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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Up To Voters Once More. q.

Let us not be weary in well doing 1t has been done
once, it be done again.
Once the people will have the opportunity to vote
the question Of whether Garrett counys citizens
do not want egalzed liquor Nothing else ought to
into the picture Just because there booeggers
should not be for allowing legal liquor to flow Two
wrongs yet have made right.
There ought not to be any hesitation in voting just be-
few years people voted against daylight saving
time and the mandate of the people ignored That bill
faulty in its provisions. 1t had teeth in it, Some
have been heard say whats the to vote?
And point to daylight saving of the fuity of
it. But that is not the in this BILL If people vote it
OF course if aren't particular to the type
persons elect the legislature matter
what the outcome, they could introduce similar legislation
every session But long the people given the
opportunity to vote the question, they should vote
Let every who has opinion the subject get
1t they don't and the results not to their
liking they will have only themselves to blame 1t will be too
late to hoer after the people who voted have decided
Whatever date is set to hold the election, it will be
important date for every voter and nothing trivial should
keep anyone away from the polls The question should be
settled decisvely if possible
This newspaper takes the stand that have sue
Continued Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Congressman Plans
Economic Conclave

Congressman Charles McC. Ma
thias announced this week ar
Economic Conference for Western
Maryland to be held at the Wood.
mont Rod and Gun club near
Hagerstown on April "a. This is
part of a concerted and continued
effort to stimulate and improve
the present economic condition
and to devise ways of attracting
new industry to the Sixth district.
Some 100 persons are expected
including government officials
from cities and counties of the
district and experts from the U.
S. Department of Commerce.
Matthias discussed the confer
ence and other local matters in a
two day visit to the locality. He
came into the county Tuesday
afternoon and remained overnight
continuing his crossroads" tour on
Wednesday morning.
The visit was one of several
scheduled to carry out his cam
paign promise to make regular
visits to the area to talk over con-
ditionS with his constituents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06

The Leaps have some 1000 feet
OF track of their own Earl Leaps
trackage is an integral part of n
canister quarry that he operates
at the foot of mountain, together
with his two sons, Earl Jr., 81, and
Donald, Is. A highly refractory
siliccous rock, used mainly to line
furnaces in steel mills, the mineral
deposit was discovered by Leap As
years ago and turned into pros-
table business.
The canister is shipped out in
railroad ore carriers and switched
onto a nearby spur line of the
Pennsylvania railroad that runs
along the east side of the high
way. When the Crellin equipmen.
was delivered to the Leaps, the
locomotives were toWed on the B.
and o. to Cumberland and then
transferred to the Pennsy for the
trip to Madley.
The PennSy runs one small
freight train on the spur line each
day. Oft-times consisting only of
a locomotive, coal car and caboose,
the train chugs from Cumberland
to Altoona and returns.
The younger Leap, tall,
slender man with natural me-
chanical ability, is the steam en-
Continued on Page Fifteen)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Body of County Man
Recovered in Lake

The body of Thomas Lanch
Morris, %. who resided at Grab
Tree, in the Savage River valley
section, was removed last Thurs
day afternoon from about 30 feet
of water at Savage River dam. A
pickup truck he had been driving
also was recovered.
An autopsy showed that the man
died as a result of accidental
drowning. DR.. James H. Feaster,
Jr., deputy medical examiner for
the county, made the report.
Mr. Morris had been missing
several days from his home and
search of the water was started
last Thursday when evidence was
discovered that vehicle apparent
ly had run off the roadway that
borders the lake.
The truck was located in the
murky water by William r. Nc
Dowell, of Piedmont, scuba
diver. The diver attached line
to the vehicle and it was pulled
to the surface by tow truck.
About 8:15 last Thursday Harry
Bittinger, a caretaker at the con-
troll house of the dam, noticed a
spare tire floating near the breast
of the dam. John Robert Martin,
Westernport, travelling along the
roadway above the dam, noticed
tire marks to the edge of the en-
bankment and noticed that trees
had been skinned of their bark.
State police were notified. They
contacted Mr.. Mcdowell and also
a state police diver Tic. Bernard
Chabot said the truck had gone
off the right side of the 24-foot
roadway about quarter of mile
west of the control house and
plummeted about 10 feet down
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Preston Railroad Engines
BOu9hf For Pleasure .IuunfS

The Earl Leap family of Madlcy,
Pa, near Iiyndman, has purchased
railroad to while away the lazy
summer Week-ends."
The family owns an unusual col
lection of antique cars and had
yearned for railroad for years.
So they drove to Crellin short
time ago and purchased a railroad
for themselves. This one is a
genuine, smoky, dirty charming,
wonderful standard-gauge railroad.
Consisting of two locomotives,
coal cars, motor car and four
miles of track, the road was pur-
chased from the Preston Railroad
company of Crellin, four miles
west of here. Originally longer
system that was used to haul
lumber, the trackage was reduced
TO four miles when the COMPANY
concentrated on coal mining. The
engines hauled coal some fou:
miles to a siding of the B. and O.
main line at Hutton.
All of the equipment has been
moved to the Leap property on
the east side of route SO, five
miles north Of Hyndman. The steel
track. still spiked to the ties be-
tween Crellin and Hutton, will
probably be sold as scrap this
summer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Cigaret, Sales
Taxes Increased
Lawmakers Rule Out Pay
Raises For Teachers Prior
To Adjournment

The Marylnd Legislature turned
down a school teachers pay raise
in favor of direct aid to political
subdivisions and levied cigaret and
sales tax increases to finance it
before adjourning late last Satur-
day night.
The actions came at the tag end
of an 88-day session which also
saw:
Enactment of Marylands frs,
state regulation over savings and
lean associations.
Passage of $500 million budget
and authorization for bond issues
which total S36 ,255,OOO to be re-
deemed in the future from the
State real estate tax.
Creation of a new Congressional
District from Prince Georges and
Howard counties as a result OF
Maryland's population growth the
last 10 years.
Defeat of four measures de-
signed to rcapportion the legisla-
ture for the benefit of growing
metropolitan areas.
Defeat of three bills to abolish
Continued on Page Seven
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Teachers Will Meet
In All-Day Session

An all-day meeting for school
teachers of the county will be
held next Tuesdy, April II, at
Southern High school, it was an
nounced by Willard L. Hawkins
county superintendent of schools
Mrs. Esther Yoder, principal OF
Yoder school, will make the open
ing address from $3.50 to 1920. fol
lowed by an address by Dean
Vernon Anderson, head of the De-
partment of Education, University
Of Maryland.
Results of Math meetings and
studies and needs in the math
program will be discussed by Al.
bert Ringer, instructor at Southern
High.
Meetings with supervisors will
be held from IL o'clock to 1880
High school teachers will meet
with F. D. Bittle, supervisor, in
the gymnasium, while elementary
teachers will meet with Edwin
Elias and Mrs. Caroline Wilson
elementary supervisors.
AT a luncheon meeting at
o'clock in the school cafeteria
the speaker will be DIR. Richard
Weiglc, president of St. Johns
College.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Kitzmiller Teacher
Hurt in Auto Crash

Harold G.. Phillips, 81, principal
of the Kitzmiller school, was
critically injured in two-car ac-
cident Monday night near Oakland.
He was admitted to Garrett Coun-
ty Memorial hospital in Oakland,
for treatment of severe decorations
of his face and scalp and internal
injuries. His condition was re-
ported satisfactory"
Trooper r. B. Cave said the
accident occurred at 10 p. m. on
U. S. route 219, five miles north
of Oakland Police said Phillips
was operating his car southbound
on the highway when he was APP
parently blinded by the headlights
of a parked car owned by Kenneth
II. Peck. %, star route, Oakland.
Authorities said Peck had parked
his vehicle northbound on the
shoulder of the roadway. The
Phillips car crossed the center lane
and rammed into Peck's auto. Peck
was not injured.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Treasurer Issues
3,615 Auto Tags

A total of 3,615 automobile Ii
cense tag sets have been issued
by Joseph H. WEIGH, county treas
urer, up to Monday evening, it
was learned. This is about 200
more than the previous year for
the same period of time.
There were 100 tags processed
on the final day, but the biggest
day experienced was last Thurs
day, March 30 when considerably
more than that were issued.
Mr.. Welch said the issuance had
been fairly steady with no person
having to stand in line more than
Is or 20 minutes.
Welch said that issuance Of
truck tags began also on Tuesday
and that several sets were pur-
chased. These may be placed on
trucks the first of May.
A supply of 1861 auto tags still
will be on hand at the treasurer
office for those who have not yet
purchased them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
County's State Aid
To Total Sl55,961

Garrett county will receive $685.
961 under S145 million dollar
program of aid to local govern
ments enacted by the Maryland
Legislature last Saturday.
The funds will come from lower
ing the sales tax to purchases of
Is cents and taxing restaurant
meals over 81 and levying a uni
form statewide cigarette tax of =
cents a pack.
Allegany county will receive
$551 POS.
Garrett county's share will in
clude S106,40 from the school vel
fare aid and S49,553 from the
cigarette tax. 1t is equivalent to
38.2 cents on the Garrett county
tax rate.
Allegany county's share will
total S271 ,061 to be distributed
through adjustments in education
and welfare formulas for aiding
subdivisions and S2S0,144 from the
cigarette tax hike.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Forms Corporation

Oak Lanes Recreation in Oak
land has Incorporated The cor
poration will be composed of Alan
E. Skidmore, Paul w. Fisher and
Ivan O. HENDERSON.
The newly formed corporation
has announced the construction OF
two new bowling houses. One will
be located in Friendsville, and will
be comprised Of no less than four
lanes. The second one will be in
Kingwood, w. Va, and will house
no less than six lanes. Both of the
new bowling alleys will be modern
in every respect, and will feature
fully automatic pin settlers, ample
parking, and all modern bowling
conveniences.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Tractor and Auto
Damaged By Fire

A tractor owned by Joe Whit
acre, near Swallow Falls, and an
automobile owned by Aston F.
Teter, of Cleveland, o.. were badly
damaged by fire within the past
week in two separate events.
The 1855 Buick sedan of Mr.
Teter caught fire when the engine
backfired, on Sunday evening
about 8 o'clock as he was travel
ing on route PIG, near the Paugh
chicken farm.
The Oakland fire department
was called and estimated the dam
age at $500 to $500. The engine was
still burning when the firemen
arrived.
The tractor caught fire yester-
day afternoon about 2:30 o'clock.
The seven mile run to Whitacre'S
farm was made in record time
but the fire was out on arrival. 1t
was not a new tractor but it was
badly damaged. Whitacre's farm is
located near the site of the old
Bray School house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
District Option
And Referendum
Provided In Bill
Amendments To Measure
Provide For Vote In June

The provisions of the liquor bill
which passed both houses of the
legislature, makes it mandatory to
have a referendum on the measure
sometime in June before any por-
ton of it would become effective
but also provides for local option
by districts.
The Republican office received d
copy of the amendments which in
cluded the following provisions:
Sec. 2. And be it further en-
acted that before this act shall
become effective it shall be sub
mitted to a referendum of the
legally qualified voters of Gar
rett county at a special election
to be held during the month of
June, 1861, the date to be in the
discretion of the Board of County
Commissioners of Garrett county,
the cost of such election shall be
borne by the County Commission
erS of Garrett county. There shall
be printed on the ballots or ballot
labels, to be used at said election
the title of this act and under
meath said title on separate lines
a square or box to the right OF
and opposite the words for the
sale of liquors in Garrett county,
and corresponding square or box
to the right of and opposite the
words against the sale of liquor
in Garrett county, so that the
voters of said county shall be abb
to designate his or her decision
for or against said act. If ma
jority of the votes cast in said
election in any election district
of said county shall be for the
sale of liquors in Garrett county
then this act shall become effec-
tive in such election district, but
if a majority of the votes cast in
any election district of said coun-
ty shall be against the sale Of
liquor in Garrett county, then in
such election district this act shall
be of no further effect and shall
be null and void"
The County Commissioners said
this week they had made no plans
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
$50 Claimants To
File Under New
Federal Program
Saturday Is Day Set By En-
pIoyment Security Office

Some $50 claimants in Garrett
County are expected to file claims
Saturday, April 8, in the Oakland
Office of the Department of EN-
ployment Security under the new
Federal program of extended I'M
employment benefits.
The temporary extended unem-
ployment compensation program,
known as tee, provides for the
payment of additional benefits to
workers who have exhausted their
regular unemployment insurance
rights since June 30, 1860, and are
now unemployed, able to work
and available for work.
Charles L. Briner, Manager of
the Departments Oakland Local
Office, said that of the PAL claim
ants who have exhausted their
regular benefits in Garrett County
since last June 30, approximately
GOO dl0 SAPCIlSu " Nldllll DtHG4lIS
under the new emergency pro-
gram.
Since weekly benefit checks
average about $4,000 in Maryland,
200 claimants would add another
$4,000 in purchasing power to boil
ster the Garrett County economy
each week, or about $4,000 a
month.
The Oakland Local Office at II
Alder Street, is one of 20 full
time Employment Security offices
in Maryland which will be open
Saturday from 500 A. M. to l P.
NJ to take tee claims under Il
special claimant-reporting sched-
ule designed to regulate the flow
OF claimants and prevent undue
delays.
The hour Saturday at which the
potentially eligible person who
wishes to file a Tee claim is to
report is based on the day of the
week on which he formerly filed
claims for regular benefits, as fol-
lows:
If his former report day was
Monday he should report Satur-
day at 8 a. M; if Tuesday, then az
8 a. M; if Wednesday, then at 10
a. m; if Thursday. then at II a.
m to LOO Each claimant will be
required to identify himself fully,
and should bring his social Sc
curity card and his last unemploy-
ment insurance identification card,
form DIES POP, which is either
yellow or salmon in color
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Complete First Aid Course

Harry Buckley, district mine in
spector, recently completed first
aid training course for employees
of the State Department of For
cstS and Parks in the Oakland
area The course took IS weeks
to complete.
Taking the course were Elmer
II. Upole, supervisor; Fred Friend.
Ward L. Ashby, Richard Bond,
William c. Friend, George w.
Ferguson, Philip R. Ferguson, Paul
r. Mateer, Jr, Arthur Morrill,,
George A. ReXrode, Delmas D.
Sanders, Roland G. Schoch, Jr.,
Otto w. Schultz, Harold S. Stark.
Charles c. Thomas and Myrl j.
Wilt.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Sewage Treatment
Under Discussion
By City Council

The need for sewage treatment
in the various communities, was a
topic under discussion this week
by several towns and groups in
Garrett county.
Leading the discussion was
Thomas w. Shives, public health
engineer for Maryland, and help.
ing him were DR.. Arthur Jones,
public health officer, and Charles
B. Miller Sanitarian.
The health men spoke to the
Accident city council Monday
Councils of Deer Park and Oak
land, and the County Commission
ers, on Tuesday, and Bloomington
on Wednesday.
The possible use of Sterilization
lagoons for treatment was one OF
the methods suggested. The lagoon
treatment was related in an article
in The Republican about two week:
ago.
Mr.. ShiveS said the State De
partment Of Health accepted the
use of lagoons on the same basi;
as other methods. 1t has been
pointed out that where these are
possible the cost of sewage treat
ment is much less than Other
methods.
At the present time the Stat;
recommends an acre of lagoon for
every 200 population. Mr.. Shives
mentioned that when he was
through this area a year or two
ago he made a survey of the posi-
bilities for using the Dead Pond
for such lagoon. but that the
conditions were not exactly suita.
BILE, because of the inflow and the
outflow of water.
He said that two lagoons were
now in use in the state and thai
five more had been authorized
and an additional five in stages Of
! design.
Mr. Shives was sent by tho
health department to study lagoon:
in western communities last sum
mcr and he has a lot of material
on the subject, He brought with
him this week some 60 colorcd
slides showing the various ways in
which the lagoons were used.
Most sewage from the towns
mentioned go into rivers and
streams.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06

Dr. Eunice Carmichael Roberts,
chairman of AAUW committee on
higher education, will be a fea-
tured speaker on New Frontiers
in Higher Education, at the Fri
day night banquet of the annual
convention of the Maryland State
Division, American Association of
University Women, to be held in
Cumberland Friday and Saturday,
April 81 and %
The Cumberland branch will BE-
hostess, with members of the Gar
rett county and Frostburg-George' S
Creek branches assisting.
DR.. Roberts has been a faculty
member at Illinois college, Uni
versity of Illinois, Eastern New
Mexico university, and dean a.
Underwood college and Indiana
university.
Women from every section of
Maryland and % branches will
convene at the Shrine Club for
meetings. lectures and workshops
concerned with the AAUW's pur-
pose of intellectual growth, adj
vancement of women, and respon-
sibility to society,"
Addressing the convention also
at luncheon on Saturday, will be
Dr. Charles W. Shilling, on an an
alysis of radioactive fall out. Two
groups will present folk art typi-
cal of Western Maryland; the Mao
rigal Singers, of Frostburg State
Teachers college; and the High
land dancers of Keyser, w. Va
giving authentic folk dances. The
dances are under direction OF
Joseph Blundin.
Speakers at special interest SEES.
sions will be Dr. Robert X. HirZel
Continued on Page Eight
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Kill Big Wildcat

Four hunters reported the kill
of a big wildcat measuring SO
inches from his nose to tip of his
tail on Monday morning, April g.
about IL o'clock.
Four hound dogs, with the hunt
ers, gave chase and brought the
cat within range. A shotgun was
used by the hunters who were
Truman E. Upole, Joe Murphy,
Ernest Schrock and Wayne Beck
man.
The killing took place on Table
Rock near the fire tower. The
male animal weighed 24la pounds
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
RezuOAeIed Local PhNrE1sNcy
Is Officially Opened Today

The greatly enlarged and COM
pletely remodeled Oakland Phar
macy, had its grand opening to-
day, under the partnership OF
Harold II. Harmed and Robert
E. Proudfoot. The official opening
was the beginning of the 68th year
in business.
The Oakland pharmacy actual
ly began as Chisholms, Mayors,
Neideckers, McComas and Har-
ned's Drug stores in the order
named 1t was first called Oakland
Pharmacy in 1893 and was taken
over in 1895 by the late Joseph E
Harmed, who operated the bushes;
from that time until his passing
on May 5, 1851.
The ownership passed to his son
Harold H. Harmed at that time and
in 1855 Mr.. Harmed and Robert
Proudfcot formed their partner.
ship.
Extensive remodeling was begun
last fall after the owners had
made arrangements to lease the
former H. c. Sincell clothing store
in the Republican building. The
space of the store was more than
tripled.
Many local people were en-
ployes of the Oakland Pharmacy
through the years, some of then
being Norman r. Sanner, Rober!
Shirer, DR.. w. w. Grant, DR.. Stan
ley Mitchell. Mark S. White. Rob
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-06
Four Are Injured
In Two Car Mishaps

Four persons were hospitalizcd
following two separate highway ac-
cidcnts in this county last Sat
urday.
Admitted to Miners hospital in
Frostburg were Miss Linda May
Wiley, II, and Milton Wayne Wilt,
II, both of SWanton, who were in
jured in an auto mishap two miles
north OF Bittinger.
Admitted to Garrett County Me-
mortal hospital in Oakland Satur-
day morning following a two-car
crash near Hoyes were Mrs Mar
tina Bremen, As, gainesville, N. j.,
and Mrs. Deulah Harry, AT, Balti-
more.
Both women were reported in
good condition Mrs. Bremen
sustained decorations of her head,
while Mrs. Harry suffered lacera-
tons of the face and was in
state OF shock when admitted
Trooper j. F. Powers said the
women were injured when their
car collided with another auto
driven by Cecil William Wclch,
route /, Oakland, on State route
AZ, between Hoyes and Scbolds
turn, about 10:45 a. m.
Trooper Powers said Mrs. Bren-
ner was operating the car north
bound while the Welch vehicle
was travelling southbound. Police
said as Mrs. Bremen reached the
top of hill she shifted into low
range and the car crossed the
center lane and into the path of
the WEIGH car Police listed wet,
slippery highway conditions as the
cause of the accident
The two SWanton tecnagers were
injured after the sedan in which
they were riding turned over on
Maryland route ass. near Bittinger.
Both Miss Wiley and Wilt sus-
tanned back injuries, abrasions and
Commissions about their bodies. Tic.
Bernard Chabot and Trooper Glen
D. Folk investigated. Driver OF
the vehicle was Joseph c. Wiley,
81, of Grantsville, He was not in
jured.
Police said the car was travel
ing south and when the driver
attempted to negotiate left curve
the vehicle hit an icy patch, skid
ded and turned over.