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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
March Of Dimes
Set For January
Annual Cumpuign To Raise
Funds To Get Underway
Next Month

The annual campaign to raise
funds for the March of Dimes will
begin in January, and TO get the
drive off to a good start Charles
l.. Briner, campaign director, an
nounced this week that some $500
mailer notices are being sent out
this weekend to rural families and
others.
Several activities have been
planned for the month-long drive
for funds and Briner urged that
the mailers be returned to the
community chairmen as soon as
possible with their contributions.
Among the community chairmen
are the Rev. w. Shelby Walthall,
Oakland; Mrs. Dan Hershberger,
Grantsville; Mrs. f. c. Clatterbuck,
Deer Park; Mrs. Mary June Harvey,
Swanton; Mrs. Charlotte Bernard,
Bloomington; Mrs. Eugene Sines,
Friendsville; Mrs. Wilmer Mar
CROFT, Accident; Verna Harvey, Mt
Lake Park and Loeb Lynn.
Mrs. Helen Harmon, president
of the Garrett county polio group
pointed out that while polio was
at a minimum for the second
straight year the care of patients
as we'll as research for birth de-
fects and arthritis continued.
Posters and coin collectors are
being distributed to community di-
rectors. Willard L. Hawkins, coun-
ty superintendent of schools, has
given permission for the schools
again to participate in the pro-
gram.
A Mothers March will be con-
Quoted toward the latter part of
January, and Mrs. Arthur Jones,
Oakland, will head this part of the
program. The exact date is to be
announced. Mrs. Jones said volun-
teers would be needed for this part
of the campaign.
Secretary for the 1868 campaign
is Mrs. Betty Trickett Treasurer is
Glenn Forman, at the First Ma
tional Bank of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Karl VIM. Wilson, Jr.
Given Two Sentences

Karl william Wilson, Jr., re-
ccived two sentences in the Cir
cult court last Friday, following a
report from the Garrett-Allegany
Mental Health clinic in Cumber-
land.
Wilson was found guilty and the
verdict of the magistrate upheld
some two weeks ago after Wilson
had taken an automobile without
authority and had resisted arrest.
Associate Judge Stuart F. Hamill,
Jr., sentenced the man to one year
in the county Jail, running from
October go on the unauthorized
use Of automobile and six months
in the county jail, from the same
date, for resisting arrest. The SEN
fences we're to run concurrently.
Judge Hamill received the re-
port from the mental health clinic
which indicated that Wilson was
legally responsible; that only while
under the influence of liquor did
he have a tendency to break the
laws; that he had no mental dis
order and was not in need of psy-
chiatric treatment at this time. Will
son was found guilty of the two
charges when tried before Trial
Magistrate Robert NJ Maroney on
October 81. He prayed an appeal.
When arrested Wilson kicked
policeman Robert Shillingburg in
the face and kicked Percy Lawton,
another town policeman, on the
leg.
Wilson had agreed to take the
psychiatric examination.
The jury trial in the case OF Carl
ton Hinebaugh, Oakland, on q
charge of sodomy, was originally
set for December %, but will now
be held on Monday, December 81,
according to F. A. Thayer, states
attorney. This will be a jury trial
The defendant has denied the
charge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Exposure Caused
Rounds Demise
Body Found Lost Thursday
Morning About A Mile
From His rome

Death for Donald E. Rounds
came from exposure, authorities
determined last Thursday after
searchers had located the mans
body about mile from his
home. Rounds had been missing
since Thursday, December 6. The
result of death was pronounced by
DR.. James II. Feaster, Jr., deputy
medical examiner. An autopsy was
performed at the Garrett County
Memorial hospital in Oakland.
The body of Rounds, %, resi-
dent of route 2, SWanton, was
found at 1915 a. m, about Is
minutes after party of five had
gone into the woods near the Glen
dale road to continue the search.
He was found by Edward Hoyc,
route 2, Deer Park, who was with
Robert Friend, route 2, Swanton,
forestry department employe John
Halsey, star route, Oakland; Terry
FraZee, route 2. SWanton; and Harry
Sherbondy, of Mt Pleasant, Pa.
Rounds was found lying in
small ravine which is located about
mile from his house. The victims
gun, an old army style BOG rifle,
was found empty about 30 feet
away from the mans body. After
the victim was located Sheriff
James E. Frantz and DR.. Feaster
went to the scene.
The search for the man began
December after he failed to re-
turn home after going hunting. The
search was halted for several days
due to the snowstorms which hit
the county The snow was waist
deep in some sections where the
search was conducted.
Mr. Rounds, who was employed
as a packer for the Sterling Pro-
cessing company in Oakland, was
member of Local 424, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters, of Pittsburgh. A ma
tive of SWantOn, he was a son Of
Ivory and Florence Green Rounds.
Besides his parents he is sur
/ viVed by his maternal grandfather,
James Green, route 2, Swanton; a
daughter Catherine, VindeX;
! brother, Harry Rounds, with the
U. S. air force in South Carolina;
a half brother. Fred Rounds, Bar
ton; three sisters, Mrs. Genevieve
| Bowman, SWanton; Miss Annabelle
Rounds, Washington, D. c.; Miss
Dorothy Rounds, at home; a half
sister, Mrs. Evelyn Broadwater,
Grantsville.
The body was taken to the Min
Mich Funeral home in Oakland.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at o'clock
with Rev. Edgar D. Miller, pastor
of the Meadow Mountain Mennonite
church, officiating. Interment was
in the Glendale cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Four Forestry Camp
Youths Given Trial

Four youths from the Meadow
Mountain Forestry camp were
given hearings before Associate
Judge Stuart F. Hamill last Friday
morning.
All four pleaded guilty to es-
cape, while two entered pleas of
guilty to larceny of an automobile
and larceny of a rifle.
James Joseph Pettis, pleading
guilty to escape, was sentenced to
the Maryland Institution for Males
for a term not exceeding one year
Richard Allen Baxter entered
guilty pleas to the three charges
and was sentenced to three years
in the Maryland Institution for
Males on the automobile larceny
and one year each on the other
two charges.
John Harrison Allen entered
guilty pleas to all three charges
and similar sentences were meted
out the same as Baxter.
Phillip Shifflett entered guilty
plea to the charge of escape
Charges of larceny of automobile
and larceny of rifle, with which
he had been charged, were dis
missed. He was ordered to be
returned to the Meadow Mountain
Forestry camp.
The cases were prosecuted by
Fred A. Thayer, states attorney
while Jack Turncy, who had been
appointed by the court about two
weeks ago, defended the four.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Post Office Figures
Compare With 1861

Figures showing the activity at
the post office in Oakland during
the Christmas season compare APP
proximately with those of last year.
There was an evident increase in
incoming parcel post, with 1901
parcels being received this year
compared to $500 last year.
The highest day for cancellations
last year was on the 18th when
there were II ,467. This year the
peak was hit on the 18th with a
total of 1880 This years work
was done with two men in COM
parison to four used last year.
The cancellations from Decem-
Der l through December 81, showed
a slight decrease, with 142,115 can
cellations compared to 145,829 a
year ago.
The stamp sale showed a slight
increase. Last year the sales
amounted to $6,O97.55, while this
year the total was $6,163.45.
Parcel post has seemed heavier
than normal but Robert Lohr, act
ing postmaster, said the mailing
of parcels and letters seemed to
be more evenly distributed this
year. There was no last minute
rush.
From the 10th through the 21st
the office sold $500 three-cent
stamps, and 1920 four-cent stamps.
Mr.. Lohr pointed out that the
office now had supply of five
cent stamps which would go into
use on first class letters and new
air mail stamps, to take care of
the projected increase which starts
January 7th. The new five-cent
stamp carries the picture of George
Washington. 1t is grayish-blue in
color. The air mail stamp is red.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
EIwood, Not Edward Kisner
Is Name OF Accomplish

In last weeks story about Earl
r. Franklin, of Washington, who
was seeking his freedom from pris-
on through petition to the court
the name of his accomplice was
incorrect.
The accomplice was Elwood
Kisner, formerly of FriendSville,
and not Edward as stated in the
story appearing in daily newspap-
ers as we'll as The Republican. The
story originally appeared in The
Cumberland Evening Times.
Mrs. Ralph Kisner, Friendsvillc,
said her sons name was Edward
Kisner, and she did not want peo-
pie to think it was her son who
was involved Edward is IS. The
robbery occurred in 1857, so he
would have been Is at the time.
Franklin will get a hearing be-
fore Chief Judge Morgan c. Harris,
in Allegany county, on January II,
at 1880 a, m. Franklin is seeking
freedom on the contention he was
not properly represented by coun-
sci and his conviction was based
on corroborated testimony of two
other men charged in the robbery.
Franklin was one of the trio
which included Oliver Rocket, Bal
timOre and Elwood Kisner. All
three received ten-year prison
terms and Franklin an extra two
years for Jail break.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Stores Reporting
Holiday Trade Is
Generally Good
Some Businessmen Indicate
Improvement Over Lost
Christmas Season

Holiday buying among Oakland
stores was considered generally
very good this year, most of the
merchants declaring that the month
of December would show either as
good or better than last year.
Most of the merchants indicated
that business was on par with
the last three years, with the final
two shopping days appearing to be
two of the best of any year. With
Christmas coming on Tuesday
there was the weekend and then
an extra day for the last minute
shopper. These apparently were
quite numerous as merchants
acknowledged even greater bust
ness on Monday than on Saturday.
Saturday December Is, was also
tagged as one of the buster days of
the season.
Grocery stores also generally
were as good or better than previ-
Gus years. There were unusual sales
angles in some of the stores. In
one grocery store the owner stated
that turkey and oyster sales we're
tops, but that for some reason or
other the sale of oranges was off
considerably. He contributed this
to the large amount of publicity
concerning the freezing of the
citrus fruit in Florida In spite of
the fact that the prize of oranges
had not increased much, not many
people seemed to be in the mood
70 buy.
Some merchants were not sure
whether the overall pattern for
the year would show much of an
increase, but most felt there would
be some increase. One proprietor
said that business might be off as
much as two percent.
One business man said the pat
tern remained pretty much the
same, that December business re-
manned rather constant through
the years.
Stores generally were well
stocked with quality merchandise
and people found that in most cases
it wasn't necessary to go to other
cities to get what they wanted.
Those who we're inclined to travel
may have been prevented this year
because of the severe snowstorms.
There seemed to be an ample
supply of electrical goods, toys of
all kinds, cosmetics of many
brands.
The overall pattern was one of
satisfaction that business had been
good.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

L. c. Weeks, planning engineer
on Monongahela Power Company's
headquarters staff in Fairmont, W
Va, since 1858, has been named
manager of planning engineering,
effective January l. In his new
capacity, Weeks will take over the
duties of Ross Brown, chief engi-
neer who retires from active serv-
ice at the close of this year.
Weeks has been with Mononga-
hela since 1947, starting as distri-
button design engineer. In 1852 he
became senior assistant engineer
and in 1858 planning engineer.
A native of this county, he at
tended West Virginia Wesleyan
and got his degree in electrical
engineering from University of
Maryland He also took special
work at West Virginia University.
He served in the Corps of Engi-
neers during World War II and
had other industrial engineering
experience before joining the
Monongahela organization. He is
married to the former Norma
Casteel. of Oakland.
Brown retires after 40 years of
service with the electric utility. He
started with Mononogahela in 1928
as an engineer, was system opera
tor, 193O-37, became electrical engi-
neer for the company in 1887 and
chief engineer in 1915.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

construction of two schools, one
at Crellin and one at Bloomington,
to cost $4,000. l.. E. Hardesty of
Oakland was successful bidder.
Residents of Oakland were be-
ginning to wonder who their next
city officials might be. With the
filing deadline only days away,
no one had come forward for
mayor of any of the three council
seats to be vacant in March.
Things we're far from slow in
countrywide politics, however. No
fewer than 81 persons had filed
for office, the number for State
Senator now being three Brook
hart and Ebert Bucket, Democrats,
and Spencer Graham, Republican.
eSouthern's Highlanders made it
two in a row as they copied the
Continued on Page Nine)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
John Ross, Not Lawrence

Apparently Lawrence Sines
didn't want the notoriety Of having
voiced an opinion at the legislative
meeting held recently in Oakland.
The secretary of the meeting
thought it was Lawrence Sines who
stated he felt the commissioners
should be relieved from activities
as board of liquor license commits
sioners.
He called the newspaper to state
that he had not attended the meet
ing and wanted a correction. Upon
comforting with the secretary, it
was finally decided that the per-
son making the statement was John
Ross Sines, and not Lawrence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

Shakespeare wrote these words
for the third scene of Macbeth,
and perhaps the quotation is APP
propriate to introduce a resume
of the years local news.
A year is made up of many to-
days. and each quickly becomes a
tomorrow. Sometimes the pace is
petty, sometimes hectic; but al
ways the passage of time is COM
posed of yesterday, today and to-
morrow.
Some of the past twelve months
yesterdays have included the
events recorded below, which have
served in some manner to affect
the lives of all of us.
January
AS the year began, the County
Commissioners began work on the
annual levy-that countrywide
budget which determines exactly
how much each department of the
government may spend during the
twelve months. 1t was hoped that
the tax rate could be continued at
S235 per hundred dollars valua-
ton, and this was confirmed later
in the month when total local eX-
penditures were set at S1,292, 1928.
Still on the financial side, the
three county banks reported as
sets in excess of seventeen and a
half million dollars, and the town
of Oakland ended the fiscal year
with a balance of $26,45823.
The new u S Postoffice at Nc
Henry was officially dedicated, the
second new facility in the county
to be opened in year, with two
more in the planning stage.
In sports, Southern's Highlanders
copied the first of a two-game
series with Northern by the score
of 1850. And writing of sports, two
daring motorists narrowly
averted drowning when their pick
up truck plunged through the ice
of Deep Creek Lake. The incident
resulted in a ruling prohibiting
wheeled vehicles from ioy-riding
on the lakes frozen surface.
Warming weather was the rule
during the years opening month,
resulting in the postponement of the
Maryland State ski championships,
which had been scheduled at
Marsh Mountain on January 20
and 81.
Maurice Brookhart became the
first to file as candidate in the
years county election, when he
signed up as a Democrat for State
Senator. AS the month ended, he
was Joined by five other candidates
for various offices-all Democratic.
February
The Oakland Knitting Mill. which
had begun operations some months
before, sent its first shipment of
finished garments during February
with additional mailings planned
daily. During the month. the COM
pany received approval for fed.
erally-sponsored training plan
with Sc employees to be affected.
Gas production for the fourth
quarter of 1861 dropped somewhat
resulting in loss of $1,000 in taxes
to the county.
For the most part, the weather
remained fairly mild. The temper
sture did take one dip to 10 below
zero. quickly rallied The postponed
ski matches we're held on mini
mum cover of snow, resulting il
top victory to Carl Benson, o
Pennsylvania. A number of young
skiers captured trophies in vari
iouS clasSifications.
Contracts were awarded for tn,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

Second Lieut. and Mrs. Douglas
E. Smith and infant daughter, Fort
Mcclellan, Ala, are spending a
week here with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin S. Smith.
They plan to leave Friday for
Woodbury., N. j., where they will
visit Mrs. Smiths parents, for sew
eral days before returning to Ala
bama.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Addition To Luundro-Mut

An addition to the Southern
Laundro-mat. to include self-serV-
ice dry cleaning units was COM
pleted last week by DeCorsey
Bolden, owner and operator. The
Laundro-mat is located on the old
Oakland-Mt. Lake Park highway
The machines are coin-operated
the same as the washing machines
and dryers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

The regular meeting of the Or
der of Eastern Star has been post
poned until Tuesday, January Is,
because a New Years day conflict.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27

The Swallow Falls All club will
meet on Wednesday, January 2, 1t
was announced.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-12-27
Summary of Past Year
Lists Major EUenfs AL
BY Wilbur w. Close

Tomorrow, and tomorrow,
and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace
from day to day
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21

twice a day; a brightly wrapped
bonbon, crayons - each color
wrapped separately, a fancy cook
lie, a picture postcard, a paper fan,
a picture book, a gumdrop man,
colored paper OF a party hat are
endless fun.
For old and young alike start a
sweet potato vine. A sweet
potato partly immersed in water
will sprout a leafy vine and if you
put it in a glass jar, the roots may
be watched as they grow as well
as the buds. A piece of ordinary
white potato with two or three
eyes will grow if planted about
three inches deep in a flower pot.
Watching the progress Of gar
dens from grapefruit or orange
pits. radish or pumpkin seeds,
gives the patient something to look
forward to each day. The seeds
should be soaked overnight be-
fore planting them and then they
should be covered with ~one-fourth
inch of soil.
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21
LANDING TIPS

Giving close attention to a num-
Der of details before, during, and
after lambing pays off for farm
flock owners and especially when
early lambing is practiced.
Shearing before lambing is be-
coming more popular with farm
flock owners. However, when this
practice is followed it is import
ant that the ewes be kept dry for
two weeks after shearing. This
means having shelter for the ewes
and keeping a 24-hour watch in
cold weather.
If the ewes are not sheared be-
fore lambing they should be
tagged to remove all wool from
the breech and udder. Tagging
should be done one or two weeks
before the first lamb is expected.
One of the most profitable
things a farm flock can do is to
keep a 24-hour watch on the ewes
during lambing so that assistance
can be given if needed. Check the
ewes three or four times during
the night and at least that often
in the day.
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21
SIDNEY GAVEL CLUB
REPORTS DINNER MEETING

A regular dinner meeting OF the
Sidney Gavel Club was held
Thursday evening at $50 with
Is members present. President
Walt Dasinger presided.
1T was voted ait This meeting to
have officers serve a term of three
months rather than six, as has
been the rule.
Vic Koch, POSTMASTER for the
evening, presented the program
Edon Steffenss had Table Top
les" Dick Breitenbaoh and Vic
Lorenz gave their first and fourth
speeches respectively, and Math
Dasinger gave an extemporary
talk. Dicks speech was evaluated
by Walt Das.lger, Vic'S by Alvin
Fisher, and Mathis by Dick Kelley.
Dean Brunsvold was grammarian
and Dof Harris, general evalua-
tor.
'eThe Fast Draw Award" for
the best table topic went to Rod
String and the Most Improved
Speech Award" to Math Dasinger.
President Walt DaS-uger closed
the meeting with a report OF who
would participate in the February
% meeting.
Alvin o. Fisher, Sec.
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21
Do you KnoW?

Adventurous diners in some OF
Canada's finest eating places are
able this winter to beckon the
waiter and order barbecued hump
of buffalo, or maybe a slice OF
buffalo-and-beer pie. And natur-
ally. buffalo flets and roast buff
falo are available.
With receipt Of the first ship
ment of "sweetgrass buffalo" this
winter, chefs at Canadian National
hotels in western Canada, the Fort
Garry. at Winnipeg; the Bessbor-
ough at Saskatoon and the Nc
Donald at Edmonton, Immediately
suggested three Of the most popu-
lar ways to prepare the delicacy;
a stew, flet mignon and praised.
And, like their counterparts on
en- dining cars, they warn that
buffalo meat is different from
ordinary beef and must be pre-
pared with extreme care"
The name "Sweetgrass Buffalo
comes from the sweetgrass graz.
ing range in Wood Buffalo Ma
tional Park which straddles the
Alberta-Northwest Territories Dor.
der. Hard-riding Indians on horse
back recently corralled 600 of the
Parks 1900 buffalo after they
had been flushed from their forest
homes by low-fiying helicopter. In
addition to the coo "sweetgrass
buffalo" prepared for market, zoe
plains buffalo, which are smaller
than the "sweetgrass" type, were
taken from Elk Island National
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21
CLEANLINESS PAYS IN
SWINE PRODUCTION

Cleanliness pays off in pig pro-
ductiOn and is especially import
ant between narrowing and the
time the pigs are weaned.
This is emphasized by Earl
Peace, Extension swine specialist
at Montana State College, who
offers several suggestions on keep
ing the new pig herd clean.
The first step Peace suggests is
to thoroughly scrub and d~iSinfect
the narrowing quarters before far
rowing time. The cheapest mater
ial for doing this job is boiling hot
I've water. Follow with a complete
rinse.
The specialist also recommends
scrubbing the sows with warm
soapy water before moving them
into the narrowing pens. It's a
good practice, too, to bring the
sows into the narrowing quarters
about "a hours ahead of farrow-
ing so they will become used to
their new surroundings.
After the sows are moved into
their quarters, keep everyone out
except the person who regularly
attends to the pigs. Some swine
growers install a footbath con-
tanning d~iSinfectant at the door OF
narrowing quarters as a precaution
against diseases being carried into
the narrowing pens.
The Sidney herald., 1962-02-21
from your
County Extension Agents

Another practice that pays off
is to treat the stump of the navel
cord with iodine Immediately after
a lamb is born.
Lastly, don't neglect to give the
ewes extra feed after lambing.
when lactation begins the need for
total feed for energy is so percent
greater and the need for protein
is about double. If the ewes have
been on straight hay prior to
lambing, grain a be added after
Landing TO meet the extra nutri-
tional requirements.
When extra feed is not provid-
ed after lambing, less milk will be
produced, the ewes will lose flesh
and the lambs will be lighter and
thinner.