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The Republican., 1962-07-26
Cigaret Tax Brings
S68,878 to County

Checks were sent this week from
the office of Louis l.. Goldstein,
state comptroller, to subdivisions
of the state as their share of the
cigarette tax revenue for the fiscal
year ended June So
Garrett county was scheduled TO
receive S17,O97S6 as its share for
the fourth quarter, April l through
June 80, This made a total for the
year of $6S,87879.
Five counties received less than
the sum which came to this county.
Baltimore city received S3,605,-
354,22, while Allcgany county re-
ceived S283O93. Baltimore county,
Montgomery county and Prince
Georges county received more
than a million dollars each.
The total distribution in the state
was S11 ,253,8O294.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
IA Head of Cattle
Killed by Lightning,

Fourteen head Of beef cattle of
The herd of Thomas j. Johnson
were killed by lightning during an
electrical storm Monday which
caused widespread damage also TO
crops as the result of hail.
Large hailstones fell in scattered
areas during the Monday storm,
cutting down corn fields and caus-
ing other damage to gardens and
farm fields. A high wind caused
damage to trees at Mt Lake Park
Hail was particularly heavy around
Deep Greek Lake and Friends
vile.
Hail also struck several areas
Sunday. Most of the weeks weather
has been wet and cool with rain
falling during part of the past
four days. Early morning tempera-
lures have been in the SOS.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Football Aspirants to
Meet Monday P. NJ.

All boys interested in football,
grades nine through twelve, were
asked by w. Kenneth Johns,
principal of Southern High school,
to report to the school on Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
AS yet no successor to Earl
Addison, football coach, has been
Officially announced, although Mr
Johns said an appointment would
be made probably next week by
the board of education as soon as
Willard Hawkins, county superin-
tendent returned to his duties.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Baby Beef Sale To
Be Feature of Fair

The third annual All and FLA
Baby Beef sale is expected to be
one of the features of the sixth
Garrett County agricultural fair,
that will be staged August 7 to ii
at the fair grounds at McHenry
The beef sale, however, is only
one of a number of activities
slated for fair week.
There will be thirty-two animals
Judged and sold this year accord
ing to officers of the Garrett Coun-
ty Beef Producers association,
sponsor of the event. The judg-
ing will take place Thursday eve
ming, August 8, at o'clock and
the annual sale will be held on
Saturday evening, August II, at
8 o'clock. Ira Mahaffey will be the
auctioneer.
Last year Is four-H and F. F. A.
members exhibited 81 steers. and
the grand champion was grown by
Barry Rush, of Accident. The grand
champion last year brought 81
cents per pound being purchased
by Miller'S Sanitary Market.
Last year a new baby beef barn
was erected by the fair association
to take care of this growing ac-
tivity and the number to be shown
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The Republican., 1962-07-26
"Seven Keys Next
Playhouse Offering

The most popular play from the
pen of the beloved George NJ
! Cohan, a play which combine:
both the thrills of mystery melo-
! drama and the laughs of farce
comedy, has been chosen as the
next presentation of the Garrett
County Playhouse.
This is Seven Keys to Bald
pate" which will open at the
Blue Barn on Tuesday, July 81 and
continue through Saturday of next
week
The hectic goings-on at Baldpate
Inn. summer hotel, begin when
William Magee, a writer of who
done it fiction, goes there in the
dead of winter to win a bet by
turning out 10000 word story
IN "a hours.
Believing that he has the only
key in existence to the isolated
inn, the peace and quiet he sought
there is shortly broken in on by
pistol shots. shrieks, corpseS,
double dealing and general pan
demonium after the possessors Of
six other keys to Baldpate, one
after another, turn the lock The
harried novelist is confronted by
d crook, an adventures, grating
mayor, a ghostly hermit, corrupt
corporation president and his aide,
and beautiful girl reporter.
Seven Keys to Baldpate" is
representative of the scores of
phenomenal stage successes by the
great Yankee Doodle Dandy
George M. Cohan. Since its or
iginal highly successful Broadway
run. it has become one of the most
popular items in the repertories of
theatres throughout the country.
Harvey" is the presentation
lIllS WCCh dl IilC DCIilCtl IOdNl
school, temporary quarters of the
Playhouse troupe.
A full cast has been corralcd
for next weeks production and the
parts are distributed as follows:
Elijah Quimby, Jim Gates; Mrs.
Quimbly, local talent; William
Hallowell Magee, Neil Flanagan;
John Bland, Larry Kingsley; Mary
Norton, Mary Ann Craig; Mrs
Rhodes, Patti Dillon; Peter the
Hermit, Darrell Salk; Myra Thorn
hill, Helene Paige; Lou Max, Phil
Jones; Jim Cargan, Steve Ben
Israel; Jiggs Kennedy, Tom Cal
kins; and owner Of Baldpate,
Charles Briner.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Pleads Guilty to
6 Forgery Charges

Hazel Sarah Friend, of Sand
Flat, north of Oakland, pleaded
guilty to six separate charges of
forgery when given a hearing in
the Circuit court yesterday after
noon before Associate Judge
Stuart F. Hamill.
She had been arrested July II
on charges of forging various
names on checks and getting them
cashed at local stores. Charges
were preferred by Wayne Wilt
deputy sheriff.
The checks involved in the
court action yesterday totaled
S115.5O.
Judge Hamill sentenced the
woman to eighteen months in the
Maryland Institution for Women
on each charge, the sentences to
run concurrently. The sentences
were suspended upon condition she
make total restitution within a
period of six months, that she re-
frain from any repetition of the
activity, that she remain of good
behavior. She was placed under
supervision of the Parole and Pro-
baton officer.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Farm Queen Contest
Set For August 7

Plans for the annual Farm Queen
contest we're made recently at a
directors meeting of the Associ-
atCd Women of the Farm Bureau.
Mrs. Leslie Guard presided, and
twelve members were present.
The contest will be held on Farm
Bureau day at the county fair,
August 7 at p. m. Candidates are
now being sought, according to
Mrs. Guy Stanton. secretary, and
must be between 16 and 18 years
of age. must be unmarried, and
live on a farm producing 40 per-
cent or more of the family's in
come.
The county winner will receive
a cash award of $500 and will
represent the county at state
contest held in September at the
Timonium fair. Other contestants
will receive cash awards of lesser
amounts.
Interested girls may contact
either Mrs. Guard or Mrs. Stanton.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Court Awards
S55,O00 Damages
In Bus Accident
Carroll County Jury DeIib-
crates Two Hours In
Reaching Verdict

Two children injured nearly
three years ago when Tram
smashed INTO school bus at MI
Lake Park were awarded a total
Of $50 900 in damages Friday by d
Carroll County Circuit court jury.
The award, which wound up a
four day trial moved to West
minister from this county, came
after one hour and So minutes Of
deliberation.
Roy Olen Hinkle, Jr., Is. who
was seeking $4,000 damages. re-
ceived $4,000, and his father an
additional $1,8912S for medical
expenses.
Frances Dixon, II, who sought
100000 damages, was awarded
$4,000 and her father 1899 for
medical bills.
Both Hinkle and Miss Dixon
named the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad and Leroy Campbell, 81,
the bus driver, as defendants.
The train-bus collision happened
on September 10, 1859 Seven chill
dren we're killed and II others in
jured. Twenty-siX students were
riding the bus.
The railroad argued that the bus
driver should have heard the train
or seen its signals. The carriers
attorney claimed Campbell became
excited and did not act properly
Campbell testified during the
trial that he did not see the train
after his bus stalled on the track
at Mt. Lake Park. He said, how
ever, he had instructed the pas
sengers to get off the bus.
Both Campbell and the railroad
assumed equal liability under the
awards.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Coal Mining In Area
Continues To Decline

Production in the soft coal mines
of Western Maryland continued 10
decline during the year ending
December 81, according to the an
nual report of the Maryland
Bureau of Mines
Tonnage dropped from 759686
in 1860 to 718,039 for the past year
Garrett cOuntyS output was down
from 546,681 tons in 1860 to 531,- :
212 tons in 1861. Allegany county
showed a drop from 213,OO4 in 1860
to 186,826 tons in 1861.
Nearly two thirds of all coal
produced came from strip mines
in Garrett and Allegany counties.
the only counties in Maryland
where coal is mined.
During the past year 434,782 tons
came from strip mines while 1885,
256 tons came from deep mines.
Employment also was down. In
1860 total of $40 men made their
living as miners, drivers and in
side and outside laborers. During
the past year $50 men less were
working in the bituminous field.
Actual employment for 1861 was
$40 men,
Fatalities in the mines showed
a drop, with only one man killed as
compared to three the previous
year. The one fatality was in AL
legy county
Clay mining, which comes under
the bureaus jurisdiction, accounted
for 11,472 tons as compared to 49,
600 tons for the previous year.
Clay mining ceased in this county
in 1852 and never has been re-
Sumed
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Two Assault Cases
Heard By Magistrate

Two assault cases were among
those heard this week by Trial
Magistrate Robert M. Maroney.
Robert Eugene Ludwig was
found guilty of assault and battery
upon Dorothy Ludwig, when tried
July Is, and was sentenced to
serve ten days in the county jail.
Sentence was suspended upon con-
dition he be of good behavior.
Eunice Kcplinger was found
guilty of assault and battery upon
Josephine Brubaker as the result
of a disturbance at Green Glade
on July II. The trial was held
Monday. She was fined $40 and
costs.
Two other cases were disposed
of by the trial magistrate
Charles w. Spcichcr entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of I'M
lawfully obtaining money from the
u emp loym mt Compensation
Board in Oakland. at a trial on
Wednesday, He was sentenced to
serve 80 days in Jail but the SEN
tence was suspended when it was
revealed that he had made resti
tuition to the board.
James Critics pleaded not guilty
to charge of destruction of prop
erty at a hearing July l, but was
found guilty and sentenced to serve
six days in the county jail.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Accident Youth
kllled In Fall

Everett NIcKoIas FRIEND, 20, of
Accident, was Killed trIuay Ii
montgomery county, near WASH
mguOn, Wnere he was working On
construction OF the new Cabin
John bridge.
Friend was killed when a scaffold
on the bridge apparently gave way,
hurnng HIM 81 feet to the rocks
below. He was pronounced dead Of
multiple injuries about an hour
after arrival at Suburban hospital.
The victim had been employed
about a month by Ruckman and
Hanson company of Ft. Wayne,
Ind, contractor tor the bridge. He
had been a construction worker
for the past three years.
Born in this county March II,
1912, he was a son of Everett c,
and Marian Hoy Friend.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by his widow, Nancy Har-
desty Friend; one son, Philip, at
home; three sisters, Mrs. John Fill
singer, Deer Park; Mrs. Frank
Cook, Rockville; and Mrs. Ronald
Warren, Silver Spring; maternal
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Friend, all of Sang Run.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon in Hoyes Methods,
church by the Rev. Charles j..
Hinkle, pastor. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Donkey Ball Game
Scheduled July 80

A softball team composed of
members of the Lions club will
tangle with a team from the Town
and Country softball league Mon
day evening, July 30 at the South
crn High school football field.
To make things more interesting,
members of both teams will be
mounted on donkeys, according to
Mrs. Arthur LaWton, president of
the Southern High Athletic Boost
crs club, sponsors of the game.
Play will begin at 800 p. m. and
proceeds will be turned over 70
the schools athletic fund Admis-
sion is S100 for adults and 50
cents for children.
Players for the Lions club will
include Richard Travis, Tom
Thayer, Art Morrill,, Bob Stanton
c. Kight, Marvin Jones, Gerald
Crabtrcc, Jack LiIler, Art Cal
houn, Emile German, Frank Nc
Daniel and Robert Gibson.
Players from the softball team
will include Joe DiSimone, Barney
Bolyard, Charles Grubb, Steve
Sincs. Bill Kelley, Frank Bolyard
Tom Burgner, Ernie Uphole, How
ard Sweitzer, John Halsey, Dick
Reckner, Elwood Wilt, Toby Co.
law, Fred Colaw, Arthur Wolf, Le-
Roy Paugh and Richard Smith.
In order to boost the advance
ticket sales the Southern High
school band will play several num-
bcrs Saturday evening on the buSi-
ness streets of Oakland. Immedi-
atcIy after the concert the money
for the advance ticket sale or the
tickets must be turned in either
to Mrs. Lawton or Chester Mosser,
il was stated.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Commissioners Seek TO Clarity
Garrett-AIlegany Boundary Line

An unusual conference was held
last week in CumO, rland between
Allegany and Ga. EFT county COM
missioners. The object was to
clarity the boundary line separat-
ing the two counties.
Members of the county commits
sioners, and members of their as
sessing department, met with the
neighboring officials concerning a
short section of the boundary line
in the Bloomington area
AS explained by Carl Schell,
board president, when assessors
for this county went to several
properties in connection with their
work, they we're told by the prop
erty owners I'VE live in Allcgan%
county and pay taxes there
Schell explained that the local
board would like to have the mat
ter cleared up so that the prop
critics could be assessed by the
county in which they are official
ly located.
He said there are several lines
which mark the boundary of the
two counties. One was the CHS
holm line, another the Harvey line
but the one which the Legislature
had set as the official one was
known as the Bauer line.
Besides Schell, officials from
this county included Commission
ers Elra Garletts and Fred Glot-
felty, and personnel from the as
sessing department
1t was brought out several years
ago that Allcgany county had
been snow plOwing section Of
road in the general area of Finzci
although the roadway was in Gar
rett county The boundary line in
that section was also termed
"hazy."
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Suspended Sentence
Revoked At Hearing

The suspended sentence against
Porter Dewitt, Oakland. convicted
of non-support of his wife and
three minor children, was revoked
by Associate Judge w. Earle Cobey
in the Circuit court at Oakland on
Monday, and the traVerSer was
ordered to the House of Correc-
ton for one year. The sentence
was scheduled to begin July 18.
Dewitt was given a hearing in
the office of Trial Magistrate
Robert e. Maroney on July 13.
1861 and found guilty of the
charge. He was tried in September,
1861, in the Circuit court and
sentenced by Chief Judge Morgan
c. Harris to a year in the House
of Correction, but sentence was
suspended upon condition he pay
his wife $40 per week for support
of the three children, refrain from
use of intoXicants and be of good
behavior. He was placed under
supervision of the Maryland
Parole and Probation department.
The States Attorney, w. Dwight
Stover, on July 2, cited Dewitt for
of the conditions of his
suspended sentence and was ar
rested on July IS.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Over $4,000 Visit
Parks in , Counties

State parks and recreation areas
in Garrett and Allegany counties
drew more than $4,000 visitors last
weekend, the Department of For
ests and Parks reported.
New Germany had 5,766 visitors
and Deep Creek Lake, 5,464. Some
1888 visited the % parks and
recreation areas in the entire state
Sightseers led in attendance with
Al ,527, picnickers were second with
32,O74, and swimmers third with
24,675.
Swallow Falls had 1880; Herring
ton Manor, 3,84O; New Germany, s.
766; Big Run, 1913; Potomac State
forest, IS; Deep Creek Lake, s.
464.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Blue Barn To Be
New Playhouse
Site July 81 st
Summer Theatre, Destroyed
By Fire, Will Be IN New Lo-
cation For Next Pluy

The Garrett County Playhouse.
which lost its theatre barn at Nc
Henry in a fire Friday, July 13, has
found a new 10, alton on Deep
Creek Lake, acCo. cling to an an
nouncCment by Gene Yell, man
ager.
A new theatre in the round will
be located in what lake residents
call the Blue Barn on the Beckman
peninsula.
This weeks production of
Harvey" will be staged in the
bennett Road school auditorium,
near Oakland but the players will
open in their new location on Tues
day. July 81.
Yell pointed out that attendance
had been off at the school which
has been used since the day of
the fire. He explained that many
of the residents and vacationers
at the lake who normally attended
the barn at McHenry had appeared
reluctant to drive into Oakland
for the show.
He felt different atmosphere
was created when the shows are
presented in the round at a barn
where the audience sits around
the stage.
The Blue barn has been OBJ
tanned from its owner, WILLARD
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The Republican., 1962-07-26
Three Men Enlist

The enlistment Of three young
men from the Kitzmiller area was
announced this week by M/Sgt.
Bernard M. Ladd, U. S. army re-
cruitcr.
They arc Larry X James and
Perry A. Hartman, both graduates
of Elk Garden High school this
year, and Leland E. Matthews,
who attended the same school.
All three are now undergoinS
basic training at Fort Jackson, S.
c. Upon completion James will go
into the Combat Engineers, Hart
man will become an administrative
man and Matthews will go into
the medical field. The choices
were their own, st. Ladd said.
The Republican., 1962-07-26

The Rev. Arthur NJ. Bicker, Of
Pittsburgh, Pa, will be installed
as pastor of St. Johns Ev Lutheran
church Missouri Synod, of Cove,
in a special service to be held Sun
day evening, August u, at 7
o'clock. He will succeed the Rev.
II. H. Droutz, who is now serving
a parish near Buffalo, n. Y. Since
his departure in February the
services have been conducted reg
ularly by the Rev c. F. Dauphin,
pastor of Zion Ev. Lutheran con-
gregation at Accident.
Pastor Bicker has been pastor of
Zion Lutheran church in Pitts
burgh the past seven years. In
Pittsburgh he also was involved
in several activities in area
churches besides his congregation
al work. He was secretary for
Lutheran Welfare" under whose
direction Concordia Home, at
Cabot, Pa. is maintained. He was
also connected with the Sylvania
Zone of the Lutheran Layman's
league
In the installation service Au-
gust II the Rev c. B. Schultz, of
Braddock, Pa, counselor for this
area, will be the officiant. The
Rev. J. S. Uhrinak, Brentwood, Pa,
will be the speaker while the
Rev. Mr. Dauphin, supply pastor,
will act as liturgist.
The Bickers will arrive in the
Cove on August 8.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Accepts New Charge

Rev Paul Poland, former pastor
of the PentecOstal H n c S
Church of Corinth w. Va, has
accepted the pastorate of the Holi-
ness Church in Daniels, Md, in
Baltimore County Rev. Poland
served two terms in Corinth, total
ing six years. He resigned last
year and served as supply pastor
for several churches of the local
area. Rev. Poland formerly pas
tored in New Jersey, of which he
is a native, also Hagerstown and
Lonaconing. He will be in his new
charge Sunday
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Top Tennis Stars
To Compete In
Annual Tourney
PIuy Gets Underway Next
Wednesday On Mt. Lake
Park Courts

Top tennis stars from at least
five states will descend upon M.
Lake Park next week to take part
IN the lorty-first annual Western
Maryland championships. Compe-
tition will began next Wednesday,
August l.
Finaiists will vie for trophies in
mems and Women's singles and
mems and womens doubles. Over
forty entries already have been
received in the mems singles event
and fifteen or more have signified
their intention to participate in the
women's singles event
In addition to the oldNimers
there are number of newcomers
to the scene this year. Besides
stars previously mentioned there
are entries for Peyton Howard. Bob
Thore, Peter O'Reilly, Washington;
Bob Jenner, Samuel Mencher,
Pittsburgh; Donald Smith. Walter
Stansbury, Upper Marlboro; George
Eason, Charles Furbce, Clarks-
burg; Fred Wright, Jr.. Hagers-
town; Jan LaPorte and John Wi
son, Annapolis; Jack Dorsey, Key
ser. Mt. Lake Park will have two
entries, Gary Trickett and We'll
ton Lane.
Steve Potts, his first year to
come to Mt Lake Park, was run
ner-up in the mems singles event
in the Middle Atlantic region held
recently in Washington. and is cx-
pected to give the old favorites a
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The Republican., 1962-07-26
Appeals Court Keeps
Senate Present Form

The Maryland Court of Appeals,
in a 4-3 decision, ruled Monday
that the State Senate does not
have to be apportioned on a popu-
lation basis.
The lower house of the legisla-
ture had been reapportioned last
May 81, giving metropolitan areas
19 more seats and control of that
chamber for the first time in his
tory. Baltimore City and the four
largest suburban counties now
have 79 of the 142 House seats.
They have rs percent of the states
population.
Reapportionment forces argued
that the gain in House seats would
mean little unless the Senate also
were related to population The
Court of Appeals affirmed an
Anne Arundel County Circuit court
ruling that both houses need not
he related to population. The
Senate is based primarily on
geography.
Opinions are to be filed at a
later date. Voting to affirm the
lower court ruling were Judges
William l.. Henderson, Hall Ham
mond, William r. Horncy and
James Magill Dissenting we're
Chief Judge Frederick w. Brune,
Stedman Prescott and Charles c.
Marbury.
The ruling was expected to be
appealed to the U. S. Supreme
court.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
To Attend District Meeting

The four district supervisors of
the Garrett Soil Conservation dis
trict are spending Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday this week in
Easton attending a meeting of the
Maryland Association of Soil Con-
scrvation Districts. They are Harry
Hummel, Grantsville: Dorsey
Guard, Friendsville; Lenwood Bit
finger, Loeb Lynn; and Foster
Yost, Accident. They were accom-
panied by William w. Mace, dis
trict soil conservationiSt.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Agents Win Trip

Wayne Graham, of Oakland and
Ernest F. Savage, of Friendsville,
of Woodmcn of the World Life
Insurance society, were two of 155
winners of an all expenses paid
four day vacation at the Edge
water Gulf hotel, Biloxi, Miss,
August 2-5.
Winners qualified in special
contest held August 2S, 1861 to
June %, 1862.
The Republican., 1962-07-26
Annual Regatta Due

The Deep Creek Yacht Clubs
annual regatta is scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday, July % and
% when the Maryland State Rebel,
Snipe and Flying Scot champion
ships will be decided. The club
regatta also will include Jet ii
series if indicated entries justify
the event.
Chairman of the registration
committee is John F. Schaidt IL,
of Cumberland.
The Republican., 1962-07-26

Henry w. McComas, administrator
of the Garrett County Memorial
hospital, Oakland, was presented
with a check for 81 900 from the
hospital auxiliary at a dinner meet
ing on Saturday evening, July
Ia, for the purchase of scientific
equipment. The presentation was
made by Mrs. Kermit Glotfelty,
president of the auxiliary.
MIR. McComas was the speaker
at the dinner held in the Hine-
baugh dining room. Mr. McComas
remarked, This has been a cen
tury of scientific miracles. 1t has
brought the most amazing strides
in health care ever concentrated
in such brief period. Twenty
years have been added to the life