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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
To Present Plan of
Adult Education
At Rotary Meeting

A program for adult education
entitled "A Plan of Action" is to
be presented to the Oakland Ro-
tary Club Friday, Sept 4 at the
William James Hotel by The Rev.
w. Shelby Walthall, rector of st.
Matthew's Episcopal Church.
"A Plan of Action" is centered
around two main points. The first
one concerns the 1854 Supreme
Court ruling on desegregation of
the public schools. The second
point is about education of adults
in the fields of public education,
health, morals, housing, economics,
and constitutional government to
be used as a common denominatOr
for community action in respect to
desegregation and raising the
standards of our people. In short,
it is a definite concrete plan of ac-
ton for re-establishing commune
cation between the two races for
the bctterment of themselves and
OF the nation.
Mr.. Walthall is now serving as
a special consultant to the Federal
Department of Health. Education
and Welfare. He has spent his en-
tire life in the south. His concern
for better living conditions for
people of his native south land
goes back to his high school days
when he was a student in Shades
Valley, a community just south OF
Birmingham, Alabama.
He was graduated from Birming-
ham Southern College in 1912 with
a B. A. degree from the school of
Theology, University of the South,
Sewanee. Tennessee, in 1914, with
a B. D. Degree. He was ordained
deacon and priest in the Protestant
Episcopal Church in 1914.
The 43 year old clergyman has
served churches in Florida, New
Mexico, Texas, and Maryland. After
spending six years as Rector in
Howard County at Queen Caroline
Parish, he came to st. Matthew'S
Episcopal Church in June. He is
married to the former Anna Gladys
Shea. The Walthalls have two sons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Slight Improvement
In Supply of Water

A slight improvement was noted
in the supply of water for the
town of Oakland this week, but it
wasn't caused by an additional sup
ply from the city wells.
The boost was coming from a
surface supply from Harrington
creek. Henry w. McComas, chair
man of the water committee for
the Oakland city council, said that
the department had been hauling
water oil 24-hOur basis. A water
tank mounted on a truck is capable
of bringing 1000 gallons per hour
to the springhousc. This week an
other tank was purchased and the
department planned to run the
two on 12-hour shifts.
The water in the wells has been
diminishing and McCOmas sad
there was 10 telling whether or
not they might fail completely.
Arrangements were made with the
town of Mt. Lake Park to furnish
water for the two schools, bennett
road and Southern High. and a
limited number of residents on
Quality Hill"
The pressure yesterday was hold
ing steady but McCOmas cautioned
against any unnecessary use of
water until the emergency had
passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Ladies Golf Group
Ends Current Season

The Oakland Ladies Golf as
ISOLATION ended its season with a
party at the clubhouse last week
for members. Refreshments were
served and white elephant gifts
exchanged. A spaghetti dinner and
swimming party followed at Fred
locks cottage on Deep Creek Lake.
The tournament chairman an
nounced the finals of the various
tournaments of the year as follows:
Dot Glotfclty, first in handicap
tournament; Louise OSs, runner up;
Ida Davidson, consolation. (l8 hole
group.
Dorcen Frey won first in the
9-hole group with Helen Seaber as
runner-up.
Winners of the SO medalist
tournament in the 1S-hole group:
Hilda Pritts, first, low net, also
first, low gross; Dot Glotfelty,
second for low gross and Virginia
Lohr second for low net. In the
9-hole group, Frances Alongi won
first prize for low gross; Mary
Peterson, first for low net. Betty
Swadley was first in ringer score
for IS holes while Doreen Frey won
the ringer score prize for the g.
holes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Ethiopia Is Challenge For
Oakland Girl And F14XssiIy

The Daniel Simmons family is
a travelling family and they are
continually finding much joy il
their varied experiences. Return
ing to the United States from {
two year stay in Ethiopia, Africa
they are spending several weeks
here with Mrs. simmons father
julius B. Litiman, Oakland banker
before returning to Ethiopia fol-
two more years.
Mr. Simmons, native of Billings
Montana, was q ground water
gcologist for the Department OF
Agriculture, before accepting 4
position as ground water geology
adviser to the U. S. Operations
Mission under the international
Cooperation association, a part OF
the U. S. point four program.
Now he is doing "A tremendous
job of finding and delivering water
resources to the country of Eth
opia that is helping in the develop
ment OF that area. He feels that
this is one spot where the point
four program is doing a good work.
At first the United States provided
most of the funds but at present
the Ethiopian government is
furnishing three fourths and the
U. S. only one-fourth 1t is a
training demonstration program
that is apparently paying off.
The American group is teaching
natives how to drill wells and to
learn geological formations so that
in a few years they will be able TO
carry on without any further U. S.
technical help. Right now the ETH
opian government tells the commits
sion where it would like to have
water. Then it is the job of Mr.
Simmons to find that water as near
where they want it as is possible
Mr.. Simmons mas found water, too,
and plenty of it-eXcept in some
desert areas of the country. The
Danakil or desert land lies toward
the Red Sea. They drill through
volcanic rock formations and some
times get water too hot TO touch,
sometimes find it at depths of
more than mile, sometimes at
depths less than $50 feet. There are
no active volcanoes at the present
timC.
Talking with Mr.. ana Mrs Sim
mons in Mr.. Littman's home last
Saturday afternoon an interesting
account of their experiences was
unfoldeG.
The family lives within a COM
pound, surrounded by a wall eight
to ten feet high. The particular
area where they live has three
other residences. There is a gate
Continued on Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Named Director of
Civil Defense Group

Daniel P. Smouse has been des-
ignated Civil Defense Director for
Garrett County by Governor j.
Willard Tawes acting upon the rec
ommendation of the Board of
County commissioners. He will
succeed Fred Tichnell, who mas
served for the past several years.
Mr.. Smouse, who is at present
also supervisor OF Donable Food
Program for the county, is life
long resident of the county. He
had served as assistant postmaster
and postmaster at Bloomington.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Camporee Planned
By Scouts, Sept. 1913

The Deep Creek District, Boy
Scouts of America, plans to hold
monthly meetings on the second
Tuesday of each month instead of
Thursday, it was announced by
George Stuck, chairman, following
a meeting of the executive COM
mittee Tuesday evening. The
change was made to enable the
scout executive from Potomac
Council to attend Meetings will
be held in the Methodist church
assembly room.
Also decided at the meeting
Tuesday was the holding of a
fall Camporee on September II
and 10 at the Oakland Boy Scout
camp on Deep Creek Lake. A
campfire program will be held Sat
urday night with various groups
responsible for skitS. The Barber
shoppers will sing. Theme of the
camporee will be recruiting" and
scouts will be encouraged to bring
prospective members. Weather per-
hitting there will be swimming
meet
Attending the season were DR..
Arthur Jones, William Race, Rich
ard McManis, l.. j. Sacher. Ralph
Fauber, Maurice Brookhart, w.
Kenneth Johns and George Stuck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Leaves for Golden
Jubilee in Rome

The Rev. FIR. Michael X. Carney,
pastor of ST. Peters Catholic
church in Oakland, left here Sun
day to begin a two months vaca-
ton that he had postponed for
almost two years.
He was scheduled to leave Tues
day by plane from New York
with his first stop Ireland. From
there he planned to visit number
of European countries, concluding
his trip i'll Rome, Italy, where he
would witness the golden jubilee
celebration of the North Ameri-
can college in Rome, from which
he was graduated almost twenty
seven years ago.
The trip was made possible part
ly by purse of some $1,000 which
was presented to Father Carney in
December, 1857, in celebration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
ordination as a priest, and the
10th anniversary of his pastorate
at the local church.
The purse was presented at d
silver anniversary celebration al
most two years ago and was for
the express purpose of assuring
him the trip to Rome for a visit
to his alma mater The fund rails
ing was in charge of William Egg
gers and members of the Knights
of Columbus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
SpeiCher Insurance
Business Purchased

The insurance business operated
for twenty years or more by Ross
Speicher, at his home near Acct
dent, has been purchased by Carl
ton E. Bowser, Oakland insurance
agent for the past thirty years.
Mr.. Speicher is moving to Grot-
toes, Va, where he has accepted
a full-time pastorate in the Church
of the Brethren. He sold his home
several months ago to the States
Roads commission. A portion of
the U. S. route PIG improvement
goes directly through the property.
Speicher sold his personal prop
erty at public auction last Saturday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
City Heading For
Yough River
For Water Supply

Members of the Mayor and Town
Council of Oakland were general
ly agreed, following their regular
meeting last night, that the only
permanent answer to the towns
water supply, was to head for the
Youghiogheny river.
This consensus of opinion pre-
vailed after they heard reports,
not only of the Chester Engineers,
Pittsburgh firm which made a de-
tailed survey of the area, but an
other disinterested engineer who
made a survey of his own along
with Henry w. McComas and DR..
E. l. Baumgartner, council mem
bers, within the past ten days.
Their travels over the area in
dictated that there would not be
enough water either in the Broad
ford area or the Mt. Lake Park
area.
The council authorized Lewis r.
Jones, city attorney Mayor Russell
l.. Smith; and Greorge B. Powers,
of the Chester Engineers, to use
their judgment in securing a bond
issue that would provide sufficient
money for the project. All three
left for Baltimore this morning to
confer with the bond council in
that city and do all in their power
to find ways of bringing the pro-
posed bond issue down to S350,000.
Agrees to Flood Control Plan
In action taken last night the
Mayor and Council also accepted
the conditions set forth in the per-
nit to the Garrett Soil Conserva-
ton district covering construction
of dam No. 7 in the watershed
Continued on Page FOUR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Special Days For
Voter Registration
Announced by Board

Several registration days in
various election districts, for the
convenience of prospective voters
have been arranged by the Board
of Supervisors of Elections for the
period September s to %. The
Board met Tuesday evening in the
Court House with all members
present.
An advertisement announcing
the dates and places appears in
today's issue. Dates were arranged
for fifteen voting precincts out of
the twenty in the county, and in
clude all except Sang Run, Deer
Park and the three Oakland pre-
cincts. An outside registration for
Deer Park was held in August
which resulted in one additional
Republican and 16 additional
Democrats. There also were six
affiliation changes from Republican
to Democrat.
The dates announced by Albert
S. Shaffer, president of the board:
Swanton, district l, Sept 8, to
p m, in Community building.
Bloomington, district a, Sept. 8,
10 a. M, to p. m, fire hall.
Grantsville, district 81, Sept 10,
l to 1870 p. m, Harry Edwards
bldg.
Jennings, district 3-2, Sept. II,
1 to 7:30 p. M, Yommer building.
Accident, district 5, Sept. 16, 2
to p. M, fire hall.
Bittinger, district IL, Sept. II,
1 to 7 p. M, Joe Bucket building,
Kitzmiller, district 13, Sept. IS,
to 7 p m, Community building.
Red House, district 80, Sept. 81,
10 a. m, to p. m, Chimney
Corner.
Mt. Lake Park, district 16, Sept.
q, to p. M, bowling alley.
German district 81, Sept. %, 1
to 7 p. m, fire hall.
Friendsville, district 2, Sept. rs,
1 to 8 p. m, fire hall.
Crellin, district 14-2, Sept. %, l
to p. m, Kray Coal company
building.
Johnson, district 9, Sept. %, 10
a. M, to s p. m, Robeson's feed
store.
Elbow, district IL, Sept. 20, II
noon to 1870 p. m, Parker Warwick
building.
Avilton, district IS, Sept. 30, 10
a. M, to 8 p. m, st Anne's Church
hall.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Rabid Fox Is Shot

A rabid fox that bit dog at
the home of John Morton, of
Swanton, on August 81, was proved
to be rabid. it was learned this
week.
Mr.. Morton shot the fox under
his workshop. The head of the
fox was sent to College Park for
testing and the report was positive.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Couple Injured

A Bayard husband and wife were
injured in an automobile accident
last night one half mile west of
Mt. Storm, on U. S. Route so.
Mrs. Virginia Elinor REM as, is
a patient in Garrett County Me-
mortal hospital suffering with
back injury Her husband, who en-
tered the hospital also last night,
was later transferred to Cumber-
land as the result of a severe eye
injury.
The car in which they were rid
ing was apparently struck from be-
hind by another automobile. The
name of the driver was not OBJ
tanned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Property Owners At
Lake Name Directors

The Property Owners associa-
ton of Deep Creek Lake elected
directors at regular meeting last
Saturday, August 20, at Deep
Creek Lodge. Over 200 attended
with r. r. Keener, presiding and
dcdicating the meeting to two dl-
rectors who had served for a num-
Der of years, DR.. F. c. Robinson,
district l, and DR.. Frederic c.
Clayter, district g.
Mr.. Keener said these two, whose
terms expired this year, felt I'M
able to continue to take an active
part in the association. The group
named Ward Ashby as new di-
rector for district |, and j. Reed
Wehrle as new director for dis
trict 8. Three other directors, whose
terms expired, were reelected.
They were John E. Beck, district
/; DR.. T. G. Bennett, district 2,
and r. r. Keener, district 3.
Following the business session
William E. Hartman, fish culturist,
told of the work of the State Fish
and Game commission in stock
ing the lake with fish and eggs.
At a meeting of directors of the
association the group reelected Mr.
Keener as president and named
H. L. Kennedy as vice-president
and Miss Ethel Grove as secretary
treasurer. The meeting ended the
formal activities of the association
for 1858.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
To Show Missionary
Film At Mt. Lake Friday

The missionary film "Conflicto'
showing the work of missionary
radio station HCJB ii South
America will be shown at the Mt.
Lake Park Tabernacle Friday, Sept.
a, at 8 p. m.
These will be special quartet and
congregational singing. This pro-
gram will be presented by HCJB
missionary candidates Robert
Moore, and his wife Dolores
Witherup Moore graduate of Oak
land High School in 1949.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Boating Regulations
To Be Recommended
BY Lake Association

Recommendations for boating
ard swimming safety on Deep
Creek lake are being made to the
Maryland Legislative Couacil sub
committee which is drafting boat
ing laws for Maryland
The Deep Creek Lake Property
Owners association met Saturday
at Deep Creek Lodge and its COM
mittee headed by Earl Zepp, made
the following suggestions:
Night lighting of boats on coast
guard standards.
All water skiers should wear
safety belts
WheL pulling water skiers two
persons should be in a boat, one
driving, and the other watching
the skiers.
A minimum age, IA to 16 years,
should be established for operators
CT craft.
Power boats should be kept at a
specified distance from other craft
and docks.
All skiers should leave the docks
perpendicular to the shore line
and not along the shore line.
Drunken motor boat driving
should be penalized.
Some traffic pattern should be
arranged.
1t was pointed out to the 100
members attending that bad these
regulations been in effect a few
days ago the tragedy in which a
nine-year old boy ran over and
killed Shirley Jean Kitzmiller, 26,
of Keyser, would have been averIed.
The meeting had been called a
number of days before the mis-
hap occurred. The association last
spring started working on safety
rules for the lake.
There are an estimated 1000
cabins and homes on the lake and
approximately 5000 powerboats of
all types. the lake is owned by
the Pennsylvania Electric company
but the water is controlled end
regulated for fishing by the Mary
land Game and Inland Fish COM
mission.
Ray Keener, president of the
association, said the special COM
mittee would still receive sugges-
lions on safety measures before
presenting them to the Legislative
Council. Helmuth Heise, repre-
senting the Deep Creek Lake
Garrett County Promotion Coun-
Gil, which is jointly undertaking
the boat safety project, reported
on meeting July Is by the COM
mittee, the game commission, Dele
gate William Walsh, Cumberland;
Senator Bernard l. Gender and
Delegates Ebert E. Bucket and
Leslie E. Savage. Heise said Walsh
listed the specifications of the
federal boating law called the
Bonner act as stating that unless
a state acts to license and regulate
all boats on its waters, it would
come under the U. S. government
jurisdiction. The state must meet
the minimum federal req Iirements
and may be stricter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
To Entertain Team

Members of the Oakland-Mt.
Lake Park Lions club will enter
tain members of the Little League
team which they sponsored this
past season, at their regular meet
ing at the William-Jamcs hotel on
Monday, September IA
Six of the players who will be
graduating because of the IL year
old age limit, will receive certifi-
Gates at the meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
School Plans Open House

There will be an open house at
the Yoder school on Sunday, Sep
TENDER 6, from 2 to 5 p. M, and
on Monday, September 7, from 8
a. M, to p. m, it has been an
nounced
An addition was recently built.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Rain Falls On Five Dogs

Some rain fell on five days of
the past week, but only on Sun
day night was their any appreciable
amount.
Showers occurred on Saturday,
Sunday night, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Temperature has continued to
remain moderately hot with nights
fairly cool.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
Pot of Beans Burns

A pot of beans went dry on d
stove at the home of Earl Evans,
High street ext, Oakland, Tuesday
evening about o'clock, causing
fire alarm to be issued to the
Oakland department.
The fire was out on arrival and
no damage was reported.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-09-03
.4,679 Enroll In
Public Schools
On Opening Day

Garrett county's sixteen clc-
mentary schools and two high
schools opened Wednesday morn
ing with an enrolment of 4,679
students, Ga more than for the en-
rollment on opening day a year
ago.
Willard L. Hawkins, county
superintendent of schools, said the
total enrolment is expected to IN
crease by about 100 by the end of
the month.
Southern High school opened its
doors to HOO on opening, accord
ing to Kenneth Johns, principal,
this was 46 less than for a year
ago. Paul Muha, principal at
Northern, announced an enroll
ment there of $50, just nine less
than last year.
Enrollments at the elementary
schools showed gains in some
areas. They we're listed as fol-
lows:
Accident, 244; Bloomington SO;
Center street, $50; Crellin, 113;
bennett Road, 365; Deer Park, So.
Friendsville, 279; Grantsville,
1926; Kitzmiller, PSI; Loeb Lynn,
IT'S; North Glade, SO; Red House,
1877.
Route 40 school, 211; Swan Mea-
dow, AZ; Swanton, 81; Yoder, SO;
Northern $50; Southern, HOO;
total, 4,679.
Mr.. Hawkins said the high day
for last term was 4,788.
Activity in the schools was
termed normal. There was assem-
bly, periods in most schools, after
which they followed their regular
periods for the day.
MIR. Johns announced that the
enrolment this morning had in
creased to 1,126 at Southern. A
brief assembly was presided over
by Dick Stuck, vice-president of
the student council. Following
scripture by Willard Ann Glot-
felty, Carl Everly, vice-principal,
introduced Southerns five new
teachers. Terry COlaw, president,
welcomed students and teachers.
Included in his remarks was a
plea for more participants in the
football program He also requested
student cooperation in consump-
ton of water at the school during
the current shortage. Mr.. Johns
reported this morning that the en-
tire school had used less than 1000
gallons yesterday.
Mr.. Johns outlined student re-
Sponsibilities and urged them to
make the most of their many fine
opportunities offered. Cheers for
the football team led by Ann Lee
Lohr, head cheerleadcr, concluded
the assembly.
Schools will close for Labor Day
next Monday and reopen Tuesday
morning.
The first day figures by grades
/ for Southern, 1876, seventh; 206,
eighth; 1913, ninth; 173, tenth; 1877,
eleventh; 139, twelfth.
Three schools had new facilities.
An all-purpose room was added to
Center street school in Oakland;
two-room addition was placed on
Loeb Lynn school, making it a
six-room school; and two more
rooms we're added to the Yoder
school.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-05-08

with surprise" and the group be-
gan singing the happy birthday
song.
Various games were the diver
sion Of the afternoon followed by
food served buffet style. After
lunch, Mrs. Harris opened the
gifts and displayed them to the
delight of the group.
Wishing the honoree happy re-
turns Of the day while enjoying
the fun were Mr.. Jack Payne,
brother, Mines. Gertrude Freeman,
Theodore Jones, Harold Walker
and Jessie Shepard. Mrs. Floyd
Poole Sr. sent gift but was I'M
able to be present.
Assisting the little hostess were
Mrs. Freeman, Paulette Mayes
and Sharon Walker.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-05-08

as changing shelf paper.
This new Kelvinator range has
special foil oven Innings that you
just throw away when they get
dirty and grease-splattered.
We took a close look and knew
that this range held the answer
to my overwhelming problems.
Aluminium foil Innings cover the
bottom. both sides and the back
of the oven. and protect it from
run-overs and splatter during
baking and broiling.
You don't need any special
kind Of foil, either. You use the
same kind Of household alumni
mum foil that you can buy in the
supermarket or neighborhood
store. When you want TO change
the Innings, it's as simple as the
old ABC"s. -
You pull out the special hold
ers that fit into the oven and
throw away the dirty foil. Cut
new Innings from the roll and
fold them around the wire hold
ers. Put the holders back and
you have a shiny clean oven in a
jiffy, Simple as simple can be.
can't imagine an easier way
to clean a dirty oven than chang
ing the foil liners in my new
Kelvinator range. We are REAL
LY having broiled meals now.