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Evening star., 1960-07-25
McKELDIN FINDS
TIE HE WORE AT
81 CONVENTION

The Stars Convention Bureau
CHICAGO, nl.,-Former
Gov. Theodore r. Nickel
din of Maryland arrived
here for the convention
yesterday wearing the same
necktie he had on eight
years ago when he placed
IN nomination the name of
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
'"I rooted around and
found it. No particular
significance" said Mr..
McKeldin when asked if he
mad any more nominating
speeches up his sleeve.
The tie is dark blue Su-
rah, criss-crossed by white
elephants.
Evening star., 1960-07-25

flected by the comments of Sen
ator Butler and Mr.. McKeldin
Chairman Rinehart did not
foresee any damaging division
of the Maryland G. o. P.
He said he thought the plat
form was shaping up fine, and
added that he personally
thought a strong civil-rights
p ank was in order.
Mr.. Rinehart asked the dele
gates to think about a vice
presidential nominee before the
next scheduled caucus tomor-
row morning.
Evening star., 1960-07-25
The stars Convention Bureau

CHICAGO, July Is. - One
mans convention is another
mans fishing trip.
At least, that's about the size
of it as far as one Chicago pa
trolman is concerned.
He is one of the hundreds of
Chicago policemen putting in
extra duty during the Republi-
can National Convention to see
that all goes we'll.
1--WE don't get paid for it,
but we get time off when it's
Evening star., 1960-07-25
Platform, Rockefeller
Split Maryland Group

CHICAGO, July 25.-Open differences the platform
plus rumbngs OF support for Gov Nelson Rockefeller
his name is offered stirred Maryland delegates today
they took their places for the Republican
On one side former Gov. Theodore R. McKedin, who
said he thought the Republicans should adopt the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

Adam J. Richter with tar-pot at
old Drane house.
Rcsoaked in fresh water, the
hides came out in two days and
were split down the line of the
spine to make two sides. Leg and
neck portions were cut off, but
not discarded, as these findings"
made leather for number of
uses
Eighty sides we're then pinned
end-to-end with wooden pegs.
These long strips were then
"reeled" through watts of limeWater,
over a wooden drum hand-cranked
that pulled the hides into and
out of the limeWater daily for six
days. This hydrated lime solution
loosened the hair and the hides
had to be returned to the fresh
water for another soaking before
QeIdlllnS.
Hides we're dehaired on the
beams with the curved knives.
Then they we're "bated". Batting
was soaking the hides in solu-
ton of chicken manure and water,
creating a vigorous fermentation
for two or three days that re-
moved the lime and softened the
fibcrs of the sides. After another
fresh water soaking, the hides
were ready to tan.
Tanning began with hanging.
wherein the sides were hung over
wooden racks in a weak solution
of tanning liquor. This hanging"
lasted only a few days and the
hides had to be hauled out and
laid flat in the watts for complete
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21
at the door.
teachers Receive Samples

at the door.
Teachers Receive Samples
Teachers have received samples
of books that can be ordered for
instruction in next years studies.
Mrs. Goldic Bittle, head librarian,
has been ordering the samples
from many different companies.
Enrolment To Hit l,155
According to Mr. Kenneth Johns,
principal, next years total enroll
ment will approximately be 1855.
The senior class will be largest
yet to graduate.
Retiring Soon
Mr. Erwin Smith. a commercial
teacher for the past thirty years,
will retire at the end of the school
year. Mr. Smith has the best
wishes of the student body and the
faculty from Southern.
Southern will play its opening
game of baseball at Bayard this
afternoon, Sam Glotfelty will prob
ably start on the mound for the
Highlanders. The team has been
hampered in practice this year by
the late start due to the snow.
Dick Travis, athletic director,
said there was also the possibility
that Southern would have several
entries in the track and field meet
scheduled for Beall High school
under the lights tonight
W. Kenneth Johns. principal, an
nounced that he had received some
35 replies from the 1858 graduates,
answering the questionnaires that
were sent out recently.
Miss Ann Dilgard, advisor, and
Fred Bell, Barbara 10 Rice and
Dennis Sanders will attend the
Western Region meeting of Stu
dent councils scheduled for Clear
spring this Saturday.
James Trickett, American history
instructor, and Maurice Brookhart
and David Gender will attend the
World Affairs Institute at the Uni
verSity of West Virginia. Morgan
town, on Friday and Saturday. The
students are being sponsored by
the Oakland Rotary club.
Willard Ann Glotfclty. senior
student, has been named princess
to represent Southern in the court
of the queen of the Cumberland
Sports Carnival to be held at Cum
berland May 9 to Is.
Ann Lee Lohr, another senior.
will represent the school as a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21
RiChter'S Hand Made Leather

merry at Dubois, Pa. We are in
dcbted to Mr.. A. j. Richter, who
still lives on the family farm, for
the following source material on
the making of leather by hand.
Hides were tanned by the vege-
table tannin method at Richters.
This tannin was obtained from
ground rockoak bark, furnished
to the plant by local farmers be-
fore World War l for $3.50 per
cord. Toward the end of their bust
ness, Richter had to buy tracts
of timber to get their tanbark
and substituted hemlock for the
rockoak bark they preferred
The raw animal hides, even
some buffalo hides before 1900,
were obtained from wholesale
hide dealers, meat packers and
local farmers. SheepSkin and
lambskin required only about one
fourth the time in tanning as
haired hides.
Workers laid the fresh hides flat
when received, heavily sailed
their raw sides and left them
stacked for as long as four months.
The sailed hides then went into
fresh water watts and were soaked
at least two days. Tannery watts
were built of two-inch lumber
fitted closely together and buried
to ground level with the spaces
between the watts closely tamped
with good clay.
Workers hauled the hides from
the fresh water, threw them over
wooden beams, a device built like
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

scene of hard work and is the
oldest tannery building in this
area. Mr.. Richter has many of the
hand tools of his trade, and
showed us samples of leather he
had kept for thirty years. This
leather, which Grandfather Richter
might well have described with
pride as Richter Handgearbeiter
Leder", for he came from Ger
many to make Maryland his home,
showed its careful preparation
and its fine quality.
Among men who once worked in
their tannery, Mr. Richter remem-
bered Mr.. S. F. Matthews, father
of the late Oakland attorney and
Mr. Tom Bonnie, of Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Among the objects of interest
shown us by Mr. Richter, was the
cobblcr's bench used by his grand
father; a pair of calfskin boots
made for his father by Mr.. Nor
timer Smouse, at Grantsville, with
their fine soles pegged to the
uppers with wooden shoepegs; soft.
rich-colored sheepskin and lamb
skin tanned with their wool left
on; and a wooden tarpOt.
The wooden tarpot with a
leather thong for its handle was
found by a friend of Grandfather
Richter and given to him. 1t had
fallen from some wagon or stage
coach on the National Road. 1t
held pinetar and tallOw to lubri-
cate the aXles of those vehicles
and was made from one piece
of wood. Mr.. Richter took it along
on our short walk from the tan
merry to see the Drane house, old
est frontier house in this region,
in which his grandfather first
lived when he came to the Acct
dent community and later pur
chased as a homestead.
The thong on the tarpOt re-
minded me of the thongs used on
sandals in ancient lands, of SAN
dalled Roman Workmen from whose
language came the word "tanare"
and our oak bark" wholly es-
sential to making good leather by
hand.
Reprinted from The Glades Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21
by w. w. Price

Tho tanning of animal hides to
make leather was an industry in
Garrett County until 1928 when
the Richter tanncry at Accident
shut down after operating for
ffty-siX years. Two others, Boyer
and IIincbaugh had preceded the
Richter tanncry at Accident; the
Boyer having started around 1900
where the community swimming
pool is located. William limbaugh
built his tanncry before the Civil
War and ran it until about 1884.
Before John l.. Richter son of
Henry. built his tannery in 1872
he had worked in the limbaugh
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

princess during the May Festival
at Potomac State college, Keyscr
The Southern High band will 90
to Winchester, Va, next Friday,
April 49, to participate in the APP
pie Blossom Festival parade.
The f. b. l. was at Southern
yesterday testing students of the
general business and stenographic
departments, who are interested in
jobs with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Members of the U.
S. air force are at the school to-
day for the same purpose.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

an inverted V and movable over
two floor to flesh them with curved
knives. These knives were about
two feet long with wooden end
grips for use with both hands.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

Crimes of violence showed an
alarming increase last year aud
arrests of juveniles continued
their upward climb"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

tannery and at the Meyers tam
merry in Meyersdale, Pa His son,
Adam John, became a tanner,
working in the family plant as
a boy and gaining added expert
encc at large commercial tan
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21
Southern Speaks
BY Dale Ellis

Tomorrow night at 800 p. m. in
the gymnasium the annual Rotary
Club sponsored Gymkana Show
from the University of Maryland
will be presented along with sew
cral students and organizations TAX
ing part.
Drama Club Event Set
Under the direction of Mr.. Mel
vim Garland the Senior High Drama
Club will stage its play, Bolts and
Nuts on April 20. Curtain time
is 800 in the gymnasium.
Harold Sharplcss, president,
stated that tickets can be purchased
from any member of the club or
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-04-21

1t will be necessary for any person or company
to fill out the necessary form obtuin permission and
post bond in the amount of $4,000 before tearing
up any streets alleys for the repairing of pipes
the laying OF pipes in the town of Mt Lake Park.
By Order OF
Mayor and Town Council of Mt Lake Park
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
Ddbbs. S. c. Fighter
For Equal Rights
Speaks Here Nov. ~

The observance Of Equal Oppor-
tunity Day on November 10, 1860
vii be the focus of the st. Paul
Urban Leagues Thirty-Seventh
Annual Meeting to be held at $50
pm, Thursday, November IT, 1850,
at the Hotel Lowry.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be James Mcbride Dabbs,
President Southern Regional Coun-
Gil.
The former college professor was
born near Mayesville, in Sumter
County, South Carolina, in 1896, of
ancestors on both sides who had
lived in South Carolina since about
1850.
Mr.. Dabbs holds an A. B. De-
gree from the University of South
Carolina; a M A. Degree from
Clark University, Worcester, Mas
sachusettes, and did graduate study
in English at Columbia University.
He taught college English, main
ly at Cocker College, Huntsville,
South Carolina for 20 years. He
was head of the Coker College Eng
lish Department for IL years.
Though he has been mainly a
farmer for more than the last 20
years, Mr.. Dabbs has contributed
to many leading American publica-
lions. Among these are the Old
Scribner's and the Old Forum, the
Christendom, The Yale Review, the
Virginia Quarterly, The Sewanee
Review, the Old Southern Review,
the South Atlantic Quarterly, the
Churchman, the Christian Century.
Problems of race relations have
been his chief interest for about
10 years. He is a southerner whose
views concerning the problems are
not wholly popular in his native
southland.
Race Relations In The Sixties
What Course For Americans
will be the theme of his talk. Per-
sons wanting to hear Mr.. Dabbs
are encouraged to make reserva-
tons early.
The meeting is open to the pub,
lie and reservations can be made by
calling the Urban League office al
Capital 2-2539.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11

able Lane finally reaches may not
please all readers; and who knows &?
it may not finally please Peace
able Lane.
Meanwhile 1t is useful to have
the problem dramatized for us
fairly and intelligently by a man
who is humane without being senti-
mental-and who, more to the
point, knows how to create cred
ible characters, can make them
move and talk, and can trace,
without any fancy psychologizing,
the varied conflicts an unpreced-
ented situation evokes in them"
The Fadiman review pretty well
sums up this writer's reactions.
There is no need to go into details
about the plot and spoil the sus-
pense for those who will be read
ing the book.
Cleveland, Ohio currently has a
reaI-life version of "Peaceable
Lane" on its hands. A Negro dem
fist, DR.. James f. Robinson and his
pediatrician wife, DR.. Lelabelle
Freeman Robinson, are defendants
in a suit to GUST them from the
$45, 900 home they bought in the
exclusive Shaker Heights section.
The suit, filed in Common Pleas
Court by the Helper Brothers
Building Co, alleges conspiracy
and fraud through a white middle
man and seeks to rescind the sale
of the house to the Robinsons.
The company also seeks 100000
for alleged damage to reputation.
The home was purchased on
September 9Th by a white attorney
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs Walter
S, Haffner The deed was recorded
on September 26th. Three days
later the Haffners sold the house
to the Robinsons, who had previ-
ously negotiated for house but
the building company had refused
to deal with them.
Thus, Cleveland is facing a
Peaceable Lane with far more bit
please Turn To Page 81
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
Legislation Chairman
Of Voters League
To Speak Sunday

Mrs. Josie Johnson, Legislation
chairman of the League of Negro
Voters, will address the North Stal
Branch of the National Alliance Of
Postal Employees at its regular
monthly meeting to be held Sunday
November 13, at the Nacirema
Club, 1899 Fourth Av. s., in Min,
neapolis.
Mrs. johnson will speak on the
subject Better Rights For al
People" The League of Negro Vot-
ers (LNV, non-partisan organ
ization, is designed to acquaint the
Negro, locally and nationally with
facts concerning the voting records,
aims and attitudes of political can
didates.
In the recent election, the League
polled candidates on their attitudes
concerning open occupancy legis-
lation and other issues respective
to Negro civil rights. Rev. Stanley
r. King, pastor of Sabathani Bap-
fist church in Minneapolis, heads
the Minneapolis branch of the
league.
Mrs. Timaleah Riess, presi-
dent of the postal groups women's
auxiliary, will also speak on the
contribution the auxiliary can
make to the community.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11


phenomenon actually occurring in
towns and suburbias all over the
country. A Negro family buys a
house in a small Westchester
County middle class development
and moves in. What happens? OBJ
viously each white citizen reacts
somewhat differently from his
neighbor, in accordance with his
background, his emotional make
up his character and his bank
account. These reactions Mr.
Wheeler orchestrates skillfully and
fairly so that in the end you get
a reasonably complete and con-
NnCing sense of just what it means
to a typical group of Northern
whites to have their modest but
treasured Utopia invaded by Ne
groes who will presumably send
property values plummeting and
who, to the more unbalanced
Peaceable Laners, threaten even
worse disasters"
Fadiman comments further: I'VE
all know that the Negro is on the
move, that in a sense he has ceased
to be a Southern problem, that it
is in the industrial cities and sub
urbias of the North which must
work out a principle of rational
accommodation. This will not be
easy-and Mr.. Wheeler makes it
clear that there are some ill-ad-
vised Negroes who are trying to
make it harder. The solution Peace
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
SEEK To CUT HOLIDAY
TRADE IN SPARTANBURG

Spartanburg, S. c., Nov. 3. -
The local NAACP this week
launched a full-scale drive of no
Christmas purchases in protest
against racial discrimination by
merchants here.
Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman,
NAACP field secretary, said the
people are angered by the mer-
chants poor service and biased
employment practices.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
Sonia Claus In
ST. Paul Saturday,
November the 19fh

Santa Claus will make his first
official public appearance of the
coming holiday season in the gala
Giant Balloon Parade, to be held
in st. Paul on Saturday, Novem-
Der 10.
The hour-long procession will be-
gin in the Capitol Approach at
10 am, proceed South on Robert
Street to Seventh, then West on
Seventh to st. Peter, where it will
disband on Hamm's Square.
Chief attractions, besides jolly
Mr. Claus, will be 35 giant ball
oons of toyland, storybook and
Western characters. The parade
theme this year is North, East,
West and South" and all the bal
looms will carry out that theme,
The Giant Balloon Parade is de-
signed to appeal especially to
youngsters Among the amazingly
huge balloons they'll see in the
line of march are a number which
range in length from 80 to IS feet,
including a mermaid, whale, octo-
pus, Siamese fighting fish, and a
colorful Viking ship.
Billed as parade spectacular
is a series of balloons totaling 125
feet in length, which feature a
real Western stage-coach "holdup,"
including horses, cowboys and all.
Many balloons are outstanding be-
cause of their height, including a
huge Turkey, an Indian tepee COM
plete with Indian, and IA foot
kangaroos.
Other features of the festive
parade include number of bands
and drum and bugle corps. Person
alities appearing in the holiday
spectacle include Mayor George
Vavoulis and his three children;
the new Miss Downtown st. Paul,
Maxine Roeske and her two Down.
town Processes, Joan Baillon, and
Mrs. Elsie Hintz; Boreas Rex XIV
Fred Soderberg; Queen of the
Shows Muriel Lux, and Vulcanus
Rex XIV Dan Baker.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11

contributing children's clothing
canned foods, cereal, etc.
The committee which was ap
pointed to develop the local "Oper
alton: Feed and Clothe the Babies
has:
Secured a vacant store at
6l5 Hennepin Avenue which
will serve as a collection cent
er for supplies. Benjamin Ber-
ger, who owns this property,
has made it available to the
Urban League without cost
during the period of November
10th through the goth
A long-distance truck (trac-
tor and trailer) and drivers
service have been donated to
transfer the supplies we col
lect to Louisiana.
Volunteers are needed to receive
supplies that are brought to tn,
collection center. If you would b,
willing to volunteer a few hour
at the center, please call the UrbaI
League office, FEE. 5-2197.
Make an appeal to your friend!
and the organizations to which yol
belong to contribute supplies t.
this effort.
Persons who wish more detailed
information about the problem il
Louisiana or the Urban League
project locally should call the Ur
ban League office, FEE. 5-2197.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
MECHANIC ARTS GIRLS
VOCATIONAL PTA HOLDS
FAMILY MIGHT NOV. I6

The Third Annual Family night
sponsored by the Mechanic Arts
Girls Vocational PTA is sched-
uled for Wednesday night Nov. 16
from 5 to 1870 pm, in the school
cafeteria.
Following the supper period par
ents will have opportunity to visit
classrooms and meet the teachers.
In addition to a delicious supper
menu there will be a White Ele-
plant sale. Many door prizes will
be offered also.
The PTA membership committee
will be on hand to help enroll those
who are not members into the
PTA. Everybody welcome!
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
COP. Chairman
Morton Says Negro
Elected Kennedy

Washington, D. C.-According to
Republican National Chairman
Thurston B. Morton, loss of half of
the 26 per cent of the Negro vote
which had supported Eisenhower
was primarily responsible for the
defeat of Nixon.
Morton said, I'VE should have
done more in that area three
months ago"
The Minorities division of the
National COP committee which
has played an important part in
the two prior COP Presidential
campaigns under the direction was
not given the budget for operation
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11
Only Six Candidates
Backed BY Paper
Lost Az Polls

Out of 81 endorsements of pol
iical candidat ties and charter
amendments made by this news
paper in it's final edition before
election only six of those the paper
supported failed of election.
The two charter amendments
the paper backed for school sup
port in Minneapolis and school and
other vital services in St. Paul
won victories at the polls.
A smashing victory was won by
Sen. Hubert Humphrey over Mayor
P. K. Peterson for US. Senator.
Other winners We're: Lieut-Gov.
Karl Rolvagg, DFL); Atty Gen.
Walter F. Mondale, CDFL); Sec
rotary of State Joseph L. Dono-
van, CDFL); State Treasurer Val
Bjornson, COOP; State Railroad
& Warehouse Commissioner, HAL
mer Peterson, (DFL); Fourth Dis
trict Congressman Joseph Karth
DFL) and Eighth District Con-
gresham John Blatnik, (DFL).
The paper endorsed Municipal
Judge Luther Sletten for district
court judge; supported Hennepin
Probate Judge Melvin Peterson for
reelection and Mrs. I. G. Scott, for
county commissioner Fourth dis
trict.
Legislators whom the paper sup
ported and who were victorious
Representatives John P. Skeate and
George E. Murk, 29th district; Rep
Sally Luther, Both district; Rep
James L. Adams, 31st district;
Reps. Stan Enebo and Edward ]
Volstad; Rep. Glen McCarty; Reps
Leo Moiser and Robert Late; Rep
Peter. Popovtch, 4Oth district and
Rep. Clifton Parks.
Near press time our choice fol
Governor OrviIle L. Freeman
(DFL), three time state chief ex
ecutive was running behind GOF
candidate Elmer L. Andersen, by
about $4,000 votes.
Congressman Roy Wier, (DFL)
was trailing in a close race will
Clark McGregor for the Third dis
trict congressional post and Georg,
Matthews, CDFL), had conceded
defeat by Congressman Walter
Judd, veteran COP Congressman
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-11-11

abandon segregated schools.
Practically none of the families
involved had any reserve funds.
With the stoppage OF relief checks
as of July 18th, desperate cases
of need began to arise among these
families toward the end of July,
and by mid-August, conditions be-
came intolerable.
A report issued October 26, 1860
by the National Urban League in
diCates that the status of the chill
dren who have been removed from
the Aid to Dependent Children rolls
in Louisiana is still very critical.
Forty percent of the $500 chill
dren in Greater New Orleans and
ninety percent of the 1900 plus
in other communities throughout
the state have not been reinstated
on the welfare rolls.
Minneapolis citizens recognize
that the responsibility for correct
ing this critical problem lies with
the Department of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare and the Louisiana
Board of Public Welfare. However
in the meantime, there are thou
sands of children in dire need of
food and clothing and some cases
shelter.
In an attempt to partially meet
this need, we are appealing to the
Minneapolis community to join a
number of other communities
throughout the country which are