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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Barn Destroyed
By Fire Sunday

A barn on the farm of J. Deane
Rush, of near Accident was en-
tirely destroyed by fire last Sun
day evening between 6 and 7 o.
clock, along with its contents.
The loss included 40 tons of hay,
400 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of
wheat, Is head of hogs and one
calf. A part of his farm machinery
also was destroyed. The loss was
only partially covered by insur-
ance.
The farm is located on Town Hill,
on the old Frendsville-Accident
road. Members of the Accident,
Friendsville and Grantsville fire
companies responded to the alarm.
Mr.. and Mrs Rush had recently
remodeled the barn and had built
new silo.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Two Are Injured
In Auto Mishap

Two persons we're injured Sun
day morning about 10 o'clock when
the car in which they were riding
skiddcd on the highway and turned
over.
They were identified as Jacob U.
Jones and his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Virgil Jones, of Gormania. A young
son of the latter, also in the car,
was not injured
They were brought to the Gar
rett County Memorial hospital
where Mr.. Jones was treated for
broken ribs and Mrs. Jones was
treated for numerous cuts and
bruises. Mr.. Jones was released
shortly after he was examined but
Mrs. Jones remained a patient I'M
til Tuesday.
The automobile, a 1852 Olds-
mobile, was badly damaged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Betty Kitzmiller
Injured In Crash

Miss Betty Kitzmillcr, %, of
Oakland, a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Kitzmiller. was seriously
injured early last Saturday morn
ing in an automobile wreck on
route SO, about one mile west of
Oakland.
The Kitzmiller woman sustained
a broken right hip and broken pei
Wis when the car in which she was
riding crashed.
Trooper First Class Robert Hen
line, of the Maryland State Police,
said the accident occurred when
a car driven by Thomas M. Estes,
of Alexandria, Va, was travelling
at high rate of speed. went out of
control on curve and ran off the
left side of the highway. Miss Kitz-
miller was thrown from the auto.
Estes was placed in the county
Jail on a charge of driving while
under the influence of liquor. At
hearing on Monday before Trial
Magistrate w. O. Bitter he pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined
S125 and costs. He was released
Tuesday upon payment of the fine
and costs.
Estes and James Cottrill, another
passenger in the car, were only
slightly injured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
About 1000 Attend
Schools Last Week

Nearly one thousand parents and
patrons of the county schools Wis
tied the claSsrooms during Ameri-
can Education week. according to
reports from the principals sub
mitted to the school board office.
The reports declared much en-
thusiasm was expressed by par
ents for the work observed in the
schools.
Southern High topped the list,
reporting over $50 visitors. Lunch
cons for special groups we're held
daily and Veterans day was OBJ
served by a school assembly pro-
gram by the Senior High school
Glee club. Miss Roberta Cogley's
12-A class sponsored American
Education Week in the school
At Northern the outstanding
event was the assembly inducing
llcW lllCIIlDGlS llilO INT LNOl tliNl II
High chapter of the National Hon
or society. A large number of par
ents and the entire student body
attended this ceremony with Mrs.
Margaret Fleming, faculty spon-
sor, in charge.
There were after school social
hours, special P.-T.A. programs,
classroom visitation, eating at
school cafeterias, listening to band
rehearsals and observing library
periods in various schools of the
county. Willard l.. Hawkins, county
superintendent, said he considered
it one of the most successful par
ent visitation weeks ever sponsored
by the schools.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Bittinger Winner
Gets Chicago Trip

Judy Bucket, of Bittinger, is one
of Maryland's top All ers who will
leave by train from Baltimore No
vember IS, to take part in the Saith
national All club congress in Chi
cage, November q TO December /.
These boys and girls were awarded
an expense free trip to the annual
Congress by way of their outstand-
ing project work in the All pro-
gram.
Before departing for Chicago in
special train coach along with
the Delaware delegation the Alters
will assemble at the Lord Balti-
more hotel for press conference
and send off, luncheon
Club Congress comes as the
climax of years of earnest All club
work by these young people Some
1,200 boys and girls from all 48
states, Alaska Hawaii and Puerto
Rico join with guests from foreign
countries for this event to honor
state, sectional and national win
ners.
The Congress is jointly planned
and conducted by the Extension
Service and the National Commit
tee on Boys and Girls Club Work,
and is designed to recognize and
highlight the contributions All club
work is making to improve rural
living.
All delegates are educational
award winners who have won their
trips to the Chicago meeting
through the national awards pro-
gram conducted by the state and
federal extension services in CO.
operation with the National COM
mittec The delegates have shown
pI OllOINIlNS III Cdli y iilS Oul tuCll
projects. Their records have been
carefully judged on such factors
as personal development over a
period of time and the use of i'm
proved methods. Miss Bucket, Is
years of age, was listed as a state
achievement winner.
She is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Ralph Bucket and is a member
of the Bittinger All club. She has
been active in All work for several
years, and has been faithful in
keeping a record in clothing ac-
tivities. She has sent a report OF
her clothing record to the state
office for the past three years Mrs.
Lester Smith is the local leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Girl Scouts Plan
''Fly-Up" Ceremony

The Oakland Girl Scouts will
lose eight members but will gain
nine in the annual fly-up ccrc-
monies scheduled for next Sunday
afternoon, November 20, at 2:30 p.
m, at the Moose recreation hall
on Third street
Other features including re-regis-
tration and presentation of the
badges will be included in the pro-
gram announced by Miss Cara
Weber, girl scout leader Eight
girls will receive first class badges,
while seven girls will receive their
curved bars, one of the highest
awards available.
First class and curved bar awards
will be made by Miss Helen Eel
lers, national field staff member
from Washington, d. c. Those
listed to receive their curved bars
are Patricia Campbell, out of doors;
Brenda DeBerry, homemaking;
Connie Evans, homemaking; Jane
Hanst, the Arts; Carol Sue Hardes-
ty, Margaret James and Patricia
Powers, all homemaking.
Those who will receive their first
class badges will be Carolyn Biser,
Charlotte BiSer, Barbara German,
Susan Gibson, Gail Naylor, Carol
Sue Hardesty, Nancy Reckart and
Susan TichnclI.
Intermediate scouts who will
fly" from the troop will be Pa
tricia Campbell, Brenda DeBerry
Jarlith Dewitt, Connie Evans, Pa
tricia Leighton, Margaret James,
Jane Hanst, Willard Ann Glot-
felty.
Brownies who will fly up" into
the intermediate scout troop will
be Gretchen Briner, Nancy Jane
German, Kathy Gonder Marie 10
Gender, Carolyn Sue Martin, Pa
tricia Reckart, Sharon Sanders,
Annabclle Thomas and Patricia
Williams.
Miss Weber announced that the
scouts had selected Dr. A. E. Nance
as citizen of the year who will be
recognized at the fly-up cere-
monies. Scouts vote on this project
annually as part of the scout
week program.
The troop committee will remain
the same as last year with Mrs.
Porter Dewitt as chairman, Mrs.
Howard White, Mrs. Howard Nay
Tor, Mrs. Robert Flaherty and Mrs.
Richard Glotfelty as members. AS
sisting Miss Weber in the activities
of the troop are Mrs. Harrison
Stewart, Mrs. Robert Martin and
Mrs. Robert King.
Miss Weber said the parents of
those who were receiving their
first class badges and curved bars,
and those who were flying up were
invited to witness the program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Jury Decides ON
Local Road Cases

A Garrett County Circuit Court
jury in Oakland on Monday
awarded Mrs. Edith CuppeIt Smith,
of Washington, d. c., $3.50 for
some two and seven tenths acres
of land including 1907 feet of
frontage along US. route PIG at
Deep Creek Lake which the State
Roads commission has already
taken for an improvement to the
highway.
Associate Judge Neil c. Fralcy
presided at the trial. The jury de-
liberated about ono hour before
reaching its verdict.
In deciding the case the jury
had two widely varying figures to
consider The State Roads com
mission had offered $40 for the
property in question whereas wit
ncsses for Mrs. Smith, formerly of
this county, placed the value at
$4,000
Frederick A. Puderbaugh. Cum
berland, and William O. Treacy,
Oakland, were SRC attorneys. Mrs.
Smith was represented by Horace
p. Whitworth, il, of Westernport.
Gets $500 Verdict
In another road case tried the
following day jury awarded John
Phillips Thayer and his wife $500
for land in the vicinity of Thayer's
Barn The Roads commission had
offered $1,000.
f. J. Ryan and w. w. Dawson
represented Thayer while Puder-
baugh and Treacy represented the
SRC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Former Resident
Ends His Life

Found slumpcd over the steering
wheel of his automobile parked in
the center of the Lost Creek-West
Milford road, and shot in the
stomach and chest with .12-gauge
shotgun, the death of former To-
cal man on Tuesday was termed
suicide.
The victim was identified as Gal
ford Harrison, 40. He was formerly
employed by the Creig Motor COM
pany in Oakland
Officers quoted Harrisons wife
and others as saying he had
threatened suicide as recently as
early Tuesday morning.
He was born February 49, 1915,
in BraXton county, W. Va. Surviv-
ing are his parents, his widow, two
children, two step-children, two
brothers, four sisters, and one half
sister.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Auto Crash Kills
Mrs. Ruth fri
Woman Was Driving Alone
Near Red House EorIy
Saturday

A 28-year-old Thomas, w. Va,
mother was killed instantly early
last Saturday morning, November
~, about / o'clock, when she lost
control of her auto and struck a
bridge one mile south of Red House
on US. Route PIG.
Victim of the highway fatality
was Mrs. Ruth Arletta Fri, %.
Trooper First Glass Robert Hen
line, of the Maryland State Police,
said Mrs. Firl was riding alone at
the time of the accident She was
travelling at high rate of speed
when the car ran off the left side
of the highway, struck a bridge and
dropped over an embankment into
a creek.
Mrs. Fri sustained broken
neck, crushed chest. broken leg
and decorations of the forehead.
Henline said Mrs Fri was dead
when found by another motorist.
1t was surmised she had fallen
asleep at the wheel.
a native of Red Creek, Tucker
county, w. Va, she was daughter
of the late Edward and Martha
Susan Carr Propst. She was a men,
Der of the Thomas Presbyterian
church.
She is survived by her husband,
Gilbert Fri, stationed with the air
force at Salina, Kansas; a daugh-
ter LcOna Firl. at home: a brother,
Edward Propst, Hendricks, w. Va;
a half-brother, Walter Minch, sta
toned with the army in Kansas;
two sisters, Mrs. Virginia johnson,
Thomas; and Mrs. Bessie FRI, Oak
land; and half-sistcr. Mrs. Doro-
thy Warner, Baltimore.
She was born October 3, 1927
Funeral services for Mrs. FRI
were conducted on Monday after
noon, November Ia, from the
Presbyterian church in Thomas
with Rev. A. B. Mann, minister.
officiating. IntermeHt was in the
Thomas cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
CO-Chairmen Named
For Concerts Group

At meeting of the Family Con
certs Association at the William
James hotel on Monday evening,
Dr.. +. |. Baumgartner and Arthur
Naylor, Jr., were named as CO.
chairmen to arrange for this years
program. Merritt Feather was
named secretary-treasurer.
Among those attending were five
representatives of the Garrett
County Memorial Hospital auXili-
airy who volunteered to assist in
selling season tickets.
Concerts this year will not be
connected with the Virginia SYM
phony group, as last year, but
those in charge have contacted the
Peabody Conservatory Of Music,
which is interested in providing
the three special concerts. Mr..
Naylor said he and DR.. Baumgart-
ner planned to go to Baltimore
next week to arrange for the three
programs, prior to arranging for
the ticket sale.
The ticket campaign will begin
within the next two weeks, it was
stated. AS in the. past, only those
who purchase season tickets will
be admitted to the performances,
so it is necessary to subscribe the
budget before any concerts are
held.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Two Given Terms In
House of Correction

Two persons were given terms
in the Maryland House of COrrec-
ton this week for infractions of
the laws. They we're James Maule,
of CrelIin, who was sentenced to
serve eleven months on a non-sup-
port charge, and Donald Hardesty,
of near Oakland, who was SEN
fenced to serve six months on a
charge of being drunk and dis
orderly.
Maule was found guilty of the
charge when given hearing Mon
day, November IA, before Trial
Magistrate w. o. Bitter.
Hardesty pleaded guilty to the
drunk and disorderly charge when
given a hearing On Monday. 1t was
his second conviction on the same
charge, having been found guilty
in July of 1854. He was arrested
Saturday by Henry Arnold, Oak
land police chief.
Just after his arrest Junior
Hardesty also got into difficulty
with the states attorney, S. R.
Pagenhardt Officers said Hardesty
cursed Paonnhar6f WhO folIpd him
to the street with a blow and had
him placed in Jail over the week
end. He pressed no charges against
him, however, and released him on
Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Christmas Activities
Arranged by c. of c.

The mercantile committee of the
Mt. Top Chamber of Commerce an
nounced its Christmas activities
program this week
Thirty or more merchants and
business men will cooperate in the
event with special activities listed.
Plans have been completed for
decorating the Town Immediately
after the Thanksgiving holiday
period. Additional lights and deco
rations are being added this year
and the strands across the streets
are to be increased in number.
The annual treat for the children
by Santa Claus will be conducted
on Saturday afternoon, December
II, when all the children of the
community up to u years of age
will be given an orange, candy and
other articles. Santa Claus also is
scheduled to visit participating
: ores at various times during the
Christmas season.
Members of the committee hand
ling the details include Newton
Coplin, Jack Treacy, l. r. Rudy,
Jr., c. w. Highlander and Kenneth
Jones.
MIR. Coplin said that about 5000
circulars would be printed and dis
tributed somewhere around the
first of December.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Brownie Troop Meets

The first official meeting of the
Brownie Scout troop No. 2 was held
in the City hall at Oakland Mon
day evening with forty-three
Brownies being registered for the
year.
Mrs. Marvin II. Jones is leader
with assistant leaders being Mrs.
Donald Martin, Mrs. Taft Oursler,
Mrs. Donald GIotfclty and Mrs
Darrell Malone. Mrs. c. w. Eng
lander is chairman of the troop with
members of the committee being
Mrs. Robert Nethken, Mrs. B. l.
Gender and Mrs. Robert Hoffman.
Plans were completed for the
fly-up ceremonies Sunday after
noon at the Moose Hall, at 2:3G p.
m. Parents of the fly-up girls are
invited along with committee mem
bers and leaders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
b Candidates Are
Out For Basketball

Thirty-two candidates reported
for basketball practice this week
at Southern High school, it was
learned from Carl Schoonover, new
basketball coach this year.
The first practice session was
conducted Tuesday and Schoonover
indicated he would spend the next
two weeks working on fundamen-
tails and polishing up the perform
ances of the first stringers.
Southern High Will open its bas-
ketball season on Saturday night,
December 3, with the alumni, and
will carry out 21-game schedule.
Candidates for the team include
Dan Garrett, Allen Knots, Bill
Sanders, John Ruff, Fred Colaw,
Toby Colaw, Jim Wright, Grow
Marley, Herbert Smith, Paul Bro
hawn, Harold Harsh, Fred Dilgard
and George Lee.
Also Dana Dintaman, Larry
Reams, Terry Skipper, James
Moon, Keith Mersing, Bob Maxcy,
Bill Murphy, Earl Right, Don
Grub, Gary Bittinger, Tom Bit
finger, John Roth, Bob Shiffy,
Robert Bittinger, Fred Tcets, Bob
Smith, Dick Mace, Jim Holler and
Ronald Glaze.
The schedule:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Verdict Rendered
For Plaintiff In
Accident Case

A verdict for the plaintiff was
rendered yesterday in the Circuit
Court in an automobile collision
case which occurred in 1858 at Mt
Lake Park
Plaintiffs were Richard c. Ben
nett and the Employers Mutual
Casualty company, end defendant
was Samuel r. Hall, of Rockland,
Ill.
The plaintiff contended that he
was driving a 1919 Buick easterly
on state route Al, leading from
Oakland to Mt. Lake Park, when
near the intersection of e" street
Samuel r. Hall disregarded a stop
sign and came out on the highway
and the crash subsequently oC-
Cured
A jury rendered verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for $685.
which was SIS for Bennett and
1921 so for the Casualty company
Favors Defendants
In another case yesterday a YER
dict favored the defendants Arvey
NJ. Richie and Herbert S. Ritchie,
against James B. Nally and Fay
Nally. The RitchieS had appealed
the case from a judgment awarded
by the Trial Magistrate, amounting
to 5000, when the two individuals
moved their store from the Nally
building to their present location,
corner of Third and Green streets
The Ritchies commended that after
a stoker had been installed the
dust was so heavy that they were
compelled to move Nally had
claimed five months rent remaining
on three-year lease.
The jury rendered verdict in
favor of the defendants Nally was
represented by S. r. Pagenhardt,
while E. Ray Jones represented
the defendants.
Slated for trial today are two
truck weight cases and an appeal
case from the trial magistrate
wherein the Itlum Steel company
is the plaintiff and Marco Nance
the defendant The Trial Magis-
trate had rendered a judgment of
$14439 against Nance for bill
rendered by the Steel company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Held For Larceny

William W. Shaffer, 81, Of Au-
rora, W. Va, was arrested Satur-
day evening by Sheriff Paul W..
Fisher on charge of stealing trees
from the farm Of E. r. Fike, To-
Gated near Sunnysidc.
He was placed under $1,000 bond
for his appearance at a hearing to
be held in the near future.
Fisher said the investigation was
continuing. Three or four more
persons are involved in the theft,
Sheriff Fisher stated, and other
arrests are expected shortly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Food Distribution Dates
Listed BY Commissioners

Dates for the distribution of food
by the County Commissioners we're
announced this week
Wednesday, November % Grants
Vile, 8 to 11:30 a. m; Friendsville,
1:30 to 5 p. m.
Friday, November Is, Oakland,
8 to 11:3O a. M; Kitzmiller, l to 2:30
p. M; Bloomington, $3.50 to p. M.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-11-17
Week-ends By Plane

Mrs. j. Bill Ours, and her son,
GreenviIle, Miss, Week-endcd here
by airplanc. They landed last Fri
day at the farm of her uncle, Arte
Dodge, and visited there until Sun
day.
She was due to arrive on Thurs
day but on account of the weather
she was forced to land and spend
the night at Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mrs. Ours is the former Pauline
Wolfe, of Oakland. She uses the
airplane for many OF her trips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-07
Hammer Slayer
Gets up TO Life

A man was sentenced yester-
day to serve from Is years to life
imprisonment for second degree
murder in the fatal beating of a
woman friend with a hammer
last November.
The defendant is Lester I.
Seegers, IL. colored. of the 3400
block of Warder street NV. The
victim, Helen M. Smith. 80.
colored. was killed in her apart
ment in the 1900 block of Thir-
tenth street NV.
Seegers. who had pleaded
guilty. was sentenced by Judge
Alexander Holtzof of the United
States District Court for the
District of Columbia. The SEN
tence is the maximum for sec
ond-degree murder.
Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy
sentenced Cecil H. Perry, 26. a
suspended 14th precinct police
man, to serve from 5 to Is
months for accepting brides
from two motorists for promising
not to press traffic charges.
Perry, who now lives in Long
Island, had pleaded guilty in
March to accepting $40 from one
motorist and IS from another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-07
BY L. EDGAR PRINA

The United States is going to
the rescue of Finland's prefabri-
Gated housing industry, which is
Keeling from a sudden decision
by the Soviet Union to cut
sharply purchases it had agreed
to make under a trade pact with
Helsinki.
The State Department dis
closed this today in announcing
that it has completed an agree
ment for the sale of $5,250,000
worth of surplus cotton and to-
hacco to private Finnish i'm
porters.
The money obtained from
these sales, as well as funds
from previous sales of agricul-
tural commodities, will be used
to buy prefabricated buildings.
purchases" the Department said
The American acquisitions will
Through the use of these
funds, the United States expects
to be able to provide a temporary
cushion of assistance to the Fin
nish prefabricated housing in
dustry which has suffered a
sharp curtailment of its exports
due to large reduction in Soviet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-07
Soviet Farmers to Visit u. S.
As Officials; No Fingerprints

MOSCOW. May 7 (P.-The
Soviet government informed the
United States Embassy yester-
day it is sending a group of
farmers and agricultural experts
to study Iowa's corn and hog
growing methods as an official
delegation.
AS an official delegation the
members will not have to go
through flngerprinting to get
viSaS.
The Russians have said it was
the fingerprinting issue that pre-
vented the Soviet Union from
sendinga group of editors to the
United States recently. Finger
printing is a part of the United
States regulations for getting
visas for all persons except those
travelling on official missions.
But the Russian editors said they
would not stand for the "humili-
alton" of having their finger
prints taken like criminals. The
United States sources said a So
Wet chess team had been adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-07
NAZI GERMANY SURRENDERED
AT REINS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

REIMS France, May often years ago today Gen.
Alfred Gustav Jodl strobe into the map at Allied
headquarters surrender Germanys armed forces
The big red-brick trade school near the railway cut
Eisenhowers headquarters keeps the surrender
room as it was at a May T. Huge colored maps
paper wall showing the advance of the Allied forces
The Germans tried to give up to the Western powers
, alone pleading there million German refugees in
Europe and they had to keep fighting the Russians
protect the refugees But Allied policy called for
conditional surrender of the Germans Gen. Eisenhower
insisted they give up to all He got his way.
The Western Allies tried to hold up of the
render "a hours wanting to get Soviet at
the time. They failed. Eastern Europe still cele
anniversary May g. the date another sigma
ture at Berlin.
In view of the position West Germany achieved this
week sovereign partner of the West few Allied bgwigs
expected attend anniversary Western
Europe
At Reims itself the celebration held to low pitch
Arrangements called for dedication of plaque the house
where Gen Eisenhower lived and Inauguration of memorial
to French resistance forces