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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Plans To Continue
Oral Polio Program

The Oral Polio Vaccination Pro-
gram in Garrett County will be
continued the week of December
the 10th through the 18th, it was
announced by Dr. Arthur F. Jones,
County Health officer.
All who have received Type 1
immunization will be given the Type
ii at this time In addition, any
who wish to take the course of
immunization and failed to get
their Type l, will have later op-
portunity to receive the Type l, he
said
Throughout the state in general,
Type II is being offered in Novem-
Der, but since there is no urgency
to rush this program, this date has
been moved back to December for
Garrett County. The exact sched-
ule of these Clinics will be pub
lished at a later date in this news
paper.
AS of the present time, this type
of immunization lends itself onlv
to mass program and these i'm
munizations will not be offered in
the various Health Centers as has
been done with the Salk Vaccine.
The Type III Oral Polio Vaccine
will be offered only after it has
been cleared by the United States
Public Health Services as abso-
lutely safe. AS of the present time
Oral Immunization is being offered
as an adjunct to the Salk Program
The Salk Program will be con-
tinued and all who have started
this are urged to continue to COM
pletion, whether or not thew are
receiving the oral type, DR.. Jones
concluded.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Sanitary Commission
Meets To Consider
Sewage Problems

The Garrett County Sanitary
commission met with members of
State and County health depart
ments last night in an effort to
develop plans to benefit from
available federal funds for water
and sewer projects.
Up to 70 percent participation
by the federal government was
authorized in the recent session of
Congress.
Meeting with the group we're
the Commissioners-ele H. D.
Swartzentruber, Allen S. Paugh
and Earl Opel, who were briefed
on the activities and purposes of
the Sanitary commission.
Oakland'S mayor, Russell l..
Smith, also attended and reported
d proposal to petition the group
for creation of a sanitary district
for the tri-toWn areas of Oakland,
Mt Lake Park and Loeb Lynn
Heights. He explained that pres
sure is continuing to mount in the
matter of raw sewage being
dumped into the Little Youghio-
gheny river, particularly the sew
age from the Sterling Poultry Pro-
cessing plant The health depart
ment has complained of the con-
dition and Smith said it could
jeopardize the continued opera
ton of Sterling by forbidding the
discharge of the sewage into the
river.
Smith also said that one of the
requirements of industry is sew
age treatment and that the Oak
land area could not expect to at
tract industry without it.
A petition of 25 signatures of
residents and landowners in the
proposed district is required be-
fore the Sanitary Commission can
act. Once the petition is presented
and boundaries established an en-
gineer will survey the district and
estimate costs of building and
maintaining the sewer system and
Continued on Page Four
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Fair Stockholders To
Hear Reports, Elect

Stockholders of the Garrett
County Agricultural Fair associa-
ton will meet next Tuesday. No
vember 81, at s o'clock p. m, at
the Grantsville elementary school,
it was announced by Baity Ridder,
secretary.
There will be a report Of the as
sociations financial condition, cleo
ton of five new members of the
Board of Directors, and suggestions
received for discussion in improv-
ing future fairs. A period for re-
freshments and fellowship is on
the agenda.
Following the stockholders meet
ing the board members will meet
to elect their officers for the en-
suing year. Directors whose terms
expire include Mrs. Bruce Folk,
Grantsville; Harry Collier, Acct
dent; Charles Bowman, Harland
Bowman, McHenry; and Robert L.
Glotfelty, Bittinger
H. G. Gortner, president of the
association, stressed the fact that
any interested person would be
welcome to attend the meeting
Other officers include Claude
Wagner, Jr., vice-president; Allen
S. Paugh, treasurer; and Claude
Wagner, Jr., manager.
Directors besides those previously
mentioned include Hubert Friend,
John Brenneman, Walter DeBerry,
Arthur Fitzwater, Gerald Glotfelty,
Mrs. o. C. Glotfelty, Mrs. Robert
Hoffman, D. L. KlotZ, Mrs. John
Menges, Charles Wilt, Claude Wag-
ner, Sr., and William Umbel.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
2 Southern Players
On PVC End Team

Two players on the Southern
Highlanders' gridiron team were
named to the second team in the
Potomac Valley conference. The
names we're announced at the an
nual dinner meeting of the con-
ference at Burlington, w. Va, on
Monday evening.
James Thayer was named tackle
and Jon Thayer one of the back
field men in the second team line
up
Southern Highs baseball team
was recognized also during the
program. The Highlanders won the
Potomac Valley conference cham
pionship last spring. The school re-
ceived SIS toward the purchase of
a suitable trophy.
Keyser's Tack" Clark was nam
ed PVC football coach of the year
and Keyser High earned a major
share of honors at the dinner. The
champions landed four places on
the IL player all-conference foot
ball team. Keyser had a 10 record
and has copied Is consecutive
games in the league over two sea-
sons. Clark has been coaching for
20 years at Keyser.
Six schools placed players on the
first team. They were Moorefield
Romney, Petersburg, Ridgeley and
Circleville, in addition to Keyser.
Beall High school won the track
and field championship award and
Romney won the annual cross
country title.
Bruce High school, Westernport,
petitioned the conference for men,
bership in 1868 This will not be
acted upon until next spring. There
are now eleven schools in the con-
ference.
Announcement was made that the
PVC junior high school basketball
tournament would be held in
Keyser February Is, % and 26, and
the conference track and field
meet at Beall High, Frostburg,
Tuesday, May 2, p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Fred Thayer Named
AS States Attorney

Fred A. Thayer III, third at
torney in five generations of his
family, has been named states at
torney for this county, effective
December l. He will succeed w.
Dwight Slower, who has submitted
his resignation to Chief Judge Nor
gan c. Harris, of the Fourth Jul
dicial Circuit.
Slower served as states attorney
for the past eleven years, and lost
his bid for election as associate
Judge in the recent election by a
total of SO votes.
He informed Judge Harris he did
not care to continue in the posi-
ton and wanted to be relieved of
his duties without delay.
Thayer will serve the one month
remaining to complete Stover's
four-year term, starting January l..
In the past election there was no
candidate for states attorney.
The new states attorneys grand
father, Frederick A. Thayer, Sr.,
was an Oakland attorney as was
his great grandfather, Thomas Ped
dicord. His father, Frederick A.
Thayer, Jr., was an Oakland insur-
ance agent for many years.
Thayer was born in Cumberland,
but his parents resided here. His
mother is the former Elisabeth
Pearce, of National, Allegany coun-
ty.
He was graduated in 1851 from
Oakland High school, and from the
College of Wooster, in Ohio, in
1855. He received his law degree
at Duke university, Durham, N. c.,
in 1858, and returned to Oakland
to establish a law practice. He is
associated in the practice of law
with two former States Attorneys,
Walter w. Dawson, and S. r.
Pagenhardt He has been attorney
to the Board of County Commits
Sioners since Associate Judge Ham
i'll was appointed to the bench
last year.
Thayer is married to the former
Diane Senior, of Sudbury, Ontario,
Canada, and they have one son,
Frederick A. Thayer w.
He will be sworn into office on
Saturday, December l, by Judge
Hamill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
6 Properties Go At
Tax Sale Saturday

Six properties of the county were
sold, at tax sale last Saturday
morning after twenty-one property
owners had redeemed theirs prior
to the date of sale.
Tax sales are conducted by
Joseph WEIGH treasurer, under
powers vested in him by the an
notated Code of Maryland. Sales
we're made to the highest bidder
in each instance.
Mr.. WEIGH said there was more
interest than usual at the Court
House Saturday and that several
of the pieces brought exceptional
prices.
The property owners have one
year and a day to redeem their
land before a deed is provided by
the treasurer to the purchaser.
Walter w. Dawson purchased the
property of Robert S. and Ethel
M. Hartley, in district l, As of an
acre, for $500 Total amount of
taxes due totaled $3.50, and the
property was assessed at $500.
Homer L. Bennett purchased the
property of William H. and Jean E.
Covington in district 6, being a lot
200 by 1878 near Gravely Run,
Deep Creek Lake for $40. Taxes
due totaled S31.20 and the property
was assessed at $500.
Ray Teets purchased 10 of an
acre of ground in district 7, owned
by Chester R. and Margaret Sines,
for $3.50 The taxes due totaled
S31 .06, and was assessed at $500.
Jesse Walker and Kathleen L.
Marshall, Kitzmiller, purchased
fifty acres in district 10, owned by
James A., Gary, William T. Carson
and Henry Stockbridge, Jr., for ST.
$50. Taxes due totaled 1920, with
the assessed value at $500.
Blaine Sweitzer purchased the
property assessed to Ada E. Warren
in district Is, amounting to lots
in Mt. Lake Park, for $4,000. Taxes
due totaled $15079 and the prop
erty was assessed at $4,000.
Highest price for any property
was paid by ElWood George, of
Swanton. He bid $1,000 for fifty
acres of a tract owned by Henry
NJ. and William F. Thomas Fitz-
hugh in district 1. Total amount of
taxes due was SO and the as
sessed valuation was $4,000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
In Baltimore Hospital

Mrs Trudy Agrees, proprietor of
the William-James hotel, and
daughter Sandra, have been pa
tients in st. Joseph's hospital in
Baltimore as the result of an auto
mobile wreck in the Baltimore
vicinity some two weeks ago.
Mrs. Agrees suffered a broken
nose, broken jaw and chest in
iuries. Her daughter was badly
bruised and sustained decorations
of the face.
Details of the accident are not
known, but it was thought that the
mishap occurred after the two had
been in Baltimore for medical treat
ment and were cnroutc to their
home in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
New Funeral Home
Officially Opened

The completion of the Leigh
ton-Durst Funeral home at the for
mer Loar home, corner of Second
and Pennington streets, was Off
cially announced this week.
The Loar home was presented to
West Virginia Wesleyan college
following the death of the last
member of the Loar family and
was originally intended for widows
of retired Methodist ministers, but
this was found to be unsuitable
and the home was purchased by
the partnership.
John o. burst, Cumberland
funeral director for twenty years,
became an associate of Herbert c..
Leigton in the Leighton Funeral
home in Oakland last October, and
following the purchase of the Loar
home, proceeded to convert this
building for their new home.
The building has facilities for
four separate viewings, has main
chapel, smoking lounge and
powder room. 1t has been complete
ly remodeled, redecorated and re-
carpeted.
For the immediate future the
business office and showroom will
remain at the Leighton Funeral
home site on Oak street.
Announcement of the new home
is found in a half-page advertise
ment which appears in The Re-
publican today.
Herbert c. Leighton became a
funeral director in 1888, operating
in Mt Lake Park. He moved his
business to Oakland in 1885, build
ing the brick structure which has
housed the business on Oak street
since that time
burst, graduate of Potomac State
college, Keyser West Liberty col
lege and the McAllister School of
Embalming in New York, from
which he was graduated in 1898,
was associated with the Hafer
Funeral home in Cumberland prior
to coming to Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Union Thanksgiving
Service Scheduled

Five congregations will unite in
a Thanksgiving morning service at
the Oak Park Church of the
Brethren near Oakland Thursday,
November %, at 10 a. m. The serv-
ice will be led by Rev. J. Stanley
Earhart, pastor The sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Lawrence
Sherwood Participating churches
are Mt Lake Park Baptist church,
Loeb Lynn Ev. u B. church, Bethel
Methodist church in Mt Lake Park,
st. PauPs Methodist church, and
the Oak Park Church of the
Brethren.
The offering will be given to
teachers of the Green street school
for purchase of craft and education
al materials.
The Red House community
Thanksgiving service will be held
Thursday evening, November %,
at o'clock, in the Glade View
Church of the Brethren. Rev.
Luther Seibert, pastor of st. Johns
Lutheran church, will deliver the
sermon. The worship service will
be conducted by Brethren
minister. The choir of st. Johns
church will offer a special anthem.
St. Marks Lutheran church, Oak
land, will have its Thanksgiving
service on Thursday morning at
10 o'clock There will be special
music by the children's choir, the
youth choir and the adult choir.
The Rev. VIM. Ernest Fox, pastor,
will deliver the sermon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Christmas Lighting
Plans Made; To Be
Erected Next Week

The usual Christmas decorations
for the town of Oakland will be
put in place sometime next week,
it was announced by the Mt. Top
Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber always pays the
labor costs for preparation of the
strands and erection of the Christ
mas lights, and the work will be
done, same as in previous years,
by employees of the West Maryland
Power company. City employees
usually assist in making the strands.
There will be the usual lights
across the streets in the business
section plus the pole ornaments
and the decorated tree on the
church lawn, corner of Second and
Liberty streets.
Since the Chamber of Commerce
had no membership fee this year,
the organization mailed out letters
to business places, asking for con-
tributions to help pay the cost of
the Christmas decorations A num-
Der responded but not to the ex-
tent the Chamber had hoped it
was said
Christmas Treat
The annual Christmas treat for
all children in Oakland and nearby
towns is also being planned by the
Chamber of Commerce. This year
the distribution will be made on
Saturday, December %.
Distribution usually is in charge
of Charles L. Briner and will take
place at the corner of Second and
Liberty streets, adjacent to the
Episcopal church lawn.
The treat is made possible each
year through contributions from
business people, individuals and
organizations. Letters are to be
mailed shortly to these people and
organizations seeking their assist
ance.
Each year at least $500 treats of
oranges and candy are distributed.
The committee this year includes
Mahlon Yost, willard Hawkins,
Kenneth Johns, Edward Smouse,
William Hesen, c. L. Briner. Briner
said business men and women
would receive a letter seeking con-
tributions the first of next week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Board Proposes
Jr. High School
Structure Would Relieve
Ovefcupucity Of Oakland
Schools

The proposal for a new junior
high school in Oakland was pro-
posed and discussed at consider
able length at the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of Education,
it was announced by Willard l..
Hawkins, county superintendent of
Schools. Mr.. Hawkins also spoke
at length about this new school at
the Southern High school Parent
Teacher association session.
The school board is to meet in
December with a citizens Building
committee, the County Commits
sioners, Delegates and Senator
elect, to discuss the proposal in de-
tail.
Mr.. Hawkins explained that based
on an average class size of 80 pupils
per teacher, Center street school
has an overcapacity of so pupils.
bennett Road school has an over
capacity of SIS pupils. Southern
High school can house comfortably
around 900 students and at pres
ent there are 1185 enrolled. This
makes an overcapacity of 375 or
more pupils in the three schools in
Oakland.
He said that in other areas in the
county the housing facilities were
adequate to take care of present
enrollments and any expected in
creases within the fOreseeable flu
ture. School population growth in
the county is largely in the Oak
land area at the moment
Mr.. Hawkins pointed out that
the total bonded Indebtedness for
schools as of November 9, was
81 ,598,588. BY the end of 1869, he
said this indebtedness would be re-
duced to S465,712 While some por-
ton of the cost of school bonds is
shared by the county, he said the
largest portion was financed by the
state incentive fund and natural
gas tax. He remarked that an ad-
ditional bond issue would be neces-
sary to finance the building of any
junior high school, After 1869 he
r2llt there would be sufficient funds
rom the State incentive fund and
natural gas tax to finance this bond
issue without any demands on local
taxes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Thanksgiving Service Set
At Episcopal Church

Thanksgiving Day will be cele-
brated at st. Matthews Episcopal
church, Oakland, with a service of
Holy Communion at 1890 a. m. The
rector, the Rev. w. Shelby Walthall,
will preach the sermon Music will
be under the direction of Mrs. Neil
c. Fraley, organist.
Persons attending the service are
asked to bring canned goods. Bask
cts will be distributed to the needy
of Garrett county. The public is
invited. Services are being held at
the parish house on Center street
until repairs can be made to the
church.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
State And County
Road Groups Set
For Snow Battle
Snow Fences Erected And
Machinery In Good Con-
dition For Winter

The annual battle against drift
ing snow and ice-covered high
ways in the county has been
planned by the State Roads COM
mission and the County Roads Of
flee.
The equipment for both depart
ments is about the same as last
year f. r. Fike, acting state roads
engineer here, said there had been
requirements for eight trucks and
the state has available 20 trucks,
two graders, one blower, two Gin
der spreaders. There are approx
mately 153 miles of state roads in
the county for which the SRC is
responsible.
Throughout the state the COM
mission has 668 pieces of equip
ment and 1,500 men in a state of
readiness Maintenance forces have
stockpiled quantities of salts, abra-
sives and chemicals in strategic
locations.
The Garrett county roads de-
partment has about the same
equipment as last year which in
cludes three pay leaders equipped
with V-plows, pay loader with
out V-plow, five bulldozcrs, nine
graders with V-plow, 35 trucks
with plOwS, one truck with blower
attachment and one detachable
blower attachment that is inter
changeablc with one of the trucks,
and a new caterpillar loader,
mounted on rubber.
This plus the regular cindering
equipment and quantity of salt
for melting purposes, constitutes
the set-up for the local depart
ment, and with which they will at
tempt to keep open the 693 miles
of county roads.
Paul Dewitt, assistant county
roads supervisor, said that some
$4,000 feet of new snow fence had
been received, but this was mostly
for replacement of worn out fence.
There are some so miles of snow
fences that have been erected
throughout the county.
He said the county had pur-
chased this year a quantity of bulk
salt in place of rock salt used pre-
viously. Some 200 tons have been
acquired.
Snow emergency route signs
have been placed on U. S. route
40, U. S. route PIG, state route 1876,
U. S. route 50, state route 80 and
state route Alt.
The roads department had one
test a few weeks ago but since
that time not enough snow has
fallen to require the use of plows.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Additional Bow Kill

Bow hunters added an additional
kill to the list provided last week
by Harold Harmon of the Mt. Ne
DO station, north of Oakland The
season ended last Wednesday.
He reported Richard Fairgrievc,
Moscow, had obtained a doe on
Savage mountain. He also listed
the name of one hunter who was
omitted from last weeks report
He was K Hutton, Westernport,
who killed a 70 ID. doe on Back
bone mountain.
The number is almost twice as
many as we're killed last year in
Garrett county. The figures was 8
for 1861.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Women's Club Set
To Present Minstrel
Review Nov. 1920

Members of the Business and
Professional Women's club will
present their First Petticoat Re-
view" next Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings, November % and 20,
at the Center Street school audi
forum in Oakland. The curtain
will rise at s o'clock.
The cast includes Kathryn Hell
big as interlocutor, with end men
being Cara Weber, Christine Cor
nish, Ruth Gender, Elizabeth
Blake, Helen Buchanan and Mary
Orr.
Commentators will be Mary
Browning, Ada Mae Welch, Bar
bara Finn, Anne Bell, Fannie Sui
livan and Pat Brookhart
Others participating: Floradora
girls, Olive Spoerlein, Leona Wilt,
Pat Brookhart, and Norma Hine-
baugh; Lilly and Lolly: Ada Mae
Welch and Nancy Hardesty; Ma
and Pa Ketchum: Wilma Calhoun
and Lucille Shorb; the Rusty Four:
Patricia White, Retha Whorton,
Phyllis Trickett and Mildred Mey-
err.
Solo numbers and specialties will
be presented by Anne Bell, Bar
bara Finn, Ethel Rae Snyder, Mary
McRobie. Life guards include Mary
Browning, Nancy Hardesty, Rosalie
Lipscomb, Helen Harmon, LaVerne
CONTINUED on rage Four)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-11-22
Deer Season To
Open December 1
Extra Day Added To Season
For Fourth Straight Year

The annual deer hunting season
will open Saturday, December l.,
and will continue until shutdown
the following Saturday, December
g, excluding Sunday, December 2.
This is the fourth year that an
extra day has been added to the
season to give hunters two Satur-
days.
The extra day in 1860 gave che
county a new record in bucks
killed, the total reaching 804
Hunters were on their way to a
new record in 1859 but a raging
snow storm practically eliminated
hunting on at least two days. Last
year district game warden, Joseph
Minke, said an erroneous report
in the newspapers about snow
storm in the county, had cut down
the number of hunters, and for the
first time in history there were
more bucks killed in Allegany coun-
ty than in Garrett county. The total
kill last year was 638
During the period of the deer
season it will be lawful to kill
male deer with two or more points
to one antler and spike bucks with
three inch antler.
The small game season which be-
gan November Is, will be sus-
pended during the deer season but
will be resumed Monday, Deem
her TO-
Harold Harmon, in charge of Mt.
Nebo station for the Fish and Game
commission, said that deer seemed
to be as plentiful as last year, if
not more so. Many hunters have
been in the area in recent days
making reservations in private
homes, boarding houses and other
places and more will make their
appearance next week. Several
thousand hunters are expected to
be on hand for at least the first
few days of the season.
The limit is one buck per year
per hunter and if he was success
full in getting a deer during the
bow and arrow season, he would be
ineligible to hunt during the reg
ular buck season. A hunter is al
lowed to drive deer without fire
arms after he has killed his buck,
according to the regulations, so
that it is possible to aid his COM
panionS.
Game regulations stipulate that
bucks may be killed only with a
rifle that develops over 1900 foot
of muzzle energy. Shotguns loaded
with pumpkin balls or slugs may
also be used.
There are four deer checking sta
tions in the county where deer
must be checked as soon as pos
sible after being killed 1t is I'M
lawful to remove the head or hide
CT other parts except the internal
organs, or cut up the meat until
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