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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Students Preparing
For Spelling Bee

Garrett County sixth and ninth
grade students are busily engaged
in spelling such words as bolster
Gus, incorrigible, escutcheon, medi-
OGRE and many others in prepare
ton for the countrywide spelling
bee to be held at the Kitzmillcr
Community School. Tuesday May
Is, at p. m
Pronouncing the words for the
sixth grade pupils will be Mrs. An
ma X. Bcachy of the Grantsville
Elementary School Elmer Crone,
senior high school core teacher at
Southern, will pronounce the words
for ninth grade pupils.
One contestant from each sixth
and ninth grade class will be Sc
lcctcd by the end of this week
These winners will be announced
next week
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Program Outlined
For AFTER the Prom

The program for the second all
nual After The Prom activities
was outlined to the members of
the Jr-Sr. classes by William d.
Rees, president of Southern High
School P.-T.A during the assembly
program Wednesday morning.
Mr. Rees pointed out that these
activities we're success last year
and because Of requests from par
ents and students, a similar pro-
gram has been set up for this year,
Following the conclusion of the
prom at the school students will
have the opportunity to attend the
following activities:
12.30-2:00, Theatre Party-Mary-
land Theatre
12;3O-4OO, Dancing and Refresh
ments-Armory
4:OO-53O, Breakfast - Methodist
Church.
All of the above activities will
be chaperoned by parents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Gain of Voters Is
Noted In Tabulation

A gain of 361 voters was noted
after final figures of the April
registration was completed this
week by the Board of Election
Supervisors. This figure does not
take into consideration the fact
that some voters names will be
eliminated before the General elcc-
ton. including those who have died
or moved away. These deductions,
however, will not take place until
revision day.
Figures released yesterday by the
Board show a total of 1921 regis
tered voters. OF this number G,422
are Republican while 3.749 are
Democrats. Forty others have regis
tered i'm other categories.
OF the total number of voters
$3.50 are male and 4561 are female.
The registration as a whole showed
a gain for Republican voters. There
are only three voting precincts
where the Democratic registration
outnumbers the Republican regis
tration. They are second precinct
of district 5, Accident, No. 8 at
Johnson's, and 1872, at NindeX.
Heaviest Republican majority is
found at Sang Run, almost five to
one, Jennings, over four to one
Bittinger. three to one. The overall
pattern shows a majority through
out the county of almost two tc
one.
The figures for each voting pre-.
cinct are given in tabular form il
today's issue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
May Day Program

The Accident Elementary school
is planning a May day program to
be held in the Accident school
auditorium Wednesday evening,
May 8, at s o'clock DIST.
Cheryl Vitez, daughter of Mr., and
Mrs. Harry Vitcz, of Accident, has
been named the queen The king is
Kenneth Smith, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Smith, of Accident.
They we're selected by the fourth,
fifth and sixth grades by popular
vote.
Each room will be represented
in the queens court by boy and
girl attendant Rev Ross Speicher,
president of the Board of Educa-
ton, will crown the king and
queen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Schools to Present
Combined Concerts

Two countrywide high school
musical concerts have been plan
ned. One will be vocal concert
at Northern High school, while an
instrumental concert will be held
at Southern High school.
The program Of vocal music will
be presented by the two junior
senior high schools on Tuesday,
May 8, at 8:15 p. m. at Northern
High school at Cove. The combined
choruses of the two schools will
sing The Lords Prayer by Ma
lotte, This Is My Country, by
Fred Waring; and Battle Hymn
of the Republic" by RengWald.
There will also be special num-
bers by each school chorus as well
as solo, trio and quartet numbers.
The instrumental concert by the
two high school bands will be pre-
scented in Southern High on Thurs
day, May II, at 8:15. Junior and
senior bands from both schools will
participate.
There will be no admission
charge to either concert. Both
schools have been making ample
preparation for these prcscnta-
tons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Win Awards In
Arts-Crafts Display

Oakland club women received II
awards and one honorable mention
in an Arts and Crafts display at a
meeting of the First District of the
Maryland Federation of Women's
clubs held at Frederick April II.
All awards were presented at the
meeting by Mrs. G. Bates Charles,
district Fine Arts chairman and
state Crafts chairman.
Prizes we're awarded to the fol-
lowing women of Oakland:
Mrs. II. L. Bittner, rose applique
quilt, first.
Mrs. Charles Paugh, LIST, Swcd-
ish embroidery and darning; Mrs
II. ". Mcesc, second.
Mrs. Howard Turner, braided and
hooked rugs, third.
Mrs. Guy William limbaugh,
ceramics and shell work, first; Mrs
Donna Littman, second.
Mrs. Mary Bond Weber, scrap
book, first; and third in colored
mammies Mrs. Robert Nethkin
second in still life water color Mrs
limbaugh, of the Junior Womans
Civic club. also won third prize
for hand dressed dolls and hon
orable mention for a ceramic bowl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Preparations For
Food-Fashion Fair
Are Now Complete

All preparations had been COM
pleted this morning for the Food
and Fashion Fair which was sched-
uled to be presented this evening
at the Southern High School gym
nasium from to 10 o'clock
The program is sponsored by
Garrett Branch Of the American
Association of University Women,
in cooperation with the Cumber-
land and Allegheny Gas company
and Simplicity Pattern company of
New York. It is for the benefit of
the A.A.U.W. Scholarship fund.
A brief welcome will be given
by Mrs. George Hanst, president
of the local branch, after which
John Mcfarland, of Homecoming,
gas company representative will
be introduced
Miss Margaret Easley is the
home economics demonstration and
she has been in Oakland since
Tuesday conducting some of the
necessary pre-cooking Assisting
her tonight will be Mrs. Millicent
SkarzynsN of the Gas company,
and Mrs. Charles Meyer, local home
economics instructor
Fashion narrator is to be Mrs.
Glenn Randol. There will be three
sections for baking and modelling,
with thirty persons modelling
dresses and other wearing apparel
sent here by the pattern company
At the conclusion Of the enter
tainment fifty or more door prizes
are to be awarded which include
gifts from local merchants and all
the food that has been prepared.
Thirty or more merchants have
exhibits and displays around the
gymnasium, anu lIeIe dlc dlSO ocN-
eral educational exhibits by Home
maker clubs and the Junior Civic
club.
Ushers were selected from
among the seniors of Northern and
Southern High schools. They in
clude Betty Bittinger, Rose Lee
CLANCY, Carol Fike, Elaine Gnegy,
Gail Kesncr, Joyce Mckenzie, Bar
bara Moon, Hazel Mosser, Eleanor
O'Brien. Betty Sharpless, Dolores
Vetter, Janet Waybright, Eleanora
Younkin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Hospital Schedules
Open House May 8

Garrett County Memorial hos
pital will have an open house on
Tuesday, May 8, in observance of
American Hospital Week being OBJ
served throughout the nation dur
ing the week of May l.
A program will be presented be-
ginning at | p. m, which will in
clude an invocation by DR.. w. S.
Patterson, of St Paul's Methodist
church, Oakland, and an address
by E. Ray Jones, Oakland attorney.
A new nylon flag, gift of the
late Miss Grace Loar to the hos
pital. will be raised in a special
ceremony conducted by the Boy
Scouts under the direction of Ralph
Fauber and other leaders. Group
singing of the Star Spangled Ban
ner' will be led by Mrs. Russell
Brown Other speakers have been
asked to participate.
From to p. m, and from 7
to p. m, guided tours will be
conducted through the hospital in
order to see the new facilities and
equipment. All rooms recently
have been painted
Refreshments will be served by
members of the Loar Auxiliary
under direction of Mrs. Carlton
Bowser, president. The group also
will conduct the tours.
On Thursday evening, May 10,
the regular meeting of the auXili
airy will be held in the Board of
Directors room at the hospital.
Mrs. Grover King will show a film
on cancer and Dr. Arthur Jones,
county health officer, will speak
A question and answer period will
follow and there Will be refresh
mcnts Interested persons are in
NltCd
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Training In Public
Speaking Is Offered

A two sessions workshop on
confidence for Leadership is be-
ing arranged by the Extension
service for Thursday evening, May
10. and Friday afternoon, May H.,
it was announced by Miss Ethel
Grove. home demonstration agent
The meetings are open to anyone
in the county VINO is interested.
The instructor will be Miss Doro-
thy Emerson, Associate State All
club agent, University of Mary
land Extension service. Speak for
Yourself" is a book written by Jes-
sica Driver and Miss Emerson is
an authorized teacher of the Jes-
sica Driver System of Public
Speaking.
Miss Emerson has held similar
workshops in Maryland and neigh
boring states. All persons inter
csted in developing greater conf
dence in leadership are being
urged to attend.
The first meeting is scheduled at
s o'clock p. m, in the Lutheran
Parish house in Oakland. The Fri
day meeting is scheduled at 1:3O
p. m.
A dinner will be held on Wednes-
day evening, May 8, at $50 O'Clock
at the William-J ames hotel in Oak
land for girls Four-H leaders and
Miss Emerson. The dinner will be
to honor the leaders and to do
some program planning, Miss
Grove stated
On May IL Miss Emerson will
conduct a workshop on planning
window displays, from 10 a. m. to
3 p. m, at the Extension office. In
terested persons are invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03

A rather unusual but highly
dangerous cave has been discov-
cred on the property Of Glenn Flint,
about one-half mile northwest of
Aurora. w. Va. In the discovery
Mr.. Flint narrowly escaped losing
his tractor down the hole.
1t was two weeks ago that Flint
was ploughing when the front end
of his tractor fell through the
ground
Last Thursday Emerson Knox
and Robert Corliss, the latter a
member of the National Spelio-
logical society, a group that is in
terested in cave exploration, made
an investigation of the hole. Cor
liss descended forty feet on a rope
and found he needed a ladder to
descend further
So on April % Corliss and Bob
Glaze, Of Oakland, and Robert
Lewis, returned with 25-foot lad
der. The ladder was first secured
to an 8-inch pole laid across the
opening which was approximately
feet by six feet Glaze and Corliss
descended ten feet down the steep
slope of the breakdown and found
two large holes, the largest being
twenty-feet in diameter. They then
decided another ladder was needed
to make further descent After an
hours labor a second 25-foot lad
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Injured In Wreck

Kenneth Kecfer, 10, of Cumber-
land, helper on a Pepsi-Cola truck
was brought to the Garrett County
Memorial hospital last night fol-
lowing an automobile accident near
Gormania
Keefer was suffering from COM
pound fracture of the leg and other
injuries. He underwent emergency
surgery last night and was re-
ported as resting comfortably this
morning.
The name of the driver Of the
truck was not learned. He did not
require disqualification.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Gas Production
Tops Record
County Commissioners Get
$l7,756 Check AS Share
Of Cos Receipts

Natural gas production in the Mt.
Lake Park, Gortner, Red House and
Accident areas over the past three
months ending March 81 has top
ped all previous records, it was
learned from the report received
this week by the County Commits
sioners. The number of cubic feet
produced in the 90-day period eX-
ceeded one billion cubic feet for
the fourth time, but it is the first
time that the marketable gas was
valued at more than S25O,OOO
The regular report received by
the Commissioner from the Cum
berland and Allegheny Gas com
pany showed an output of 1,Ol8,-
OSLO cubic feet with a total
wholesale market value of $751;
087.1S.
The company sent check for
S1775610 as the countys total from
the seven percent tax on the mar
ketable gas which was S3,451.67
more than the check for the previ-
GUS period ending December 81.
1t is also $411.83 more than the
first check received by the Com
missioners for the first report, back
in 1851.
The breakdown of this latest tax
showed SZO3O44 as the purchasers
proportion C2.8 percent and SlO,-
1856 as the producers proportion
C42 percent.
Production from the thirty pro-
ducing wells during the months Of
January, February and March to-
tailed more than eleven million
cubic feet per day with the b. Mil
Ter well being responsible for more
than five and one-half million per
day Another Miller well. located in
the Red House area, showed pro-
duction of more than IS million
while the Collier well in the Ac-
cident area showed over 121 mill
lion The Hamilton well in the Red
House area showed over 81 million.
while the Arnold we'll, also at Red
House. showed more than 81 mil
lion. The WEIGH wells one of the
oldest producing wells, showed
over 81 million while the Swartzen-
truber well still showed more than
20 million.
During the three months period
the wholesale market value was
listed at $251 ,O87.18 This compared
with the preceding quarter of S2O4,-
1892.
Mt Lake Park will receive a por-
ton of the tax through the County
Commissioners from gas produced
within the corporate limits of the
town.
Since the first check for the tax
on the marketable gas was re-
ceived by the commissioners in
July of 1851 the county's governing
body has received $186. 86O65 which
has been used to help pay off the
school bonds. The complete report
of the production for the ninety
day period is shown in tabular form
in todays issue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Convention Date Set

Maryland's Republican conven-
ton has been set for Wednesday,
May Is, at 1870 o'clock at the Lord
Baltimore hotel in Baltimore. Leon
ard Hall, chairman of the Republic
can National committee, will be
the keynote speaker.
Attending the convention from
Garrett county will be Harold Yut-
zy and Erwin Roth.
The date of the Democratic State
Convention has not yet been set.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Truck Licenses Issued

Six hundred seventy-tWo truck
licenses had been issued by Joseph
WEIGH, county treasurer up to
Tuesday May /, which is about so
more than the number for the
same period last year
Truck license plates carry the
letters EFF with the numbers run
ming from 6,9O1
Mr.. Welch said he also had is
sued about 80 farm truck licenses.
These licenses may be issued to
farmers who use their trucks to
haul their own produce only.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Final P.-T.A. Date Set

The Oakland Elementary P.-T.A.
will hold its final meeting of this
school year on Monday, May Z, at
the annex at p. m Final plans
for the fun carnival will be made.
Election of officers will be held.
The program will be musical one,
presented by students of the Gle
mcntary school.
The fun carnival will be held on
Thursday, May 10, from $50 until
10 o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Little League Parents
To Meet For Work Session

Parents and interested spccta-
tors OF the Little League are being
called to a work session upon two
occasions,
They will meet at the playing
field on Sunday, May 6, at l o'clock,
and again on Tuesday evening,
May 8. at $50, at which time they
will erect fences, make repairs and
prepare the field for the coming
season. This approach was decided
at meeting of Little League Of
ficers held last evening. Interested
persons are urged to attend the
work sessions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Try-outs Scheduled
For Jr. Legion Team

Proctor Kildow Post No. IL,
American Legion, Oakland, will
hold try-outs for the Junior Legion
Baseball team ON Saturday after
noon, May 5, at 2:3O p. m. o'clock,
it has been announced. Try-outs
will be held at the Southern High
school ball field
Any boy born September l, 1888,
or thereafter is eligible to play.
Harrison Stewart, athletic director
for the post, is asking that each
boy bring his birth certificate for
notification of age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Is Hospital Potent

Connie Bethel, conference.-the
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dali r. Bethel, of Boyds, Md, for
merly of Accident, is a patient in
Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti-
more where she is receiving treat
ment for an car ailment. 1t is eX-
pected that she will undergo sur
gerry in the near future. She has
been a patient since April 25.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
P.-T.A. Council To Have
Final Meeting Of Year

The final meeting of the Garrett
County Council of Parents and
Teachers will be held Thursday
evening, May II, in the Swanton
Elementary school, at o'clock.
All officers and interested pa
irons are invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03

der was ready and lowered into the
hole but it was found to be about
ten feet short Glaze then decided
to make the second drop by rope.
After a dangerous descent he
reached what was thought to be
the bottom. But the bottom turned
out to be a room about 20 feet in
diameter at one end OF which the
cave took another 30 to 40 foot
drop to water. By this time it was
near dark so further exploration
was called off.
Corliss considers the cave very
dangerous because of loose rock
and soil and he recommended that
the entrance be closed for safety
reasons.
The cave is in Greenbrier lime
stone. The area abounds in sink
holes, Corliss stated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Touch of Spring
Fails to Linger

There was a touch of spring this
week but it failed to linger for any
length Of time. Friday, Saturday
and Sunday were classed as warm
with the temperature on Saturday
increasing to so degrees.
This did not continue, however
as showers on Sunday evening
brought colder weather. Rain fell
again on Wednesday and the
weather remained cool.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-05-03
Citizens TO Vote
On Monday For
Primary Choices

Republican and Democratic VOt-
ers will 90 to the polls next Mon
lay, May Z to indicate their prefer
ence of nominees for the office Of
President, United States Senator
Congressman from the Sixth Con-
gressional District and Associate
Judge of the Fourth Judicial Cir
cult
Dwight d, Eiscnhowcr's name
will head the Republican ticket,
with space for a person to vote
for an uninstructed delegation
No write-in votes will be admis-
sable in Maryland primary cleo
tons.
Estes Kefauvers name will head
the Democratic ticket with sim
liar space for a person to vote for
an uninstructed delegation.
On the Republican ballot are
three candidates for nomination
for United States Senator. They
are John Marshall Butler. the in
cumbent; Earl E Knepper and
Henry J. Laque, Jr.
Dewitt S. Hyde Republican can
didate for Congress from the Sixth
Congressional district, has no OPP
position in the primary.
Also on the ballot are two can
didates for associate Judge, Neil
c. Fraley, the incumbent, and
Lewis r. Jones.
On the Democratic ballot will be
the names of five candidates for
nomination for United States Sen
ator. They are Thomas l.. Christian
of Anne Arundel county: Andrew
ID, Easter, Baltimore city; George
Perry Mahoncy, Baltimore county;
Willard E. Tydings, Hartford coun-
ty; and George Washington VIII
liams, Baltimore city
Three persons are candidates for
the Democratic nomination to the
85th Congress. They are Robert w.
Cremins John Il. Foley and J..
Grahame Walker all of Montgom-
cry county The names of Neil c..
Fraley and Lewis R. Jones. as cam
didates for associate judge, also
will appear on the Democratic bal
lot with no party designation.
In the event one Of the candi-
dates would get a majority of votes
on the Republican ballot and the
other candidate would get a ma
iority of votes on the Democratic
ballot, both names would appear
again at the general election on
November 6. According to the
latest information available if one
candidate gets the majority of votes
on both tickets that persons name
must still be carried on the gen
eral election ballot, since the pri-
mary election is for nomination
only. However, only the one name
would be carried
It was explained that a primary
election is merely a qualifying one,
naming those persons who qualify
as candidates.
Persons will be able to vote in
one of tWenty-sevcn voting pre-
cincts in the county. Polls for the
various districts will be open at 7
o'clock a. m, and will be closed at
| 7 o'clock p, M, daylight time.
Counting of the ballots will begin
approximately at o'clock.
There are polling places at
Swanton, Friendsville C2l, Grants
Vile (2), Jennings, Bloomington
Accident C2), Sang Run, Oakland
80, Ryan's Glade Red House
Johnson's, Deer Park, The Elbow
Bittinger, Kitzmiller, VindeX, Crel-
lin, Avilton and Mt. Lake Park C2l
Whether or not there will be a
large turnout of voters is dependent
upon the interest that the voters
will display in the outcome. Over
$500 persons are eligible to cast
their ballots.
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Evening

500
4-FootIisht TheoteF. Variety.
Paul Arnold, host.
5-Hoppity SkippitY. Kids.
7-cIown Corner. Kids.
9-ciseo Kid. Western.
$50
5-Melody Roneh. Kids.
"Under Arizona Skies" Johnny
Mack Brown.
7-Town and Country Time.
Jimmy Dean. Texas Wildcats.
9-Spotlisht. News. Weather.
6:45
4-Weother. News. Sports.
Strineer. Mccormick. Michael.
9-Doug Edw0rds. News.
6:55
7-Louis Allen. Weather.
TOO
4-EIIery Queen. Crime.
5-Long John Silver.
"Voodoo." Robert Newton.
7-Bryson Rash. News.
9-Romor of the Jungle.
"TrlboI Feud." Jon Hall.
7:05
7-Jim Gibbons. Sports.
7:l5
7-John Dolly. News.
1880
4-Joye P. Morgan. Songs.
5-BotteF Up.
7-DisneyIond.
Hour. "SurvivoI In Noture."
The struggle of Natures smaller
creatures.
9-My Friend FIicko. Drama.
Ken gives Flicko owoy to help
crippled boy.
5-Dusout Chotter.
7:45.
4-John c. Swoyxe. News.
7:55
5-BoseboII.
Washington vs.. New York.
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500
4-Press Conference.
Moderated by Mortho Rountree.
9-Fronkie Loine Time.
Shirley Yomoeuchi, Boris Korloff
and the Treniers, an instrumental
group.
$50
4-Fother Knows Best. C'mdy.
Esprit Of Youth" Robert Young.
1.-The Amozing Dunninger.
Walter Slezok is guest choI-
leneer.
900
4-Kroft Theoter. Color.
Hour. "Anno SontonelIo." A
young ltoIion girl eoins her free
dom. Eileen Heckort.
directors Playhouse.
TITS q Most Unusual Day." The
story Of sonowriter Jimmy Nc
Hugh. Fred MocMurroy. MoriIyn
Erskine.
9-The Millionaire. Dromo.
A "lody killer" underooes O rodi-
col change when given the 5
million.
$3.50
7-Eddie Arnold Show.
Recording stor Lou Monte is
guest.
9-I'Ve Got a Secret. Panel.
Guest: Actor David Wayne.
1000
4-This Is Your Life.
Actor WilIiom Bendix. tRerunl