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Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
One-Eyed Hunter
Bags 5-Point Buck

The loss of one eye not long
ago hasn't dimmed the hunts
mans enthusiasm in Clarence
Barber, an employe of Washing
ton Petroleum Products, Bethesda.
Barber, who lives on Falls rd.
near River I'd, bagged a five
point buck deer Tuesday that
weighed 160 pounds before dress
ing out on the slopes of hill
near Lewisburg, Frederick county.
Barber dropped the buck with
clean heart shot through the
left shoulder, according to Carroll
Waters, game warden.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04

q y OdAs
All told, the fractures
totaled 81.
Mondays was the 3Sth. So to-
day, Evelyn is back in a familiar
plight-confined to a bed in the
living room of her Martinsburg
home with her left leg suspended
in traction.
Her astonishing record con-
ceivabIy could be the result
of a super.ranbunctious ma
ture. Actually, however, il
Is due to rare chiIdren's
maIady technically known as
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
Translated, that means her
bones break easily" explains Eve.
lyn's mother, Mrs. Charles +.
Stone.
Although the disease apparent.
ly is hereditary (several cousins
and other relatives of Mrs. Stone
have also suffered from it,, two
younger Stone children have not
been afflicted. One of Evelyn's
cousins suffered 100 bone breaks
by the time he was 16.
Happily, the condition usually
passes when the victim reaches
adulthood. But that's little COM
fort TO Evelyn in her present
circumstances.
But another medical fact is of
very great comfort to her right
now: for some mysterious rea-
son. the bones of "a.g-i' victims
knit more rapidly than those of
other people.
As a result, she'll be out
of traction in six to seven
weeks, compared to a NOR
NAL" healing period of 10 TO
12 weeks.
Because of the ever present
danger Of fractures, Evelyn had
not been allowed TO attend school
until this fall But she was tu.
tored at home and was able to
enter the fifth grade at Pooles-
vile Elementary in September.
AS a protection against acct
dents, she used a wheel chair at
school, although she ordinarily
gets around on crutches at home
and elsewhere.
Mondays accident occurred
during playground period, when
the wheels of the chair appar.
entity struck a pebble, toppled
over, and threw Evelyn to the
ground.
Her mother said Evelyn has
lived a normal life despite her
impairment. She enjoys playing
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
Scout Craft
Workshop Set

The Cub Leaders Craft Work
shop Of the Montgomery County
District, National Capital Area
Council of the Boy Scouts Of
America, will be held from noon
until $50 pm. Saturday at the
Wheaton High School.
Course fee of 81 will cover
costs Of materials necessary for
instruction in fundamentals Of 20
crafts tailored for the boy from
eight TO 10 years Of age.
Each parent and child will
have the chance TO spend one
hour each on four of the 20
crafts offered.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04

These are the youths who are
troublemakers in regular classes:
who are expelled or quit school
as early as possible; and who
sooner or later may wind up in
serious difficulty with the law.
"At least so boys left school
last year, either voluntarily or
by request, because they simply
could not get along with their
classmates and teachers says
one official.
"Many of them, we feel GER
tain, will end up in juvenile
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
Give-Away Ads
To Be Run Free

Have something you'd like to
give away? Take FREE classi.
fled ad in the Montgomery Coun-
ty Sentinel and tell the world
about it. If you really want to
give it away absolutely free
- TO anyone who will come get
it, the least we can do is let you
tell people about 1t FREE. So
write the Montgomery County
Sentinel, 215 E. Montgomery ave,
Rockville, and tell us about your
give-away. Or you can call us at
Garden 4.7700.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
Heads Delegation

A. Leland Clark of Poolesville
will head the Maryland delega-
ton at the 62nd annual conven.
ton of the American National
Cattlemens Association in Qma.
ha, Ncb., January II to II. Clark
is president OF the Maryland Beet
Cattle Producers, Inc.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04

court and in the State train
ing school,"
All Of these "sub-delinquents"
could be rehabilitated to varying
de- : IS by a special school
Y = 3 : fit their particular
! 5 : ; 3 Astficials believe.
: : s 3 e Superintendent c. Tay-
S!r has suggested that
LoH, q School, now an all
Negro elementary school near
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
Realtors Party

George L. Boswell, jr., chairman
Of the Christmas Party Commit
tee of the Montgomery County
Board Of Realtors last week an
nounced that the party will be
held the afternoon of December
% at the Brooke Manor Country
Club, Norbeck.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
Bright Child Topic

DR.. Charles E. Bish, of the Ma
tional Education Society, will
speak on the subject Of bright
children at meeting Tuesday
Of the County League of Women
voters.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
She's Only 10
She's Only 10
38M Broken Bone
Suffered BY Girl
BY Bob Bernstein
staff Reporter

Until Monday, 10year-old Evelyn Stone hadn't suffered
a single broken bone in Is months.
That may not sound like much of an accomplishment,
but it for Evelyn During the first nine years of her e
she had suffered broken limbs the rate of about five or six
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04
School for Bad Boys
PLnnGninsMOnlentllnl

Creation of special school for the Pecks Bad Boys of
MONTGOMERY County has been proposed by school officials
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-04

Weather Outlook

Mild weather the next five days
with temperatures averaging a
little above the seasonal high and
low of AZ and 80 degrees. Pos
sibility of rain tomorrow and
again about Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02
COME WAND 81 EEL EST VALUES

1851 Plymouth q Door Sedan
Excellent condition. Radio
and heater.
l949 Plymouth Club Coupe
Equipped with radio, heat
err and defrosters and new
seat covers. Motor just
completely overhauIed! A
top value!
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PAGE SEVEN
FRIENDS sTocKYARD

Steers, good to choice, $500 to
$3.50 cwt; medium to good, 2240
to 2490 cwt.; common to medium,
2040 to 1920 cwt.
Heifers, good to choice. 2200 to
2450 cwt; medium to good, 1910
to 2l60 cwt.; common to medium,
1900 to 1870 cWt
Bulls, 1900 to 2575 cwt.
Cows, good to choice, 1920 to
1890 cWt. medium to good, 1900
to ITO cwt.; common to medium,
1890 to 1880 cwt
Veals, good to choice, 1880 to
$500 cwt. medium to good, 2410
to 2970 cWt.; common to medium,
1850 to 23.4O cwt.; Gull veal, 1900
CWt. down.
Lambs, ungraded, 1880 to 2200
cwt; Hogs, POLO to 2300 cWt.; Male
Hogs, 1850 cwt.; Pigs, $50 to l1.50
head
Leghorn Hens, Size lb. to 12c lb.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

the mapcase represented
quality workmanship.
This business which is part of
our local history, was started and
grew and lived through integrity,
good work, pride in craftsmanship,
and honesty put into every prod
uct and the services that went
with such a product. A fair price
for value received went inseparably
with such product and service.
These qualities are built into this
historical workshop from the ground
up, and those who have some prob
lem involving sheet metal, or other
allied work, have learned to look for
its solution through the Tin Shop.
This is entirely logical, for here men
have been figuring out things in a
practical, everyday sense for nearly
a hundred years. When something
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

needs making or fixing, there is
great deal of know-how available
and in reserve to make it or fix
it for the betterment of peoples
lives.
We would not infringe here into
the philosophers field, but it must
be said that a strong link joins the
significance of this tinsmithing shop
to the future of America. Men have
known there, and still feel, the
dignity and satisfaction of working
with their hands to create some
thing. You may rightfully ask: as
that the whole Significance"
Not quite all, for you will remem-
Der that the Roman Caesars came
into England and with sword and
bloody hands sought to crush the
Britons. Those Britons were work
ing at getting out tin ore along with
other things. The Caesars conquered
the land. or so they thought.
then went back to Rome to waste
the sweat of the common Briton in
pageant and pomp. The sturdy
miners watched them go and stayed
as Independent as a hog on ice.
Centuries passed and this British
tin welsh tinplate' finally
began to enter the New World. Be-
fore the discovery of chinaware, or
at least its general use here, this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

and sealed against weather and
wind without the use of solder.
About solder in this trade; we
find that the first means of heating
the irons was by charcoal. The
irons were put into heavy shoe,
or cylinder, and heated by the
clean charcoal fire. Later, gasoline
was developed and used as heat
ing fuel for the soldering irons.
Finally, natural gas came to Oak
land and was used for this purpose
in the shop. Along with natural gas,
time brought the electric welder
for rapid spot-welding of metals,
However, electricity in the begin
ming, was available only from dark
ness until midnight from small
powerhouse located back of the
railroad station. Since a busy tin
ner was usually up by daylight and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

tin played most important
part in the economy of Colonial
America It was called pewterware.
Ever hear of a pewter dollar?
Not considered worth much. "a
pewter dollar Then. how about our
Twentieth Century dollar? Our dol
lar now worth about half its
face value because the other half
is eaten up by waste, initiation, taxa
ton. What has all this to do with
the Shirer Tin Shop or any
other old business, you demand,
and we would point out this pat
tern in metal for your thoughtful
consideration:
The pioneers in the Tin Shop
used to buy and use good copper
metal as a matter of course. This
good copper contained traces and
sometimes more than traces of
precious metals. gold, for instance.
Then what happened?
Americans wanting to slick up
everything, blow their horns about
elite purity and the "purest of the
pure" handed out with satin gloves
on a silk pillow. began to re-
fine the life out of the copper.
Robbed of its precious alloys, the
good copper gradually lost its life
and its strength. 1t began to weaken
and give and turned green far too
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

soon. 1t failed in its purpose TO pro-
vide the better life for mankind
and is still failing symbolically and
often literally.
Okay, you tell us e.. what's the
point now? The Briton survived the
Roman tyrant, maintained his in
dependence through the dignity of
labor, sent his metals to America
and helped TO create the world we
know. Americans have maintained
the dignity of working with our
hands and believed in an indcpend-
ent life We will not keep that
heritage if we continue to waste it
trying to make false metal to
do the work of true.
Reprinted from The Gladcs
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

worked until dark, ne did not con-
Germ himself about electricity. He
just went to bed to rest his back
to be ready for the next dawn!
Uncle Gus Shirer was well
known for his versatility. lie would
study a sketch of something some
body wanted him to make likely
a foolish What-not piece. and the
next thing the eager dreamer knew,
Uncle Gus laid his idea on the
bench done in metal. The Tin Shop
holds many patterns of many things.
Pattcrn-making was a phase of the
work that really took knOw-how.
We have here the idea used by
dressmakers adapted to metal.
once you had the pattern, dupli-
eating the article became much
quicker and easier.
The Tin Shop moved with the
times. Some Of them were bad times
and the rest good times with
always another job to be done. One
of the bad times came in 1909. That
year the stable burned behind the
shop and took the Shirer horses up
in its flames. Also valuable wagons
and equipment But, by hiring
haulers and other transportation,
the firm carried on. Then, in 1912,
w. Ernest bought a Ford! 1t was
perhaps the first converted hot-rod
this area had ever seen. The firm
put a bed on the back Of the road
ster and went about its business.
The young fry always hanging
around this place-of-business where
something was always going on,
would watch their chance and when
ever the Ford was cranked, back
fired and missed, they'd yell: Get
a horse"
This coming of the converted
roadster widened the scope of the
Tin Shop business. And it has cor
tinucd until today modern trucks
reach out with materials and work
men into surrounding states to fin
ish contracts for plumbing, heating,
roofing. many kinds Of jobs, for the
busy firm.
Speaking Of a business involved
in history and human contacts, we
learn that among the visitors at the
Shirer Tin Shop, there came in
one day man who said I've been
wanting for a long time to see this
place and meet the people who
run it."
w. Ernest said that was interest
inc and asked why the visitor was
so intrigued
Il was looking at maps in an
archivc division Of place in Lon
don, England. one day" said the
the caller. "And saw in the lid of
the tin map case label that said
it was Made in Shirer Tin Shop,
Oakland, Md. USA."
This is unique. if we think about
it moment; the metal for that
tin tube. holding a map, in the city
of London, likely came from ore
mined in England The tinplate was
then shipped halfway across the
world to our town. One of the Shirer
artisans took the metal and fash
toned it into strong, weather.
tight. mapcase. Then. back the tin
tube went across the sea to be
found by that man in England, right
where the metal likely originated.
There is something else significant
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

The Shirer Tin shop is the old
est continuous business in Oakland,
and possibly in Garrett County,
Maryland, having been established
by Peter Shirer in 1866. The sons
of Peter, GustaVus A. and Silas E.
Shirer, learned the tinsmith trade
from an able timer brought to
Oakland from Piedmont. His name
was Roberts. The shop, known as
Shirer Brothers, was managed by
the sons for their father and all of
the work was done by hand and
by hand-powered machines. Hand
work is still an important part of
the business of this firm.
Four generations of Shirers have
maintained the business, located
within sight of the Little Youghio-
gheny river on Oak Street. A hand
written deed made in the year 1871
specifies the present shop site as
on Lot Number 10. The legal docu-
ment was made and recorded in
Allegheny County, which at that
date included the present Garrett.
At the corner of First and Water
streets, in which block the Tin
Shop stands, is an original corner
stone marking Lot Number / of
what was known then as the Nc
Carly Addition of Oakland, this
stone is to the rear of the place of
business.
The brothers, Gus and Silas ran
the business together for nearly
half century. In 1914, Uncle Gus,
as everyone knew him, retired. At
that time, VIM. Ernest became the
owner and he and his father, Silas
E., continued the tin shop business.
Mr. Silas E. Shirer remained ac-
tive until his retirement in 1882.
Another generation came into the
tinsmithing firm in 1910 when
Scott w. Shirer, son of VIM. Ernest,
became a firm partner and with
his father their establishment was
known as w. E. Shirer & Son.
The present exterior of the Tin
Shop was constructed around 1880.
Before that time it was more simple
in design. The interior of the shop
has been enlarged over the years.
Progress in the services of the
business required enlargement,
mOderniZation and addition of
more machines used in performing
varied types of work.
One could say that tin created
the tinsmith This silvery-white
metal has unusual qualities to serve
mankind. The metal is very ductile
capable of being drawn out into
wire or forms lengthwise without
breaking and it is also malleable
at the boiling point of water PIP
degrees. The metal will combine
with many other metals to make
them workable and to increase their
durability. Tin, it was found, could
be applied as a thin coating over
sheets of iron and increase the use
fulness of such iron. This process,
tin-plating, was first learned in Bo-
hernia about 1850. Then, for two
centuries of time. no other and
better process was developed. In
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1958-10-02

ing and proceeded to establish such
business in 1866. Many of the tools
and the hand-powered machines are
still in the Tin Shop, with which
Peter set up shop and had his sons
taught to handle the work. One of
these machines was the roller; de-
signed with three rolls something
on the style of a wringer on wash
ing machine and turned by crank
A sheet of tinplate turned by hand
through this device came out of il
curved. The tinsmith picked up
these curved sheets and slammed
them on his mandrel. There he
joined the edges and riveted the
metal into a joint of pipe. When q
bar of ordinary tin is bent it issues
cracking sound. This is called
tin cry" and results from the
friction of the tin crystals; en-
tirely in keeping with the work
for tinsmithing is noisy business
that testifies to everyone around
that something is going on!
Mr.. Shirer tells us that an expert
timer could turn out around four
hundred joints of pipe each day
And to do this, a man can't stand
around with his hands in his
pockets
The Tin Shop held tools of the
trade. There were raising hammers
with rounded heads used to fash
ion bowls and domes for utensils.
There were crimpers and shears
along with hammers designed for
different kinds of jobs. They were
good tools, for they still serve in
the Shirer shop after all these years
of use.
The shop made buckets, stewpans,
coffee boilers, wash boilers, kettles,
cups, candle holders, and would
tackle anything anybody wanted
made from their versatile metal.
You may ask. What is cof-
fee boiler?" Well, in those days
people took their coffee straight.
They dumped in the grounds, fired
up the stove under the sturdy tin
pot, threw in the eggshells and
after tossing in horseshoe, drank
the coffee if the horseshoe floated.
All, you're eXaggerating! Maybe a
little bit, but a man had to bend
his back" in the tinsmith's trade
and he wanted a drink to take the
kinks out of his spine when his days
work was done. And don't forget
that the Shirer tinsmiths could make
and did make hundreds Of bait
buckets for the fisherman who came
here from the cities to loaf around.
Loaf around, Well, we're looking
at this thing from timers angle.
When a man had to get out and
scratch for a dollar or maybe a del
lar-and-a-half for ten or twelve
hours, he had little time for "goin'
fishin". And that is the way the men
of the Shirer Tin Shop worked.
There were tin roofs to be put on
when the weather was fit, and the
first tin roof job they did was on the
Harvey Criss house in Mountain
Lake Park in 1882 Putting on tin
roofing was a craft in itself. Never
a nailhead showed when the job
was done And humping to it
throughout the open season, the
Tin Shop would sometimes install
a thousand squares per year. Every
seam was fashioned and crimped
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-12-11
Stafford

STAFFORD - There was a
good attendance at the Stafford
Methodist church, Sunday morn
ing. Rev Richard Drake, of Cam
bridge, district superintendent,
was the speaker.
Miss Lille Mae Mcconnell
who has employment at Mari
eta, spent Sunday night and
Monday with her parents, Mr
and Mrs. Harry Mcconnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Blair and
son spent Sunday with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Blair
Woodsfield shoppers Saturday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred
Knapp, Mrs. Madge Ullman, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Holland and
Eddie, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mir
acle and family.
Those calling at the Sutton
home the past week were Lois
Mallett, Nina Holland, Bessie
SwortWood, Odessa Miracle
Margaret Knapp, Madge Ullman
Charles Miracle, Mr. and Mrs
George Devore, John and Stanley
CARPENTER.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-12-11
Lou R. McAtee

Lou R. McAtee, 70, son of the
late Benjamin and Lucy Newton
McAtee, died at TAO o'clock Sat
urday morning in the Guernsey
Memorial hospital, Cambridge,
where he had been admitted five
hours earlier.
A resident Of the Dexter City
community, he is survived by his
widow, Maggie of the home; two
sons, Earl McAtee of Canton and
Lou McAtee, Jr., of Columbus; a
daughter, Mrs. Lucy Wheeler, of
Canton; ten grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren; bro
ther and a number of nieces and
nepheWs.
The body was removed to the
McVay funeral home at Dexter
City. Services were held Tues
day afternoon at 200 o'clock at
the Dexter City Methodist church
with Rev. Walter Brown officiat-
ing. Burial was made in the
Dexter City cemetery.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-12-11
Nicholas Kuhn

Nicholas (Nick) Kuhn, 81, a
lifelong resident of Monroe
county, died at at 900 p. m,
Thursday in the Heskett rest
home, Cambridge, where he had
been a patient for the last year.
His wife, Mrs. Florentine Kuhn,
died in 1889.
The son of John and Anna
December Kuhn, he was born
Nov. %, 1871 in Monroe county.
He leaves four daughters, Mrs.
Lauella Yontz, of Lewisville
route l, Mrs. Leona Wheatley, of
Summerfield, Mrs. Tharcella
Smith, of Summerfield, and
Magdalene Curren, of Cam
bridge; three grandchildren and
eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at $50 a. M, Tuesday in
ST. Joseph's Catholic church at
Rurkhart with Rev. Fr. Joseph
Finan officiating. Burial was
made in the church cemetery
with the Brubach funeral home
in Summerfield in charge of
arrangements.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-12-11
Wafer Heater
Gift To Warm
Her Heart

How about giving your wife
plenty of hot water for Christ
mas! Today's homemaker likes
to be in hot water.
AS matter of fact, lack of an
adequate supply of hot water
spells nothing but trouble for
the modern housewife.
That's because more and more,
appliances depend on a good sup
ply of hot water to produce their
full labor-saving potential. Con-
slider the automatic diShWaSher
which requires water of 100 to
180 degrees to deliver all the
benefits it can provide.
Water that hot is needed not
only to get food soil off the
dishes but to kill any bacteria
or germs which may be present
on the dishes.
To provide an adequate and
ever-ready supply of water as
hot as this can choose between a
wide variety of modern water
heaters.
Among the most popular are
the so-called quick recovery
heaters. This is the engineers
way of describing a rather small
unit which has tremendous ca
pacity because it heats more
water as quickly as it is used
up. This development is parti-
cularly important in today's
homes where space is limited.
To fit any homemaker's needs
these modern automatic water
heaters are available in both
countertop and tank models. The
latter can be installed in base
ments or utility rooms while the
countertop model is trinity
designed to fit into the kitchen
and look like just another ap-
pliance.
The countertops on these mod
els are available in wide var
iety of materials and colors and
provide extra counter space in
the kitchen.
Another prime advantage of
the modern water heater is that
it does not require a vent or flue.
This enables you to put it any
where in the house, even in the
kitchen where it will be close
to the sink, the automatic dish
washer and possibly the laundry.
BY bringing the water heater
closer to where the hot water
is used, shorter piping is re-
quired. This reduces the thermal
loss, keeps the water hotter and
makes it easier and less expen-
Sive to install.