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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
X-Ray Unit Is Here

The mobile chest X-ray unit of
the Allegany-Garrett Tuberculosis
association and the county health
department will continue in the
county until August 81.
The unit begsn work last week.
The continuing schedule:
Today, 8 a. m, to 3 p. NJ, at
Methodist church, Oak street.
Monday, August 81, Hutton, post
office, noon to 2; company store,
Crellin, 3 to 6.
August %, Martins store, Mt
Lake Park, 10 to noon; Loeb Lynn,
to 4.
August 80, Deer Park, post office,
9 to II; Rud's service station on
VindeX road, noon to l; Kitzmiller,
post office, to 6.
August 80, Swanton, post office,
10 to noon; Kurt's corner, North
Glade, l to 8; Buckets store, Bit
finger, to 6.
August 81, brick plant at Jen-
nings, 10 to IL; Flushing factory
Grantsville, noon to 2.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Northern Hi Ready
For Opening Classes

Plans are complete for the open
ing day of school at Northern High
school on Tuesday, September 4,
it was announced by Robert F.
Rodeheaver, principal.
He emphasized that it was not
d lets get ready to come back to
school day." but that it was to be
real day of school from the time
that the first bell rings at $50 a. nj.
Instead of a school assembly to
begin the day all students who
attended Northern when school
closed in June, will report to their
old homerooms when they get off
their BUSES. They will remain
there for a few minutes to get
their new homeroom assignments
where they will remain until 1870
a. m. While in the new homeroom
each one will get his or her sched-
ule of classes, the lunch period
and will be assigned a locker.
All students will have certain
school policies and school conduct
explained to them at this time.
New students in the 18th grade
will report to the cafeteria to get
their homeroom assignments when
they arrive at school
Students who are transferring to
Northern High from other schools,
unless these schools are Accident,
Friendsville, Grantsville, route 40
or Yoder, must report to the guild
ance officer where Darrell Ma
lone. guidance man, will work out
their schedules and assign them
to home rooms.
Mr. Rodeheaver said students
would find a new basketball coach,
Mr.. Williams, who is also assisting
with football Other new teachers
include Mrs. Dennis, Mrs. Williams.
Mr.. Forsyth and Mr. Frantz.
The cafeteria will be open and
the price of lunch will be the
same as last year. This is twenty
| five cents to students and thirty
five cents to others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
School Personnel
To Be Briefed At
Pre-Term Meets

DR.. c. Nj. Morris, former pro-
fessor of education at West Vir-
ginia university, MorgantoWn, and
former executive secretary of
West Virginia School Boards as
ISOLATION. will be the principal
speaker at a prc-SchoOl meeting
of teachers and principals in
Southern High school on Thurs
day, August 30.
Mr.. Morris is presently dean of
Central Connecticut college. His
topic was not announced.
The session will begin at $50
with remarks by Willard l.. Hawk
ms, county superintendent of
schools, followed by filmstrip,
Focus on Change, narrated by
Howard X Smith.
"Reading-a point of emphasis
for all grade levels and subject
areas" will be discussed by AL
bert r. Ringer, director of instruc-
ton and high school supervisor.
Curriculum group meetings are
scheduled for As minutes. Teachers
of grades 7-12 will meet with Mr..
Ringer in the gymnasium. Teach
ers of bennett Road, North Glade,
Red House, Swan Meadow and
teachers of grades 4, 5 and 6 in
Route 40, Kitzmiller, FriendSVille,
Accident, Grantsville, Blooming
ton and Yodcr schools will meet
with Edwin Elias, elementary SUI
pervisor, in the band room. Teach
erS of Crcllin, Deer Park, Loeb
Lynn. SWanton and grades l, 2
and 3 in Center street, Route 40,
Kitzmillcr, FriendsvillC, Accident,
Grantsvillc and YOdCr. arc to meet
with Mrs. Caroline Wilson in the
music room.
Following luncheon at l o'clock
there will be an introduction of
all new teachers, followed by the
address by DR. Morris.
Other meetings on the pre-school
schedule include a meeting of all
cafeteria workers August % and
20. a principals conference on Au-
gust 20, from 10 a. m. to II o'clock
noon: a meeting of all new teach
ers on August 20, in the Southern
Higl school library, lis to $50.
All teachers are to report to
their respective schools for Fri
day. August 81. Schools will open
for a full day on Tuesday, Septem-
Der 4.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Plans Move Ahead on
Labor Day Picnic

Plans we're virtually complete
this week for the annual Labor
Day celebration and homecoming,
sponsored by Garrett Lodge No.
113, Knights of Pythias.
A feature of the affair will be
a parade on Monday, September ,
beginning at II a. M, including
area bands, fire companies, Nation
al Guard units, Civil Air Patrol
vehicles and personnel, and others.
Beginning Tuesday, August %,
and continuing through Labor Day,
a carnival will be in operation on
the Municipal parking lot All con-
cessions, except rides, will be
operated by members of the lodge.
Committee members said there
would be no charge for admission
to the grounds, and a series of
band concerts is being scheduled.
The parade will form on Oak
street and proceed down Third
to Crook, turning to Second and
continuing to the corner of Second
and Alder. where the route turns
back to Third. proceeding on Oak
over the railroad bridge and dis
banding at the carnival grounds.
The Labor Day celebration is in
its third year of revival under
sponsorship of the Knights Of
Pythias.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Japanese Beetles Are
Increasing In Area

The Japanese Beetle population
in the Oakland area has shown
a marked increase this season.
Japanese Beetles have been re-
ported by various property owners
and have been noted on bushes in
the cemetery. The beetle is identi-
fled as a hard shellcd beetle about
"a" long with rows of white dots
on both sides of the abdomen
These beetles can be effectively
controlled by spray program.
The spray most commonly used
is 500 wcttablc DOT. The rate of
application is tablespoons of the
wettablc powder per gallon OF
water. Beetles can be noticed on
roses. grapes and other ornament
ais. 500 wettable DOT is available
at all stores handling insecticides.
County Agent James McHenry
states that neither the University
of Maryland nor the state has any
control programs in effect. Sew
cral years ago beetles traps were
placed in Garrett County to de
termine if there was a severe in
festation. These traps were merely
scout traps and in no way elimi-
mated the beetle population. They
merely indicated where the beetles
we're. The number of beetles
trapped was very insignificant at
that time, but McHenry said the
infested area seems to be widening.
If the individual property own
ers follow a continued spray pro-
gram of applying spray every two
weeks the japanese Bottle prob
lem can be eliminated. Leaflet 70
Control the Japanese Beetle" IS
available in the County Agent 5
office.
In lower elevations the japanese
beetle has been very destructive
unless controlled by the spray
program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Leave For Conference

William Magruder son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. Albert Magrudcr and Miss
Mary League, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie League, Westernport,
left on Sunday morning by train
from Cumberland for the third
National Youth Conference of the
Church of the Brethren to be held
at Estes Park, Colorado, August
1924.
The two youths are serving as
delegates from the church and the
local youth group The conference
is designed to be of inspiration to
the youth as well as giving them
direct help for local youth work.
Both of the youth have been active
in the youth work during the past
year.
William will play the violin in
the conference orchestra He is
also active in Garrett County All
work and was recently initiated
into the All All Stars
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Police Searching
For ASsaiIant
In Assault Case
Man Enters Home Of Liberty
Street Couple EorIy
Last Saturday

Oakland police we're kept busy
this week trying to track down and
apprchcnd a fairly short, stocky
man. who entered the home Of Mrs
Elsie Colby Good, Liberty street
early last Saturday morning.
If the man can be found he will
be charged with assault and at
tempted rape. The wOman'S hus-
band. James Good, an employc of
the Luke plant of the West Vir-
ginia Pulp and Paper company. was
away on a business trip at the time
The man entered her bedroom.
pulled her out of bed and took her
down the stairs to the living room
where the Scuffle continued.
Mrs. Good succeeded in getting
outside where she called for help
but apparently no one heard her
screams. After struggling with her
for some minutes, for some unac-
countable reason the man desisted
and she got back in the house,
locked the door and called police
1t was thought the appearance of
an automobile on nearby road
may have scared him off.
The man wore stocking over
his head and had rubber gloves.
He had a knife also which was
knocked from his hand in the
struggle. Mrs. Good had several
cut fingers and one slight wound
near the shoulder,
Police recovered a red sweat
shirt with hood and also recovered
the knife. They questioned two sus-
poets but there was not enough
evidence to hold them Mrs. Good
was unable to give much of de-
scription of the man, other than
the fact that he was stocky and not
very tall
Assisting in the investigation
were Sheriff James E Frantz,
deputy sheriff, Wayne Wilt, and
Hobart Shillingburg, night police.
The police we're trying to piece
together the similarity in other as
saults that had taken place on
Second and Third streets within
the past year or two. No arrests
have ever been made in connec-
ton with these assaults.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Film Series To End

The final program in the Ruth
Enlow Library summer film series
will be held in the Center Street
School Auditorium on Monday
evening. August 7, at 7:30 D. S. T.
The Red Balloon" and White
Name" will be shown in this pro-
gram. These two films are photo
graphed in France. and are cal
cuIated to interest both adults and
children. Paris is the setting for
"The Red Balloon. white Name"
is the story of boy and wild
horse in the marshes of southern
France.
There is no admission charge
for this program. There will be
plenty of seating space in the
auditorium, and all members of
the family are invited
All of the films in the summer
series have been borrowed from
the Enoch Pratt Free Library in
Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Station VERB to Up
Its Transmittal Power

Radio station WFRB. Frostburg,
which has its transmittcr in Gar
rett county, will increase its cover
age throughout the area, effective
Sunday, October 7.
The change will involve new
frequency and greater power, Of
ficials declared. There will be an
increase of $50 watts to 1000, and
the kilocycles will be changed from
740 to $50.
The tower height will be in
creased to 348 feet, and the ground
system will be improved,
Programs are to remain pretty
much the same, but will have
some important additions.
The range of the station will
cover westward as far as Cleve-
land, Ohio, and eastward as Tar
as Baltimore. The volume over this
entire area particularly Garrett
County will be heavier, station Of
ficials said.
The present wattage and kilo-
cycles will remain in force until
the final program on Saturday,
October 6. and will take on its
new dimensions on Sunday morn
ing, October 7.
For the past year The Republl-
can in conjunction with WFRB
and as a public service, has re-
ported a weekly summary of news
events of the area directly from
the newsroom of The Republican
in Oakland over a special wire to
WFRB. The newscaSt of about 10
minutes duration is made eacn
Thursday at 1890 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Promotion Council Plans
AII-Membership Meeting

An all-membership meeting of
the Deep Creek Lake-Garrett
County Promotion Council will be
held Monday evening, August 81,
at Thayer's Barn on route 219,
Deep Creek Lake.
Tom Conlon, delegate from Allie
gany county to the Maryland Gen
eral Assembly and a director of
the Maryland Travel council, will
speak informally on travel and
touriSm.
Members of the Promotion
Councils board of directors will be
present for a question and answer
period
Members of the promotion coun-
Gil are urged to advise the coun-
ellis secretary, Mrs. Patricia Fl.
Kittle. if they are not able to
attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Weather Mostly Clear

Weather continued mostly clear
throughout the week with warm
days and cool nights.
Monday was hottest day of the
year when the temperature reached
80 degrees and remained at that
point for about half an hour The
following morning it was still "a
and slight rain fell in the early
morning.
Some additional rain also fell
last Friday morning and it was
partially cloudy for the balance of
the day.
The thermometer dropped to 80
degrees early Saturday morning.
Sunday was another hot day with
the temperature in the sos.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
"Kiss and Tell'' Is
Final Presentation
At Summer Theatre

The gay comedy success about
adolcsccnts in love, which kept
Broadway audiences chuckling for
over two years, has been chosen
by the Garrett County playhouse
:Or its final attraction. This is
Kiss and Tell the laugh hit by
F. Hugh Herbert.
1t will be presented at the Blue
Barn on the Beckman Peninsula,
Deep Creek Lake, next Tuesday.
August %, through Saturday, Sep
TENDER /, and will bring down the
curtain of the eighth season.
Kiss and Tell" is concerned
with several teen-age boys and
girls whose comic escapades turn
a quiet suburban community into
a wholesale frenzy. 1t is play de-
signed to suit the entire family.
Mary Ann Craig will be playing
the role of CorliSs Archer, mis-
chief-making junior miss. Jennifer
Yell will be seen as Mildred
Pringle, Corliss girl friend who
unwittingly is the cause of the
comic complications in the play
because she keeps her marriage to
COrlisS' brother a secret
Jonathan Salk will portray Mil
dred's brother, Raymond, and
Larry Kingsley will be seen as
Corliss's brother, Lenny, army
pilot Darrell Salk will play Dexter,
the boy from next door, and Jim
Gates will play Pvt. Earhart, the
young man in Corliss' young life.
AS patient, much harassed par
ents of Corliss, Neil Flanagan and
Patti Dillon will be seen, while
Kathy Gender and Phil Jones have
been assigned the roles of Mil
dreds less understanding parents.
Other roles in the production
viii be acted by Helene Paige,
Tom Calkins, Amy Atkins, Bob Nc
Knight and Steve Ben Israel.
The show is under the direction
Of Tom Calkins. Local talent was
recruited since the last in this
final show totals fifteen.
For the balance of this week
"Oh Men, Oh Women" will be
given Due to the limited capacity
of the Blue Barn, the management
urged that people make reserva-
tons when planning to attend the
theatre Last week the total attend
ance for the week reached 1896, a
record for this year and the high
est for any sixth week play over
he eight years. The final show
ing last year in the former play
house site at McHenry was wit
messed by 1907.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Wheat Referendum Is
Set For August 80

Wheat growers will have an OPP
portunity to vote on August 80, to
determine whether or not market
ing quotas will apply for the 1868
crop. it was announced by Arthur
G.. Fitzwater, Chairman of the ASC
Committee.
The Secretary of Agriculture has
proclaimed quotas and set the rel
erendum date in accordance with
the present law, which requires
such action whenever wheat sup
plies are more than 20 percent
in excess of normal" The supply
for 1928 is estimated to be Cos
percent more than normal
Mr.. Fitzwater explained that no
new wheat legislation has been
passed and provisions of law
which were in effect prior to 1862
will apply to 1868 wheat. This will
mean that all growers producing
less than Is acres will be exempted
from marketing quotas even if they
are voted in.
Those eligible to vote will be
all farmers who will harvest more
than Is acres of wheat for grain
in 1868 except those who obtained
feed wheat exemption in 1862.
All voting will be done at the
ASCS Office in Oakland which
will be opened from 800 a. M. to
500 p. m. DIST on August 30.
in order to be put into effect,
marketing quotas must be approved
by at least two-thirds of those
voting in the referendum.
If quotas are approved, all farm
crs with more than Is acres of
wheat who are in excess of their
acreage allotmentS will be subject
to penalties. Growers who comply
with their allotmentS will be eligl-
bic for price support based on the
National average of not less than
S182 per bushel.
If quotas are not approved, there
will be no penalties of any kind
for producing excess wheat. In this
case acreage allotmentS will be
used only to determine eligibility
Cor price support. The price SUD-
port rate would then be based on
the National average of about $1,2l
per buShcl.
Mr.. Fitzwater stated that market
ing quotas have been approved By
growers in each of the past nine
years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Publicity Continues

Publicity continues to appear in
daily newspapers concerning the
wonders of Garrett county. Last
week there was color photograph
of Swallow Falls and an article in
the Pittsburgh Press Yesterday
there was a full two columns
written by Al Abrams. sports edi-
tor of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
1t wasn't exactly about sports but
was about Abrams jorney to Deep
Greek Lake with a nine-year-old
boat and outdoor enthusiast
Abrams says he is now converted,
after being self appointed cave
dweIler III the city for years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Supervisors Continue
Mobile Registration

Mobile registration is being con-
tinued until September 10, it was
announced by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Election prior to the
closing of the registration books
on September "a.
The schedule was followed Tues
day and yesterday.
Other dates include:
Friday August a. district 6,
Sang Run, Community building, II
noon to 2: district 2, Friendsville,
fire hall, 3 to Z.
Tuesday, August %, district II,
Bittinger, Buckets store, noon to
2:3O: district 5, Accident, fire hall,
$50 to g.
Wednesday, August 20, district
4, Bloomington, fire hail. l to 5.
Thursday August 80, district l,
Swanton, community building, 2 to
IS.
Thursday, September 6, district
80, Red House, Chimney Corner,
to 2:30; district 81, Ryan'S Glade,
fire hall, $50 to $50.
Tuesday. September II, district
IS, Kitzmiller, health center, to
II.
Thursday, September Is, district
10, Deer Park, fire hall, to 5.
Registration can be done every
day at the board office in the base
ment of the court house. Monday
through Friday, 8 to 4, and Satur-
day 9 to noon, other than holidays.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Administrator Of
County Hospital
Passes Yesterday
Henry W. McComus, Jr., SIS.
Victim Of Heart Attack;
Stricken On Sunday

Henry Wheeler McComas, Jr,
administrator for Garrett County
Memorial hospital in Oakland for
the past six years, died yesterday
afternoon at the hospital where he
was admitted Sunday following
heart attack. He was S. He had raj
lied from one attack suffered
earlier in the week
Mr. McComas had been instru-
mental in obtaining the newest and
most modern facilities and equip
ment for the hospital and two years
ago had set up an emergency sys-
TEN of action that had received
wide approval among other hos
pitfalls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Will Induct Three

Three young men of the area
have been ordered to report fog
induction into the armed forces
on Tuesday, September IL. They
will 90 to the induction station at
Fairmont, w. Va.
They are William r. Tasker,
Kitzmiller; Faye x. Ellifritz, Vim
dex; and Alvey G. Friend, Swan
ton.
There were no calls for pre(n-
duction physical examinations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23

Gilmore Tichnell appears to have
been an excellent collector for the
Church of God of Prophecy near
Deer Park. Mr.. Tichnell turned
into the building committee a total
of $500 Mrs. William Uppcrman,
one of the committee members
agreed that he had done a won
derful job" She also said the
group was appreciative of the
work that Harry King did. Mr..
King did all the plastering and
much other work free of charge.
Services have been held in the
church this summer, for the first
time. following completion of the
building.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Cumberland Fair Winner

Wayne Brooks Hamilton, Jr., of
Red House. with his bull, Hamil-
tons Blackcap Envious. won first
place in the junior yearling bull
class at the Cumberland fair on
Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
SIS More For Playhouse

A check for SIS dollars for the
Playhouse fund was received at
The Republican office this week
for Gene Yell, manager of the
summer theatre. The check was
from Mrs. Doris F. Phillips, of
UniontoWn. Pa, summer resident
of Deep Creek Lake.
This makes total of 500 sent
to Mr.. Yell since the fire of July
Is which consumed the playhouse
site near McHenry The checks
are being designated as "heave
no over the big hump"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23

Pictured above is Glenn Good
win. the new band instructor at
Southern High School Mr.. Good
win has issued call to all senior
high band members at Southern
tor practice sessions on Tuesday,
August % and Thursday, August
80. Uniforms are to be issued at
the first meeting. Mr. Goodwin
indicated that he hoped that
enough interest would be shown
so that the band could march at
the annual Labor Day parade.
Goodwin is a graduate of West
Virginia University, Morgantown.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23

The Young Adults of St Johns
Lutheran church, Red House, will
have a hayride and corn roast at
the home of Mr. and Mrs Homer
Gnegy. on Sunday. August 26, be-
ginning at o'clock.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-08-23
Reasons For Action
Against Faiths Given
BY Superintendent

Reasons for the action of the
Board of Education against MIR. and
Mrs. Lawrence Faith are stated
this week in a letter from Willard
l.. Hawkins. county superintendent
of schools Mr. Hawkins stressed
the fact that this would be the
only statement about the matter
but that the board of education
members had felt the facts of
the case as they really exist should
be publicized to combat what he
terms half-truths and misinfOrma-
ton about the case.
Mr.. Faith, teacher of agriculture
at Northern high school was trans
ferred to a teaching position at
Kitzmiller. His wife, who taught in
the elementary system for the
past one and one-half years, was
not reappointed.
Mr.. Hawkins statement appears
below.
Oakland, Md
August %, 1862
To the Editor:
We make this our one and only
statement to the press concerning
the Case of Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Faith" This matter has been
discussed with the board members
upon several occasions and the
thinking was that it would prob
ably be best to ignore the long
list of half-true and completely
false statements being made rela-
tive to this case. This decision has
probably proven to be an error for
it has given a few people an I'M
rebutted opportunity to roam the
county and spread their half-truths
and transformation wherever they
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