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Evening star., 1960-07-16

St. Vincent de Paul devoted his life to the poor the
sick, the unfortunate. When he was young priest,
he was captured by Barbary pirates and sold into
slavery. But he never forgot his mission He
preached and ministered to his fellow galley slaves
Later, he converted his master and escaped. As a
free man. st. Vincent continued his charity work
among slaves and established missions which later
grew into the Congregation of Priests of the Mission
or "Lazartes," devoted to work among the Christian
captiveS in MoSlem lands. Two centuries after the
death Of st. Vincent young Frederic Ozanam was
taunted about his faith: Show us your works!"
Guided by the principle Find those in need and go
to them" Ozanam and his friends founded society
Of laymen devoted to social service and dedicated it
to st. Vincent. Thus today, the Society Of st.
Vincent de Paul continues to minister to the aing,
feed the starving shelter the homeless and carry
in the inspiring spirit of its patron Saint-By Howard
Brodie, AP NewsfeatureS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-17
Southern Speaks
BY Dale sIlis

Results of the class elections
which were held on Tuesday have
been announced by the Election
committee of the Student Council.
Seventh grade president is John
Sanders with his assistants being
Wendy Wooters, vice president;
Linda Arnold, secretary; and Steve
Harvey treasurer.
Bobby Lohr was elected presi-
dent of the eighth grade. Judy Kill
dow is the vice president; Sandra
Jordan, secretary; and Deanna
Fike, treasurer.
Ninth grade president is Judy
Taylor with her assistants being
Won Johnson, vice president;
Sharon Goodwin, secretary; and
Bobby Sweitzer, treasurer.
Jack Jones is the new head of
the tenth grade with Nelson
SWartzentruber, vice president;
Mary LaSkey, secretary; ana Marty
McComas, treasurer.
Attends Workshop
Last Saturday, Miss Ann Dill
gard, faculty advisor; Jim Craig,
vice president; Linda Teets, sec
rotary: Barbara Rice, treasurer;
and Dale Ellis, assistant treasurer;
attended the Upper Western Re-
gional Student Council Meeting at
Bruce High School in Western
port.
Items discussed were Parliamen-
tary Procedure, How the Student
Council Can Develop Good Teen
age Conduct, Promoting School
Spirit, and the Duties of Good
Homemaker Representative.
Hosts and Hostesses
Susan Gibson, JEANNE Foley,
Jim Craig, Dick Stuck, Carole
Campbell, Kitty Blizzard, Carol
Wooters, Linda Teets, Joyce
Groves, Jack Jones, Sue Martin,
Mary Lou Adams, Alice Towne,
Jim Friend, and Dennis Sanders
acted as hosts and hostesses for
parent visitation day at Southern
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-17
Extension Dates Listed

Dates of Homemaker club and
other extension organization meet
ingS were announced this week by
Miss Ethel Grove, home demon
stration agent.
November 81, Meadow Glade
club, ~ noon at Penn Alps, Grants
Vile. Mrs. Curtis Miller and Mrs
James Fitzwater will give the dem
onstration on floor coverings. Mrs.
Paul Skipper will give the monthly
report.
November %, Sunnyside club, 80,
home of Mrs. Luther Seibert. Mrs.
Harold White and Mrs. Ross Grove
will give the demonstration and
Mrs. Rogers j. Fike will give the
report Bittinger club, 1880 p m,
home of Mrs. Robert o. Glotfelty,
Miss Lucille Glotfelty and Mrs.
Clarence Stephen will give the
demonstration Mrs. Elmer Shaw
ley will give the report.
Miss Grove announced tina.
Homemaker clubs were cooperating
with observance of Farm City
week, November Is to "a. Each
club has received pamphlets and
will report on their activities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-17
KemPton Pictured
With 1914 Activity

One of the ghost towns" in
Guided in a recent tour arranged
by the Garrett County Historical
society was Kempton, pictured
here at the height of its growth in
1914
This years visitors saw little to
resemble the photograph, however,
for the mines which once ac-
counted for its prosperity are
closed and practically all of the
buildings pictured have been demol-
ished or moved to other locations.
Scars dotting the hillside give
most evidence of the town that
once was among the most prosper
Gus in the county, giving employ
ment to several hundred miners
and providing a livelihood for
their families.
Like most mining towns, Kemp
ton in its day had considerable
community spirit and long sup
ported a top-notch baseball team
and a community band, which was
organized and taught by Harry
Mickey.
And like many other commune
ties, it had its share of trouble.
One of the worst mine accidents
in the area occurred at Kempton
on February 20, 1916, just two
years after this photograph was
taken. Then, 16 miners lost their
lives in an explosion at No. AZ
mine, the force of the blast being
reported as far away as Oakland.
In addition to those killed out
right, 70 other miners were en-
tombed but later rescued. Special
trains carrying doctors, surgeons
and emergency equipment were
sent from Cumberland and Thorn
as w. Va, to care for the injured.
Planned In 1918
The towns construction was still
in the planning stage in 1913 when
the following announcement was
issued:
"a new town will soon be built
on the border line of West Vir-
ginia and Maryland, in the vicinity
of the Fairfax stone. The name of
the new town will be KemptOn,
and it will have railroad connec-
tions with the Western Maryland
at the place known as Wilsonia,
which in years gone by was a
thriving lumber town.
Exemption will be built by the
Davis Coal and Coke company,
which will put down two or three
shafts TO the lower seam of coal
which is now worked by the COM
pany at Henry, but because of
water and gas is not being pro-
duced profitably.
"a strip of ground several hun
dred feet wide and about three
quarters of a mile long has al
ready been cleared, and houses
for tools and horses erected.
Work on dwelling houses and a
store will soon be started, and at
no distant date another town will
be added to the map"
BY 1918, the town had grown to
include 106 houses, with popula-
ton of $50. There was a motion
picture theatre, school, large play
ground and electric lights and ma
tural gas we're available to those
living there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-17

last Friday.
Approximately eighty parents
visited the school in observance
of American Education Week.
These students are members of
the Future Teachers of America
and the Student Council.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-11-17

Jobless figure was put at $780,
900 in latest October figures.
Evening star., 1960-12-11

the foremost dramatist in
England.
1t is not enough. He must
be a statesman too. He be-
comes an ardent Whig. His
first speech in Parliament lays
an egg A publisher says to
him, Parliament is not your
line.' Sheridan replies, 1T
is In me, and, by God, 1t shall
come out"
Eventually. it does come out,
too, in a smashing speech on
the impeachment of Warren
Hastings. which makes him
for a time. "the first man in
England" The darling of
duchesses. the playfellow of
the Prince Regent, the fore
most conversationalist of his
day. a prodigious drinker and
inexhaustible man about
town. Sheridan falls into
drunkenness and debt. He is
irrepressible to the last.
Mr.. Sherwin does full JUS
tice to the atmosphere of the
times and the liveliness of his
subject. The thought occurs
that even in such a life as
Sheridan's there must have
been a few quiet moments.
None are recorded in this
biography,
Evening star., 1960-12-11
Adventures in the Life
Of q Book Collector

which he paid $l06.000. It
was in turn sold to Harkness
who gave it to Yale Uni
versity.
One of the strangest by
products of DR.. Rosenbach's
activities was his sale Of a
$2.250 lot of pornography to
DR.. Kinsey. The earthly
Rosenbach enjoyed that one.
One of his most speculative
ventures: He bought $4,000
worth Of Conrad manuscripts.
Time alone will tell whether
he was right.
This long biography of DR..
Rosenbach is by two former
associates. They know every
thing about the doctor and
they've just about put 1t all
in this somewhat stolid book.
Even a hardened auction fan
and book lover cannot keep
his mind on quite as many
purchases and sales as are
told here. Every reader will
have his favorites and this is
perhaps justification for this
over-abundance of riches.
And it is, incidentally. such
a handsome Job of book max
ing that it would have caught
the appreciative eye Of the
great connoisSeur himself
Not that he would have read
it all. probably. He might
have wondered how such a
racy man could turn up in
such a stately book.
EDWIN TREBLE.
Evening star., 1960-12-11
Family
To Be Envied
.AtChristmus
SIX MORE AT SIXTY. BY

SIX MORE AT SIXTY. BY
Robert Hyde. Doubleday;
$3.95O
Mr.. Hyde and his patient
wife raised a family and then
sat back to enjoy their leisure
and their grandchildren. But
leisure seemed to be empty
and their children's children
could be nothing more than
a part-time dalliance.
So, sensibly enough. they
decided to start all over
again. 1t was easy to get six
more children. A local Or
phanage had six brothers and
sisters who needed a home.
The Hydes took them in.
Parental love can develop
in a matter of seconds. All
it takes is for someone to
hand a couple some children
and say, Here, they're
yours" 1t may be just chem
istry-or possibly idiocy-but
the Hydes, like other normal
people, could take their noisy.
messy. destructive brood and
with no appreciable time in
terval become loving par
entS.
Mr.. Hyde is professional
writer and a fascinating
human being. And with six
more children at age so. he
could hardly help but write
a warm, funny and moving
book.
But he himself is more in
terested in a simple message.
He wants to tell people who
haven't tried it how a house
full of children can enrich a
couples life. His aren't cute,
golden-haired and dimpled.
They are just wonderful, nor
NAL children. He's lucky to
have them. And with the
number of homeless children
available in this world, any
one can hit the jackpot just
as the HydeS did. R. F.
Evening star., 1960-12-11
ACTORS FIRST NOVEL
Peter Ustinov
In d New Role.
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic

happy, and unprecedented
shooting breaks out. A NUM-
Der Of German soldiers are
killed, the partisans enjoy o
brief triumph, but revenge Ia
certain and ruthless. The
Italian village Is wiped out,
under the command Of Hans:
women and children are
killed. the houses burned.
Hans is not exactly re-
morseful afterward, when the
war Is over and he Is o
fugitive from the new Italian
government, which wants to
try him as q war criminal.
But he is a confused, even
hewildered young man, who
Is beginning to wonder why
he was taught and believed
so readily that Germans were
righteous. infallible and in
vincible.
The man sent to track him
down is a scion of q noble
family. Val di Sarat. Val
once tarried in Chicago and
as bodyguard for q gang
lord and later was a success
ful sur-realist painter.
They Fight Each Other
He and other characters
are decidedly diverting. In
fact. what gives this story
distinction as 4 war novel
not only Is its knowledgeable
rambles through Germany
and Italy, but the wit, some
times a savage sort. that in
fuses it.
The Italian partisan leader,
known as Old Plumes, re-
marks on one occasion: I'VE
are q nation of individuals.
In peace time this has its
advantages, in that we have
given the world painters,
poets. architects. mechanics,
explorers on o scale unap-
preached by any other nation.
In time Of war, however. it
has its disadvantages. We
still produce excellent heroes,
who 60 to their death in one
man torpedoes and in other
desperate single operations.
When we are in a mass. how
ever. we frankly lack excel
lence. Every nation has some
kind of constitutional trag-
edy. Ours is the lamentable
fact that when there are
many Italians together they
invariably fight more effec-
lively against each other than
they do against the enemy"
Evening star., 1960-12-11
ON THERMONUCLEAR

- - - ~ Se'A ~ Az ~ ~ - - II -
WAR. BY Herman Kahn.
Princeton University
Press; $10.)
This certainly is the most
significant book on military
affairs to be published this
year. Perhaps it is the most
significant since Hiroshima.
1t will be the starting point
for all future studies of
thermonuclear war-studies
which this country desper-
ately needs.
Mr.. Kahn, who is one of
the analysts on the staff of
the Rand research company,
has contributed here in two
, ways. First he has summed
up and improved on the
various strategic arguments
advanced by other writer's in
the past decade. He gives
all the arguments for and
against such ideas as "coun-
terforce" and finite deter
renee" and he gives the
reader a clearer picture of
these rival strategies than is
given by even their most
ardent Pentagon advocates
. and detractors.
New Strategy
Secondly. he has thought
even farther on nuclear war
problems and has put to-
gether new strategy ideas
which should stimulate mill
tary thinkers for years.
: He has no neat solutions.
No one, after all. knows how
Evening star., 1960-12-11
Most Significant Book
On Military Affairs

to 60 about fighting thermo-
nuclear wars or detefring
them. There is no body Of
experience to draw on. But
he. does show that careful
analysis will blow away some
of the popular assumptions
about nuclear war. Most i'm
portant, as far as the general
public Is concerned. is that an
all-out war can be fought
without destruction Of the
things Americans have al
ways believed are worth fight
ing for. We can still defend
our world without q feeling
OF hopelessness.
A Needed Book
The men in the Pentagon
and in the new administra-
ton who most certainly will
be reviewing nuclear war
strategy in the coming
months need this book. For
shockingly enough, there has
been no thorough, basic re-
view of our nuclear-War stra-
tegy since the Soviets built
enough bombs, planes and
missiles to kill $50 million
Americans in one day. Pen
tagon strategists can do we'll
to start with Mr.. Kahn.
And the public. the people
whose lives are at stake, can
use the book as a guide
against the sloppy thinking
that passes for strategic an
alysis in the Pentagon these
days. q
RICHARD FRYKLUND.
Evening star., 1960-12-11

minister IN 1888, the c0f1ee
houses rang with this couplet:
"A sight to make surrounding
nations stare,
A kingdom trusted to a
Schoolboy'S care"
The doggerel is found in a
biography of Richard Brins-
ley Sheridan, the playwright
who preferred to be a mem
ber Of Parliament. In the
recent campaign. we had an
example of the same hanker-
ing. when Gore Vidal, author
Of THE Best Man" ran for
Congress, although not sue
cessfully.
Mr.. Sheridan. who has
come down to US mainly as
the man who wrote The
School for Scandal" and "The
Rivals" was much more in
his day, as is amply attested
in a new biography entitled
UNCORKING OLD SHERRY
by Oscar Sherwin (Twayne;
So.
Mr.. Sherwin has written
his narrative OF the brilliant
and disorderly life of Sheri-
dan in the present tense.
which gives 1t a certain fever
ish liveliness, but a little less
depth than it might have
had.
Certainly 1t was a feverish
age. Eating. drinking. weep
ing. duelling. wenching-all
are carried on to an excessive
degree. Sheridan participates
in what his biographer calls
"the carnival Of animal man"
to the fullest.
He arrived on the scene as
the hero Of a presposterous
real-life romance with q
beautiful maiden sore beset
by the attentions Of a mar
ried man. He fights several
duels. spirits her of to France,
finally marries her amid uni
versal applause. They settle
down and within a year, he
has established himself as
Evening star., 1960-12-11

WIN Lne DlrLn OF Tie new
administration. the reader
should find Prof. Morgen-
thau's comments on the prob
lens Of the presidency and
his suggestions for dealing
with them of special interest.
Here Is o sampler:
1.-THE President tends to
become the top manager of
an administrative machine,
the co-ordinator or the CO.
ordinators. :. BY curing the
ailment Of overwork (through
expansion Of the executive
ofices, etc.. we have-para-
doxically enough-aggravat-
ed the ailment Of isolation.
The real problem is no longer
that the President has too
much to do but that he can
no longer do what he alone
must do-that is. to govern
intelligently and decisive
ly :"
Too Many Agencies
"The President has been
cut of from direct and full
contact with the issues that
await his decision by layers
upon layers of agencies and
inter-agency com m ittees
which as a rule present him,
not with the issue in all its
complexity and controversi-
ality, but with a dehydrated
condensation and a solution
that satisfies and hurts no
body. :"
THE President can
make his will prevail within
Evening star., 1960-12-11
the local preoccupation

the executive branch to the
extent that he is willing and
able to use the powers Of his
office and of his person. For,
as Chief Executive, the Pres
ident is the politician-in-
chief Of the Nation. In Or
der to see his decision put
into action by his subordi-
mates, he can and must
promise and threaten, reward
and punish :"
His Loneliness
There is no remedy outside
himself for the heaviest bur-
den the President must bear:
His loneliness at the pinnacle
Of decision and power. But
-. from that loneliness, call
ing for the ultimate reserves
of his mind and soul, springs
the Presidents greatness :"
The comments on the
presidency are, of course,
only a tiny part of this stimu-
lating, wide-ranging, articu-
late book. There is much,
much more. And there is q
bonus; the appendix con-
tains THE Great Betrayal"
Prof. Morgenthau's excellent
discussion of the social i'm
plications of the Charles Van
Doren TV scandal and the
biting "Epistle to the Colum-
bians on the Meaning Of Mo-
rality." in which he replied
to Columbia University stu
dents who took issue with
him on the Van Doren case.
CHARLES b. SEIB.
Evening star., 1960-12-11
THE LOSER. BY Peter usti-

THE LOSER. BY Peter Usti-
nov. (Atlantic- Little.
Brown; $4.50.)
This war novel is different
from the long run of these
stories. A satirical vein runs
through it.
No more than you'd ex-
pect. however, from Peter
Ustinov. He gained consider
able fame as an actor, In
New York, London and Paris.
and then blossomed as a sue
cessful playwright ("The
Love of Four Colonels" and
"Romanof and Juliet"), and
then published Add a Dash
Of Pity" a collection of un-
usual short stories.
THE Loser" is his first
novel, and it certainly Is
worth reading.
The hero" is a German
youth. Hans Wintershield,
the son of q retired colonel
who served in World War I.
The colonel is not a bad
sort, and certainly he has
grave reservations when Hit
Ter takes over. revives the
Super-man of Nietzsche and
Wagner and spreads anti
semitism. But the boy, a
good student, and little
model in every way, ahSorbs
his ideas not at home but in
school and on the streets.
He grows up a dedicated
young Nazi. Plunging into
the new war, he becomes a
major at "a and is fanati-
cally brave. in Russia and on
other fronts. Finally, he is
sent to Italy, where the
Germans are gradu ally
pushed back to the north.
Falls In Love
In Italy, during the slow
withdrawal of his troops,
Hans for the first time be-
gins to wonder whether Hit
ler's ideas were the last word,
to wonder, in fact. what life
really means. And then, for
the first time, he falls in
love-with a youthful Italian
prostitute in Florence.
Meanwhile, Italian parti-
sans, meeting at night for
flowery exchanges of senti-
ments. led by a titled man
who was q World War I hero,
stumble into Q German
patrol. Both sides are trigger
Evening star., 1960-12-11
ROSENBACH: A biograpt

ROSENBACH: A biography.
BY Edwin Wolf II with
John F. Fleming. (World
Publishing Co.; $10D
Collecting rare books is a
millionaire's pastime. Some
famous collectors included
Harry Widener, Jerome Kern,
Henry c. Folger. Henry E.
Huntington, Harry Harkness,.
J. P. Morgan, Frank Hogan of
Washington - the list was
long and exclusive. But there
was one thing all the COL
lectors had in common: DR..
A. S. w. Rosenbach.
The willy little Philadelphia
dealer was absolutely un-
equalled in his business-or
was it his art? He began
conventionally enough work.
ing in an old book store
owned by his uncle. His
brother provided an easy out
let in his gift shop. Able
Rosenbach was on his way.
In the end he had a big busi-
ness in Philadelphia and an
even more impressive one in
a great mansion in New York.
Most of his books ran into the
thousands.
Set Prices High
A mercurial man. he loved
to buy and hated to sell. This
enabled him to set his prices
high. Profits in the hundreds
of percentages were nothing.
His activities were so wide
spread that it became COM
mon practice among book
auctioners to report "All sales
to DR.. Rosenbach unless
otherwise noted"
His favorite bargain was a
letter of Amerigo Vespucci
for which he paid 1890. He
had intended to 60 as high
as fl,100. Any auction fan
will understand his feeling.
His most publicized pur-
chase was. of course. the
manuscript of "Alice in Won
derland." He paid f15,4O0
for it and sold it to Eldridge
johnson, who once owned
the Victor Talking Machine
Co. When Mr.. johnson died,
DR.. Rosenbach bought it back
from his estate for $4,000.
He'd always felt a little guilty
that the manuscript had left
England and he had the idea
Of a group of wealthy Amer
leans buying it and giving it
to the British Museum as a
good will gesture. This was
done.
Gutenberg and Kinsey
The most expensive single
volume DR.. Rosenbach bought
was a Gutenberg Bible for
Evening star., 1960-12-11
The Castro Revolution
From Opposite Sides

constructive role in free
world strategy during the
coming decade. For this to
occur, 1t is essential that
steps be taken to prevent
communism from radiating
outward from its Cuban base
and to help the Cuban peo-
pie to destroy. the tyranny
which is killing them swiftly
and totally"
Pro Castro
Mr.. Mills. vino Is a pro-
fessor Of sociology at Colum-
bia, is frankly pro. Castro.
The authors views are set
forth in a series OF supposed
letters from Cubans to q
collective Yankee. According
to the letter writers, we
helped BatiSta exploit the
masses Of Cubans
Like mucn of Latin
America but more So" this
letter adds. we're fed up
with what your corporations
and what your governments
do down here. They've DOM
mated us long enough :"
In closing chapters. Mr..
Mills says ne agrees with
most Of what his letter
writers charge. The author
rejoices that the Cuban
revolution has swiftly de-
strayed the economic basis
Of capitalism-both foreign
and Cuban. Most of this
power was foreign-in fact.
North American"
While Mr.. Mills disclaims
any sympathy for "Stalin-
ism," it is hard to see what
his book will accomplish be-
yond bringing comfort to
Communists and fellow
travellers. &C. b. ].
Evening star., 1960-12-11
Forthcoming

CHINA COURT by Runner
Golden, tale of a fairly
haunted house in Wales; A
BURNT.OUT CASE, story Of
a leper hospital by Graham
Greene. (These are selec-
tions of the Book of the
Month Club for MarchO
From Robert Lewis Taylor,
who won the Pulitzer Prize
for THE Travels of Jamie
McPheeters." a story of the
post Civil War period in the
border and Southern States,
to be called JOURNEY TO
MATECUMBE.
Evening star., 1960-12-11
Other Books of the Week in Brief

with an introduction by
Stanley Burnshaw. (Holt,
Rlnehart and Winston;
$6.50.) For those who be-
lieve poetry cannot be
translated. The idea is to
give a poem in its original
language, then present a
literal translation of it and
a discussion of the mean
ing. For scholars this is
of much value; to the
casual reader much of the
joy of the poem goes away
when it is disSected.