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The Republican., 1963-11-28
Appeal Being Made:
For Relief Goods

An appeal was made here today
for people to share with the needy
people in other areas of the world
by contributing used items of cloth
ing and bedding. The Church
World Service pickup, operated
out of New Windsor. will be made
at the Oak Park Church of the
Brethren on Monday, December 2.
individuals or church groups may
bring their contributions, packed
in cartons or bags, and marked
with the name of the person to
whom a receipt shall be mailed.
Efforts are made to provide a dis
tributon to needy areas of the
world, particularly where emer-
gencies arise as result of earth
quakes, hurricanes, etc. A spokes-
man for the New Windsor Relief
Center recently stated that all
stocks of relief items had been
processed this summer and that
the only materials available for
shipping overseas will be taken
from current gifts.
Anyone desiring ad ditional in
formation may call Pa tor j. Stan
ley Earhart, 334-9127.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
G. Bates Chaires,
S. R. Official, Dies

G. Bates Chaires, aged 81, State
Roads official and formerly as
sociatcd with the State Roads de-
partmCnt in this county, died of a
heart attack Saturday, November
%, in Mercy hospital in Baltimore.
Mr.. Chaircs, assistant chief cngi-
nccr-maintenancc and operations
for the SRC, had suffered an at
tack last Thursday while at work
in Baltimore and was rushed to the
hospital.
A state roads employe for "a
years, he was born in Chester
town and began work with the
agency on the Eastern Shore in
1919. Around 1892 he was trans
ferred from ChestertOwn to Oak
land where he was promoted to
Garrett County Maintenance engi-
neer. In 1897 he was made
resident engineer in Washington
county and in 1889 was made main
tenance engineer for district g.
comprised of Washington, Allie
gany and Garrett counties. Mr.
Chaires was made district engi-
neer in April, 1945, and he served
in this position until he was trans
ferred and promoted to the state
position in the Baltimore office.
Mr.. Chaires was in charge of all
snow removal, moving, road re-
pair and other road maintenance
He was born March II, 1901, in
Chestertown.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Jane Miller Chaires; a daughter
Mrs. Mary c. Galloway, Balto.; four
brothers, Solomon T. ChaireS
Fruitland; Edward L. Chaires and
Garrett F. Chaires, ChestertoWn
and Lester Chaires, Arlington, Va.
and four grandchildren.
The body was taken to funeral
home in Baltimore where funera
services we're conduited Tuesday
afternoon at l o'clock. Intermen
was in the ChestertoWn cemetery
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Prays An Appeal

Clarence Stark who was given a
hearing before Trial Magistrate
Robert NJ. Maroney, November 16
on charge of non-support of his
wife and seven minor children
preferred by Robert w. Stemple
executive director of the county
Welfare board, and who was found
guilty, was sentenced to serve one
year in the House of Correction,
but he entered an appeal in the
case on November 25.
This means the sentence will be
held up, pending action of the Cir
cult court in the matter.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Injuries Received
In Wreck Are Fatal
To Charles L. Baker

Charles Leo Baker, 26, of Cor
mania, who was critically injured
in a one-car accident October 26
near Red House, on U. S. route so,
died Sunday morning, November
"a. in the West Virginia University
medical center in MorgantoWn.
Baker and his brother Roger Lee
Baker, of Pleasant Valley, were rid
ing about one half mile west OF
Red House near the Hamilton farm
when the car careened from the
highway and turned end over end
in a field. Roger Lee Baker was
driving the car.
They were taken to the Garrett
county Memorial hospital in Oak
land and Charles Leo later was
transferred to Morgantown. Of
ficers said he had suffered frac-
tured skull. internal injuries, as
well as decorations, cOntusions and
abrasions. He had remained in an
unconscious condition at the hos
pital since that time. The acci-
dent was investigated by Tic. Don
aid A. Tucker.
A native of Preston county, W
Va, the deceased was born Au-
gust 10. 1887, son of Walter and
Gertrude Walters Baker, of Pleas
ant Valley. He was an employe OF
the Sterling Processing company
at Oakland.
Besides his parents he is sur
! vived by six sisters, Mrs. Beatrice
Donham, Mt. Lake Park; Mrs
Catherine Lowers, Stock Port, o..
Dorothy, Linda, Sarah and Edit
Baker. all at home; five brothers
James, Roger, Robert, William anc
Frederick Baker, all at home.
The body was taken to the Leigh
ton-Durst Funeral home in Oak
land. Funeral services were con
Quoted Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock from the funeral home witt
Rev. Donald Matthews, pastor O.
the Fairview Church of the Breth
rem, officiating. Interment was II
| White Church cemetery.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Juveniles Apprehended
For Automobile Theft

Two juveniles from the Kitzmil-
Ter area we're apprehended by
state police and county authori-
ties this week and after being
charged delinquent for having
stolen the automobile belonging
to w. Kenneth Johns, principal of
Southern High school on the night
of October &c, they were released
in the custody of their parents.
They will be given a hearing in
juvenile court. The charges were
preferred before Magistrate Les
lie B. Sharpless, Kitzmiller.
Assisting in the investigation
were Cpl Robert Henline, Troop
er Ronald Lewis and Wayne Wilt,
deputy sheriff.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Education Board
Has Expenditures
OF S1,794,2O3.34
Annual Report Shows Re-
ceipts Of $l,963,090.01
During Fiscal Year

The Board of Education of this
county disbursed S1,794 ,20334 dur
ing the fiscal year, July l, 1862, to
June 80, 1868, it was revealed in
the annual report of receipts and
expenditures which is being pub
lished today.
This included a capital outlay of
S14,19880, but did not include
school construction funds or pay
ment of bonded Indebtedness. A
report on these funds is given
separately.
Receipts from all sources in
Guiding a balance of S100,01767 in
various funds, amounted to ST.
1863, ,O9OO1.
Receipts from county sources
totaled S5O3,523 which included
$2S,411 from under-payments or
prior levies, S222,750 from the 1867
levy and S241 ,562 from the 1865
levy; also S1O,SOO for capital out
lay.
There was also some other reve
nue. from local sources amounting
to S4,25S.51, which included earn
ings from temporary investments
of $1,85574, receipts from revolv
ing funds or clearing accounts o
S291, and miscellaneous revenue
including prior year refunds o
$2,111.77.
Revenue from state sources in
cluded $193,8O0 for aid per class
room unit; $194,788 for aid pei
pupil; 1857 ,255.85 for equalization
aid; S31 1888 for partial payment
of officials salaries; SAILS for physi
cal examination of bus drivers, 81,
600 for handicapped children; 81,
094.50 for adult education and S4,
265.10 for driver education, for {
total of S1,294,75178.
The county also received $40,
52914 in federal funds including
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Two Students Are
Honored By Club

AS part of the observance of
Youth Appreciation week, spon-
sored by Optimist International,
two Southern High school seniors
we're recognized and presented
awards at a meeting of the local
club last week.
JEANNE Martin and Harold Mos
ser, who had previously been chosen
football queen and king at the
school, we're guests of the club.
They we're introduced by club
president Cheston Browning, Jr.,
who turned the proceedings over
to Rev. Joseph w. Krach, who gave
resume of the students high
school activities, and presented
each with a pen and pencil set
The award is proposed as an
annual affair.
Following the presentation, James
Rook, Nationwide Insurance Rep
sentative and President of Cham
Der of Commerce in Oakland
spoke on Safety Around the
Home, followed by a film. Also
guest was the local postmaster
Guy William Hinebaugh.
Because of the Thanksgiving holi-
day. the club will not meet this
week.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Grantsville Student
Wins Fire Marshal
Achievement Award

Susan Layman, fourth grade stu
dent at the Grantsville school,
was presented the Junior Fire
marshal award Wednesday af-
ternoon at a special ceremony at
the school The girl was selected
from among almost five hundred
students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th
grades of Grantsville, Yoder, Route
40, Friendsville and Accident
schools, who participate in the
junior fire marshal program con-
Quoted by the Hartford Insurance
company.
Presenting the award was D. w.
Hershberger, Grantsville insurance
agent. Selecting the winner were
judges from Friendsville, Accident
and Grantsville fire companies.
They included Eugene Codding-
ton, president; Cecil Schroyer,
chairman; Raymond Schlossnagle,
Friendsville department.; Orlando
| Hetrick, chief; Robert Bowser, as
sistant, Accident company; G. Rob-
ert Davis, president; Henry L.
burst chief; Donald Newman, as
sistant chief, Grantsville depart
ment. The winner was selected by
the committee on November IL.
A committee member said all
papers we're so good he was send
ing 25 of the letters to the insur'
Continued on Page Four)
The Republican., 1963-11-28

48 hours later by a night club
operator of Dallas, but not before
officials were convinced that Lee
Harvey Oswald was the killer. His
killer was Jack Rubinstein, alias
Ruby. 50, a bachelor. The shooting
was Witnessed on television as Dal-
las police were transferring him
from the city Jail to the county
jail in that city
President Kennedy, 46, was
mortally wounded in the head at
12:31 p. M, est, as he drove, smil-
ing and waving in an open car,
through a Texas crowd of a quar-
ter million. He died at Parkland
hospital about p. m.
Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn
in as President at 2:3O p. m, in
side the presidential plane.
Texas Governor John B. Con-
nally, riding on the jump seat fac
ing Kennedy in the presidential
limousine, was wounded by one
bullet through the right shoulder
His condition was satisfactory
Two shots went through Kennedy,
one in the head. the other in the
throat
Word of President Kennedy's as
SaSsinatiOn struck the worlds cap
itals with shattering impact, leav-
ing heads of state and the man in
the street stunned and grief-strick-
en-.
The slain President was taken TO
the White House and on Sunday to
the Capitol His funeral was con-
Quoted Monday neon from st.
Matthew'S Roman Catholic cathe-
dral in Washington, and he was
buried in Arlington national ceme-
terry.
Thousands of people paid tribute
to Mr. Kennedy and many foreign
dignitaries attended the funeral
service.
Television and radio confined
themselves to this tragic event eX-
clusively from the time of his death
until following the funeral service
Monday All daily newspapers
have been full of related stories
since the shooting, and the event
was amply covered in these media
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Three Are Killed
In Route 50 Crash

Three persons were killed early
Sunday morning, November "a,
when the car in which they were
riding ran off U. S. route 50 near
Mt. Storm, and struck a tree
The victims we're identified as
Harold George Clark, 81, star route,
Kitzmiller; Wayne Williams Pritts,
Is, Kitzmiller; and Robert Lee
Kuhn, %, of Mt Storm. All three
were pronounced dead upon ar
rival at Garrett County Memorial
hospital in Oakland.
Cpl. V. N. Brackenrich, West Vir-
ginia State police, said the accident
occurred about l a m, about
mile and half west of Mt. Storm.
Cpl Brackenrich said the vehicle
ran off the highway, plunged over
an embankment and then struck
tree All three were rushed to
the hospital Kuhn was identified
as the driver of the car.
The Ger apparently was travel
ing at excessive speed when it
passed another auto just before
the driver lost control
Portions of the car were strewn
over the area. One of the men had
most of his clothes torn from his
body, while another was wrapped
around the rear bumper. The
motor was detached from the chaS-
sis of the car.
Students from West Virginia
university, enroute to Washington,
aided Gerald Minnich in getting
the three into the ambulance.
The Pritts youth was born at
Kitzmiller, a son of Mrs. Grace X.
Wills Pritts and the late Robert
F. Pritts. He was a senior at Elk
Garden High school. Also surviving
are a brother Robert F. Pritts, Jr,
and sister, Mrs. Marcelcigh
Paugh, both Kitzmiller.
A requiem mass was celebrated
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
in the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Kitzmiller, by Rev.
Joseph Krach Burial was in the
Nethken Hill cemetery.
MIR. Clark was born at VindeX,
a son of James and Bessie M. Bee
man Clark, star route, Kitzmiller.
He was employed by the Harwell
Construction company, working on
a flood project at Stony River. Al
so surviving are his paternal grand
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The Republican., 1963-11-28
Mans Beer License
Suspension Cut To
90 Days By Judge

Donald Drees, who had his class
d. beer license suspended for a
period of one year by the County
Commissioners sitting as a board
of license commissioners, had the
period cut to ninety days by Judge
Stuart F. Hamill following an APP
peal, heard in the Circuit court
last Thursday, November 81.
Drees had pleaded guilty to pos
session of Whiskey for the purpose
of sale and the sale of Whiskey
when given a hearing before Trial
Magistrate Robert M. Maroney the
middle of September. At that time
he was fined $500 and costs on
each offense and the fines we're
paid
The years suspension came in
October.
In an opinion handed down by
the court, Judge Hamill pointed
out that Drees was not represented
by counsel either at the hearing
before Magistrate Maroney or at
the hearing before the board of
license commissioners. The testi-
mony revealed that this was the
first offense for the petitioner and
that his property was heavily
mortgaged; that he had invested
all of his earnings from coal min
ing in the business and that as a
result of the one-year suspension,
he would lose it because of the
financial hardship.
The Judge continued: Courts
are usually (and l believe right
fully so) amenable to grant some
leniency towards first offenders
where the offense is not consid-
Continued on Page Four
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Department Lists
Road Program
Accomplishments
Construction And Surface
Treatment Work Is Con-
sidered SizeubIe

4 report on road construction
and surface treatment program for
the County roads system was made
this week by Paul Dewitt, county
roads engineer, and showed a size
able list in both areas.
Surface treatment was given to
40.1 miles of roadway at a cost of
about $1,000 per mile or 1012 cents
per square yard, while there was
174 miles of construction at cost
of approximately S150,000. Two or
three miles of the construction
projects had federal aid.
MIR. Dewitt said the department
had scheduled some 20 miles of
surface treatment but because of
the tremendous amount of patch
ing necessary, this could not be
accomplished. He said surface
treatment of highways had been
neglected for several years but
that the program would iron itself
out in the next five years.
lie said it was necessary to re-
build a lot of surfaces before the
surface treatment could be applied
In the future the roads department
plans to do some so miles per year
so that every five years all the
roads would get surface treat
ment. There are 300 miles of cOun-
ty improved roads and some 40O
miles of dirt road, or some 700
miles which have to be dealt with
during the snow removal period
Mr.. Dewitt also indicated there
had been other work accomplished
including bank sloping to aid in
prevention of snow drifts; minor
relocations, widening of critical
spots, and the renewal of much
culvert pipe. He said the depart
ment had used some PIE tons more
Continued On Page Four
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Varied Weather Occurs
During Past Week

The past week had variety of
weather with light rains, a drop
in temperature and minimum of
sunshine. The cold morning was
Monday when there was an eX-
ceptionally heavy frost and read
ing of IS degrees 1t moved up to
41 before the day ended.
A brief rundown of the weather
showed a hazy sky on Friday with
temperature getting up to So. Rain
fell on Saturday but the tempera-
ture got up to 60. Sunday was
sunny and cool. There was another
frost Tuesday but rain by noon
with mercury reading of AZ. We'd
nesday began in the early 4O's,
cloudy, with rain expected.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Two Are Guilty Of
Spotlighting Deer

Two persons entered pleas of
guilty to charges of spOtlighting
with firearms in possession. They
were Roger Cerne, Deer Park, and
Kenneth Sanders, route l, Oakland.
The charges were brought by Leo
G. Friend game warden. They were
fined 500 and costs each.
Ccrne also pleaded guilty to a
charge of carrying a loaded gun
in his automobile and was fined
an additional S25 and costs.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Local Reactions To
President Kennedy's
Death Went Deep

The Court House flag, among
others, flying at half mast, was
perhaps the only visible evidence
of the feelings of local citizens
following the stunning news Fri
day of President Kennedy's as
sassination and death, but there
could be no doubt that emotions
ran deep.
The reaction here followed what
must have been a national pat
tern: first feeling of disbelief,
then of shock, and finally of gen.
uine sorrow. Perhaps at no time
since December Z, 1941, the day of
Pearl Harbor, had Americans been
so united in common emotion.
The tragic news spread swiftly.
At Southern High school, students
were gathered in assembly and
the announcement was made to
the entire group by w. Kenneth
Johns, principal Here, among the
students, their feeling was inn
mediately evident, with open dis
plays of emotion.
At Northern High, when the
news was relayed over the public
address system to the students in
their classrooms, it was more diff
ficult to determine the general
reaction, but some teachers have
reported students seemed to re-
main calm, silent and generally
too overcome by the event to real
ize at once its full significance
Public services in memory of
the late President we're conducted
by churches throughout the coun-
ty Most of them included me-
MORALS as part of their regular
Sunday worship; several held
special services Monday morning.
In almost all cases, however,
churches we're open all day Mon
day to enable individuals to Wor-
ship as they would.
! On the day of the Presidents
funeral, Oakland was virtually a
! ghost community. Practically every
place of business remained closed
in observance of President John
sons declaration of day of ma
/ tional mourning. Streets were de-
serted; few automobiles moved.
During the hours of the funeral,
from II a. m until mid-afternoOn,
it was impossible in Oakland to
purchase a gallon of gasoline, a
cup of coffee, or to make the
simplest business transaction. Not
even on Sundays or major holi-
days had the town been closed so
completely. During these hours,
the period of mourning was surely
complete.
Tuesday morning, however, as
it should have been, life returned
to the community, the county and
the nation. Schools, which had been
closed the day before, reopened;
the stores and offices, banks and
i garages, restaurants and govern
ment services returned to their
normal schedule.
But the flag still flew at half
mast, the only visible evidence of
the feeling which still persisted
beneath the surface in those who
outwardly we're pursuing their
routine activities.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Revival Being Held

a victory revival of salvation
and healing began Sunday, No
vember "a, at the Victory Taber-
nacle on route So, near Kitzmil-
ler. Services are continuing. NJ.
V. Rohrer, Kitzmiller, is the evan
gelist.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
Special Shopping
Issue To Appear
In Mail Dec. 3rd

A special Christmas shopping
issue of The Republican will
make its appearance on Tues
day, December 3, and will be
mailed to subscribers in this
county and surrounding areas.
Shop at Home" is the theme.
There will be Christmas news
and features plus advertising
of local stores.
The Republican., 1963-11-28

Getty Browning, after visiting
relatives in the area for a week or
more returned to his home at
Raleigh, N. c., on Tuesday.
The Republican., 1963-11-28
President John F. Kennedy
Buried Monday In Arlington
Was Cut Down By Assussins Bullet In Dallas, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson Is Sworn In

35h President of the United States,
Friday November 22 during
in Dallas
prime suspect pro-Castro u S Marine
who about
The Republican., 1963-11-28

John B. Browning is spending
several weeks in Florida.
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Mr.. Hawkins said he hoped that
interested parents would seek i'm
mediate approval from the coun-
ty representative at the legisla-
ture, to pass an enabling act.
AS the next step George Stuck,
chairman of the group, appointed
committee to contact the rep
resentatives to arrange for a meet
ing, to be held in Oakland, if pos
sible, if not, in Annapolis. Head
ing the committee was Wesley
Schaible, assisted by Dr. H. Rob-
ert Gibson, Mrs Irwin Field, Ross
Grove, Mrs. Guy William Hine-
baugh, Edward F. Smouse and
Charles L. Briner.
In addition to the above those
attending the meeting included Mr.
and Mrs Audley Riley, Mrs. Mary
Martin, c. w. Highlander, Mrs. Ed
ward Smouse, Walter DeBerry,
Mrs. Robert Stanton, Mrs Beeson
Snyder, Charles Knots, James
Crop, Willard Elliott, Mrs. Ann
Lawton, Willis Shaffer, Mrs. Cecil
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Three workers died in blast at
JohnStoWn, Pa, in coal storage
bin.
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polio victims for whom the
Vaccines came too late. Aid
for thousands of polio patients
is still a prime responsibility
of the March of Dimes.
The birth defects and arthri-
It's centers supported by March
of Dimes contributions en-
phasize early and correct dag
nosis, which is the key to eff
fective treatment and rehabili-
tation. Such detection and care
requires the skills of many diff
ferent specialists, all working
together with patient and
family.
Until the development of the
March of Dimes program, such
top-quality attention was gen.
orally available only in large
medical centers. The families
of children afflicted with these
cripplers have often had to
settle for less than the best
because facilities were lacking
or inaccessible.
The tiny victims of disease
and deformity who are born
today must rely on current
medical knowledge to detect
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-24
Birth Defects from ThoIidomide
Spur Mothers i'm March Of Dimes

Grave concern about the
widespread problem of birth
defects, recently spotlighted
by tragic infant deformities
caused by the drug, thali-
domide, will inspire some
two million Marching Moth
ers to seek their neighbors'
support for the 1868 March
of Dimes during the last
week in January.
For volunteers in the Moth
ers' March, this concern is not
a recent development. The
National Foundation-March of
Dimes, which observes its 25th
anniversary this year, began to
attack the long-neglected field
of birth defects back in 1858.
Then, as now, medical au-
thorities recognized that birth
defects, in hundreds of dis
abling forms, overshadoW all
other child health problems.
Every year, more than $1,000
deaths throughout the United
States are caused by defective
prenatal development. Every
year, more than a quarter of a
million babies SltrUiUe despite
significant defects.
To bring expert help to such
children all over America, The
National Foundation-March of
Dimes-which helped conquer
paralytic polio by totally sup
porting the development of the
Salk and Sabin vaccines-now
has treatment program we'll
under way.
Also in 1858, the March of
Dimes organization initiated
a program in the field of
arthritis - equally neglected
and shrugged off by the public
as an inevitable hazard of
aging, despite the fact that its
severest form strikes children
and young adults with alarm
ing frequency.
This year, Marching Mothers
will proudly report to their
neighbors that a nationwide
network of March of Dimes
financed study and treatment
centers for birth defects and
arthritis is operating at full ca
pacity. Nearly so such centers
are now open in communities
across the country-double the
number that were in existence
just a year ago, and only the
beginning of the network en-
visioned.
In addition, seven respira-
tory centers are maintained for