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PARKER. GRACE @. On Sunday
January %. 1851. at her residence,
PARKER, wife Of the late Glenn l.
Parker and sister Of Walter b. and
ETnsss ts. sv,eH 6 Guy n .ps Friend: may eall
Sania ave. NV, after IL noon
Monday, January 81 (courtesy park
ing oppositel, where services will
De held on Wednesday, January %
lieu Of flowers, CONTRIBUTIONS may
be made To Chfldren's HoxnftaI "a
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Monday. January 23. 1851, at her
wEATHERs $40 Johnston JON ss &C. dSADasi deVcted
mother Of Mrs. Thomasina Harris,
Julia. Edna. Dolly and jeff johnson.
three sisters, two brothers, other
relatives and friends. Remains rest
ing at the John T. Rhines a Co,
Funeral Home. 30L5 18th ct. ne.
Notice Of funeral later.
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M0RELAND. WILLIAM FRANCIS. On
Friday EIiS January 60; 1881. At Mount
MORELAND Of Leonardtown, Md :,
land and Florence A. Moreland
brother Of Thomas v. and Robert
A. Moreland OF Waldorf. Nd. Friends
may call at the Mattinsley Funeral
Home. Leonardtown, Nd. where
ary %. at 9 pm. Mass will be said
tuesday. January -. at Our Lady's
Chapel. Medley's Nick. Interment
Arlineton National Cemetery at
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JanSsry &. 0SIS 1851. PAussTroS "a ssreSFqiE: PE.
TRONE. beloved husband Of Giusep-
pima Petrone. father Of Claude Pc
;rone and Phillie NJ. ureiolo. grand :
father of Fsusto Petrone. He Is
dren and two great grand children.
Funeral from the Geier Funeral
Home. 1896 14th ST. NV. on
Wednesday, January rs. at am
solemn high requiem mass at the
Church OF the Nativity at a:3O am
Interment Arlington National Gene
terry. "a
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members of Mary wash
ingtnn Chapter No. So.
o. Z. D.. are requested to
assemble at Ives Funeral
Home, 2S47 Wilson blvd.
on Monday. January 81. at
s PM for the purpose OF
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KLEIN. FLORENCE 3. On Friday,
SSsnSsfy SsiS. Eo.s',., sG; 1871, q saint Eliza
the wife Of the late Homer /. Klein,
Rockville. Mrs. Flora Foley and nd
Grover Botkin OF Lexington. KY,
|, Friends may call at the Lee Funeral
Home, 4th ST. and Mass. ave. ne ,
day. January "a at u.m. Inter.
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. %
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late sister. MARY z: oIBsoN.
ZELDA H. SMITH. VIM.
VIRGINIA 8. KEENER, Secy.

GORDON. NATHAN. suddenly. on
THURSDAY; ganSsTy -. 1891. IA: IA:
susS.nd r't Of hyfraas vasni: oofdon SeGSeS snd
devoted father Of Barbara Asnes
Hayre and Robert .Atkin Miller. He
also Is survived by. two brothers,
hharry hharry ooraH1n H ot niam ph;in i.,rh;:; d;; ina ps
Funeral services At the Bernard
Danzansky d Sons Funeral Home.
3501 14th st. NV. on Monday.
January 23, at / pm. 1nterment
Fort Lincoln CemeterY "a
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vile. Nd. on Tuesday. January "a,
1851. at 1880 pm for the purpose OF
sSr @ :.r sa.'fSn Ne sfE isSys.t e.
MILDRED L ANoLIN. W. N.
VIOLA =. CURRY. p. NJ. seey.
MOxLEY. MARY MARGARET. On
SSrs Va 'fasiTy NAVY MxR1krT sSA p Mox Lsss
LEY, beloved daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester o. Moxley. and sister OF
Barbara Jean Moxley and Lester o.
Moxley. 81: Friends may call at the
Muse & Reed Funeral Home, Lees
burg Va. Funeral services at the
Leesburg Methodist Church on
Tuesday. January "a. at pm.
Interment Union Cemetery. Lees
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fSkMsf Ts issf NoRhAN ThgHsfis SHsSDs
Of GIT 18th st. ne. beloved son OF
MRS. Loretta lizard. stepson OF
Richard lizard. grandson Of Mrs.
Corrine Howard. He Is also survived
late Mr.. Fields may be viewed al
the Stewart Funeral Home. 80 H 1t.
ne. after 3 pm. Monday. where
services will be held on Tuesday,
January "a, at IL am. Interment
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. o.
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|EkTIS Z. Members Of
Branch 4. Fleet Reserve
Association, are requested
to attend services for our
late shtpmate, BERTIS
Z. KARNES, past ma
tional treasurer and past
president. at the DeVoI
ONE, 1924 wisconsin ave
900 Monday, January 20,
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Friday. January 20. issi. HoWARpD Is
PETTEoRUH. Of 8ll Hamilton ct.
NV, devoted husband OF johnnie
e. Psttesrue. beloved father of How
ard Pettssrue. Emma Daniels, shar-
He also leaves to mourn their loss
one sister, Mrs. oenell White; one
brother. Joe Pettegrue; two srand-
children. one niece, other relatives
an9 many friends; Remains resting
Home, 3015 18th st. NE. where
friends may call afrter 4 pm. Mon
day., January 23. and where funeral
services will be held Tuesday. Janu-
ary -. at II am, the Rev. B, II.
coin Memorial Cenietery
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hssiht.1 b blAseHr Alssl :, T. eaESS
wife q Ire 3: Phelps, mother 81
Minn, Mrs. Virginia Cameron of
Miami. Fla. and Lotion L. Holdford
O. Can san st tPs PPisgC SaIii ,.. Frienqs rH may
~ noon. sunday, January 90. serv-
On Tuesday. Janusry "a at pm.
lparking faeilities). inter m E n t
priVate ~
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JONES. KATHERINE Z. mccoy. On
s.gzssS i.1ls1y Kaakass Fl assl l. H.eoS Il ss
dale West Hyattsville), Md, wife
OF the late Charles p. Jones and
mother Of Marie L. Jones, W. Fran
cis Jones. Mrs: Dorothea MeLynn and
ct the above residence on Wednes-
day. January 20, at 9:3O am. Re-
QUEEN mass at st. Anthony's Church,
18th and Monroe SITS. NE. at 10
Am. Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery, "a
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sunday, January ~. 1861, MAUI
RICE LEONARD MASON, Of aB!O
Flower. ave. Silver spring, Md.
beloved husband OF Julia Mason,
and devoted father Of Miss Lois
also survived By his mother, Mrs
Rebecca Mason; two sisters, Mrs.
Sylvia Collier Of Silver Spring. Mrs.
Dorothy Kern OF PHILADELPHIA, Pa,
and brother George M. Mason.
Funeral services at the Bernard
Danzansky a. Sons Funeral Home,
1901 14th st. NV. on Tuesday,
January "a, at . pm. Interment
King David Memorial Garden.
Memorial week 1890 Flower ave,
Silver Spring, Md. "a
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usry Il. 1861. JAMES J. COATES
Apt, SO. devoted father Of Madelyn
Coates Boyd. grandfather OF Preslie
Boyd Brackeen and brother Of the
Misses Virginia and Anita Coates.
Also surviving are five great-grand-
children. son-in-law, Luther D.
Boyd, other relatives and many
friends. Notice Of funeral later. Ar
Yangements BY MCGUIRE Inc, 2S
, 1961-01-04
Charlotte Amalie, st. Thomas
'IFICATE OF REGISTRATION

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that there has been regis
tered in the Office of the Government Secretary of the
Virgin Islands Of the United States, at st. Thomas, in
accordance with the provisions Of the Regulations gov
erning the registration of Patents and Trademarks in
the Virgin Islands, approved April /, 1916, the following
TRADEMARK:
, 1961-01-04

Editorial
MIDDLE INCOME TOURIST
THE TRAVEL section Of many newspapers on the main
land are noting that these Islands, including St. Croix, have
excellent tourist facilities, and that the tourist may expect to
spend about $40 day in these parts.
I HAS LONG been the contention in this paper that
there is need to provide tourist facilities which come within
the reach of the average visitor, who may properly be CLASH
fled as being in the middle, or upper middle income bracket
Forty dollars a day is scarsely what the working person could
afford to pay.
TRUE, H HoLE idea may be to make it prohibi-
tive to any other income groups but the highest, yet, if that
were the case we would be defeating the very spirit Of the
trade. There are hundreds of thousands Of men and women
who would love to come to the Virgin Islands; who would
become ambassadors of good will, and sing ~itspraises through
out the length and breadth of the land, yet these people will
not even 60 SO far as to inquire when they know and read
that the cost is %prohibitive.
ACLASS OF tourist who can come to these shores, spend
a week, or long weekend and go away satisfied can become
a most valuable asset to these Islands. And what would be re-
quired to encourage and entice such people? First, we need
a solid, comfortable, practical type Of hotel providing the es-
sentiaIs and comforts, without the extra luxuies which add to-
SO high a figure. After all, these people are here to enjoy the
climate, the scenery, and the people. The time they spend in
their hotels is likely to be negligible because they would
want to be outdoors SO much of the time. No more than two
meals, breakfast and dinner need be provided, and there
ought to be a type Of accommodation which provides no
meals.
VIEWED FROM the standpoint Of the hard-headed
practical businessman, the time may be at hand to give seri
GUS consideration to this typeeof service, because in failing to
do SO we may be missing much in financial and other returns
The automobile is a case in point. Time was when the horse
g. - - c-M Tn - IL 100 ~
and today all the major firms concentrate on what they call
their bread-and-butter type. These are the cars which are
used by the people who cannot afford the luxury, and since
there are more people to buy the economical type Of car, the
companies provide that model
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
State Chorus To
Perform Today

The Senior Chorus of Southern
High school will be represented by
five members in the Maryland All
State High School chorus which
will perform at the First General
Session of the Maryland State
Teachers convention in Baltimore,
today, October 18th.
Those selected are Carolyn Bit
niger, soprano; Martha Burrell, al
to; John Umstot and Porter WEIGH,
tenors: and Lloyd Bittinger, bass.
Their director, Mrs Ruth Brown,
will accompany them.
Under the direction of MIR. Will
lam Dawson the chorus will sing
the following selections: Song of
the Vagabonds," Il Will Praise
Thee oh Lord" Did Mary Know"
Every Time l Feel The Spirit"
out In The Fields and Jesus,
JOY of Mans Desiring"
The students will leave for Bal
timore October 18th. The girls will
stay at the Lord Baltimore Hotel,
and the boys at Southern Hotel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
ii Deed Transfers
Recorded For Week

Fourteen deed trainers were re-
corded in the office of the State
Department of Assessments. There
were also ten applications for
building permits.
The deed transfers include the
following:
Amos Bittinger and wife to Wit
liam A. Snyder, 1921 acres of land
in district u, Bittinger.
Alfred NJ. Calhoun and wife to
Francis Joseph Lewis and wife, 2
acres of land and dwelling in dis
trict 16, Mt Lake Park
Henry Nj. Patton and wife 10
Norman NJ. Yoder and wife, Is of
an acre of land and buildings in
district 5, Grantsville.
Arthur NJ. Savage and wife 20
Wallace d. Craig and wife. two
lots and garage in district 7, east
Oakland.
Chester B. Skipper and wife to
William Robert Winters and wife,
1 lot and buildings in district II.
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west Oakland.
Mary Ruhena Uphold to Eugene
lC. Uphold and wife, Is acres of
land in district 2, Friendsville.
Richard Swauger and others %
! Donald }. Newman and wife, rs
acres of land and dwelling in dis
trict 8.
Marshall A. Brown and wife to
Bert Griffith, acres of land in
district 5, Accident.
Perry Everett Glotfelty and wife
to Walter w. Wachter and wife,
SO of an acre of land and garage
in district 6, Sang Run.
Mack j. Propst and wife to Dale
S. Gnegy and wife, 112 lots and
dwelling in district T.
c. Swan Weber and others to
Parke B. Tressler and wife, 2329
acres of land in district T.
Ellen S. Brandt to William b.
Severe and wife, 47.91 acres of
land in district 8, Ryan's Glade.
BertiS Eugene Davis and wife to
Joseph Ensposito, Jr., and wife,
.776 of an acre of land and dwell
ing in district 10. Deer Park.
Clinton W. Highlander to David E.
Full and wife, 1.26 acres of land
in district a.
Building Permits
The following building permits
were filed:
Erwin Grove, WesternpOrt, for
residence on route l, Westernport,
district a.
G. George Kindschi, Deer Park,
for residence on Paradise Point,
district T.
Fred E. Beachy Lumber com
pany. Inc, Oakland, for residence
near Southern High school, dis
trict 7.
Howard Noel links. Pittsburgh,
Pa, for addition to residence, Para
disc Point, district 10.
Ralph Friend, Sang Run, for
small barn at Sang Run.
DR.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Leigh
ton. Oakland, for residence on
bennett road. district 7.
Edward and E. H. Madigan. Deer
Park, for alterations to residence
on Garrett road, district 10.
Lawrence c. Elliott. Kitzmiller.
for alterations to residence in
Kitzmiller.
Robert o. and Ruth B. Glotfclty,
Accident, for addition to barn on
Bittnger- Rock Lodge, district IL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
PAGE ELEVEN
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this means of
expressing our most sincere thanks
and appreciation to our many
friends, relatives, and neighbors
who we're more than kind during
the illness and following the death
of our beloved wife and mother,
Mrs. Stanley Ashby. For the love-
ly flowers, messages of sympathy,
and the many kind and thoughtful
services that were rendered by all
those generous people. we extend
our most grateful thanks.
We would also like to express
our gratitude to Rev Marshall
Brown and the Pallbearers.
Mr. Stanley Ashby and Family.
ADV. 34-lt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
1862 Coast Guard Academy
Examinations Scheduled

Competitive examination for en-
trance to the US. Coast Guard
Academy will be held nationwide
on February 10 and 20, 1862, it
was announced by Congressman
Charles Nice Matthias, Jr
He emphasized the opportunity
offered young men who choose
this four-year course which leads
to a commission as a career officer
in Americas oldest sea-going
Armed Service and a Bachelor Of
Science degree.
appointments are made on d
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dest tales of Negro Mountain.
Crafts featured during the fes-
tival included throwing on the pot
ter's wheel, weaving cat-tail seats,
basket making, broom making,
chair Gaming, wood carving,
weaving of cloth, six types Of rug
making, painting in oils and pas
tells, sculpturing, and the creation
of woods pretties" from variety
of native materials.
Grain failing, rail splitting,
hewing beams with a broad-aXe,
trough making, blacksmithing,
and boring wooden pipes were
demonstrated periodically, while a
pony team worked the rebuilt
tread-power to the delight of all
youngsters. The quiet, steady work
of the three men on the shaving
horses, making brooms and han
dies, was delight to all, as were
the whistles turned out by the
Engle brothers.
The pioneer kitchen, new this
year featured bread-baking and
chow-chow making, as well as the
production of tallow candles. The
author of the best-seller, The Men
MONTE Community Cook booE,
chief cook of the new establish
mcnt, autographed many copies of
her popular work as purchasers
crowded to the open windows of
the slab kitchen.
Both Friday and Saturday eve
ming saw the blending of many
voices in an old-fashioned sing
ing. although the milling crowd
made this more difficult on Sat
urday. One of the local Conserva-
tive Mennonite choruses rendered
several numbers on Friday eve
ming.
Proceeds from the annual
Springs Folk Festival are used
entirely for the major projects of
the two sponsoring non-profit or
CARNATIONS: The Springs Historical
Society and Penn Alps, Inc The
former is raising funds to build
or purchase a larger and more
museum building, and
the latter is expanding its program
of self-help through crafts and
among residents of the
Highlands. This unique
Folk Festival, geared as it is to
the grass-roots culture of the area.
exclusively to the en-
richment and preservation of this
culture.
The Executive Committee of the
Springs Folk Festival is already
laying plans for a bigger and bet
ter Festival on the first Saturday
of October, 1862, and the preced-
ing Friday. the dates chosen by the
committee in 1858 and adhered to
ever since.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
Thousands Visit
Springs Festival
DR.. Alta Schrock

The fourth Folk Festival to be
held at Springs, Pa, is history
and the workmen have recovered
sufficiently to take inventory The
ribs of the giant Conestoga have
returned to their owner, and the
pony team that worked the old
treadmill is enjoying rest in its
masters stable.
Some 500 workers were engaged
in a beehive of activity, October G
and 7, to operate much-eXpanded
program with a score of new fea-
lures added since the Festival of
1860. A calculated total of some
1000 persons milled about the Fes-
tival grounds during the two days
of the festivities, an increase of
some 1000 over the previous year.
The hungry consumed one half
beef and II hogs on the grounds,
bought 700 lbs. of sausage at
Dutch" Kolb's store across the
street. not to mention the pounds
bought at Y o d e r Locker
Plant nearby and the many sauS-
age dinners eaten by Festival-goers
at Penn Alps. During the two days
1000 lbs. of potatoes were served,
as well as 81 gallons of applebut-
ter. Some TIA dozen bottles of soft
drinks disappeared during the
warm two-day period, with all
available supplies in Springs,
Grantsville, Salisbury and Meyers
dale being bought out by the
"minute-men" of the foods COM
mittee
At the produce counter of the
Penn Alps Store 713 loaves of
bread were sold, and this did not
meet half the demand. The apple
butter stand alone spread and
served 81 loaves of bread, while
the "Applebutter King" sold AZ
dozen pints and 81 dozen quarts
of this spread, some of which was
made on the spot in an old copper
kettle. Nearby at the cider stand
1900 cups of sweet cider we're sold,
with the old-fashioned cider press
working overtime.
Well over 5000 meals were
served on the Festival Grounds
and at Penn Alps, over and above
what was served at the many con-
cessiOn stands.
Two conducted bus tours were
running alternately on Friday and
three simultaneously on Saturday
totalling % tours. Highlights of the
three respective tours were stops
at a sugar-camp in operation, an
Amish country school, and the of
fetal Pennsylvania summit
Featured periodically during the
day was native son, Fred Bender,
Jr., singing mountain ballads of
his own composition to the ac-
compartment of an old-time in
Strument, the autoharp. His choice
composition was The Story of the
Bachman Rocks. one Of the sad
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19

six members The eighth grade
members meet three times week
and the ninth grade members
meet five times.
The chorus officers are: pres
ident, Jay Rice; vice president,
Ricky Hauser; secretary-treasurer,
Kathy Campbell; and Librarians,
Charles Teets, Judy Kildow, and
Sandy Harvey
The chorus plans a possible Vet
Grams Day program, the annual
Christmas program, the annual OPP
eretta, and the County Choral Con-
cert.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19
Jr. Chorus Elects Officers

The Junior Chorus at Southern
High school, Oakland, under the
direction of Miss Colabrese,
opened the school year with sixty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-10-19

competitive basis; there are no
separate quotas for States or Dis
tricts and no special categories,"
he said Write for details and APP
plication as soon as possible to
the Commandant PIP, Coast
Guard Headquarters, Washington
25, d. c. Completed applications
must be postmarked on or before
January 10 1862
-O--
TRY Our Want AcrS-ThpV Paw
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Evening star., 1961-04-19
By BETTY BEALE
Star Staff Writer

President and Mrs. Ken
nedy led the dancing onto
the ballroom floor of the
White House last night at
what turned out to be the
liveliest and most gracious
presidential reception in fully
two decades.
The precedent shattering
pair dispensed with the re-
ceiving line and consequently
the hour-long wait White
House guests of the past were
obliged to endure.
AS Texas Representative
George Mahon's wife said,
"The last time we were here
everyone stood in line, row
after row after. row and
stood and stood"
Republicans as we'll as
Democrats were lavish in
their praise of the new sys-
tenn. When they arrived at
the White House and found
that they were free to go
upstairs and into any room
on the first floor they were
amazed. No doors were
closed, no ropes up, no aides
barred the way. No one told
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President, Mrs. Kennedy
Give Congress Lively Party

anyone to go in one direc-
ton and not another.
1T WAS THE FIRST
TIME this reporter and her
colleagues had ever seen an
official white tie reception
there where everyone was
free to make himself at
home in any room he chose
on the official floor.
The only time anyone was
asked to stand back was
when President and Mrs.
Kennedy made their en-
trance and a path had to be
cleared.
The Kennedys' first official
evening reception was sched-
uled to begin at 10 o'clock,
but anticipating a long line
up, guests began arriving at
$50. Senate and House lead
erS were invited for Gas
when they were instantly
uShered to the private second
floor quarters for a visit
with their hosts. Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. johnson ar
rived on the dot of Gas.
BY l0:15, when all rooms
were well filled with familiar
Capitol Hill figures mingling
in their finery and elegant