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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Little League PIuyoff
Set For Friday Evening

The teams representing the
Knights of Pythias and the Loyal
Order of Moose in the Oakland Lit
tie League will have a playofi
match tomorrow evening on the
Little League field on bennett road
at CHS.
These two teams earned the right
to the playoff by winning the first
and second half schedules of the
regular season. The X of P. won
the first half with an 81 record
while the Moose had a 6-3 record
for the second half.
The K of P. team, managed by
John Crisis, assisted by Ray Nc
MANS, will probably start John
Prince at pitcher with Bennett
catching. For the Moose the pitcher
is expected to be either Wotring
or Gender with Weimer behind the
plate. The Moose team is managed
by George Stewart with Boots
Wolfe assisting.
Last Friday the X. of P. topped
the Legion 10 to 7, with Lawton
as the winning pitcher. Jim Finch,
Arnold, Frank Finch, Savage, Dinta-
man and Thayer got hits for the
Legion while Foley and McManis
had two, Kloepfel one and Lawton
one for the X. of P.
On Tuesday the K. of P. team
won over the Lions to 6 with Get
ty the winning pitcher.
All twelve-year-old players are
urged to be present for Fridays
game to receive their Little League
graduation certificates. In case of
unfit grounds the game will be
scheduled for Monday, August ID.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Sterling Processing Plant Will
Be Located In Oakland Area
Hummel Is Winner
of Oratory Contest

John Hummel, of New Germany,
won the interstate FLA. public
speaking contest held Tuesday
night at an inter-city Rotary club
meeting at Northern High school.
He competed against contestants
from Delaware and West Virginia.
His topic was "A Look at Arti-
ficial Breeding of Dairy Cattle"
and his advisers were Lawrence
Faith and Marvin Calls, vo-ag in
structors at Northern High school.
West Virginias representative
was Glenn Whistler, Jr., University
High, Morgantown, who spoke on
Farm Safety on the March" Della
wares representative was Allen
Culver, of Laurel, and he spoke on
THE Need for Soil Conservation"
Hummel had previously won a
statewide contest at College Park.
At that time he was awarded 500
from the Future Farmer Founda-
ton and the privilege of repre-
senting the state in the tri-state
contest. He will now represent the
tri-state in the Eastern States agri-
cultural exposition at Springfield,
Moe -, Canfop,hnr
John is an honor student at
Northern High school.
Judges for the affair were George
Mullan, Potomac Edison, Hagers-
town; Ralph r. Webster, Allegany
county superintendent of schools,
Cumberland; John Dunn, repre-
sentative of Frostburg State Teach
ers college; George Paxton, repre-
sentative of Somerset County
School Board Meyersdale.
Allen Colebank, national FLA
vice-president, gave the Rotarians
sketch of the history of FLA and
revealed that 282 business organi-
cations were interested in and do
mating to the Future Farmer Foun-
dalton.
About 10 members of the Oak
land, FriendSville and Grantsville
Rotary clubs attended the inter-
city gathering, held in the cafeteria
of Northern High. Ross Speicher,
president of the Grantsville club,
was master of ceremonies.
Paul Muha, principal at Northern,
explained the contest and intro
duced the contestants. Heading the
Oakland group was Willard Haw-
kins, while Ralph Swauger, presi-
dent, headed the Friendsville
group. Rev. Edgar Suite, secretary
of the Grantsville Rotary club in
troduced guests, DR.. S. E. Wicker,
Lewistown, Pa; Dr. Wilbur B.
Mehring, Silver Spring; Rev. Sam
my Sigler, Dubois, Pa; Walter
] Klina Frost hlrP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
School Bus Inspection
Set For AUGUST 20-2l

The first annual school bus in
spection was set for Monday and
Tuesday, August 20 and q by Will
lard L. Hawkins, county superin-
tendent of schools.
Monday, August 20, Grantsville,
9 to IL a. m; Friendsville, IL to 1890
p M, and Accident Elementary, l
to Up. m.
Tuesday, August 81, Oakland, at
Southern High, $50 to IL a. M;
Rohrbaugh's Filling station, 1890
to l; Bloomington school, 100 to 2.
Bus operators were being asked
to have their equipment at one of
the inspection centers. All buses
are to have buZzer equipment in
stalled prior to the inspection.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Official Statement Withheld BY Company Until Final De-
tolls Are Worked Out; Will Be 100000
Investment, Employing One Hundred

That the Sterling Processing Corporation would build
chicken and turkey processing plant just outside of Oakland
announced this week by local committee that had been
working the project for the past several weeks Official
announcement from the company withheld, however,
until all negotiations definite and complete which
expected to take another few weeks.
The plant, Oakands first major industrial nsalla-
ton will bring employment for eighty to hundred local
residents and will substantially increase the number of
tract chicken rasers in the tri-state area
Construction of the plant scheduled to get
underway the very future with partial operation
pected for November Well drlers work on the
property.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Women's Market
Reports ON First
Saturday Business

The first Saturday selling eX-
perience of the Rural Women's
Marketing committee, was con-
sidered fairly successful by the
participants.
Twelve women sold products of
their own and in a few cases this
included neighbors' items. There
were 355 sales with total business
of S228.O4. Miss Ethel Grove, home
demonstration agent, said many
buyers complimented the group.
the attractive packaging and the
variety of products on sale.
Products on the market included
garden fresh vegetables, peas, yell
low and green string beans, squash,
potatoes, cucumbers, corn, red
raspberries, eggs, broilers, plate
lunches, potato salad, jellied fruit,
vegetable salads, turkeys, maple
products, cakes, cookies, dough-
nuts, candy, rolls, shell craft, jel-
lies, preserves, fire wood, woven
rugs, and clean ironed feed sacks.
The second effort for the farm
women will be this Saturday, from
8 to 3, in the Bowman boat barn
at McHenry. Saturday sales will be
continued through September l.
Those interested in joining the
group are expected to tell com
mittee woman by Tuesday as to
what they expect to sell.
Committee women include Miss
Marie Bowman, McHenry; Mrs.
Cecil Bittinger, Mrs Harold Bit
finger, Oakland; Miss Ida V. Engle,
Mars Hill; Mrs. Leslie Guard.
Friendsville; Mrs. Merrill Johnson,
Gormania; Mrs Clark Schlossnagle,
near Hoyes; Mrs. Guy Stanton, Bit
finger; Mrs. William Wildesen, Cor
mania.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Another Oakland
Flood Is AVerted
Hiqh Water Causes Anxious
Moments For Local Bust
ness People

The raising of the level of Fourth
street, to permit the formation of
a backwater, was credited with
again averting a flood in the town
OF Oakland on Sunday evening.
Within a twenty-four hour pc
riod, 3.7 inches of rain fell in the
Oakland area and created many
anxious moments, particularly for
the business people of the town.
The water rose to a point where
Third street was being flooded
when the Oakland firemen were
called to assist merchants when it
was felt that flood was newt
able. However, the water remained
at that level and then gradually
began to recede.
A new threat was presented the
next morning when the Little
Youghiogheny river rose to flood
stage and started backing waters
from Wilson creek into the town.
However, this threat did not ma
terialize either and the only dam
age to the area was a number of
flooded cellars.
The storm on Sunday evening
was one of the most severe seen
here in a long time and was so in
tense that motorists were COM
PEELED to wait until the storm was
over before proceeding. Hail as
large as marbles and bigger fell
in the Deep Creek Lake area and
the torrential downpour in that sec
ton increased the height of the
lake until it was three tenths of a
foot from going over the spillway
Only once before since the COM
pletion of the dam, has water ever
gone over the spillway, as it is the
policy of the Pennsylvania Electric
company to see that no water is
wasted. All goes through the tun-
mel to the power house and is thus
Continued On Page Three)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Senator Friend
Posts $1,000 Bond
After Alteration
Warrant Sworn Out By Coun
ty Roads Engineer Follow
ing Assault Saturday

State Senator Clifford Friend on
Monday posted bond of $1,000 after
he was charged with simple assault
and battery following an alterca-
ton Saturday in which William
Webb Dewitt, county roads engi-
neer, was injured.
Stephen r. Pagenhardt, state $
attorney, said that the warrant was
sworn out by Dewitt and that the
senator is scheduled to be given a
hearing on August Is before Trial
Magistrate William o. Bitter. At a
preliminary hearing before Bitter
on Monday the bond was set, and
going his bond were William Glib
son, Cheston II. Browning and Ker-
NIT Glotfelty.
MIR. Dewitt was treated at Gar
rett County Memorial hospital in
Oakland for jaw injury. X-rays
were taken to determine the extent
of the injury. A local physician
stated the X-rays showed the jaw
had been broken.
Senator Talks Freely
Contacted at his home in Friends
vile Senator Friend talked freely
to a Cumberland newspaper report
er concerning his part in the mat
ter He said that he had engaged
Dewitt in discussion of new
road being built between Red Run
and US. PIG, near the Deep Creek
bridge The senator said he had
been told the road, about five miles
in length, was being constructed at
cost of about 100000. Senator
Friend said he told Dewitt that he
thought construction of a roadway
which would only benefit private
property owners of lake frontage
would cause the balance of the
county roads system to suffer.
Later the Senator admitted that
after talking with the County Com
missioners that the 100000 figure
should have been reduced to $780,
600
The senator said that Dewitt
called him several names and at
that point Il struck him a light
blow on the face" The senator adj
mitted that Dewitt fell to the
ground. He also said that he then
walked away.
Sheriff Paul Fisher said he re-
ceived a call from the hospital after
Dewitt was brought to the insti-
tuition. The sheriff said that De-
Witt had been treated and dis
charged before he arrived at the
hospital.
Paul Dewitt Makes Statement
Paul Dewitt, assistant county
engineer, (no relation to W. w.
DEWITT told a local newspaper
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09

; Five to six million chickens and
turkeys will be processed by the
new Sterling corporation plant of
which some two and One-half mil
lion will be raised in the tri-state
area under the increased opera
tons with area raisers.
The new plant, which will be 10.
Gated just west of Oakland, across
the railroad tracks from the Stand.
ard Oil company, will be erected
on land provided to the new area
enterprise by John and Carl Nc
Intire, of Washington, formerly of
Oakland.
The plant will be modern in de
sign, built of concrete and steel,
and will be 100 by 200 feet in size.
1t, along with processing facilities,
will bring an investment of more
than 100000 to the Oakland area.
Employees of the new plant, most
of whom will be hired locally, will
be sixty percent female and forty
percent male A. d. Summers, j. E.
Combs, and John Hardesty, all of
Morgantown, have been carrying
on negotiations for the plant for
several weeks and are still at work
on clearing up minor details of the
program.
The employees will bring a pay
roll of between S160OOO to 100000
to the Oakland area.
There are two affiliated concerns
with the company, the Preston
Poultry and Feed Corporation, and
the Preston Feed corporation. The
first has its own farms and is rails
ing annually one million broilers
and about $4,000 turkeys in the
Masontown and Arthurdale, w. Va.
areas. The second is contracting
the raising of birds in the Peters
burg, Mt. Storm and Oakland areas
and is raising annually 100000
chickens and $4,000 turkeys.
The company is within the frame
Continued On Page EighD
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Improving After Accident

Earl Enlow, aged 81, was improv-
ing at the hospital yesterday fol
lowing injuries sustained last Sat
urday while he was assisting Dr.
F. D. Custer take down his radio
antenna.
The antenna fell, striking Mr..
EnloW on the head and arms, and
he sustained a skull fracture, a
broken right arm and a broken left
arm. He remains a patient at the
Garrett County Memorial hospital.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
May Lose Sight Of Eye

Glenn Dixon, about SO, may lose
the sight of his right eye as the
result of an accident at the Haw
kinson Tread Service in Oakland
Tuesday night about 8 o'clock.
The accident occurred when an
air line broke and he was struck
in the eye. He was rushed to Nor
gantown, w. Va, where he under
went an operation in a hospital
there about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning, but no definite report
had been received as to the out
come.
Dixon is an employee of the Oak
land Coca-Cola Bottling company
and does part time work for Haw-
kinson Tread.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
DR.. Kercheval Heads
Buckwheat Festival

The Preston County BuckWheat
festival will be held in KingWood,
w. Va, on September 81, % and %,
under sponsorship of the Kingwood
Volunteer Fire Department.
DR.. p. E. Kercheval is the general
chairman. He has been practicing
dentistry in kingwood since Oc-
tober, 1921.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Bruised In Wreck

Capt. Arthur Calhoun and w. O.
John Schaeffer, of the local national
guard unit, were bruised and
scratched but not seriously hurt
while enroute to their encampment
at Indiantown Gap, Pa, July %.
The two were travelling in jeep
which collided with tractor trail
err. They were hospitalized at the
camp on Sunday, July 20, but re-
leased.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
To Attend Program

The Oakland congregation of Je-
hovahs Witnesses made prelim-
mary plans this week to attend a
three-day training session at New
Eagle. Pa
The object of the program, ac-
cording to j. w. Weber, presiding
minister of the group, is to equip
every one in the practical use of
the Bible as a means of terrifying
the spiritual morale of people in
this community.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09
Street Carnival Planned
At Deer Park

The Deer Park firemen are
planning a street carnival for Au-
gust Is, 16, II and IS, at the fire
mems lot in Deer Park.
Proceeds will go for the benefit
of the Deer Park Community Vol
unteer Fire department. A parade
is scheduled for Thursday evening,
August 16, at Z o'clock. There will
be rides, concessions and other at
fractions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09

S-Sgt McKeon was ordered dis
charged in disgrace from Marine
corps for death march that cost
six recruits lives. He also got nine
months in prison.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-08-09

Eisenhower appointed DR.. Leroy
E. Burney to be Surgeon General
of Public Health Service.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
MRS. CLARK LEAVES FOR TREATMENT

Mrs. Basil Clark, who has been confined in Griffin Memorial Hos pital since breaking her ankle while on a mountain climb last week, will leave today for Seattle. She will enter Virginia Mason Clinic for further medical treat ment due to the seriousness of the breaks.
 Dorothy was lying helpless for PIE hours with only her dog Bounce, for protection while Basil went to the CB camp for aid. She stated she became badly frighten- ed when she heard the sound of an animal crashing through the near by brush. The Saltery Cove area, where her accident occurred, is well known as bear country.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
'6 Years Of Service For The Coast Guard

The U. s. Coast Guard, with its long history of service, marked its 166th Anniversary on the 4th of August. It is the oldest seagoing service, passing the fact in its ori- gin. as the Revenue Cutter Ser vice, founded in 1790 and organiz- ed under the Department of Treas ury to enforce tariff regulations. In 1915 it was combined with the Life Saving Service and was des- ignated "The Coast Guard" In 1889 the Light House Service and the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation were incorporated into the Coast Guard organization.
 Today the Coast Guard operates under the Secretary of the Treas ury and in time of war, or when the President shall so direct, as part of the U. s. Navy.
 The general function of the Coast Guard is maritime law en- forcement, saving and protecting life and property, providing navi- gational aids to maritime shipping and trans-oceanic air commerce, promoting the efficiency and safety of the American, Merchant Marine, and readiness for military opera tons.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
Open House On MS At Fish Hatchery

Bob Simon, biologist in charge of the Kodiak Naval Station Fish Hatchery announced at the Kodiak Conservation Club meeting Mon day that due to the cooperation of the "fry" the Hatchery's Open House would be held on Sunday beginning at l p. m.
 The cooperation" comes from the evolution of the fish eggs to the 'fry" stage. It cannot be ac- curately predicted due to changes in water temperature, Mir. Simon said. The warm sunshine of the last few weeks speeded up the pro- cess and they are now at the "fry" stage. These fry will later be planted in the lakes and streams of Kodiak to provide fishing for future years.
 MT. Simon also gave a report at the meeting of the Hatchery egg. record for 1856. Total number of eggs taken were i,101,345. Eggs shipped to various points in Alas ka, 646,770. The pickoff totalIed 62,241. 5.65 was the percentage for the pickoffs, he said. Total eggs still in the hatchery were given as 392,334. The matching process started July 28 and finished Aug ust 6, according to Simon.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11

askan settlements. On these trips they may also administer to the, health and welfare of the local communities. The voyage of the Winona, that left the Kodiak Ma val Base recently, is an example of such 2 cruise. Coast Guard ships also perform inshore patrols and destroy wrecks that are hazards to navigations.
 Ice breakers assist marine com merce by opening ice-blocked channels and ports. The Kodiak based Sedge, with other Coast Guard ships, is now performing similar duties in the Arctic.
 The Coast Guard maintains ocean stations for search and rescue, communications and air naviga- tion. Planes of the air-lines, high above the vast seas, find their paths by following the beam" from the Coast Guard Cutter on its Ocean Station. This is one of the duties of the Minnetonka, Coast Guard Cutter temporarily assigned to the Naval Station.
 The Kodiak Coast Guard Unit is under the command of the 17th Coast Guard District located at Juneau.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11

The Coast Guard performs many duties in the Alaskan area that have brought them close t0 the lives of those living in these north ern coastal areas. One of the most familiar is the participation of the Coast Guard, with the Navy, as part of Search and Rescue Com mand Two. The SAR duties that seem like routine to officers and crews are often the difference be- tween life and death to shipwreck- ed fishermen, ships in distress, or many an isolated villager whose only hope in critical emergency is the SAR evacuation plane or ship. These SAR operations, out of Kodiak, use both Coast Guard and Navy ships and UF amphibian planes, as required. The Coast Guard has conducted % SAR flights here since the first of this year.
 Another duty of the Coast Guard is the enforcing, and assisting in, the conservation of fisheries and wildlife. This includes protection of game, seal and bird reserva- tions. The Coast Guard is active in law enforcement generally in Alaska, and cutters in the course of their cruises touch at many AL
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
Car Over Bank Causes Death

One man was killed and another seriously injured when a car plunged over the enbankment on the Ski Chalet road Thursday morning.
 The occupants, service personnel who are attached to the Naval Station, plummeted about a hun dred feet into ravine, when the 1850 Chrysler broke through the guard rail at the hairpin turn. One suffered broken neck. and died shortly after. His name, Arencio Layson, SD3, was withheld until his next of kin were notified. He was attached to VP28, squadron on the Naval Station. He is surviv. ed by his widow, Adelaida Distro Layson, who resides at the Naval Air Station at Barber's Point, Oahu, T. H.
 His companion, Florentio Diaz, SD2, who was also attached to the Naval Station, escaped serious in- jury. His condition is not consider Cd serious. He was badly lace~ated about the face. r. i said to have literally crawled a half mile for aid. :
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
C. of C. Committees Named By HinckeI

Jack Hinckel, President of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the members last Thursday, point ing out the functions of the group. and the aims to be accomplished. He announced the committees for the year. .' '''
 Hinckel said the business people as group could accomplish more than they could as individuals. He stressed the. need to, attend meet ings to learn the facts. One of the functions, he said, of the Chamber is to attract new business and to assist newcomers who wish to To- cate here Many improvements" he said, have been accomplished through the years due to efforts of the Chamber 3
 Several cases of smoked clanns have been shipped to Washington. DC. to to distributed to those who assisted Merrill Coon on the small boat harbor project.
 Dr. Bob Johnson reported Tourist Information Center will be located in the Insurance Depart ment of the Bank of Kodiak. The Insurance office will be the head quarters for an automobile pool. Pamphlets will be available there for distribution.
 City Manager Charles Truitt re- ported to the members he has had assurances from Thomas Mooney, APW Director, that the request of the City for funds to raise the res ervoir will be referred to Wash ington, D. C. as necessary emer- gency action. Mooney and Al Bo- berg, Superintendent of Construc- tion Engineers were in town last week and looked over the project.
 Truitt also announced the new portable public address system for the Police Department is ordered and on the way The system will be installed in the new police car,
 Mrs. Bea Nachtweih made a mo- tion the City be requested to wash down the main street at least once a week t,Gaing the dry weather.
 Continued on Page 13)
Kodiak mirror., 1956-08-11
Tax Ordinance On Council Agenda

There will be a City Council meeting at the City Hall Monday, August 13, at 800 p. m. The Sales Tax Ordinance will come up for the first reading at the meeting, and will be the first item on the agenda, according to City Mana ger Charles Fruit.