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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Return Match With
Mountaineer Quint
Will Not Be Played

Southern High school will not
be able to meet Mountainccr High
of Thomas in a return engage
mcnt, according to regulations of
the State Athletic association, 1t
was learned this week from Dick
Travis, athletic director at South
Crn.
The regulations provide that no
high school team may engage in
more than two athletic contests
in any ono week and that the
season be limited to 20 games.
Apparently the only exception is
when bad weather prevents a
game from being played. 1t may
be scheduled at a future date
agreeable to both teams and may
make an extra game for a par
ticular week.
Last week the game between
MountaineCr and Southern was
cancelled because one of the
players of the Mountainccr team
died following an automobile ac-
cidcnt The game was tentatively
reset for February IS. but Herbert
Stincr, state supervisor of physical
education and secretary of the
state association, said there was
nothing in the bylaws to cover
the situation, therefore no game
could be played unless Southern
failed to quality for the district
tournament. But West Virginia
tournament play begins about that
time.
Southern won the first encounter
at Thomas Oh January 5, rs to 6i.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
North Glade Is High
January Attendance

North Glade, two teacher
school with IS pupils, was high in
attendance for January with 95.5
percent, according to John L.
Fitzwatcr, supervisor of pupil per-
sonnet.
Yoder school, a graded unit with
lO1 students, was second with 93.5,
while Bloomington, also graded
school with SO pupils, was third
with 934. Northern High school
with 759 students, had 1872 while
Southern, with lilo students, had
percentage of 919.
The report covered 4,762 stu
dents. grades one through twelve,
in the eighteen schools of the
county. There are four two-tcacher
schools, twelve graded schools and
two high schools.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Roads Department
Has New Blower
To Remove Snow

The County Roads department
this week invested in new piece
of equipment that will be disable
in normal times but has snow
blower attachment that will be
particularly effective after severe
snoWstorms in opening blocked
highways.
Carl Schcll, president of the
County Commissioners, announced
that new tractor shovel had been
purchased from the RiSh Equip
ment company at cost of S16,-
$40. The snow blower attachment
cost an additional $3.50
Considered one of the most
modern pieces of equipment, this
blower will remove drifts up to
fourteen feet high, and when do
ing jobs on drifts that high will
remove about miles per hour
On ordinary drifts it will move
much faster The equipment also
will be used for widening the
openings through drifts following
storms. The machine has a capaci-
ty of II cubic yards per minute
During other months of the year
it will be used as pay loader.
Mr.. Schell said the county had
one other snow blower, obtained
from a surplus equipment com
pany, but this has no up and down
action and can cut through a drift
at only one level.
A demonstration was given Mon
day on the county roads and the
result was excellent. Mr.. Schcll
said. He said all highways were
completely open by evening on
Monday and that no complaints
had been received by the Roads
department as a result of the
storm just past.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Portable CruSher
For Commissioners
Arrives In Oakland

The portable stone cruShcr, pur-
chased last November from the
McClung and Logan Equipment
company of Baltimore for $4,000,
by the County Commissioners ar
rived in Oakland Monday and I'M
loading of the equipment was COM
pletcd the following day.
At the time Of the purchase Carl
Schel, president, said it would be
possible to move the stone cruSher
to any point where a road was
being improved and that there
would be great savings effected
by using stone at the site instead
Of transporting stone from
crushCr TO the job. He said the
commissioners felt the machine
would pay for itself within . few
years.
The stone Crushcr WAS one Of
several purchases made recently
A number Of pieces of surplus
equipment we're purchased through
division of the T. S. government
at savings of several thousand
dollars All are for the County
Roads department.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Exhaust Fumes Fatal
To Grantsville Girl

Miss Sonya Clair Patton, aged %,
of Grantsville, was found dead
Sunday morning, February Ia, in
the garage of her home, victim,
authorities said, of carbon mon
oxide poisoning. She resided with
her grandmother, Mrs. Orpha Pat
ton.
Miss Patton was found dead ~
ing in the seat of her car about
l1:30 a. m, by her grandmother.
Trooper Glen d. Folk, who in
vestigated for the Maryland State
Police, said death was accidental.
He said there were no indications
of suicide or foul play. Officials
said Miss Patton was on the front
seat of her car as if she were
tired and said it was possible she
became i'll just after she drove the
car into the garage.
Authorities said she had been
visiting friends in nearby Addison,
Pa, left there at lis a. m. and
apparently reached home about
100 a. m.
Her grandmother, Trooper Mil
ton Hart said, was not alarmed
when Miss Patton failed to come
home, as she often stayed with
her friends in Addison all night.
The switch was still turned on
when the body was found, but the
car had run out of gas. The heater
was still running. One possibility
was that the high winds which
were sweeping the county had
driven exhaust fumes to the front
of the car, making her i'll
Miss Patton was a native of
Grantsville and had been working
for a number of years at the Sails
bury undergarment factory. She
was born January "a, 1896, a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Betty Patton Surviv-
ing are her mother and grand
mother
Miss Patton was a member of
Christ Lutheran Church and
the church missionary society.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
from the Newman Funeral home
in Grantsville with Rev. David
Fetter, PASTOR Officiating. Inter
ment was in the Grantsville Gene
terry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Train Is Derailed AZ
Swanton Thursday

Ten cars of an 84-car Baltimore
and Ohio railroad freight train
we're derailed last Thursday morn
ing near Swanton on the 17-mile
grade,
The train was cnroutc to Cum
berland from Grafton when the
cars jumped the tracks, causing
considerable damage to both the
freight cars and the tracks. The
wreck blocked all three tracks at
81St bridge. After the overturned
cars we're uncouplcd the engine
continued to Cumberland with 68
cars.
Passenger train No. IL, west
bound was delayed for more than
three hours. The WcStbound track
was cleared prior to 4 p. m. but
two others we're not opened until
Friday morning. Train No. IL, cast
bound, was on time in Oakland
but about 20 minutes late arriving
in Cumberland,
No one was injured in the wreck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Directors Reflected In
Credit Associations

A. o. Riley was reelected TO
serve as director in the Produc-
ton Credit Association and L.
Ross Grove was named to serve
again as a Federal land bank as
ISOLATION director, at meeting of
the association at the William
James hotel in Oakland on Feb
ruary 9th. Some IS members and
guests attended.
Claude w. Wagner, ST., of Nc
Henry, served as chairman. An
nouncement of the directors was
deferred until the final meeting
February 18th at the Shrine club
near Burlington. Others named
were E. Foster Dyer and John w
Fisher as Production Credit as
ISOLATION directors; and S. r. Pan
cake and David p. NanMctcr a.
Federal Land Bank association di-
rectors
The two associations arc q part
of national farm credit system
which makes long and short term
loans to farmers in Allegany and
Garrett counties in Maryland;
Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral
and Pendleton counties in West
Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
March Term Juries
Selected Monday
George Stuck Named Fore
man Of Grund Jury
Women Selected

Seventeen women we're drawn
for jury duty among the forty-eight
persons selected Monday morning
by Associate Judge Neil c. Fra
ley, to serve at the March Term
of the Circuit Court. This is the
second jury selected since the
law went into effect granting
women the right TO serve on jurics.
The first time fifteen we're Sc
lected, but some indicated they
did not desire to serve.
The law doesn't actually com
pei women to serve on a jury,
but after being selected, if she
doesn't want to serve she must go
through a stretch of red tape"
She must present her objections
in writing to the clerk of the Cir
cult court within a certain period
after being notified that she has
been called to duty.
The twenty-three grand jurors
and twenty-five petit jurors were
selected in the presence of at
torneys and court officials. Judge
Fraley named George F. Stuck,
of Oakland, as foreman of the
Grand jury which is scheduled to
convene Monday, March IA, at 10
o'clock a. m.
Other members of the grand
Jury include Audrey NJ Edwards,
Evelyn II. Holiday, Albert Ma
grudcr, Clarence F. Arnold,
Wayne Frederick, William f.
Clatterbuck, Daniel B. Wilson,
George Vitcz, William S. Beaver,
Earl O. Wondcrly, Olga A. Elliott,
Clark V. burst, John r. Thrashcr
Leah C. Dewitt Carlton Bowscr,
Helen T. Baumgartner. Ward X.
LivengoOd, Dorsey Guard, Ray
mond Schlosnagle, C. Glenn Shat
fer, Ruth Hoye, Stanley f. Calls.
Six of the twcnty-three are wom-
en-.
The petit jury is scheduled to
report for duty Monday, March
%, at 9 a. m. Members include
Velma d. Sweitzer Clayton E.
Speicher, Curtley H. Bernard,
Sadie C. Roth, Vida G. Fahey,
Carl H. Richter, George d. Meese,
Etheline Jones, Oneida j. Davis,
Virgil T. Steyer, Jr, Clyde c.
Gnegy. John Gordon Calls, Char
les o. Hanlin, Britten Martin, Ross
D. Sewers, Edith Hutson, Albert
l.. Walter, Pleasant c. Thrasher,
R. Russell Ryland, Mabel Bender,
Ethel B. HeSser, Frank P. Turner,
Daniel G.. O'Brien, Marie E.
Schmidt, Lorena F. Smith. Eleven
of the persons named on the petit
jury are women.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Hospital Adds Two
Pieces of Equipment

Two new pieces of scientific
equipment, to aid in the treatment
of heart diseases, have recently
been purchased by the Garrett
County Memorial hospital and are
now in place in the institutions
operating rooms.
Henry w McCOmas, hospital adj
ministrator, said receipt of the De
fibrillator and a Cardiac Pace
maker puts the local institution on
a level with much larger medical
centers for treatment of this type
of ailment.
He explained that under some
circumstances, it is necessary to
stop the action of an crratic heart
beat, and the Defibrillator, shown
to the left in the accompanying
photograph. does just that, while
emergency treatment is given.
Following use of the Defibrillator
or in connection with oxygen dur
ing many other types of heart
standstill, the other unit restores
heart beat at a predetermined rate
and maintains it through electrical
impulses. To the extreme right in
the picture are shown several sets
of grids, which are attached to the
heart muscles and control action
of that organ.
McComas added that the local
hospital is one of the first in the
area to install equipment of this
advanced technical nature and
said the institution would con
tinuc to keep abreast of advances
in medical equipment SO that our
patients will receive the same gen.
eral treatments expected in much
larger medical ccntcrS."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Lumber Firm
Would Like To
Move Into Area
Activity Is Under Spon-
sorship Of Corpora
ton OF C. OF C.

Definite possibilities for bring
ing half million dollar industry
to Oakland was outlined yesterday
by members of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Mt Top Chamber of
Commerce.
The announcement came Just a
few days after the Chamber, at
special meeting last Friday night,
agreed to form a development
corporation for the purpose of
helping to provide land and build
ings for industry in this area.
Members of the Chamber said
that the HarcO Lumber company
was hoping to come into the terri
tory to set up complete lumber
business for the purchase of logs
and lumber, for the manufacture
of furniture dimension products,
to provide kiln dried lumber in
quantity, and TO utilize the entire
tree in some form or another. AS
ISOLATED in the company would be
the E. c. Grimm Lumber company,
of Terra Alta. Hardwood Corpora
ton of America, with sales
agency and dimension plant at
Ashevillc, N. c.; the Bcmis Lum-
Der company, Robinsville, N. c.;
and the Veach-May-Wilson Lum-
Der company, of Alcoa, Tenn.
First Contact Months Ago
Mr.. Grimm first contacted the
County Commissioners several
months ago who okayed the idea
and suggested working with the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. Grimm
said he started several months ago
to interest officials of these COM
panieS in placing a dimension
plant in the area. AS a result Of
ficials of the company came to the
mountain top. spent much time in
covering the ground closely from
Luke to Kingwood and decided
that Oakland was the ideal place
for such an industry.
He then obtained information
about the lumber potential of the
area from the Forestry department
and individual timber operators, re-
sulting in a decision that this Sec
ton would be able to support an
industry on a perpetual basis, as
suming that the people Of the area
would enter into an educational
program, for wise management of
forest land. He cited one instance
of operators cutting up sizcablc
logs into mine props for $500
thousand when the same log in
one piece would bring twice the
amount.
The operation first of all would
include a building 60 by $50 feet
for a general purpose building and
another ono Ga by 40, about 80
feet high for kiln drying of lumber.
1t would furnish work for some
Is people at the start and for two
or three months, and would
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Boat License Bill
Goes to Legislature

An act to license and regulate
power and sail boats in Maryland
was introduced in the Maryland
Legislature last Friday
The State has until April to
assume jurisdiction over rcgulat-
ing such boats or the federal gov
crnmcnt will license them.
Tho act, revised from one which
failed at the last session, would
require owners of any boats not
manually propelled or registered
with the federal government to
register them with the Depart
ment of Tidewatcr Fisheries after
June l.
The fisheries department would
have primary responsibility for
administration of the act, al
though the Game and Inland Fish
department would be in charge of
boats on inland waters.
Licenses would cost Sc and be
effective for three-year period.
Fees would be used TO administer
the act and to develop waterways
and other improvements for the
boating public.
The proposed law also sets some
regulations on water skiing. 1t
prohibits skiing between sunset
and sunrise and requires that there
be a second person in the towing
boat at least II years old to OBJ
serve the progress of the person
being toWed.
Reports of boating accidents
would be required TO be submitted
TO the TidcWatcr Fisheries De-
partmcnt within 48 hours if death
or disappearance resulted, and
within days if person injury or
property damage was involved.
A controversial section which
would have required that no per-
son under IL be allowed TO operate
a boat unless accompanied by an
adult was dclcted before the act
was introduced.
The bill was sponsored by House
Speaker Perry o. Wilkinson for
the Tidcwatcr Fisheries depart
mont
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Southern-N Northern
To Meet For Second
Time on Saturday

The second of the two basketball
games between the Southern High
landcrs and the Northern Huskics
will be played Saturday night on
the Northern High court 1t will
be the seventeenth meeting of the
two schools since 1858.
Southern will be out to make it
two in a row, having won the first
encounter at Southern on January
IS by the score of 80 to 81. The
Huskies. however. have indicated
they will be out for revenge in an
attempt to even the series. The
game will determine the county
championship but will have no
bearing on the district tournament.
Southern is listed as an "A school,
while Northern is listed in the" B
class. Ratings are determined by
the number of male students in the
senior high school
The game was originally sched-
uled for Friday, January IS, but it
was found impossible to obtain
competent referees for that date
so the Saturday night date was de-
cided.
In competition thus far South
ern has won 10 games and North
ern has won 6. Last year the teams
split. Southern winning the first
game IA to 81 while Northern took
the second game 70 to IS.
Lilburn L. Brown, athletic di-
rector at Northern, said there
would be a preliminary game be-
tween the junior varsity teams of
the two schools, starting at 6:45.
The varsity game is set for 8 o.
clock.
Brown announced another change
in the schedule. The game with
Bruce High school, supposed to
have played on December 8, was
postponed on account of inclemcnt
weather and was rescheduled for
Monday night, February %, at
Northern. Game time will be at
s o'clock with a preliminary game
at GAS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Fire Company Number
Changed At KitzmiIIer

Carl Schcll, member of the Kitz-
miller Fire department, informed
people of that area this week that
the telephone number of the fire
department had been changed The
new number is GlcnvicW 1851.
Previously it had been GlcnvicW
3-i33l. All calls for assistance from
the department coming during the
daylight hours should now come
to the 4531 number lie said the
night call is still the same, Glen
view 4-4O71.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Quick Recovery from
Storm Is Effected

There was quick recovery from
the seasons worst storm which
settled over this area last Satur-
day and Sunday, continuing into
the early Monday morning hours
The storm closed the schools for
one day, but classes resumed on
Tuesday with most of the students
in school.
Sunshine and rising tcmpcra-
lures helped win the fight which
had kept snow-fighting equipment
on the roads from Saturday
through Monday night There was
wind up to IS miles per hour or
more.
By Tuesday 95 percent of all
main roads in the county were
bare and side roads were so per-
cent or more cleared and in pass
able condition.
Snow piled up in some areas III
drifts of seven feet or more. Oak
land on Monday had a high of Is
and low of nine above, accord
ing to Ralph Weber, official
weather observer. Some ten to
twelve inches of snow fell during
the two-day period.
The storm was over most of the
Eastern scaboard area and SHOWS
up to IS inches fell in states south
of here. The snow came from
Texas and dropped some Is inches
in Virginia, II inches in Tennessee
and 10 in the Carolinas as it curved
nOrthCaStWard.
Highways were particularly haz-
ardouS on Saturday and early Sun
day before workmcn had an OPP
portunity to get them cindercd.
Numerous motorists were stalled
on the hills and those without
chains or snow trcadS were in
deep trouble. Many cars slid off
the roadway into bitches on the
mountainous regions.
Attendance at church on Sun
day morning was extremely slim
in most of Garrett county.
Word on the schools went out
about o'clock Sunday night by
John L. FitzWatcr. supervisor of
transportation. Willard l.. Hawkins,
county superintendent of schools
was in Atlantic City attending an
educational convention.
Soon after it was known there
would be no school the strong
winds appeared TO abatc, Monday
was clear and moderate and the
end OF the storm gave the county
and state road officials time to re-
double their efforts to get all roads
open which they succeeded in do
ing by the end OF the day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Knights To Fete
Ladies February 10Th

Arrangements have been made
for more than 200 persons to at
tend the annual Anniversary Cele-
bration and Ladies Night, sched-
uled tomorrow evening, February
10 at p. m, in Castle Hall, Gar
rCtt Lodge No. 113, Knights of
Pythias
A suitable musical and vocal pro-
gram has been arranged and re-
frcshmcnts will be served. veteran
membership pins will be awarded.
To Attend Services
Members of the Order will at
tend church services at St Mark S
Lutheran Church on Sunday, Feb
ruary 81 Knights arc requested to
meet at the lodge hall at 1915 a.
M, and will leave in body for
church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18
Injured In Accident

Mrs. Stanley Savage, of Clarks-
burg. w. Va, was painfully but
not seriously injured last Friday
morning at Fairmont, w. Va, in a
two-car accident. She suffered
shoulder, back and neck injuries.
Mrs. Savage, driving new 1860
Plymouth, was cnroutc to her home
in Clarksburg when the accident
occurred with Rodger Richard, Of
Shinnston, w. Va, driving 1860
Corvair. A passenger in the Rich
ard car suffered leg injuries. Both
automobiles we're damaged con-
siderably.
Mrs. Savage is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Beckman, of
SWanton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-02-18

Total number of persons gain
fully employed stood at 64,020,000
in January.
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24
BY A HALLIcAN

81 DAN HALLIGAN
Dan Halligan will be glad to answer ques-
lions submitted by teen-agers and children.
Send them 10 him in care of Box 100
Williston. N. Oak. For personal replies. en-
close a stamped self-addressed envelope1
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24

your girls chances. By the way
who has to know any dance steps
in order to do rock n roll? Ouch!
Dear Dan: Is a girl of 16 ask
ing for too much to be allowed
one date a week even if it's with
the same boy each week? My par
ents don't mind me dating once
a week but say l can't date the
same boy more than two weeks
in succession. That isn't fair be-
cause ours is a small town and
1 don't know that many boys.
Please help. = B. E.
Dear B. E.: No, the order isn't
particularly fair but it's probab-
ly practical from your parents
viewpoint. They just don't want
you dating one boy too often
for fear you may want to start
going steady too soon.
It's a good idea on their part
but if the manpower isn't avail
able, what's a girl going to do?
I'm sure, however, what with
school going to start shortly, you'll
be able to find at least one other
boy who would like to date you
and perhaps more as time passes
Keep a warm, friendly smile
showing and you may soon have
more dates than you a handle
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24
Savage Area News

win Miller was with her husband
at Glasgow, where he is employed.
MI. mad Mrs. Robert Gregg and
Jolene visited at the Don Gear
home in Sidney after the ball
game Saturday evening. Little
Christy Gear returned with them
to spend the week end in Savage.
Miss 10 Anne Maschera left on
Sunday evening with a group Of
All members to attend a State
meeting at Bozeman this coming
week.
The regular meeting of the
WMF will be held at the Luther
an church Thursday, Sept. /, at
200 p. m. Everyone is cordially
invited. Mrs. Anna Nielsen of
Crane attended the meeting of
the church women held in Bill
ingS on Friday, August 10 as a
delegate from the Savage WMF.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hedegaard
and three sons visited at the Pete
Hedegaard home over the week
end.
The Sidney herald., 1960-08-24
JOHN WATKINS HOME
r Q EUROPEAN TRIP

John Watkins arrived in Sidney
last week for a visit at his home
following a trip to Europe. John
taught at the state college in Cor
Wallis, Oregon, last year and at
the close of school, accompanied
by Wayne Luehr, a high school
instructor in Albany, Oregon, flew
to Europe, for a two months tour.
They covered eleven countries,
travelling by scooter, and John
worked on an outdoor pageant
drama in connection with his
masters degree, which he will
complete work on this next school
year at Montana State University
in MiSsoula.
Along with their studies John
and Mr.. Luher enjoyed a wonder
full sightseeing trip, and returned
home by plane.