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past week here with relatives and
friends.
William Shoemaker, Alexandria,
Va, is spending this week here
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
w. Shoemaker.
Mrs. James Lininger returned
home last week after being a pa
tient in Garrett County Memorial
hospital, Oakland
Mr.. and Mrs. James Skidmore
and daughter, Bel Air, spent Satur-
day and Sunday here with his
mother, Mrs. Julia Skidmore. Eu-
gene Skidmore and family, Nc
Henry, were Sunday supper guests
of his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Livengood
and Mrs. John Livengood and
daughter, of Loch Lynn, were Sun
day evening picnic supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs Amos Friend and
family. Other callers during the
week were Mr. and Mrs William
Metcalfe and family, Camp Hill,
Pa: Miss Linda Friend, Manchest-
er, Pa; Larry BoWser, Mrs. Helen
Devine.
Miss Sue Richter returned home
Saturday after a weeks visit at
Belle Vernon, Pa, with relatives.
Miss Louise Fike was a Sunday
overnight guest of Sue.
Mrs OrVal Rush spent Thursday
and Friday at Windber, Pa, with
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cover and fami-
ly.
Mrs. Helen Devine spent several
days with Mrs. Joseph Schroyer.
George Foy, Meyersdale, Pa.
visited Mrs. Ada Garletts, Wednes-
day.
Paul Richter, Alexandria, Va,
spent the weekend here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Rich
ter Thursday supper guests were
James Lancaster and Mrs. Doris
Garletts and daughter. Frostburg.
Other callers during the week we're
Mrs. Maude Livengood, Mrs. Rose
Raymond, Mrs. Effie Shipley, Mr..
and Mrs Eugene Frazee and fami-
ly, Mrs. Foster Fike and son.
William Shoemaker, Alexandria,
Va, is spending this week at his
home here
MIR. and Mrs. Lee Shaffer, Red
House, were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. o. G.. Rush. Friday
morning guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Auford and son, Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Livengood
and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Resi- at Grantsvillc, Sunday eve
ming.
John Friend, Cleveland, is spend
j ing two weeks vacation with his
parents, MIR. and Mrs. c. r. Friend
Jimmie Friend, Essex, spent the
weekend with his parents, the
! Friends.
James Coddington visited Mrs
Iona Humberson, and his uncle
and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Guard, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs. Faye
Guard and daughters, accom-
panied them to Friendsville for q
visit over the weekend
J Miss Linda Bender and Mrs. Jean
Kirby accompanied Mrs Everett
! Sellers and family to Cleveland
O., for few weeks visit.
In the article in last weeks
items concerning the organ pre-.
sented to the Selbysport Methodist
church, the name of one of the
men who went for the organ was
! incorrect 1t listed George Frazee
Selbysport, and Ronald Steyer, OF
Deer Park. The name should have
been George Vitez, of Selbysport
Mrs Richard Friend was visit
! ing Mr.. and Mrs. Hutson FrienC
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daughter, Mrs. Carrie Hauser at
Mt. Lake Park, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Cletis Carskadon, of Dan
vile, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Carskadon and attended the Home
coming
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Karen Bolyard spent Saturday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Sines in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Sines, of
Oakland, we're Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Boil
ward
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Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ashby and
daughter, Mrs. Barbara Green and
son, Lorraine Bittinger, Mr.. and
Mrs. Burton Ashby, Mrs. Glen Ash
by and mother, Mrs. Linnie Fell
ton, all of Waynesburg, o., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Morris, of
Cumberland, visited relatives and
friends here last Sunday and at
tended the EUB Homecoming. Mr..
and Mrs Burton Ashby remained
for a visit with Mrs Oscar Shaffer.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Friend and
other grandchildren in Cleveland,
o., the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Strawser and
daughter, Kingwood were Sunday
evening visitors of Mrs. r. H.
Friend.
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Confusion In Canada

The outcome Of the Canadian
voting on Monday was not fully salts
factory to anyone. Three political parties
Conservative, rightwing Social Credit
and leftwing New Democratic-lost pop
ular votes and parliamentary seats. The
only winner, the Liberal Party, made
impressive gains in both respects but,
on the basis Of nearly complete count,
1t fell just short of the 1873 seats needed
for outright control of Commons. I'm
official returns give the Liberals 1913
seats, with the possibility of picking up
two or three more when the servicemen's
mail ballots are counted next week end.
The questions remaining are both
emotional and practical After leading
the Conservative Party in 1858 to the
greatest victory in Canadian political
history, Prime Minister John Diefen-
baker has suffered under an almost
steady decline in both personal and
party fortunes An effort to reverse
this trend by nationwide elections last
summer only confirmed it, leaving Mr.
Diefenbaker dependent upon a shaky
coalition with the 30-member Social
Credit bloc that had not held a single
seat in the previous Parliament. Actu-
ally, the Liberals won a slightly higher
percentage Of the popular vote last year
but the apportionment advantages in
the prot Conservative rural areas gave
the latter party the lead in House seats.
A no-confidence vote in February forced
Mr.. Diefenbaker to the polls again this
week. The campaign was heated one,
in which the United States and Liberal
leader Lester Pearson, once a popular
Ambassador to Washington, were the
principal Diefenbaker targets.
The fact that Mr. Parsons Liberals
did not win majority leaves Mr. Diefen-
baker free, under Canadian law and
precedent, to remain in office If he can
form new government. He has not yet
revealed any intent to step out of the
office Of first minister. 1t would require
the support of both of the smaller
parties, however, to form a coalition out
numbering the new Liberal bloc. 1t is
doubtful that Mr.. Diefenbaker can work
out such deal (the two small parties
are bitterly opposed to each other) or
that 1t would stand up long in the new
Parliament. The Liberals, on the other
hand, need help from only one splinter
party (the New Democrats are the most
likely prospectS) and Mr.. Pearson is free
to negotiate such an arrangement
Canada thus has had two elections
in 10 months. 1t is now time to get on
with government that will have
reasonable chance to conduct the ma
TONS business in orderly fashion.
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Man of COURAGE

A special medal Of some sort should
be struck off to commemorate the
intestinal fortitude OF Civil Service
Commission Chairman Macy In killing
a cheap little patronage scheme cooked
up by some Of the Democratic poll
ticians in the White House.
This was a plan TO require that
all summer Government Jobs for stu
dents be cleared through the White
House. In other words, grab the kids
while they're still young and introduce
them to the practical" side OF politics.
And, possibly, there might be a few
breaks in the process for Democratic
parents.
This shabby business now has been
scotched. The Civil Service Commission
has served notice that the project us
illegal and will not be tolerated" AS
one csc official put y, I'VE couldn't
allow the situation TO continue. The
reputation and integrity Of the Govern
ments civil service merit system we're
at stake"
This certainly was true, and, In our
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Womon's World

The grant of the annual Federal
Woman's Award to six Government
career employees this year is fully war
ranted In each case on the basis Of
individual achievement As a group,
moreover, these outstanding ladies have
worked their way to professional pre-
eminence In an impressive variety OF
jobs, nearly all Of which, incidentally,
were almost exclusively a part Of the
mans world not too many years ago.
Their success surely illustrates the broad
scope Of opportunity available to women
In Government service, and should
serve to encourage young women of
ability everywhere to look to the Federal
civil service for meaningful careers.
Our compliments extend to each of
them: DR.. Eleanor L. Makel, a super
visory medical officer, St. Elizabeths
Hospital; Miss Bessie Margolin, asso-
ciate solicitor, Department OF Labor;
Mrs Katharine Mather, chief, petrog-
raphy section, U. S. Army Engineer
Waterways Experiment Station; Miss
Verna c. Mohagen, personnel director,
Soil Conservation Service; Mrs. Blanche
w. Noyes, air marking specialist, Fed
eral Aviation Agency, and Miss Eleanor
c. Pressly, head OF the vehicles section,
Spacecraft Indignation and Sounding
Rocket Division, Goddard Space Flight
Center.
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CONTAGIOUS Spirit

In his eloquent remarks upon be-
coming an honorary citizen Of the United
States (the first in our history, Sir
Winston Churchill has shown that the
advancing years have not stalled him.
On the contrary, at 88, as in the days Of
his incompatible leadership as Britain's
wartime Prime Minister, he still speaks
with verve in language that sings and
inspires.
Let us take due note of his latest
words: Il reject the view that Britain
and the Commonwealth should now be
relegated to a tame and minor role in
the world. Our past Is the key to our
future, which firmly trust and believe
will be no less fertile and glorious. Let
no man underrate our energies"
1t is good to hear, once again, a
little bit Of Sir WinSton'S fine old
rhetoric in the following comment on
his country and ours: I'm this century
Of storm and tragedy I contemplate
with high satisfaction the constant
factor of the interviewer and upward
progress Of our peoples. Our comrade-
ship and our brotherhood in war were
unexampled. We stood together, and
because Of that fact the free world
now stands"
This is self-evident. Despite what
peSSimiSts may say, there is ample
reason to hope that the free world will
continue to stand, and wax rather than
wane, because Sir Winston's spirit is
contagious. 1t is the spirit of human
liberty, individually and in the mass.
Those of us who follow on have a duty
to perpetuate it,
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opinion, the reputation and the integrity
of the Kennedy administration also
were at stake. For this reason, we take
with a grain Of salt the suggestion in
the news reports that the csc action
was not cleared" with the White House.
President Kennedy may not have in
itiated the action, but he surely didn't
oppose It, For aside from the pettiness
Of the whole thing, he would recognize
that the political reaction inevitably
would be adverse.
In saying this, however, we detract
nothing from Mr.. Macy and his CSC
colleagues They have done a good
days work.
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HOrtense Amram.

clerical personnel to free our
teachers to teach the coveted
Three Rs?
We must, somehow, hold
the line" against any more of
this kind Of economy"
Edmund H. Robertson.
We know that our whole
system Of government Is
based on an educated and
discriminating citizenry. The
art Of effective communica-
ton is second to none in
this quick-moving and fast
changing world Of ours.
There is nothing like speak
ing another mans language
for improving communica-
ton. Older, and perhaps
wiser. countries than ours
have always given instruc-
ton In foreign languages to
their educated people.
Very young children learn
q foreign language as easily
and naturally as their native
tongue. Our country Is the
richest In the world, with
money enough TO satisfy pri-
vate satisfactions. such as
gambling. smoking and
drinking, personal adorn-
ment. recreational activities.
gadgetry. and the like, not
TO mention corrupted drains
on our resources like rackets.
"featherbedding," graft,
waste and inefficiency.
We do not know why the
majority members Of the
Montgomery County School
Board think the small
amount Of money saved by
eliminating foreign language
instruction in the elementary
schools compensates for the
great loss IN the education
OF our young people.
II there were q real con-
Germ for quality education,
foreign language instruction
would start on the. kinder
garten level and be available
throughout the school ca
reer. AS II is now, we have
a penny wise. pound fool
ish" policy.
jeanne Moreland
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Nation of Sheep

1t is apparent to Gen. de
Gaulle, as it is apparent to
many American writer's, that
Western civilization, spear
headed by the United States,
is on the decline. The decline
in religion, cohesiveness Of
the home, love, architecture,
sculpture, art, music and lit
erature are unacceptable to
the careful observer. There
is an intimate connection be-
tween the decline Of these
forces and their displace-
ment by economic factors in
in the United States. AS the
United States becomes more
and more a business society,
where profit and power are
the most respected goals. nat
urally the other possible ele-
ments in society suffer q
comparable dilution of their
strength and influence.
The fact that we all want
to pretend that architecture
and art are exemplary today
is Just a part of the escapism
that has prompted men such
as William Lederer to call us
"A Nation of Sheep"
Europe, historically, cul-
turally and officially has
always been more of a diverse,
easy-going, relaxed society.
and De Gaulle Is merely at
tempting to preserve that
way Of life before 1t is
squeezed to death by the
boredom and meaningless of
American life.
The intimate connection
between the American mill
tary and business In expand
ing United States influence
in Europe is, tragically, one
of the underestimated COM
binations Of our times. AS
long as Europe, and similarly,
Latin America, is dependent
on us militarily, just so long
will programs like the "Alli-
ance for Progress" be turned
mainly into vehicles for pri-
vate United States investment,
and not truly means for
altering the power structure
in these countries.
OF course many nations in
Europe have invested in
America as much as we have
invested there. But use Of
statistics, a favorite habit Of
President Kennedy, hides the
enormous resources Of large
American corporations and
their mastery Of the tech
niques Of smooth organization
which, II applied to Europe
as they have been applied so
successfully here. could wipe
out any competitive European
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somewhat curious though
certainly not unique assump-
ton that Prof. Lundberg new
er fully articulates: Rational
equals good; irrational equals
bad. A scientific and there
fore empirical work should
surely not take so vast an
idea as automatic without
careful testing. But The
Coming World Transforma-
ton" confuSes testing with
invective in this as in other
matters.
THE BEST PARTS of the
book thus live under rather
heavy clouds. Yet as 1t turns
out, some of these sections
are excellent. The discussion
of American education in
general and higher education
in particular performs a num-
Der of invaluable services.
Not the least is the clearing
of the statistical fog that
proves" that relative to pop
ulation, more Americans than
Europeans receive a higher
education. Prof. Lundberg
takes the figures, eliminates
those students in institutions
or courses of study that are
at a lower level than their
supposed European equiva-
Tents, and neatly shows that
the relative enrollments are
in fact about the same.
Sometimes he misses a ma
jor opportunity. 1t does not
occur to him that in trying
to convert Americans from
their belief that Government
operated industry is ineffi-
cient and inimical to politi-
cal freedom, he might point
out that the two celebrated
leading imported automobiles
are in effect made by gov
ernments in free countries.
At the same time, Prof.
Lundberg seems to overrate
the effectiveness Of Govern
ment-ownership as a means
of reducing what he consid-
ers undesirable economic
practices. II is an odd fact
that despite his presumed
close relationship with his
government Volkswagens DR..
Nordhoff argued rather hard
err and more effectively with
German Economics Minister
Erhard about the price Of
cars than did Mr.. Blough
with President Kennedy
about the price of steel.
THE Coming World Trans
formation" will probably ir-
ritate everyone who reads II
and not merely traditional
lists" Some Of II Is simply
pretentious. but some OF 1t Is
very keen and deserves atten-
ton.
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business organization within
short order.
David L. Levy.
Wintry ApriIs

The warm beginning Of
April, 1868, was welcomed by
the cherry blossoms and by
many winter-weary humans,
though some thought 1t was
a bit overdone. as in the 80
degrees on April 2, which set
a new Washington record for
that day Of the month. Twas
not always thus, and some
weather historian may tell
us how many wintry spells
this area has had in April,
even in the middle of the
month or later.
This letter is being written
in breezy spring weather on
the hundredth anniversary
Of another of our April snow
storms. On Saturday. April
4, 1863, President Lincoln,
Mrs. Lincoln. their son Tad,
Attorney General Edward
Bates, Newspaperman Noah
Brooks and two other men
embarked from the Navy
Yard on a small steamer for
a trip down the river to
Aqua Landing, in Stafford
County, Va. then the Poto-
mac end of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg a. Potomac
Railroad (Which did not have
a through rail connection to
Washington via the WASH
ington Southern at Quantico
until 1870.
The official business for
the President the next two
days was to inspect Gen.
Hooker's troops Whose
morale had been Of some
concern) and the important
supply installations north of
Fredericksburg. Before their
planned arrival at the rail-
road pier on Sunday morn
ing, Lincoln and his fellow
passengers had had, not a
leiSurely and pleasant spring
night on the water, but a
battle with a driving snow
storm, from whose blasts
some shelter was obtained by
anchoring in a cove near
Indian Head for some time.
G. w. HOdkins.
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been the object of 9 genuine
draft"
Indeed, the more the thing
Is examined, the more 1t ap-
pears that Senator Goldwater
can go to the convention as
the real master at the OUT
set, and at the absolute mini
mum, Of the delegate votes
Of at least IS States-the II
in the South headed by giant
Texas. plus two or more
Southwestern States. And
Gov. Rockefeller's recent sor-
tie into the Middle West
where he was a respected
guest but where Senator
Goldwater got the deeper
cheers Of the multitude-sug-
gests that this figure of l3
States might be far too low.
Prospect Of Power
All this raises the strong
prospect that, barring the
now unlikely prospect Of q
convention runaway by the
present front-runner, Nelson
Rockefeller, Senator Gold
water can be in a position Of
extraordinary power by his
unique personal command Of
a large and cohesive part Of
the G.. o. P. in the United
States. In the meantime, his
political views are undeniably
having some effect on other
1864 possibilities - not least
on Gov. Rockefeller, Some
recent Rockefeller speeches,
notably on fiscal affairs, are
not a long stones throw from
what used to be called Cold
water Republicanism."
The Senator, moreover,
occupies the luxuriant posi-
ton of being able to stay out
Of it all personally about as
long as he may wish. Since
he is UP for reelection in
Arizona, he has only to 60
on genially waving away all
"Goldwater for President"
talk on the sound plea that
he has enough to do already
as a candidate for the Sem
ate.
Finally, If this correspond
ent is any judge at all of
politicians, Senator Gold
waters own thinking has
been sharply altered. A year
ago, he really thought Of
talk of himself for President
as only flatteringly amusing.
A strong bunch is that now
he thinks that what was
once a glittering impossibility
has become, say, a small but
cleaning possibility.
tcopyriEht, 1899
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In the formative years Of ele-
mentary SCHOOL,
Our classroom teachers
are our systems most vital
resource. other than the chill
dren themselves. II they
must sacrifice their basic
classroom Institutional du-
ties, for which they are pre-
pared. In favor Of an endless
variety Of specialized re-
sponsibilities for which they
are not qualified. wherein
have we strengthened basic
education. and at what cost
have we practiced economy?
Must an experienced older
teacher induce her youthful
charges to heed the Presi-
dents admonition. and per-
sue the Greek ideal of a sound
mind In a sound body by
leading new. exciting and
strenuous activity on the
playground or in the gym2
Or is itmore economical and
logical to employ enough
young men and women with
special training for this task7
Must a young and mex
perienced teacher direct
games, paint pictures, model
clay, play the piano, explain
and reinforce television
French, control the unruly
child, counsel the bewildered,
calm the emotionally dis
turbed, inspire the gifted.
the retarded and the average,
assist the principal and his
secretary with administrative
chores, meet and mollify the
disgruntled parent unaided,
help the eager student find
a library book suited TO his
reach, the immature child
find a book he can manage,
the handicapped child find q
book printed in large type.
and still concentrate on the
fundamentals OF education2"
Or does II make better
economic sense TO provide
enough art, music and physi-
cal education teachers,
teacher = librarians, psychol-
ogists, psychiatrists, guild
ance counselors, assistant
principals, secretaries and
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Gnots to CONGRESS

There Is much economy
talk by members Of Congress,
but some Of 1t seems to be
Of the kind best described as
straining at a gnat and swal-
lowing q camel.
On April 2. by margin Of
a few votes. the House voted
to delete a SIS million item
for remodeling the historic
Patent Office Building for q
National Portrait Gallery and
the National Collection Of
Fine Arts. Other nations; large
and small, have such art gal
leries for their own art. This
remodeling was approved by
Congress last year.
Doubtless many people
were impressed. as I was my
self at first, by this demon
stration Of economy on the
part of the House. That is,
I was impressed until I re-
called that the same House
added $497 million for nu-
clear submarines and RS
70 planes which President
Kennedy and Secretary Nc
Namara several times said
they didn't want or need in
the Defense Budget. To add a
further note Of unreality to
the present economy drive in
Congress, the House Armed
Services Subcommittee added
$500 million to the military
pay bill which Secretary Nc
Namara didn't ask for.
At the very time that we
are adding to defense costs
in Congress while talking
economy, and practicing
economy by cutting culture
out of the budget, the USSR
is going in for culture in q
big way all over the world,
and Castro's Cuba h q s
launched a cultural offensive
In Latin America.
This is the background
against which we must Judge
the wisdom, or lack Of 1t,
Of the action by the House
in deleting funds for remod-
cling the Patent Office
Building. This deletion OF
funds follows by only q few
weeks the action Of the
White House in postponing
the Inter-American Music
Festival for lack Of funds"
Art is the first victim OF
every economy move but,
perhaps, we should all be
happy since Congress has
given us a $40 million aquar-
ium.
HOrtense Amram