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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Northern Hi Plans
Harvest Festival
& Community Fair

Northern High school is planning
harvest festival and community
fair to be held October 5 and 6,
according to Paul Muha, principal.
Marvin Calls, vo-ag instructor,
IS general chairman. He promises
wide variety of exhibits and dis
plays including one of poultry, rab-
bits, eggs, grain, hay, corn, garden
vegetables. FLA club stock, sheep,
swine fruits, meats, vegetables,
Jams, jellies, pickles, quilts, home
crafts, baked goods and hobby dis
plays.
A display of shopwork. both in
woodwork and metal will be shown.
Approximately $3.50 in cash prizes
will be awarded in addition to first,
second and third place ribbons.
Educational booths from North
ern High school, the elementary
schools at Accident, Friendsville
and Grantsville, will be exhibited.
Other exhibits will be provided by
the Forestry department, the Fish
and Game Commission, All clubs,
and other organizations. Business
men will furnish commercial eX-
hibits advertising farm and home
supplies, groceries, farm equip
ment, etc.
Saturday night at $50 Slim Bry-
ant and his wildcats from Pitts
burgh radio and TV stations will
play in the school gymnasium. In
the group are featured Ken New
ton, tenor singer and champion
fiddler; Loppy Bryant, bass fiddler;
Jerry Wallace, guitar and banjo
player; and Al Azzaro, accordion
ace.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
G. g A. Gas Starts
S15,5OO Pipeline
Construction Job

Cumberland and Allegheny Gas
Company this week launched SIS
500 pipeline construction project
to improve zero weather gas serv-
ice to some $50 Oakland families.
Over $500 feet of new s, 6 and
4-inch pipe will replace smaller
and 4-inch line which has been
used to serve customers in the
Center, Pennington and Proctor
Street area, manager R. H. Brown
said. Completion is expected IN
four or five weeks
The pipeline will run from a
regulating station near the inter
section of Fourth and Center
Streets along Fourth to Penning-
ton, up Pennington to Proctor and
then west on Proctor to Center, he
said.
Most all gas used in Oakland
comes into the south side of town
and is moved up Fourth Street to
the regulator at Center Street.
From that point, it is routed into
lines feeding various sections OF
town
Practically all customers here
will benefit from this project be-
cause gas mains feeding other sec
lions of town will be freed to sup
ply gas solely in that service area,
Brown said
With completion of the new line,
cold weather bottleneck which
develope on the old line will be
eliminated. In addition, the gas
mains which we're hard pressed to
supplement deliveries by the
smaller line can be used more eff
ficiently to serve one certain neigh
borhood," the official said.
The local project is part of c. &
AS long-range construction pro
gram designed to bolster its sup
ply and delivery network and make
natural gas available to area resi-
dents in the most efficient and eco
nomical method possible, he said
Construction is under the super
vision of manager Brown and in
spector w. c. Deems.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
To Supervise Recreation

Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wright,
formerly of Friendsville, moved
last week to Pursglove, W. Va,
where they will work for the Ma
tional Board of Missions of the
Presbyterian church Mr. Wright
will be Supervisor of Recreation
and sports, while Mrs Wright, for
merly Hazel Mosser, McHenry will
da secretarial work for Rev. Chase
and work with youth groups.
Mr.. Wright was recommended
fof the job by West Virginia uni
versity and will continue his studies
as a senior physical education
major.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Open House for
Red House School
Planned Oct. 7

Parents and patrons of Garrett
County Schools are being invited to
visit the Red House school, Sunday.
October I, from 2 to 5 p m. BY that
time the new two-room addition
will have been completed as well
as the renovation and some re
modelling of the old part. The two
basement rooms that were unfit
for classrooms but formerly used as
such, have been converted into a
small aIl-purpose room.
This room completely renovated
and equipped with modern kitch-
en- will enable the children at Red
House for the first time to have a
school lunch program The room
can also be used for assemblies,
school educational activities and
community groups A new furnace
large enough to heat the present
plant was also installed, and the
furnace formerly in the Red House
school was installed at Crellin
where there was an urgent need
for better heating facilities. Both
schools now have adequate heating
plants
The Red House school is CON
sidered by many as being one of
the most attractive rural four-room
schools to be found anywhere A
modern program of education is
carried on at this school with spe-
cial emphasis on various aspects
of Wildlife, conservation and out
door education. Red House also
boasts of a small school band with
students playing an unusual variety
of instruments including among
them the accordion, glockenspiel,
violin. banjo and ocarina. The
school lawn and playground is
characterized by its neat appear
ance and variety Of we'll kept play
ground equipment
The school now has an enroll
ment of 125 pupils and has four
teachers. Mrs. Phyllis H. Williams
is the principal
The improvements to this school
were made possible by the Board
of County Commissioners of Gar
rett County in securing money from
the State School Construction Loan
Fund. The contract for the two
room addition constructed by MIR.
William Shirer was $22,620OO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Area TO Return
To Standard Time

Garrett county residents will of
ficially return to Standard time
next Sunday morning, September
80 at 2 O'Clock. Daylight time has
been in effect in the county since
the last Sunday in April Persons
will turn back their clocks one
hour when they retire on Saturday
night and thereby pick up the one
hour that was lost last April when
the daylight time officially went
into effect
Some OF the metropolitan areas
won't change over to Standard
time until the last Sunday in Oc-
tober They include New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago and Pitts
burgh.
Baltimore residents will partici-
pate in a referendum in November
that would permit that city to adopt
next year the extra month of fast
time.
In Carrot county there will be a
referendum vote on whether OF
not the county each year will auto
matically go on fast time or will
remain on standard time such as is
the case in much of West Virginia
and Virginia
Telcvision viewers probably will
become "fouled up by the varia-
ton in time on programs original
ing. in the major cities along the
seaboard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Southern Preparing
For the Future
In Sports Field

Southern Highs football program
took on added significance this
week when forty-one eighth and
ninth grade boys reported for
Junior High football.
Edward Quattro, coach for the
youthful boys, reported high de-
gree of enthusiasm and interest
It's not going to be an easy mat
ter to cut the squad down to 25,' he
was quoted as saying.
Quattro was referring to the fact
that equipment would be available
for only IS boys. He plans to cut
the squad down to this figure on
Friday.
However, no boy should be dis
couraged, if he is cut he said "A
great many of the boys, particular
ly those in the eighth grade, will
have another opportunity again
next year"
Quattro said the young boys
showed plenty Of spirit as he ran
them through basic fundamentals
of the gridiron sport.
Though the boys will not engage
in any intcr-school competition, an
intcr-squad game between halves
of the Southern-Northern contest
has been tentatively scheduled.
Meanwhile after suffering three
defeats, Southern's varsity worked
long hours in vigorous drills in an
attempt to overcome weaknesses
noted to date. On Friday night,
they face Beall High school at
Frostburg. Game time is 8 p. m.
Both teams will be fighting for
their first win of the season, Beall
lost its opening game to Allegany
High school 200, and dropped the
second game to Keyser by score
Of 20-6.
The Southern High School Band
will Join the Beall High Band in
the half-time demonstration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Killing Frost Hits

A killing frost hit the county
last Friday morning with. tempera-
lures dropping to an official read
ing of % degrees. Ralph E. Weber,
veteran weather man, said it was
new low for SO early in the fall.
otherwise the weeks weather has
been moderate.
A resume showed Friday clear
and warm following the heavy frost
with rain on Saturday morning,
clearing in the afternoon. Sunday
was clear and warm but thunder
storm occurred in the evening.
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
have been cool and this morning
the thermometer stood at forty de
grees as rain began to fall. Wind
was blowing from the east
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
To Observe Anniversary
Of Bishops Conservation

The observance of the fifteenth
anniversary of the conservation Of
the Rt. Rev Noble c. Powell DID,
Episcopal bishop of Maryland, viii
be held on October %. a prayer
for him will be said in all Episco-
pal churches in the Diocese of
Maryland on the preceding Sunday
A celebration Of Holy Com
munion will be observed October
% at the Cathedral church Of the
Incarnation, Baltimore, followed
by a luncheon for clergy and their
wives. \ service at the Lyric
theatre that evening also is plan
ned. Rev. George F. Packard is
among the members of the commit
Tee in charge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Engineers Approve
Flood Project For
Friendsville Area

Rep Dewitt S Hyde and US.
Senator j Glenn Beall announced
that the chief of the Corps of Army
Engineers had given final approval
of the flood protection project for
Friendsville
Funds for construction of this
project have been allocated to the
Pittsburgh District office of the
Corps of Army Engineers,
Ralph D. Swauger, member of
the Friendsvillc town council and
chairman of the towns flood pro-
lection committee, said the project
was sorely needed
During Hurricane Hazel in Oc-
tober, 1854, as homes were flooded
and two bridges washed out in the
immediate vicinity as a result of
Bear Greek overlooking. Damage
20 the town as a result of the hur-
ricane was estimated at SIS eco,
SWauger said.
Rep. Hyde reported that the esti-
mated federal cost of the project
is $4,000 He added The Town of
Friendsville is now being requested
to submit final assurance of local
cooperation and the flood protec-
ton will be underway"
Swauger explained that the
Friendsville council has scheduled
a meeting tonight with representa-
tiVes of the Army Engineers from
Pittsburgh. He said the town must
purchase all rights of way, proper
ty and easements needed for the
project, must furnish statements OF
the financial condition of the town
plans for disposal areas and adj
Just relocation of utilities and plans
for maintenance of the project aft
er it is completed.
When these requirements are full
filled, Swauger said, the engineers
will draw up detailed plans for tax
ing care of the high water. The
towns cost has been estimated at
! 81 500.
Hyde and Beall have been work
ing with Friendsville officials and
the Corps of Engineers over a two
year period.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Civic Clubs Set
For Meeting Tonight

A Joint meeting of the Civic club
of Oakland and the Junior Woman's
Civic club will be held this eve
ming at 6:15 o'clock at the William
James hotel
Mrs. Gertrude L. Nilsson, eXecu-
tive director of the Maryland as
sociation for Mental Health, will
be guest speaker. The program is
under the department of mental
health of both clubs of which Mrs.
Paul B. Naylor and Mrs. Irwin R.
Rudy, Jr., are chairmen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Vocational Educators
Set Regional Meet

Teachers and supervisors of in
dustrial arts, home economics,
trade and industrial subjects, vo-
cational agriculture, business edu-
cation, distributive education and
guidance services from five West
ern Maryland counties will attend
the first regional meeting of the
Maryland Vocational and Practical
Arts Association in the high school
auditorium at Hancock on Thurs
day evening, October 4, at 7 o.
clock
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
County viii Use
Paper Ballots

Garrett County will use paper
ballots instead of voting machines
at the November election, it was
decided at a meeting Monday of
members of the Board of County
Commissioner and members of
the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tions. 1t will probably be the only
county in Maryland to use this
method of voting.
II. d. Swartzentruber, president
of the Garrett County Board of
Commissioners, called the special
meeting to see if the deadlock that
has existed for the past several
months could be broken
Swartzentruber said there was a
question in his mind of the legality
of the use of paper ballots since the
legislature passed a law making
voting machines mandatory by the
1856 general election 1t was the
opinion of the Board of Super
visors and its attorney that nothing
could take away the right of indi-
viduals to have their votes counted.
The majority members of the cleo
ton board stated they felt it was
| too late to get the voting machines
and use them for the November
election.
SWartzentruber had pointed out
that one of the manufacturers of
the two voting machine companies
could have the devices shipped to
/ Oakland within 48 hours notice.
The law passed in the General
assembly calling for all counties
to have voting machines in use by
the November 1856 election, had a
clause which stated that county
may be excused if there are ''un-
usual circumstances"
The unusual circumstances" in
this county stem from a long his
tory of deadlock Two bids were
received from two separate voting
machine companies after the Board
of Election Supervisors met to vote
on the bids. Two Commissioners,
H. d. Swartzentruber and A. C.
Brenneman, together with William
0. Treacy, the Democratic minority
member of the election board, held
out for the least expensive ma
chine.
But Erwin Roth, County Com
missioner, and Francis w Sanders
and William L. Gibson, the other
two election supervisors, held out
for the selection of the costlier
machine.
After legal action in the Circuit
Court to determine who had the
authority to make the purchase,
Chief Judge George Henderson
ruled that the situation had reach
ed an impasse The law gives the
Board of Supervisors the right to
order but stipulates that nothing
shall be ordered without the con-
sent of the County Commissioners.
Attorney to the Board also point
ed out that the new law took no
power away from the Board of
County Commissioners that it pre-
viously had, and that therefore the
Commissioners would have a per-
feet right to order the machines at
any time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Jury ACquits
Senator Friend
OF Assault
Finds Him Not Guilty After
DeIiberoting About One
and One-HuIf Hours

A Garrett County Circuit Court
jury on Tuesday afternoon found
State Senator Clifford Friend of
Accident not guilty Of assaulting
County Roads Engineer William
W. Dewitt The jury deliberated
about one and one-half hours.
Testimony was heard most of
the day in the Oakland court room
before the case went to the jury
about 2.45 Closing arguments were
presented by States Attorney 5.
r. Pagenhardt and W. Earle Co
hey, Cumberland, one Of Senator
Friends attorneys. Charles c. Ma
than, Grantsville, also represented
Friend. Associate Judge Neil c.
Fraley presided
Senator Friend was indicted two
weeks ago by the grand jury of
the September term. The assault
charge grew out of an alteration
between Friend and Dewitt dur
ing which the latter received a frac-
tured jaw.
There was conflicting testimony
in several instances. Dewitt testi-
fled that the blow dealt him came
as surprise as he was walking
! away from Friend. and this testi-
mony was corroborated by Paul
Dewitt, assistant county roads en-
gineer: John Nazclrod and Frank
Blamble, county roads workers.
Rodgcr Bond, McHenry and Scna-
tor Friend testified that only one
blow was struck, and that the two
men were facing each other at the
time Dewitt had testified he
couldn't swear who hit him since
his back was turned.
Paul Dewitt also testified that
the Senator also struck at the man
again after he was on the ground,
but this was denied by the de-
fendant
States Attorney Pagenhardt en-
deavored to point out to the jury
that it would have been impossible
for Friend to deliver such a blow
unless the mans back was turned
The mans right jaw was fractured
from a blow from the Senator's
right hand, according to the testi-
mony presented
The defendant attorneys did not
deny that the blow had been
struck, but endeavored to prove to
the jury that Senator Friend had
Just provocation for his act. De
Tense witnesses contended that
Friend did not strike the roads en-
gineer until after Dewitt had called
him obscene names and threatened
him
The Roads Engineer testified
that he had become enraged at the
Senator when the Senator accused
him of getting kickbacks from the
roads job, which he emphatically
denied. The Senator countered this
with testimony that he said that
such acts of road construction
made it suspicious that someone
was receiving kickbacks, but as
serted he made no direct accuSa-
ton of the road engineer receiving
kickbacks The argument sim
mered down after this and it was
not until later that the blow was
struck.
Senator Friend had been critical
of the Garrett County Commission
ers for the construction of the Red
Run-U. S. 219 road and the argu-
ments between the two took place
at the site of the project on August
a.
Following the fight Mr. Dewitt
had is jaw wired shut for several
weeks and was forced TO obtain
nourishmcnt through a straw lie
Host over twenty pounds during his
ordeal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27
Guthrie Luke
Pleads Guilty
In Assault Case

j. Guthrie Luke, of Deep Greek
Lake, received three-year sus-
pended sentence in the Maryland
House of Correction after he
pleaded guilty TO assault and bat
terry before Associate Judge Neil
c. Fraley in the Garrett County
Circuit court on Monday.
States Attorney Stephen B.
Pagenhardt agreed to drop the
more serious charge against Luke
of assault with intent to murder
his wife and Kermit Wayne Wild
man, Is. Luke was accused of hav-
ing pumped pellets from 410
shotgun into his wife and the boy,
who was standing nearby
Judge Fraley stipulated that Luke
must abstain completely from the
use of alcoholic beverages or serve
the three-year sentence He was
placed under supervision of David
M. Steele, probation and parole Of
ficer for Western Maryland. He
must not keep firearms at his resi-
dence
In another case Tuesday Judge
Fraley found James Green and
Joshua Green, his son, both of
Avilton, not guilty of assault and
malicious damage of property of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Grove also of
Avilton: The Greens were accused
of having smashed tables and chairs
in the Grove beer tavern.
Dominic Cimarosa, proprietor of
The Barn, dance hall along Deep
Creek Lake, was fined $3.50 and
court costs by Judge Fralcy after
having been found guilty by a jury
of gambling, through pinball ma
chine payoffs July A.
Sadie Baker, Of the White Rock
section near Fricndsville, was
found guilty of operating a dis
orderly house. Pagenhardt said the
place was described as a public
nuisance. She received a six months
Jail sentence but sentence was
suspended provided the woman re-
manned of good behavior and al
lowed no men or drinking on her
premises.
Woman Is Fined
Mrs. Minnie Thomas, Homecoming,
pleaded guilty before Judge Fraley
on Tuesday of selling beer in this
county without a license. Judge
Fraley imposed a $50 fine and
court costs.
! Mrs. Thomas who holds a beer
license for premises in Homecoming
decided to have a picnic along the
Avilton road in this county Sun
day, August &c. States Attorney S.
r, Pagenhardt said she sold tickets
for 81 each and served beer with
the picnic meal
Convicted on Bad Checks
Willard A. Crosby, Hyattsville,
was found guilty yesterday by a
Jury on two charges of cashing bad
checks totaling $2,871O3 in pay
ment for live stock purchased at
the Blaine Friend stockyard in Ac-
cident. Judge FraIey did not pass
sentence.
Pagenhardt said Crosby had an
Continued On Page Severn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-09-27

Consumer prices edged down
two tenths of one percent in Au-
gust
The frontiersman., 1956-12-06
CATHOLIC WOMEN BE GUESTS
 AT PARISH DINNER

Among a number of events slated for this weekend in the valley area will be the special parish dinner to be served at St. MichaeI's Church following mass which will be offered by the Rev. James P. Snead at 6 pm. on December 8. All Catholics are re minded that this is a holy day of obligation and that they should attend mass even though they may be unable to attend the dinner.
 Dinner will be served by men of the parish and is being held to honor the women of the parish who devoted time to the recent church bazaar. All members of each parish family are invited to attend.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-06

the fountain department in Bert's Drug store.
 MT. and Mrs. Lynn Sandvik are on vacation trip to the Outside.
 Police Chief Bernard Bouwens this week distributed the large wall calendars sponsored locally by Hartley Motors, Inc, Matan- uska Valley Bank, and Ketchikan Spruce Mills. The picture, as ap- pears each year, stresses cautious driving, with the slogan, Stop, Look, Remember Safety Rules.
 Members of the Palmer Assem- ply Order of Rainbow for Girls will not hold their regular meet ing slated for December 24, it was announced this week. Mrs. Clyde King, Sr., formerly Palmerite, is recovering from an operation performed December 2. Friends who wish to send their regards may send mail to the Kings home at POS "H, Street, Chula Vista, California.
 Frank Clark and Walt Cooper of the maintenance department are spending a few days at the Fairbanks plant on company busi ness.
The frontiersman., 1956-12-06
H11lEilat$
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6

AhCho0h1s DGNGNDGR CIVIL DEFENSE MEETING, Theatre basement, 8 pm. SPORTSMEN RIFLE CLASS, Range, 7:30 pm. BOY SCOUTS, Legion hall, ' pm. PROSPECTORS, Chem room, Central School P-TA Executive Board AMERICAN LEGION & AUXIL- IARY, Legion hall, 8 pm,
 FRIDAY, DECEMBER T PEARL HARBOR ANNIVER- SARY RUMMAGE SALE, Altar Society, Shamrock Bldg. CUB SCOUT PACK MEET, PHS cafeteria, 8 pm.
 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 EVENING MASS, St. Michael's, 6 pm. ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH DIN NER, following mass MOOSE LODGE DINNER RUMMAGE. SALE, Altar Seeie- ty, Shamrock Bldg.
 MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 PALMER KIWANIS, Grange hall, 12:05 pm.
 TUESDAY, DECEMBER II CITY COUNCIL, City Hall, 8 pm.
 WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose hall, 8 pm. WELL CHILD CONFERENCE, IA pm. Health Center WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 12 CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carpen- ters hall. 8 pm. PALMER ELKS, Elks hall, 8 pm. PALMER LIBRARY BOARD, Ii brary, 2 pm.
 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 SPORTSMEN RIFLE CLASS
 Range, 7::30 pm.