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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Final P-TA Meeting
Set By Center Street

The Center Street Elementary
School PTA will hold its final
meeting of the year Monday May
|, at 500 P. NJ. in the school audi
forum. The election of officers for
the coming school term will be
the main item during the business
session.
The program will feature a
French play Les Trois VoeuN' by
Mrs. Whitehair's third grade boys
and girls. a selection of songs on
toncttes by boys and girls from
Mrs. Dick Travis room and the
glec club under the direction of
Mrs. Elisabeth Thaycr, will sing
various selections they have
learned during the school year.
The play will be entirely in
French. one of the students will
act as interpreter. 1t is the
elimination of a year of study of
French by the third grade boys
and girls of Mrs. Walter White
hairs room.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27


Major General Eugene NJ Foster
Of Bethesda, friend of Rotarial
Mason Glotfelty, will address the
Oakland Rotary club on Friday
evening. April %. His subject will
be Our Country and Its Army
General Foster has had varied
experience in the service He
served with the Washington ma
tional guard as an enlisted man
and entered the army in 1917 as a
captain. He was active in World
War |, World War II, and the
Korean conflict and served as
chief of finance for "a years. He
was member of the War Depart
ment General staff during World
War Ii.
He received the Legion of
Merit and The Communication rib
bon. General Foster was gradu-
ate of the army war college and
army industrial college He saw
service in the Philippines and
Hawaii and has visited forty-thrcc
countries. He also has travelled eX-
tensively in the United States.
General Foster will spend the
weekend at the Glotfelty home
following his talk before the Ro-
tary CLUB.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Governor Affixes
Signature To Bill

Governor Tawcs yesterday at
fixed his signature to Senate Bill
SIC, providing for the legalized
sale Of liquor in Garrett county
subject to a referendum to be
held sometime in June
Announcement of the signing
was learned from State Senator
Bernard |. Gender this morning
Senator Gender said he would
inform the County Commissioners
today The Commissioners have
the responsibility of setting the
date for the election as provided
in the bill They will name this
date at a regular meeting of the
board on Monday Senator Con
der indicated the Commissioners
probably would set the date for
the latter part of June.
This would give eligible citizens
time to register before the clos
ing Of the registration books
which is mandatory thirty days
prior to an election.
Citizens may register during Of
flee hours of the Board of Su-
pcrvisors Of Elections, in the base
mcnt of the court house Whether
or not there would be some open
registration dates in other parts
of the counties was not known.
Time to arrange many of these
dates would be limited, it was
indicated.
In recent weeks there has been
much activity in the election board
office. Persons who arc registered
in other districts but who have
moved to district 7 or IA are
Continued on Page Six
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Area Economy Is
Under Discussion

Some $50 persons from five
counties of Western Maryland took
serious look at the areas prob
lens and suggested solutions ai
an economic conference at the
Woodmont Rod and Gun club held
Monday.
Among those attending from this
area we're Carl Schcll. Elra Gar
let's. Fred b. Glotfelty, County
Commissioners; Harry c. Edwards,
Karol Rush. Lowell Loomis. Jesse
Walker. Robert Ridder. members
of the county economic develop
mcnt committee: Harold Harmed,
president City council of Oakland;
Jack Perkins assistant county ag-
ricultural agent; Charles l.. Bri-
ner, Employment Security office;
Frank McDaniels, Wesley Schaible.
bank cashiers. Frank Peters, Mt.
Top Chamber Of Commerce; Will
lard l.. Hawkins, county superin-
tcndent Of schools; John O'Brien,
executive secretary for Promotion
council.
The conference was arranged by
Rep. Charles Nice Matthias, Jr,
Congressman from this district.
County officials, industrialists,
bankers. educators. labor union Of
ficials and other citizens were in
vitcG
Highlight Of the conference was
an address by Harry A. Boswell,
Jr, chairman of the Maryland
Economic Development commits
sion.
Nh. Boswell emphasized the re-
gionaI attack on the economic
problem, instituted last year By
Governor Tawcs. Ten governors of
the Appalachian region were
brought into the picture and Oh
May this group is to meer
with President Kennedy to out
line ways in which federal aid
can be channcled into this region
for maximum benefits.
Mr.. Boswell stated that efforts
Of the states economic develop
mcnt commission are aimed at pro-
motion and research toward bust
ness and industrial development,
and new plants and expansion OF
existing facilities.
The second effort is through
publicity and advertising TO en-
courage more people to spend
Continued on Page FOUR
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
All Number Dialing
Starts Next Monday

All number dialing is to be in
troduced in Garrett and Allegany
counties beginning next Monday.
according to Clarence Stem, local
manager of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone company
The company announced it was
planning over the next few years
to eliminate gradually the present
use of letters and numerals for
telephone numbers. The new ar
rangcment will be identified as
"All-Number calling and will get
underway as new telephones are
installed.
In place of the two letters and
five numerals in use today the
ANC system substitutes seven nu-
merals which in most cases is
equivalent to present telephone
numbers. For example DE 4-2631
would become 344-2631.
Manager Stem, in explaining the
reason for the change, said, The
system is growing so fast that the
telephone company anticipates that
it will run out Of the present type
telephone numbers in the fore
seeable future
Nearly 25 million telephones
have been added to the nation
wide network since 1850. In Mary
land the company is serving more
than 100000 phones, half Of
which were added in the last 10
years
Today there are approximately
70 million telephones in the United
States. For each number is re-
quircd. With the familiar two let
tiers and five numerals, there arc
only $40 uacablc central office
names. However, with ANC there
will be 800 dailing combination
available
Mr. Stem pointed out that ANC
doesn't require any change in the
dial equipment since the machine
cannot distinguish between let
tiers and numerals. The letters ABB
or c and the numeral ? all trans
nit the same electrical impulses
to the equipment
Those now having the numbers
with DE will continue to use that
same number for the time being.
he said. At present it will be suf-
ficient to dial just the five num-
bers, but this must end eventual
ly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Operation Alert To
Take Place Friday

Garrett County will participate
in the national Civil Defense eXer-
else. Operation Alert, 1861, it was
announced by Garrett County
Civil Defense director, d. p.
SmouSc.
Mr.. Smouse announced that
public attention to the exercise
will begin at P. NJ, on Friday,
April % when the air raid sirens
in the county sound the long
steady Alert signal. This signal
will herald the beginning of the
exercise and call attention to the
opening of a thirty-minute ma
tional Conelrad drill
During the Conelrad drill the
radio and television stations will
be off the air and only the radio
stations which operate under
Conclrad-64O or 1910 on the stand
ard radio dial-will be on the air
Mr.. Smouse said that during
the Conclrad program messages
will be delivered by top national
officials, Governor TaWes of Mary
land, Mayor Grady of Baltimore
and an official of the District of
Columbia. Also to be heard will
be officials of Virginia and Della
ware.
Students in the county schools.
according to Mr. Smouse have beer
asked to monitor the Conelrad
broadcast and report to him on
how it was heard in their locality
The school monitoring procedures
were arranged through the CO.
operation of Southern and North
ern High Schools.
1t was pointed out by MI
Smouse that traffic will continue
normally when the Alert siren
signal is sounded
A meeting of civilian defense
personnel for the county was held
Monday evening in the Court
House. Robert Creighan, training
officer for civil defense in Mary
land, explained phases of the alert.
Some fifteen persons attended
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Killed April p In
California Wreck

Willis Edwin DeBerry, aged %,
who had been residing in Los
Angeles, Calf, was killed April
81, in an automobile accident on
one of the free-ways of that city.
He was a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Prentice DeBerry, of Oakland.
The deceased had served in the
Navy for six or more years and
was a veteran of the Korean con-
flict. He had been employed as 4
driver for the Metropolitan Tran
sit authority and had completed
his run and was enroutc home
when the one-car accident occur
red.
Funeral services were conducted
in Los Angeles on Monday, April
"a and intermcnt was in the Fort
ROsecrans National cemetery in
San Diego.
Flying to the west coast for the
funeral services were his parents
and a sister, Mrs. Joan Boggs, of
Parkersburg. They returned to
Oakland on Tuesday evening.
Surviving besides his parents
and sister, is another sister. Mrs
Brenda Sanders, of New York
City. His maternal grandparents
were Mr. and Mrs George Morris,
of Function. Patcrnal grandpar
Cnts are Mr.. and Mrs. Russell De-
Berry, of Terra Alta.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Sherlock Termed
mot Guilty" Of
Charge of Murder
Jury Brings In Verdict After
Celebrating For More
Than An Hour

John Sherlock. 3S-ycar-old resi-
dent of Angola. Ind, was acquit-
ted Of charges that he fatally
beat his mother last December,
after an all-malc Jury dc,iberatcd
little over an hour at the end
of two-day trial at Oakland last
Friday.
The jury's verdict freed the
man who had been charged with
first degree murder in the death
of Mrs. Bridget Sherlock. So. The
woman died December 9, at a
hospital in Brownsville. Pa, of
injuries the state contended were
inflicted by her son the day be-
fore in Rustic Inn, route 40, east
of Grantsville.
Five witnesses including the de-
PENDANT took the stand on the
final day of the trial Sherlock'S
son John, Is, testified he had not
seen his father harm Mrs. ShCr-
lock. He told of their trip from
Virginia through this county to
the motel ard then TO the hos
pital at Brownsville. Sherlock
said he had not hit his mother.
He said nc and his two boys tooS
Mrs. Sherlock out of the bathtub
of tho motel and put her to bed
the day before She died
1t was pointed out that the wom-
an had beer subject to cpilcptic
seizures which rendered her un-
conscious
Mrs. Eva Mckenzie, employed at
the inn, said when she went 30
clean AZ tho room she noticed
nothing which might indicate
there had been a fight in the room
Continued on Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Robert McIntire,
Janet DelSignore
Spelling Winners

Robert McIntire, OF Southern
High school, and Janet DelSignorc,
OF Red House school, were pro-
claimed the winners of the spelling
bee contests among eighth and
sixth grade contestants at the an
nual affair held last Friday eve
ming at the Red House school. The
annual event was sponsored by the
Garrett County Board of Educa-
ton.
In the eighth grade contest
Sonya Furr. Suthcrn. was named
second and Linda Bray, Kitzmillcr
was named third. In the sixth
grade contest, Linda Sue SchlosS
nagle. Accident, was second and
Susan Turner, route 40 school, wa
third.
The events were witnessed by
a large number of interested per-
sons. Robert Rodeheaver, Helen
Teets and Bessie Price served as
judges. Webster's New Interna-
tional Dictionary, second edition.
was used as the authority on cor
rect spelling.
Maurice Brookhart, vice-presi-
dent, Board of Education. awarded
the certificates, and Willard l..
Hawkins, county superintendent of
schools awarded the medals, fol
lowing the conclusion of the
event and announcement of win
ners by Mr., Rodcheaver.
Miss Roberta Cogley was pro-
nouncer for the eighth graders
and Miss Esther E Yodcr was
pronouncer for the sixth graders
Prior to the contests Miss Cogley
read the rules, greetings were
brought by Mrs. Phyllis II Will
liams, principal at Rcd House, and
music selections were presented
by the Red House school under
direction of Mary X Eliason.
Participants included the follow
ing: Sixth graders. Janet DclSig-
more, Red House; Betty Lou Stan
ton. Grantsvillc; Ruth Ann Bcilec,
Yoder: David Adkins. DcnnCt;
road: Mary Pat Bennett, Friends
vile; Sharon Kamp. Grantsvillc;
Roy Beckman. North Glade; Bar
bara Forman, bennett Road; Linda
Friend. FriendSvillc; Shirley
Green, Bloomington; Marlin Wi
land. Grantsville; Carol Lawton
Continued on Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Winners Of Dress
Revue And Public
Speaking Chosen
Program Tuesday Night At
tended By Over ESQ

Four-H Family Night a three
in-onc program, featuring the
style Revue. County Speaking
Runoff' and Dress Right for the
Occasion" was presented to Owe"
$50 Alters, parents and friends al
the Accident Elementary Schoo!
on Tuesday evening.
Twcnty-ninc All girls styled
their clothing project garments in
the Style Revue. Joyce Ann Haenfi-
ling, Carol Ann Haenftling and
Patty Shawley we're selected the
top three out of the group to
represent the county in the State
Style Revue at the University of
Maryland in August Alternate
selected was Ruth Ann Harvey.
Judges for this event were Mrs.
Luke Bowman and Mrs Charles
Warwick.
Joyce Ann HaenftMng's outfit
was a lightweight wool, white
Jacket with a blue flannel skirt
She is a member Of the North Star
All Club of the Accident area.
A one-piece navy blue shantung
dress with matching jacket made
up Carol Ann Haenftlings outfit.
She is also a North Star All Club
member Patty Shawley of the Bit
finger Girls All Club. made a
blue wool tailored outfit consist
ing of skirt, wesket, and cotton
blouse.
Others participating in the dress
revue; Linda Nally Ruth Brenne-
man, Doris Brcnneman, Sally
Grove, Joyce Hartman. Bonnie
Bucket, Gail Georg. Mary Shawley.
Carol Edwards, Margaret Miller,
Shirley Lee Grove, Karen Shaw
ley, Dotty Hetrick. Eileen Kelli-
son, school outfit; Connie Grove
Mary Kay Alvarez Marjorie
Swartzcntrubcr, sleeping toys;
Mary Ellen Bcachy, Linda Our
sler, Carolyn Brenneman, Jackie
Brenneman, Helen Emory, Jill
Jones, sports outfit; Patti DcVel-
bliss, Ruth Ann Harvey, Kathlecl
HaCnftling. dress outfit.
Narrators we're Sally Buchanan
Continued On Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Gas Production
Seasonal Drop
Reported Today
County Receives Check For
$I9.595.22, Just ST 500
Less Than Previously

The quarterly report Of the pro.
duction from the local gas field
took a seasonal slump in its latest
report received today and brought
the County Commissioner a check
for S19.595.2 %, some 81 .505.89 less
than the report of three months
ago.
The report showed that 1915
100000 cubic feet of gas had been
taken from the wells of the area,
compared to 1,155, $4,000 for the
previous three months The report
today covers the period January
l to March 81 and showed an aver
age of more than 10 million cubic
feet per day The amount received
for marketable gas was S279,93l.77.
The decrease was reflected in
the amount of the check received
from the gas companies by the
County Commissioners as their
share of the seven percent tax ON
marketable gas The Commissions
crs' check Of Sl959522 compared
to the one of S2110l11 received
some three months ago. Some
checks for a three months period
have run as high as $4,000.
The check was the second ono
for the year in the fund The last
full year showed $78.35431 The
first $4,000 in any one year goes
toward liquidation of the school
indebtedness. The next S25, 900
goes toward expenses of the local
hospital Amounts above $4,000
go into fund for new school
buildings, repairs or additional
new construction.
Thirty-seven wells were listed
as producing gas, one less than
for the previous report The Nc
Cullough well was not listed this
time
Sixteen wells were listed under
joint names of O. EberIy with
1856 percent; Robert EberIy with
$3.50 percent William E Sncc
with 45.313 percent and L. n Muir
ray with 1862 percent. These wells
we're again the biggest producers
with most productive being the
BoWscr well with l54.203,0O0 cubic
feet Others in the big five were
the Herman and Hanlin well, with
148,491 GOO; Barbara Miller, with
139,743.000; Collier with 104OO9,-
OOO; Black and Frazcc with l28,-
$4,000 The Norris r. WEIGH WELL
which was the areas first pro-
Queer, was still running, supplying
1128000O cubic feet during the
quarter.
A percentage Of the total re-
ccived by the Commissioners goes
to incorporated towns if pro-
ducing Wcll is located within the
Continued on Page FOur)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Electrical Storm
Brings Cool Weather

The seasons first severe cleo
trical storm hit the county Tues
Gay night which apparently ended
the rainy season for April No
damage was reported, although
the winds were heavy and the
lightning was fairly sharp in
some areas.
Tuesday was the fourth day OF
the past week in which rain fell
and brought the total days dur
ing April during which some rain
or snow fell to tWenty-threc.
The downpour brought streams
to a high level, but apparently
there was no flooding in this sec
ton. Such was not the case in
parts of West Virginia and Penn
vania where flash floods occurred.
The rain had a cooling effect
and brought the temperature down
to the 4G's.
a resume of the weeks Wcathcc
showed the following: Friday,
cloudy and cool with rain before
noon and continuing throughout
the day; Saturday, cloudy with
rain continuing most of Saturday
night; Sunday, mostly clear and
warmer; Monday partially clear
with some rain; Tuesday, windy,
partly clear, partly cloudy, with
heavy rain starting Tuesday eve
ming, accompanied by high wind
and much sharp lightning; We'd
resday clear and cold and windy,
Thursday, cool, hay
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Full Program In
Talent Show Set

A full evening of activity is
scheduled for the Southern High
school parent-teachcr association
talent show. which will be held
Friday evening in the bennett
Road school, beginning at s
o'clock
There are IA acts in the group
to age u, 10 acts in the group 10
TO 10, and four adult acts.
w. Kenneth Johns, principal.
said there was wide variety Of
presentations, including tap dane
ing, instrumental numbers, vocal
solos, quartets. and other numbers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Summer Schedule Is
Set By Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road has announced that the
summer schedule for passenger
trains will 90 into effect on Sun
day morning, April SO, with tho
adoption of daylight saving time
in many of the territories served
by the railroad.
The new schedules will be based
on Standard time but some adj
iustmcnts have been made in ar
rival time to conform with re-
quircmcnts of daylight time.
Some changes have been noted
in the Oakland schedule
Eastbound: No 2, will be at
3:O4 a. M, instead of 2:59 as at
present, No 80 will be at SIS a.
m, same as at present; No. II,
5:35 p. M, instead of 5:55 p. m,
as at present
Wcstbound. No. %. Sill a. m,
same time as at present; No. H.,
1858 instead Of 1908 p. m. as at
present. National Limited, No. l.,
1884 p. M, instead of IL o'clock
as at present
Trains will be listed on standard
time, but the new schedule goes
into effect at 1901 a M. Sunday.
Oakland and several other towns
Of the county will adopt daylight
time also this Sunday They VIII
remain on daylight time until the
last SUNDAY IL September Schools
Will operate on daylight time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Winners Announced

Prize winners for the Easter
Egg hunt held Saturday, April /
on the American Legion grounds
were announced as follows:
George Wine, first; Louise Mar
TIN. second; and David Biser
third
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
Alert Signal

The Civil Defense alert sig
nal-a three to five minute
steady siren tone-will be sound
cd on Friday. April rs at 4 p.
m. to herald the opening of the
national Civil Defense drill, OPP
Grafton Alert and the beginning
of a thirty-minute national Con-
elrad drill. Traffic will continue
normally.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27
To Show Film

The Harbor of Light Chapel Of
Uniontown, Pa, Rev. H L. Davis,
pastor, will show pictures of the
Holy Land at the Pine Grove
Church of the Brethren or Tue
day, May 2 at 7.45 P. NJ, DIST.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-04-27

These under Joint ownership which
William Z. SnCe, 453l3
Ebory with $50 percent L Murray. 1562 percent
Evening star., 1961-02-19

stained lead glass windows
with the family crest, other
furnishings including the
dining room table and chairs,
many exceptional oil paint
ings and family portraits all
in great profuSion.
The house and its museum
furnishings represented the
accumulation Of six centuries
Of living by one family in
England under the same roof.
Originally, Holme was
built Of wood" Mr.. Whitaker
explains. THE center and
eastern wing were rebuilt
either in 1908 or shortly
before. The west end re-
mained wood until l7l7."
When Mr.. MacNamara died,
the property passed into the
hands of two married nieces
living in London. One bought
the other out, Mr.. Whitaker
recalls, and proceeded to sell
the home, its 1900 acres, and
its furnishings, to cover the
death" or inheritance taxes.
She kindly gave Mr.. Whitaker
first choice at buying fur
nishings. The rest were
bought up by museums.
Acquisitions Arrives
The full circle back to his
ancestral home closed for Mr..
Whitaker about a year ago
with the arrival of the acqui-
sitions. Included were the
table and 18 chairs, an oil
painting Of his ancestor,
Thomas Horden Whitaker
that formerly hung in the
dining hall: the wine cooler
portion Of a giant Sideboard,
a chest of drawers, a medieval
carved, canopied bed and
some smaller mementoS.
The Alexandria Whitakers
use their renowned table
every day and have future
plans for it.
Mr.. Whitaker, who retired
from the Government last
year, is building a new house
on a plantation in Delhi. La.
The blueprints, he reveals,
call for a dining room bigger
than any other room In the
house.
I'VE intend to be able to
set the table up, complete
with leaves" Mr.. Whitaker
says, land have room to
spare"
Evening star., 1961-02-19

have any need whatsoever
for one when she hunts be-
cause other riders viii be
along anyhow. But it's not
unusual for women Of the
hunt country to take q
groom along when going out
for a ride alone, just In case
Of an accident.
II she does decide she
wants someone, she can pick
her own groom and simply
notify the Secret Service. said
the boss of the potent pro-
tectors.
EEE
SPEAKING OF MRS.
FpR, have you heard she's
going to get an appoint
ment?
No, what?
She's going to be den
mother to the cabinet.
- y
SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR Stuart Udall was
telling friends at a dinner
party the other evening that
he who used to drive around
in an old Dodge now has
an official Limousine but his
wife won't use it except when
she goes with him. Appar-
emily MRS. Udall feels that
the car is supplied by the
Government for her hus-
bands use and not for hers,
which makes her a pretty
unusual woman.
The new cabinet officer
thinks his wife ought to use
it and he explained why:
I'VE are invited to about 10
parties a day now, and in
the interest Of my job I
think we ought to go to one
or two of them"
But, he said. ip order to