beverages, Del. Ashby.
Labor, Del. Glotfelty.
Sen. Friend has been named to
the agriculture and natural resour-
ces, aviation, roads and transpor-
tation and public buildings com
mittees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
FFBL Council
Officers

Meeting Monday evening in the
William-James hotel in Oakland,
members of the Garrett County
Farming for Better Living Council
elected officers for 1855 and made
plans for the years activities.
b. Beeson Snyder was named to
head the group, succeeding S. r,
Naylor. Other officers are Lowell
LOOMS, vice-chairman; Miss Ethel
Grove, secretary, and Howard G..
Riggs, treasurer. All were elected
unanimously. Miss Grove and Riggs
had served in the same offices dur
ing the past year
John H. Carter, county agent,
reported an enrolment for 1855 of
"a, with a number of prospective
members who have not yet signed
enrolment cards. Last year, rs
families participated in the pro-
gram, ills county having the
largest enrolment in Region Two,
comprising Garrett and four West
Virginia counties. Garrett FFBL
members were the only ones in the
region completing their record
booklets 100 percent, according to
l.. Bush SWishcr. project director
l. L l. 4. II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
Commissioners
Keep $500 Tax
Rate For 1855
Levy Completed Last Friday
County Plans To Spend
$803 ,080.99 For Year

1 ne Val ItLl 1ouIlA 1OIhlii0-
sioners, in completing the annual
levy last Friday, kept the county
tax rate at $500 per each 500 Of
assessable property.
The county will operate on an
expected revenue of $500, O80.99,
and Of this amount $572,843.28 will
come from the county tax rate of
$500 on a taxable basis of $780,
642, lG4, less an allowance of $780,
600 for discounts, insolvencies, etc,
allowed taxpayers.
The tax basis is $520,OO0 more
than last year.
Other estimated income of $780,
23771 included uncollected taxes
Of $79,5SS.G6, beer tax of $4,000,
automobile taxes of $4,000, and
other items.
School System
The school system of the county
will receive S320.931, with S13,302
from share eff motor vehicle license
fees, $221.024 for operating eX-
penses, $33,350 for addition to new
buildings, principally the Accident
school; incentive furd of $14,82O;
debt service Of $15,555; Maryland
School for thc Bird, $500, and
$22,O80 for the county's share of
teachers salaiics.
The county library fund totaled
%5,92S.42 with thc Ruth Enlow Ii
brary also receiving IS percent of
the county marriage license fee of
$2,536. The other Is percent goes
to the Historical Society and
amounts to $l4700.
The County Welfare board will
receive SOL ,657.09 and most of this
is necessary to qualify for Federal
and State contributions. The total
is about $4,000 greater than last
year.
ne 7'o''eiS - -i,"ue p'osi'
,"' 80 ''' - ''' ~ p ~ W Y''I
the same figure as last year. The
levy for other hospitals and debt
service totaled $24,050.
M f,,,,-,,; .; ,,,.,,.. I,,;I COZ
Ihc commissioners levied SD
4lo.I2 Tor county roads department.
over @"V'oVo less IMAM Tor the pre-
Yious year As the result OF the
loan lof road construction through
1''N '','.' ''"''''i MN o'''"
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i''''i'o' 49,
Inc election fuhd was set at 81
"oo' whereas the Ilgufe 1or Iast
year was Sl9,ooo.
fIfe companies through the
county VIII get 9o't0O.
School Bonds and Interest
Under school bonds and interest
il was noted that 1919 bonds to be
paid amounted to $4,000. with in
terest S2I750 interest on state
bonds of 81 .603. IS and state bonds
$37, 995.15, for a total of $142,
348.83. Subu.acting the state in
centive fund Of $32,655, and the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-01-20
THE ROPES.

LEARNING THE Several service club me~1e[s who will
receiving
j.
the Chamber Commerce
up" left to right Earl
Oakland Rotary club Marvin Jones representing the
Nichols presiding the stick, and William
sharps stations will contribute profits
the polio fund. will be manned
service club representatives.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

The Melrose Charity Guild
held it's monthly meeting with
Mrs. Martelia Curtis, on Gill
mer Ave-, N. w. The vice
president, Mrs. Mary Jeffreys,
presided. The meeting was
opened by individual pray
ers. The club was happy to
have their president, Mrs. Ell
sic F. CAVITY, with them
again, after being absent on
account of illness. Plans were
made to complete their
pledge of $4,000 to the
Orange Ave-, YWCA. After
business meeting was over,
Mrs. Curtis led the members
to her beautifully decorated
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
ritz TRIBUNE

church lawn Easter Monday.
The F. H. Club, sponsored
| a Bazaar and Cake Contest
at the school house last Sat-
urday night and everyone
enjoyed themselves very
much. Miss Louise Hunt won
the cake.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meg
ginson, Mrs. Alease Brown,
and MIR. Percy j. Langhorne
attended the opening service
of the Mt. Zion beautiful new
church and enjoyed the SER
vice very much.
Mrs. Jessie Langhorne and
Mr.. Allen Moore spent a very
pleasant afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Alec Barnett at
their home in Troutville, Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Naomi Clark's daugh-
ter and granddaughter are
spending several weeks visit
ing her from Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
At GAS a. m. Sunday School

At GAS a. m. Sunday Schoo1
will begin with the superin-
tendent, Mrs. William Bry-
son, in charge. The pastor,
Rev. Mrs. Clincy Penton, will
deliver the IL a. m. and 8 D.
m. sermons. At $3.50 D. m.
there will be an Easter pro-
gram with the Sunday School
in charge.
Rev. Mrs. S. "A. Mayo, pas
tor of Roanoke, conducted SER
vices here at night from
Thursday, March 81, until
Saturday, April 2, which were
enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Hazel Reynolds left
last Wednesday for Piney, due
to the illness of her mother,
Mrs. Phyllis Austin.
Mesdames Irene Morrison
and M. d. Holt attended the
funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
Elsie B. Williams, of Ander-
son, N. C.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
Floyd Beverly is still inn

Floyd Beverly is still i'm
proving at his home.
Mrs. Mary Montgomery is
improving at her home on
Magazine Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H e r b e r t
White and son, of Roanoke,
spent Thursday night with
relatives in Pulaski.
Mrs. Hazel Reynolds enter
ed the Pulaski Hospital, Sun
day morning, April 3.
The Gospel Cleaners, of
Bluefield, w. Va, appeared
in concert at Clark's Chapel
Church, North Pulaski, Sun
day, April 3.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

dining room to be served q
full course dinner of turkey,
dressing, giblet gravy, string
beans, corn, candied yams,
raw vegetable salad, olives,
pickles, cranberry sauce, cof-
fee, coconut cake and straw
berries. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Nettie Gil
liam, on Grayson Ave-, N. w.
Mrs. Annabelle Atkins was
welcomed as a new member.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

Since World War II, the Bible has sold NOR,
than | million copies every year, and in 1853 saja
reached about W million. IN countless other ways
there's evidence that the people Of the Unite.
States are seeking spiritual faith in ever-erow;os
numbers. Such spiritual growth is the necessar
foundation For survival Of freedom in any land
There is comfort reinsurance and hope in thi
course the American Way Of Life is taking.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
OBITUARIES

Mrs. Maggie Hurt died at
her home on Liberty Street in
Bedford Wednesday after a
lingering illness.
Funeral services were held
at the residence Sunday at
200 p. M, with Elder L. Lo-
max, of Lynchburg, officiat-
ing.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

Surviving are her husband,
James A. Hurt, and one sis
ter, Louise Laskey, of New
port, Kentucky.
Burial was in the Fairmont
Cemetery with Jordan Fun
eral Home in charge.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09

! cannot mark my own career
That's done by God divine.
/ use my time most honestly
My scoring is later on.
To my sister, Olean-from
Theo. Smith.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
HoIIins News

by Mrs. Hammond Jones
The First Baptist Sunda,
School is planning a BIZ
Easter Egg Hunt on tn
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
of Mrs. John Patterson on
Maple Street.

Maple Street.
On Friday night, Cottage
Prayer Meeting was held at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
June Jinkens, on Maple st.
Sunday morning, April 10,
there will be a sunrise meet
ing at the church at 6 a. m.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
Pulaski News
:. Mrs Kittie Jackson

49,. Mrs kittie Jackson :.
United Holiness Church
On Wednesday night, April
6, Prayer Meeting was held
at the church.
T urs d ay night the
Church's Aid met at the home
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
less in a confused world.

In nation Of 100 Million we have 2o435o
churches = and 40,o47 Of these have been built
since the end OF World War II. In nine years, our
church membership has grown from 72,4o2 900 to
05,oSI,0OO-a gain Of % millions.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-04-09
Our Nay 9fZIe.,

This nation is proud Of it's heritage and it's
achievements = proud Of the highest standard Of
living the world has ever known
But we are most proud Of something that dwarfs
our vast material gains something that is price
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS

1:55, WWDC-Baseball: Wash
ington at New York.
1880, WGMS-Opera Box: Ex-
cerpts from Charpentier's
Louise" and Ravel's THE
Child and the Sorcerers.
soc, WTOP-FBI in Peace and
War: A swindler applies THE
Literary Touch" to his vic
Tins bank accounts, in a
drama starring Paul Nc
Grath and Agnes Young.
12:00, WTOP-Music Til Dawn:
Selections include flamenco
guitar music and Haydn's
Emperor Quartet" and CAR
chic and Mehitabel."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
V HIGHLIGHTS
TODAY

1880. WMAL (T-Disneyland:
Re-run of "Davy Crockett,
Indian Fighter" with Tess
Parker and Buddy Ebsen.
500, WRC (4)-Request Per-
Torrance: A theatrical pro-
ducer is intrigued by the can
dor and enthusiasm Of youth,
in 1.-THE Trouble With Youth, /"
starring Paul Douglas, Con-
stance Moore and Lucy Mar
lowe.
$3.50, WTTG t5)-Million DOL
lar Movie: A doomed wom-
an Is determined to live her
last days in the Swiss Alps,
in 1.-THE Other Love-" with
Barbara Stanwyck and David
Niven.
$3.50, WMAL (7)-Stu Erwin
Show: Stu and June Erwin
try to foster a romance be-
tween a spinster cousin, FL
len Corby, and a pigheaded
old seadog. Jimmy Gleason.
$3.50. WRC (4)-My Little Mar
gle: Gale Storm tries to use
her cooking talents as a
means of winning an operate
addition for herself.
800, WRC az - Television
Theater: A composers life
is complicated by his first
and second wives. and an
amnesia attack In Nov,
Where Was r." starring
Gisele Mackenzie. Robert
Weber and June Dayton.
$3.50, WMAL "a - Who Said
That?: Guests are Actress
Geraldine Brooks and Gil
Hodges Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
1890, WTOP (9) = Boxing:
Middleweight Champ Bobo
Olson VS.. light-heavyweight
joey Maxim.
11:25, WTOP (9) - The Late
Show: The story Of an am
nesia victim is told in "Her
Panelled Door," with Phyllis
Calvert and Richard Bur-
ton.
11:25, WMAL (7)-Seven Star
Theater: Captain Fury" a
drama about Australia's
Robin Hood. stars Paul Lukas
and Victor McLaglen.
1880, WRC (4)-Tonight: Ernie
Kovacs, comedian, and Van
Cleiburn. pianist, pay a call.
Evening star., 1955-10-19

Glider swing by Welsh with safety clips. foot
rest and rocker arm TO keep boby sofe and
sound at all times. Green. yellow, red.
Lansbuychs hs-fNFANT's FURNITURE
Langiep Park Mayvland Second Floor;
Washingtoa. Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1955-10-19

friendly shoes, the youne-in-nnind shoes that
have oil the se-oppeoI your teenooers looking for
They're gay, they're young, and best Of oil they're
pretty. Take d look show here the step-in pump
with button-trim vomp the step-in flottie with wedge
heel and the sobot strap. Sizes a TO 10.
Lansbwghs-TEENS Park Maryland Floor
WGshiagton. Second Floor
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Select Delegates
For Natl All Camp
Miss Betty Hayes OF Houston One
Of -Four In State

Four Of Delaware's outstanding
All members will represent their
state at the 25th National All Camp
to be held in Washington, D. c.,
June 15th-22nd.
Selected on the basis Of their
achievement in leadership, citizen
ship, community service and COM
pletion of projects in home ecOnOm-
les and agriculture are Marie Woer-
ner, 19, and Edward Wilson, l6, of
Newark; Betty Hayes, Is, Hous-
ton, and William Weber, Is, Of Del
mar.
Each state sends four delegates
and a leader to attend the National
event. The camp program, based
around the theme "YOur Govern
ment, 4-H and You, will include
speakers, tours, visits with the diff
ferent branches of government, and
discussion groups.
Being chosen a delegate to Nat
iOnal Camp is one Of the highest
hOnOrs a club member can receive,
according to Sam Gwinn, state All
club leader. It offers opportunities
to learn about the Federal Govern
ment, develop an understanding Of
national problems, understand the
relationship of world problems.
share ideas, plan for improvement
Continued on page slx)
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Mrs. ZurkOW
Dover, Named
MOtherOfYear
Will Succeed Mrs. Edgar
J. BOggs, Mother Of
Gov. J. Caleb BOggs, To
Delaware Title.

Mrs Morris L. Zurkdow, Of Do
yer, a 64-year-Old mother of four
children and grandmother of five,
civic and religious leader, has been
named DelaWare's Mother Of the
Year.
Mrs. ZurkOW succeeds Mrs. Ed
gar ]. BOggs, mother Of Governor
Boggs, who was selected by the
committee in 1854.
Announcement Of the choice was
made by MRS William N. Cam,
Wilmington, state chairman of the
American Mothers Committee, Inc.
who said twelve entrants had been
received this year, and that Mrs.
ZurkOW's qualifications and recon-
mendations found the committee in
unanimous agreement on the selec-
ton.
Letters of recommendation came
from high places, she said, and Mrs.
ZurkoW was selected for having the
following attributes:
/. She has satisfactorily raised
and assisted to educate, through
college level, four children, all Of
whom are filling responsible posi-
tions in society.
2. She has been active for many
years in attempting to create a
CONTINUED on page BeVen)
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Annual Mother And
Daughter Banquet Will
Be Held April 18th At
School Cafeteria.

The annual Mother and Daughter
Banquet of the WOmen's Associa-
tion Of the Presbyterian Church,
will be held in the High School
Cafeteria at $3.50 p. m, on April
18th Mrs. Robert Richardson will
be the tcastmistrees and Mrs. Ken
meth Kepler and daughter, Mary
Kay, viii give the mother and
daughter toasts.
The devotiOns will be led by Mrs
Holland Prettyman whose topic will
be, Thy People Shall Be Ny PEOPLE
And Thy God My God" The pro-
gram will be presented by "The
Parsons, a male vocal quartet
from Princeton Theological Semin-
airy.
This new group of young artists
is an OutgrOwth or the rehowned
Princeton Summary Choir, which in
recent years has toured the United
States, Canada, Alaska, Japan, and
Korea.
While pursuing their studies at
the Seminary, the quartet spends
week-ends singing in churches,
schools, and resort hotels. and
making appearances on radio and
televisiOn in New Jersey. Their va
cation periods are spent on tour in
resort areas like st. Petersburg.
Florida, and the POcOnO Mountains
of Pennsylvania.
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Duffy M ay Presbyterian
Head State WOmen'S Assn.
Republicans Plan Dinner
Prediction Is Made By
Clair J. KilIOran, The
Present COP State
Chairman.

c. Edward Duffy of Carrcroft
will be the next Republican state
chairman, Clair J. Killoran, the
present chairman, predicted this
week.
He said that Mr.. Duffy, who is
currently the Brandywine Hundred
Republican chairman, has agreed.
subject to the pleasure of the Re-
publican State Committee, to as
sume the responsibilities Of the
state chairmanship.
Mr. Killoran said that he and
Robert H. Richards, Jr., the Re
publican national committeeman,
Senator John ]. Williams, and other
leaders of the party, are elated at
Mr.. Duffy's willingness to accept
the post.
The state chairman said he will
call a meeting of the state commit
tee within the next two weeks, "at
which it is certain Mr.. Duffy will
be unanimously elected, and / will
resign"
Previously it had been forecast
that Leon H. Ryan Of Newark was
the most likely choice for the post.
Mr.. Duffy has been chairman Of
the BrandyWine Hundred Republi-
can Committee since 194S, and dur
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
SGk Vaccine UE q, = T.len
Rushed Across The Nation
NeW Agent To Fight Dread Disease Found Both
Safe And Effective Preventive; Children
AU OUer To Get Shots Soon

A potent new 1955-model Salk
polio vaccine began rolling Tues
day night to doctors offices to end
polio's long reign of terror.
The vaccine was officially licensed
for public use by the National In
stitutes of Health only hours after
it had been found safe, effective
and powerful in preventing para
lytic polio.
The vaccine in mass tests last
year proved its ability to prevent
up to 80 per cent of cases Of para
lytic polio.
But since then it has been i'm
proved, and this new 1855 model
vaccine is the one which the public
will begin to get very soon, per-
haps within a few days time.
This vaccine is far better than
the vaccine tested last year, and
can theoretically prevent paraly-
tic polio 100 per cent, declared
Or. Jonas Salk, brilliant, young
Pittsburgh scientist who developed
it.
Huge shipments of the vaccine
were flown across the country
Tuesday night.
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Is
Held F. or
Att acking
Kent Lady
Bowers Beach Oyster
Worker BrutalIy At
tackled Mrs. Ruth L.
Pittard OF Frederica.

Following an intensive manhunt.
tate police Tues. night arrested a
2b-yeaT-old Bowers Beach oyster
man and charged him with a brutal
attack on a woman clerk in a Fred
erica variety store early Tuesday
afternoon.
The Victim-Mrs. Ruth L. Pittard,
43, mother Of a married child, is in
fairly good condition today in Kent
General Hospital, Dover, with deep
cuts Of the scalp, injuries to her
back and arm, and severe shock.
The man under arrest is Mich
olas Barnes, a Negro. and a native
Of Florida. He was arrested at $3.50
O'Clock Tuesday night in Canter-
bury at the home of friends.
State police said the man admit
ted the assault and said his motive
was robbery. He was afraigned la
ter Wednesday before Magistrate
Maurice w. CarrOw Of Camden on a
charge Of assault and possibly one
of attempted robbery.
Mrs. Pittard was on duty alone
in the small variety store at Fred
erica when the man walked in a
few minutes before noon and asked
to see pair Of trousers.
When Mrs. Pittard went to the
back Of the store to get the size
he asked for, he followed her. While
she was looking through the stock
he came up behind her, struck her
on the head with some hard object.
and knocked her to the floor, she
told police.
Mrs. Pittard was stunned by the
blow, but she started to scream and
CONTINUED on page two)