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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Listen Ameyicans!
90. by Dr.. George S. Benson
easslnEMT =. NATIoHAL EDUCATION paoekAM
Sssrey. Arkansas

Nancy Yount 49, of Kellogg Idaho has met Commu-
nsm headon and has defeated it. Her story began last May
The International Nine Mill and Smelter Workers Union
kicked out of the CO because Of its Communist
domination and yet permitted to continue to WELD great
power in the nations economic life struck the major mining
enterprises of Kellogg population 5000 The economic life
of the town crippled The union international sent two
of it's officers to direct brutal campaign of coercion and
violence against all opposition Both had been convicted Of
falsely signing nonCommunst affidavits
eve have teachers in high school who knew
Of the Communist leadership in the union Nancy who
senior g" talked to of them, then talked to
of my fellow students. We these weknown Com
munlss come INTO our community and try to run roughshod
everybody We didn't like it, Nancy the leader
of student movement to fight the Communist domination
of their community.
There were just a few girls at first" she said. eve
went to the boys and many OF them in with We held
meeting elected officers Then we held second meeting
and invited all students and teachers Three hundred
We reported the situation and made plans. We
agreed we'd need little money Our 300 students contrib
uted $40 among hemSeVeSout of lunch money and things
like that We planned parade and rally to arouse the COM
munity.
afraid The Mine and Mill union officials vicious
they tried to block us step OF the way They tried to
block meeting at the school, They called kids anti
labor and anti-Amercan The Communists in the union
boldly threatened violence They teephoned the Attorney
General and told him there would be violence unless
student movement was suppressed An Assistant Attorney
General came to make investigation He under heavy
political pressure from the union The situation tense
But by many of our parents publicly coming into
I'VE received letters from all the nation offering
aid The Assistant Attorney General refused halt
movement This was blow to the Conrmies We held our
rally The school gym half filled with enthusiastic kids
and grownups The parents organized committee. Then
held the parade The whole community turned out.
THE union leaders bitter The strike goes but
among the rank and file workers there has been formed
anti Communist organization the Northwest Metal
Workers Union; and the NLRB has been asked to call
election to decide jurisdiction We hopeful that the anti
Communists will win We have battle but haven't
the But hope that what have done will
vince all Americans that everybody do something in the
fight against Communism
This is great challenge Let's all accept -and begin
to do something
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Tax Rate S2.35
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
S287 ,39S.59, a decrease over the pre-
vious year In this amount are
$4,000 from the county's share of
income tax, $4,000 from beer tax,
S55,000 from automobile license
fees. and $l3,622.66 from bank
stock tax There is cash on hand
amounting to $9O,357.93.
Miscellaneous items include S.
400 for retired teacher pensions,
$1,000 for Incorporated towns share
of motor vehicle license fees, S4,-
500 for employees disqualification
The total expenditures for the
miscellaneous is S50,75O with $40
900 of that amount being placed in
the contingent fund.
The levy for the Garrett County
Memorial hospital above the
amount received through the gas
tax was $4,000, with S17,80O for
debt service for the hospital ad-
dition, and $4,000 for patients in
other hospitals. Amount from the
natural gas tax fund was esti-
mated at $4,000.
Resources of the county include
S23, 972,687 in real property, S2,145,-
$500 in personal property farms)
S1,655,614 for personal property on
business places; and $11,785,000 on
returns from the state tax commits
sion on corporations.
The state tax rate this year has
been set at Is cents on each 500
of assessable basis which is ia
cents more than last year.
The levy is being published in
full this week in The Republican
and also for the following two
weeks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Letter to Parents

An Open Letter To Parents:
If you should be reading this
after school hours can you hon
estly answer one simple question?
do you know exactly where your
children are?" If you can answer
in the affirmative then the COM
munity is in your debt. If the an
swer is no, then you might just
as well expect the community in
situations to begin taking over as
substitute parents and do not
shudder at the consequences.
There has been much juvenile
vandalism in certain areas of our
town within recent months. We
cannot lay the blame on the small
police force for they cannot be in
all places at once We can place
the blame on the parents of the
youngsters, who over a long period
of time have been trouble-makers
In every community we find
adults who turn their children over
to the schools. the churches, the
scouts, the teen center, the theaters.
and finally the law enforcement
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Upholds Appeal Case

One appeal case heard by Chief
Judge Morgan c. Harris in Cum
berland on Monday, concerned a
Grantsville resident, Ronald VIII
liam Holt.
In an appeal from Juvenile court
Holt, 25 was convicted Of non-sup-
port of his minor son and ordered
to pay Sill in back support and
continue to pay SO weekly for
support of his child.
The court was informed that
Holt had been convicted by Magis-
trate Louis Fatkin in Allegany
county and ordered to pay $40
weekly, however he was approx
mately Sill in appears. He was
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Fire OF 1898

Continued From Page One)
and succeeded in blowing a few
toots on the steam whistle The
other hurried to St. Marks Luz
theran church, then at the corner
of Third and Alder streets. and
began a lusty ringing of the bell.
Within a short time, several
hundred people were at the scene,
and all of the towns fire-fightine
equipment was pressed into serv-
ice. This amounted to exactly one
hand-pumped chemical wagon and
a brigade of buckets.
Owing to the unusual dry period
which had continued for several
weeks, the buildings burned rapid
ly, and made the work of the volun-
teers almost impossible. An APP
peal for assistance was sent to
Cumberland.
From the Reynolds saloon, the
flames ate their way to the build
ing on Second street occupied by
The Mountain Democrat. and to
the Offutt building on the north
and the Ravenscroft building on
the south.
From there, they continued to
spread in all directions, to two
story frame building behind the
Garrett County Bank and other
frame structures in the vicinity.
One of these was the Raven
scroft building, which was oc-
cupied by Mr. Harmed as a drug
store on the first floor and a
dwelling on the second. When the
alarm was sounded, he and his
family were asleep, and had just
time to escape from the building
in whatever clothing they could
snatch.
Mr.. Harneds small son was
carried out in a blanket, with no
clothes except his night dress, and
was taken to a neighbor's house.
There he was found sometime later
by his distraught mother, who
feared he had been left in the blaz-
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With this announcement, take this opportunity TO wish yeo
of good health good and happiness Lothr and TO all
good patrons County and surrounding area
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authorities to be raised. The home
\ is at the bottom of the list as far
as authority over children is
J concerned Parents are to blame
( for this dreadful situation. The
teen-age youth center is not the
final answer to this situation, as
/ fine a place as ii is. But what has
| happened to the home?
Let's take a look at what is hap
pening to home life. In some cases
both parents work in order to
give certain luxuries to their
children which they would not
otherwise enjoy. In many cases ii
is necessary for both parents to
work in order to feed and clothe
the family What it means, how
ever, is that when the children ar
rive home from school there is no
adult supervision in the home. The
children know that parents do not
care so they wander from home,
Oftentimes not arriving home in
time for the evening meal. If you
think this is an eXaggeration, then
| ask you to look in on any of
the news stands, watch the young
sters as they aimlessly walk the
streets, check the teen-age hang
outs.
Another area in which home life
has broken down is that of par
entail authority. l have visited in
homes where the children tell the
parents what they are going to do
and the parents, to avoid an argu-
ment, permit their children to go
their own way. Parents in many
cases do not assert their authority
over their children. They seem to
be afraid of them. Many children
seem to think that the world owes
them a living. Once parent has
given up his place as the head of
the household all is lost and it is
difficult to impossible to recap
ture il. What a dreadful situation
this creates for all who must event
ually come into direct contact with
these youngsters. 1t is felt in the
schools, in the churches, and in
all the youth organizations. 1t
means simply that young people
are running our community insti-
tutions.
Our schools are trying desperate
ly to find ways of stepping up
their program of teaching more
about the space age, about rockets,
missiles, jets, etc. 1t seems to me
that they would do we'll to catch
up in their teaching of character
building to our children for it ap-
pears now that the schools are the
sole responsible authority for this
area of life. We may say that the
churches should also take a hand
in this. This we will grant, but
when the parents themselves do
not see to it that their children
receive religious training then
how can we lay the blame at the
feet of the children.
Another area in which the par
ants are lax in supervising their
children's moral training is in the
area of entertainment BY this we
mean the movies, television, read
ng matter, etc Have you ever
attended a movie at a late hour on
a school night and seen the num-
Der of Sabotage children? And
have you ever seen the type of
movies they attend? Children are
sent off to the movies at all hours
and the parents do not bother to
find out what the movie is all
about. Have you ever been around
some of the news stands in town
and seen youngsters of all ages
standing around reading horror
and sex magazines? Do you as
parent allow your children to see
any and all of the horror, blood
and thunder programs on televi-
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Joseph E. Harmed, drug store
and residence, S4,5OOOO.
Malette building, 100000.
John Felty, Jr., dry goods and
groceries, S4,O0O.OO
John Forward, confectionery,
$4,000.
Addition to Garrett National
bank building, $4,000
The Central hotel, $4,000.
Across the street the Davis
Hardware building was damaged to
the extent of $4,000, and The Re-
publican building, $4,000.
The fire caused an almost i'm
mediate improvement in the towns
fire-fighting facilities. Comment
ing on the disaster, The Cumber.
land News pointed out
The penalty for not having ap-
propriate fire apparatus has been
paid by many a Maryland town
Too many lessons have been
taught in this line to allow them
to pass in places yet unscathed."
Mayor R. S Jamison, of Oak
land, also noted the lack of equip
ment, and said,
The fire protection afforded
Oakland consists mainly of d
chemical engine manned by as
brave set of young men who ever
held a nozzle. Nonetheless hard
working were those of the bucket
brigade. 1t was due greatly to
their exertions that the Davis
building was saved, as at this most
dangerous time during the fire the
chemical engine had run dry"
/! The fire also changed the bust
ness as well as the physical COM
pleXion of the town.
D. E. Offutt and Sons, the heavi-
est losers, moved into the store
room in The Republican building
after buying out the old tenant,
George R. Miller. The next year
they rebuilt their store, now owned
by I. R. Rudy
Joseph Harmed reopened his
drug business in the McComas
building, where it is today under
going expansion.
Other smaller merchants either
scattered elsewhere or failed to
reopen.
IN the face of the disaster, Ben
jamin H. Sincell, editor of The Re
publican, and James M. Litzinger,
editor of the burned-out Noun
tain Democrat, laid aside their
political differences long enough
to work out an arrangement where
by both papers would be printed
in the same plant. This continued
/ for more than a year until The
! DGIilOCl al CCulu NC lG-GQulpPSO.
! The cause of the fire was never
determined An account in a Bal
timore newspaper that the blaze
was deliberately set was holly
denied by The Democrat editor.
He said:
j The reports sent to The Balti-
more Herald concerning the orr
gin of the fire have no foundation
in fact, and are nothing more or
less than the silly vaporings of
hair-brained reporter who desired
to fill space at the expense of the
property owners. Such reports have
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sion?
This letter is being written as
an appeal to all parents to recap
ture home life now before it is
too late. Be at home when your
children come home from school
Take an interest in the work of
the schools through your PTA SO
that you will know what is being
taught your child. Consult with
your child's teachers so that your
youngster might have a feeling of
well-being in his school work. Take
your child to Sunday School and
Church so that you might grow up
spiritually with him and that you
might guide him in making right
decisions. Buy movie and tele-
vision guide and check them be-
fore you allow your child to watch
anything and everything that
comes along. Buy good books and
magazines for your home Cthe
public library will help YOU so
that your children might become
well informed and well adjusted
individuals. Go with your children
10 lnelF ScHOOl affairs Par lCuldily
when they are participating. Give
some of your own time to teaching
your child through your own good
example. If you can honestly say
that you do these latter things
then you can be assured you are
a good parent and good citizen
and the entire community is in
debted to you.
Rev. w. Shelby Walthall, Rector
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Oakland, Maryland
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to do something.

ing building. The child was Harold
H. Harmed, who later assisted his
father in the drug business.
Another employee of Mr. Harmed
had probably the narrowest es-
cape He was asleep in the build
ing and upon awakening found the
foot of his bed ablaze. He escaped
with the loss of his belongings
and burns of the lower limbs.
All of the buildings now blazing
were on the west side of Second
street, and when it was seen that
none of them could be saved, most
hands turned to saving those on
the east side of the street with the
hope of keeping the flames from
the building occupied by j. NJ
Davis as a hardware store, and
other business houses and resi-
dences in that block.
In this they were successful, al
though there was considerable
damage to glass and paint in a
4 number of the structures.
By this time, the chemical wagon
/ had become useless, and the only
defense was the bucket brigade
Men and boys, women and children
worked in the early morning hours
to attempt to halt the spread of
the flames. The water they used
| was obtained largely from a hand
pump near the Garrett Bank build.
ing.
In Cumberland, meanwhile, the
urgent plea for help was being
i answered. twenty-five members
Of the Pioneer Fire company loaded
their engine and hose reel on a
railroad flat car, attached a pas.
senger coach and left that city
at sos a. m. At Piedmont, they
picked up additional men and
equipment and arrived in Oak
land at 7:20. making the 54-mile
trip in one hour and twenty-five
minutes, including the stop al
Piedmont.
Upon arrival here, the engines
and reels were unloaded, line OF
hose laid from the Little Yough
in the rear of the Glades hotel
and for almost three hours a
steady stream of water was played
on the smoking ruins, the train
having arrived too late to be OF
assistance in saving them. The
volunteers returned to Piedmont
and Cumberland in the afternoon
Later in the day, the town could
count its loss.
In human lives, none; in injuries
none serious; in property de-
stroyed:
J. ]. Reynolds, building, stock
and fixtures, S2,5O0OO.
D. E. Offutts store building,
Second and Railroad streets, S.
10000; stock, $23,OOOOO.
! Another building fronting on
Railroad street, S3,OOOOO
/ Tho NTor1+oi, nnr,ooorot b,,iIT
ing, $1,5O0O0 machinery, type and
books, S3,5O0.OO.
Cornell and Crane, millinery
goods, 81 10000.
D. burst, shoe shop, $4,000.
Senator Ravenscrofts building
occupied by Harned's Drug store
S2,50000
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JANUARY IL, 1861
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
March OF Dimes Teo

Garrett Temple No II, Pythian
Sisters, will hold tea on Satur-
day, January 21st. At the home OF
Mrs. Carrie Shaffer on the corner
of Third and Oak streets beginning
at 1:30 p. m. until 4:30 p. m. This
affair is open to the general public
and is for the benefit of the
March of Dimes.
tendency to run up insurance
rates, and a reporter who sends
such communications to his editor
should be called down"
There also we're reports that it
had been caused by firewater in
the Reynolds saloon, but this, too
was discounted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
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represented by f. j. Ryan.

Carl Sandburg observed his 83rd
birthday January g. at Hollywood,
Cal.
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Payments Lag
On Mortgages

Mortgage delinquencies at
the end of 1860 had risen
to 2.81 per cent compared
with 2.34 per cent at the
close of 1859, the Mortgage
Bankers Association of
America announced this
week.
The MBA's figure is based
on a national mortgage de-
linquency survey it conducts
that covers 2,742,961 residen-
family dwellings in all Sec
tions of the country.
AS of December 81 last
year, the number of mort
cages in arrears on payments
were 77,l06 as against 63,2 ,268
on the same date in 1859.
VA Tops List
Among the various types
of mortgages. the survey
found the highest delinquency
rate among Veterans Admin
istration guaranteed loans
and the lowest rate among
Evening star., 1961-02-18
InteF-city Service
Nomes Hicks ReoIty

Hicks Realty Co., Inc, of
Alexandria, announced this
week that it has been ap-
pointed exclusive representa-
tive In Alexandria and Ar
lington for the Inter- City
Real Estate Referral Service.
The service is a Nation
wide organization designed to
provide housing assistance to
people moving between cities,
the Hicks firm said.
Evening star., 1961-02-18

conventional loans. Federal
Housing Administration
insured mortgages were be-
tween the two.
CT loans delinquent one
month were 2.47 per cent:
delinquent two months we're
SIS per cent, and delinquent
three months were .43 per
cent.
FILA loans delinquent one
month were 1.95 per cent;
two months, .43 per cent,
and three months, .33 per
cent. Conventional loans
with one-month delinquen-
cies were 1.2l per cent; two
months .28 per cent, and
three-months .18 per cent.
DeIinqueneies High
The survey report noted
that. individually. all loan
categories showed higher de-
linquencies on December 81
in contrast with the year.
earlier date.
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Swesnik to Address
Realty Monasers

Richard Swesnik Of Swes-
mix & Blum. Inc. will speak
of Facts and Fallacies Of
Syndication" at a dinner
meeting Of the Greater
Metropolitan Washin gton
Chapter Of the Institute Of
Real Management at 6 pm.
Thursday In the Charcoal
Hearth. 2001 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Appraisers TO Hear
WSSc's Blair Smith

Blair H. Smith, chairman
of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, will
give q talk on the activities
of the commission at q din
ner meeting Of the Society Of
Residential Appraisers at
$50 pm. Monday in the
Occidental Restaurant.
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Better Homes Joins
international BuTeou

Better Homes Realty, Inc,
Of Arlington and Vienna has
been named an affiliate Of
the international Real Estate
Bureau, the firm announced
this week.
The bureau Is a worldwide
client referral system con-
Quoted through affiliated
local brokers, the firm said.
Brokers to Hold
Directors Meeting
The National Association
Of Real Estate Brokers, Inc,
will hold its midwinter board
Of directors meeting next
Friday and Saturday at the
National Housing Center,
1925 L street NV.
Among speakers the Ses-
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Montgomery RsoltoTs
Schedule Dinner

DR.. Nathan A. Bailey, dean
Of the School Of Business
Administration, American
University, will speak on
Economic Trends" during q
dinner meeting of the Mont
gomery County Board of Re-
altors at $50 pm. Thursday
at Indian Spring Country
Club.
The meeting ais will be
the occasion for the an
nouncement of winners Of
the boards outstanding sales
awards.
Evening star., 1961-02-18

This four bedroom Colonial home has three living
levels for n1oxnum privacy, center hoII has coot
closet and ovotory. This home and the "Tuso" are
located on B-ocre wooded lots overlooking river
Pool and recreation park for Woynewood residents
only. Prices in this new section start in low 3Os
Elementary school right in community Two shopping
centers within minutes Trades considered $32, ,85O
Evening star., 1961-02-18
Realty Revue
NVREB to Hear Urbonske

Leo Urbanske. jr.. chair
man of the Arlington County
Board, will address a lunch
con meeting of the Northern
Virginia Real Estate Board
at noon Thursday at the
Holiday Inn Hotel.
MIR. UrbanSke will speak
on land use and planning as
it affects Arlington County.
Leonard C. Wilson, chair
man of the boards Program
Committee, said in an
nouncing the meeting that
this is the first of a series
Of meetings that will be held
in various cities and coun-
ties within the boards jur-
isdiction during the next few
months.
Evening star., 1961-02-18

Mortgages" and Raymond
J. Gerber Of Legum q Gerber
Realty Co., who will speak
on New Trends in Apart
ment Construction and Lay
out"
BeFenS Firm Names
Two Sales MGnGseFs
Frederick w. Berens Sales,
Inc, has announced promo
tion Of two its men to sales
manager in their offices. w.
Harland Cr0well, jr., vice
president of the firm an
nounced today.
James L. Watson, jr., has
been named to head the COM
pany's Rockville office and
Robert L. Gruen has been
appointed sales manager Of
the Silver Spring office.
Both men were formerly
assistant sales manager Of
their respective offices.