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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

Members of the Tri-Mu Sunday
School class of St Paul's Meth
odist church will meet Wednesday
evening, January %, at 8 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. Ray Teets,
on Third street.
Members and leaders of the Ry-
an Glade All club met January
Is at the Community hall. Topic
was a planning program for each
month with each member filling
out his own program books. Re-
freshments were served by Mrs.
A. w. Riley.
Mrs. Playford Ryan visited Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Bryson and daugh-
ter Ginny in Baltimore last Satur-
day and Sunday. Saturday Mrs.
Ryan, Mrs. Bryson and daughter
visited the National Art Galley in
Washington to view the painting
of the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo
DaVinci, which has been loaned
to the American people by the
French government.
Roger l. Halsey has returned to
his home in San Bruno, Calf. af-
ter having visited his father, Ogil-
vie Halsey, who was a patient in
Garrett County Memorial hospital
for a week. Other visitors of Mr.
Halsey were Edwin Halsey and
family, Weirton, w. Va, and daugh-
ter, Sylvia, Washington, D. c. Mr.
Halsey is now recovering at his
home on Deep Creek Lake.
Mrs. Rachel Ballengee spent
Sunday in Washington, D. c., at
tending a region a meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Veterans
of World War l, which was held
in the Hamilton hotel A luncheon
was in honor of a number of ma
tional officers of the group. Points
concerning veterans were dis
cussed Mrs. Ballengee also at
tended reception honoring the
national commander of disabled
veterans, held in the Wyoming
apartments on Columbia road.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
To Be Hostess To
Monthly Sorority Session

Misses Barbara German and
Alice Glotfelty will be hostesses
for the monthly business meeting
of the Mu Lambda Chapter, Tau
Phi Lambda Sorority of the SUI
preme Forest Woodmen Circle to
be held at Cornish Manor, Janu-
airy 81, at 700 p. m.
January, February, and March
have been designated as Sorority
Study months. 1t is planned to
start this study by reviewing the
pledge test as a group, the Con-
Stitution and By Laws and to have
committee chairmen and officers
to review their duties.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Fl Marriage Permits
Granted Past Week

Twenty-one marriage licenses
were issued from the office of
Richard L. Davis, clerk of the Cir
cult court during the past week
ending Monday morning, January
ID. This brought the total for Janu-
airy thus far to SO. Three licenses
issued during the week were
marked don't publish"
Henry Ellick Johnson, %, labor
err, Louisville, o., and jeanne Tot
ten. 20, near Carrollton, o.
Chester Delton Pifer, 10. (par-
ent's consenD laborer, and Caro-
Ign Grace Wilson, 10, both near
KingwOod, W. Va.
Richard Franklin Albright, 81,
laborer, Kingwood, w. Va, and
Judith Ann La Rue, II, parents
consent Masontown, w. Va
Leslie Neal, SO manager of bak-
ing company, Connellsville, Pa,
and Stella Irene Miner, 48, Hop
wood, Pa.
Leonard Joseph Pirilla, Jr, 21,
student, Perryopolis, Pa, and
Elaine Esther Sabol, 20, Newell
Pa.
Darrell Dean Douglas, SO. truck
driver, and Sophia Sarah Galsota,
SO, both Canton, o.
Harvey Edward Conner, II. par
ent's CONSENT miner, Albright, w.
Va, and Shirley Pauline Donovan,
16. parents consent Tunnelton,
w. Va.
James Vincent Tork, AZ, iron
worker, near Fairmont, w. Va,
and Billie Jean Sheets, SO, Rives-
vile, W. Va.
William Lee Wilson, IS, U. S.
army, Akron, O., and Nancy Louise
VanPelt, %, Fairmont, w. Va
James Alton Grimes, 25, factory
worker, near Fairmont, w. Va,
and Bernice Katherine Polling, II,
parents CONSENT near Kingwood,
W. Va.
Ronald Lee Harbert, 81. truck
driver, Lumberport, w. Va, and
Daisy Victoria Spino, 20, Haywood,
W. Va
Howard William Mellott, 81 rail-
roader, and Margaret Mckenzie
Jeffries, A, both Frostburg, Md.
Texan Dewayne Maybe. 81, U. S.
army. Carolina, w. Va, and Rosa
lee Maybe, 10, near Simpson, W..
Va.
Robert Charles Kaufman, %,
service station attendant, near
Rittman, O., and Sandra Lee Zim-
norman. 20. Marshallville. o.
Robert Leroy Knox, 81, con-
struction worker, Takoma Park,
Md, and Julia Ann Lane, 10, Mt.
Lake Park, Md.
Edward Theophane Tudor, 10,
(parent's CONSENT laborer, and
Helen Louise Grosselin, 10, both
MorgantoWn. w. Va.
Donald Francis Grassland, 81,
serv. sta. attendant and Nancy
Lee Butler 18, both near Lemont
Furnace, Pa.
Robert William Shahan, %, la
borer, near Oakland, Md, and
Bonnie Lou Severe, IT, parents
CONSENT Crellin, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
[ See by the Dailies

Fact finding board placed major
blame for New York's newspaper
strike on leaders of the striking
printers union.
Telephone company stepped up
its fight to wipe out fraud and
thievery costing it millions of dol
lars a year.
President Kennedy proposed tax
cuts amounting to $13.5 billion with
lower income groups to get most
benefits.
Two men took $1O8,O00 in un-
marked bills and checks in a rob-
berry at the clubhouse of the Tropi-
Gel Park ractrack in Miami.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

ployed in Washington. d. c.. spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Deems.
Mrs. Gertrude Brown is visiting
her daughter and family in Pitts
burgh.
Guest speaker at the Baptist
church, Sunday evening, was Rev.
John Tubbs, Baltimore Mr. Tubbs
is State Secretary of Sunday
Schools.
To Aid Mothers March
The Mothers March will be con-
Quoted on Thursday, January 81,
at p. M, in both Mt. Lake Park
and Loeb Lynn, by the following:
Mrs. Harry Coddington, Mrs. Neil
Sears. Mrs. Bill Deems, Mrs. Ike
Turney, Mrs. Joseph Welch, Mrs.
Edward Lee, Mrs. Harvey Riley,
Mrs. Parke Tressler, Mrs. John
FitzWater. Jr, Mrs Clyde Calhoun.
Mrs. Marvin Jones, Mrs. Bernice
Sanders, Mrs Lyle Weeks, Mrs.
Sam Woods. Mrs. Beulah Sisler,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

Torrential rains in Brazil too
lives of IL persons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

George Franklin Wolfe. %, glass
worker, Sprays, Pa, and Phyllis
InaS Parrotta, %, Westover, W. Va.
William Beacham Green, Jr., %,
U. S. Marines, Staten Island, N. Y,
and June Frances Dalessandro, 10,
Detroit Mich.
Larry Dwight Shannon, 10, par
ert's CONSENT factory worker, Nor
gantown, w. Va, and Airline Vir-
ginia Kirchmar, IS, MasontoWn, W.
Va.
Creed George Fletcher, Jr., 49,
parents CONSENT student, Rock
Cave, w. Va, and Patty Louise Will
fong, 10, Buckhannon, w. Va.
Ronald Ray King, 81, miner,
Ohiopyle, Pa, and Glenda Marie
Work, IS, Mill Run, Pa.
George Rice, laborer, and Joyce
Ann Johns, q, both Washington,
Pa.
Melvin Dewaine Yauger, 81, I'M
employed, Lemont Furnace, Pa,
and Judith Marie Liston, 10, Dun
bar, Pa.
Raymond Lee Moore, 20, par
ent's consent) serv station attend
ant, and Sally Lou Dadisman, IS,
both Philippi, W. Va.
John Arthur Bartoletta, %, U. S.
Navy, Masontown, w. Va, and
Sonya Ann Pavalok, 20, Fairmont,
w. Va.
Donald Brooks Baughman, Jr,
10, parents consent Philippi, W.
Va, and Judith Ann Zeck, 20, Fair
mont, W. Va.
Stephen Robert Summers, 81, U.
S. Army, Morgantown, W. Va, and
Christiana Reed Dill, 81, Kingwood,
w. Va.
Jack Milton Baremore, 81, stu
dent, Morgantown, w. Va, and
Jeanne Mary Cordray, 10, Mt. Nor
ris, Pa.
John Junior Sterling, TO- par
ent's consent serv station attend
ant, Canton, o., and Chariot June
Starcher, 10, Monterville, W. Va.
Robert Eugene Wolfe, % cook,
Turtle Creek, Pa, and Patricia
Jean Barczak, 18, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Torrential rains in Brazil took
lives of IL persons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Plan Bible Study

DR.. E. Lowell Martin of the T. V,
program Heaven Speaks" seen
each Sunday afternoon LIS p. M,
will be conducting the second in a
series of Bible Studies on the book
of the Revelation, Monday, Janu-
airy 21st, at the Crellin Assembly
of God Church The service will
begin at p. m. All attending are
urged to bring Bibles.
Regardless of the weather, there
viii be ample parking space.
Rev. John Hamercheck, Jr., is
pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Births Down to Two

Births at the Garrett County
Memorial hospital hit a new low
this week. There were just two,
both girls.
On the 18th a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Dalton Anthony Nc
Kenzie, McHenry.
On the 10th a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Rex l.. Cosner, Bayard.
During the week the hospital
admitted 81 patients, and dis
charged a. Census this morning
was AZ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17

Mrs Lawrence Groves, Mrs. Don
Williams. Mrs. Lloyd Wilt, Mrs.
William Clary and the chairman,
Nerna Harvey.
There will be a film, Invitation"
starring Jane Wyatt, emphasizing
the Importance Of the March of
D3nes program, shown to all in,
terested people and the Mothers
Marchcrs and workers for the
March Of Dimes at the Bethel
Methodist churcn vm tuesday, jan
uary %. at 7 p. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-17
Skin Diving To Be Topic
At Weekly Rotary Session

Trooper Robert Cove, of the
Maryland State police, will be the
speaker at the weekly meeting of
the Oakland Rotary club in the
Hinebaugh dining room. His topic
will be on skin diving.
Last week members heard a
talk by Lester Snyder, Morgan
town, on the Point 4 program in
Africa. Mr. Snyder spent several
years in Africa and South Ameri-
ca as a member of the program.
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Oakland Personals


Mrs. Phyllis Williams, principal
of Center Street school, remains a
patient at Memorial hospital in
Cumberland.
An open house evil be held at
the new Crel.in School on Friday
night January 18th from 1880 to
900 Refreshments will be served.
The public is invited.
Robert B. Sincell, advertising
manager, entered Garrett County
Memorial hospital yesterday about
noon to undergo a series of tests
and possible treatment.
Members of the Past Chiefs club
of the Pythian Sisters will meet
Friday night, January IS, at 7:30
o'clock. at the home of Mrs. Cliff
ford Phillips, Mt. Lake road.
Mrs. A. A. Scherr was taken to
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Laurin
SWishcr, in New Creek, w. Va.
last Friday after having been hos
pitaliZcd for several weeks with
a broken hip.
Mrs Herbert II. Leighton, Mrs.
Edward Smouse and Mrs. William
A. Shirer were hostesses at a
miscellaneous shower Tuesday eve
ming at the home of the latter. on
west Pennington street, hOnoring
Mrs. Robert B. Sincell.
Mrs. Grace Jordan is at her
home after having been a patient
in Garrett County Memorial hos
pital for a week. Her daughter,
Miss Stephanie Jordan, of Wash
ington, D. c., spent the weekend
here with her mother.
Playford Ryan and son Tom,
were in Washington, D. c., last
Saturday evening to visit relatives
and attend the basketball game
between West Virginia university
and George Washington university
which the former won 100 to 81.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs L. j Sachcr, Center street,
on Sunday morning, January IS. in
Memorial hospital Cumberland.
This is the couples fourth child
and fourth daughter Mrs. Sacher
and infant will return home today.
An informal meeting of the
Young Republican club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Donald
r. Glotfelty, of near Bittinger, on
Wednesday, January %, at p m.
to discuss plans for the coming
year Interested persons are in
vitcd.
The Woman's Auxiliary, Mary
land Optometric association is Of
fcring a scholarship toward tuition
to an Optometric college. Applica-
ton deadline is March 81. Informa-
ton may be secured from Mrs r.
win F. Rubin, 2510 Colebrooke
drive, Hillcrest Heights. Md
Mrs Ada M. Hartman, Washing
ton d. c., was visiting her father,
A. c. Lahman, who is patient in
the Garrett County Memorial hos
pital where he is recovering from
a broken hip Mr. Lahman, aged
80, has been making his home with
another daughter, Mrs. Charles F.
Popish, of Davis, w. Va. Other out
of town visitors were Mr.. and Mrs.
J. j. Lahman, Davis; Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Popish, Davis; Mrs.
Clarence E. Pennington, Cleveland,
o.: Mrs. II. V. Lawson, Fort Wayne,
Ind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17

they are receiving, and I
really would like to under
stand better the philosophy
Of the commissioner on this
point" Mrs. Green declared.
There is "a growing con-
Germ, not only On my part
but on the part of other peo-
pie, and on our women, who
make up a large share of the
teaching profession of this
country, with the continued
emphasis on the need to at
tract and pay men teachers
more" Mrs. Green told the
commissioner.
"This is a philosophy that
just really, I find most dis
tressing," the Congressman
an continued, especially in
view of the fact that this
Congress recently passed a
bill, after nine years at least
of struggle, on equal pay for
equal work"
Congress went on record
in the bill that when a
woman was doing the same
work as a man, she should
be paid the same amount Of
money, regardless of whether
she was required or he was
required to do any moon
lighting" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
star staff Writer

Education Commissioner
Francis Keppel ran into q
buzzsaw yesterday when he
went to Capitol Hill to testify
for the Administrations bill
to aid elementary and Sec
ondary schools.
Representative Edith Green
of Oregon. author of the
equal pay for women bill
which Congress passed earlier
this year, took out after the
Commissioner for his en-
phasis on the need for higher
salaries for men teachers.
Statements made by Mr..
Keppel in his testimony be-
fore the House General SUBJ
committee on Education in
dictate he has obviously no
concern, about the female
teacher" the Congress
woman declared at the
hearing.
Fifth Speech
"This is the fifth speech
which / have seen of the
commissioners in which he
refers to the men teachers,
and his great concern over
the inadequate salaries that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17
Chapter Election

The Livingston Manor
Chapter Of the District
Daughters of the American
Revolution has elected Mrs.
Arthur J. Waterman as its
regent for the coming year.
Other new officers are Mrs.
Vessels s. Middaugh, vice
regent; Mrs. H title Frey
Vernson, chaplain; Mrs. Rob-
ert B. Curtiss, recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Earl B. RE
mann, corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Ada Entwisle,
treasurer; Mrs. Leon L.
Wheeless, registrar; Mrs.
Richard Schwartz, historian;
Mrs. Robert B. SAM, librari-
an, and Mrs. Edgar B. Jack
son, delegate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17

over thirty who has the sole
support of four youngsters?"
persisted Mrs. Green.
II entirely agree" said the
Commissioner.
Furthermore, the Congress
woman suggested, many
women teachers already in
effect have o second job,
keeping house for their fam
lilies. Mr.. Keppel agreed that
IS per cent of women teach
ers are married.
If the Observation-Disclosures
received a higher salary, the
same as the men, they would
be able to hire a full-time
housekeeper, and therefore,
they are in fact holding a
second job, as high a per-
centage as men," said Mrs.
Green.
In the end, Mr.. Keppel de-
clared that while he was
anxious to lure more men
into teaching, he definitely
was not" recommending a
dual salary scale for men and
women.
IF / gave that impression,
! certainly misspoke myself"
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17
The CongressWomon Asks
Some Pointed Questions
Mr.. Keppel tried to duck

Mr.. Keppel tried to duck
for the storm cellar.
IT think Mrs. Green is quite
right, that these remarks in
this text were not adequately
looked at from the point of
view that she speaks to-" he
said automatically.
"And in four other
speeches, Mr.. Commissioner"
Mrs. Green shot back.
81 have a lot of reforming
to do, Mrs. Green" he replied
softly.
Representative Quie of
Minnesota, another subcom-
mittee member, interrupted
to ask:
MAY I tell the Commits
sioner as a man that I am in
full sympathy with him?"
IT am aware that I am
outvoted on this committee"
Mrs. Green declared. But If
there is only one woman out
of 81 members on the Educa-
ton and Labor Committee Ito
defend the female of the
species, especially in the field
of education, and now if our
office of Education is going
to take the attitude that the
male of the species is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17
Mrs. BotIenun
Is Installed

Mrs. Barbara Batleman
has been installed president
of the Charter Chapter of
the Jewish Foundation for
Retarded Children, which
maintains a home for re-
tarded children on Second
street NV. Also elected were
Mrs. Sylvia Robin, first vice
president; Mrs. Selma Metz,
second vice president, and
Mrs. Marian Schwartz, third
vice president. Miss Gertrude
Sandman, honorary president,
conducted the installation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17

to get special attention, then
I will find myself devoting
all of my efforts for the
remainder of the year to pro-
tecting the women, If I am
the only one that Is going
to do that"
Representative Gill OF
Hawaii CALAMITY commented
that "the other thirty Of us
are completely outnumbered."
Cites Bible
IT can't help being re-
minded of the Biblical
strength here" said MIR.
Keppel, still trying.
The Commissioner ex-
planned that he had empha-
sized the problem of salaries
for men teachers because
nearly so per cent of men
teachers hold a second Job,
"a much higher proportion
-. than in the case Of women
teachers. (7.6 per cent?"
This is simply a state
ment of fact, that this APP
pears to hit the men teach
ers harder" he said.
Mrs. Green asked why.
"Why does a man-there are
a lot Of women who are heads
of family and the sole sup
port. Why do they need the
extra income more than
women?"
The Commissioner said he
assumed that "for the man
teacher over 80. with a wife
and several children, the
costs are"
What about the woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-17
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California, the first privately-endowed library
in this country to add faculty to do research
DR.. Wright, who lives at 2915 Foxhall road
NV. in house owned by the Folger, believes
the work the scholars do at the library gets to
the public ultimately through the books they
publish. "A lot of the material in the library
would be unintelligible to the ordinary stu
dent" he says. DIR. Wright himself is helping
put out series of paperback Shakespeare
editions which are selling surprisingly well on
newSstands.
The FOlger'S staff of "a professional Ii
brarians, most of whom are working on their
own obscure projects, must be proficient in
Latin, since so many of the books of the time
are in Latin. Scholars who are given reading
privileges must be known or vouched for by
two recognized scholars and they must know
how to use library They must state what
books they need and what they expect to find
in the books.
mt the moment, the head of the English
department at Wellesley College is making a
study Of the Homeric influences in John Mil
tons Paradise Lost; professor from the Uni
versity of California at Los Angeles is super.
vising definitve edition of all of John Dry
den's work; a retired Army colonel is involved
in defending Shakespeare's authorship of the
plays which have been attributed at latest
count, to 81 other writer's.
This unique library was founded and en-
dowed by Henry Clay Folger as IAN everlast.
SUNDAY MAGAZINE THE WASHINGTON STAR. MARCH g. 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

"HE READING ROOM of the Folger Shake
speare Library, at Second and East Capt.
tol streets, is sort of inner sanctum for ad-
vanced students of just about anything that
happened during the European Renaissance
of the 18th and 18th centuries Only few are
admitted. But once they get in, they have at
their disposal the finest collection of books
and manuscripts of the period outside the
British Museum
Scholars who make the grade can work at a
leisurely pace, cut off from the cares of the
10th century, in the genial English manor
house atmosphere of the library. Outside, the
library is white marble, designed in the for
bidding neORoman style of so many of Wash
ington's public buildings Inside, the soft light
that comes through the high stained glass win
dows falls on oak paneling and cases of old,
leather-bound books.
Except for vacations when school is out,
often every seat in the reading room is filed
there usually are no more than dozen people
there at any one time. Most of them are prOfes-
sors on sabbatical leave writing obscure books
and papers. They share the same interests,
know one another, and every day at pm,
when the library staff serves tea, they discuss
one anothers work.
I'VE need to work at full capacity to serve
the small group which needs the particular re-
sources of a small, rare book library" says
Louis B. Wright, small, gregarious man, born
and bred in South Carolina, who has been
director of the Folger since 1913 He was form
erly with the Henry E. Huntington Library in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03
BY 7. W. TIRANA

ing memorial to Shakespeare" Mr. Folger, son
Amherst College, where he roOmed with
Charles M. Pratt, SON of one of John D. Rookie
fellers partners Young Pratt's father got the
boys started in the oil business, and Mr.. FOlger
rose to become president and chairman of the
board of the Standard Oil Co. of New York
While at Amherst he had developed an interest
in English literature and particularly Shake
speare and he began to collect books.
Mr.. FOlger's first rare book was copy of a
Shakespeare fourth folio, for which he paid
$1O750. From then on, he dedicated the for
tune he had made to buying nearly every
worthwhile Shakespeare item that came on
the market and planning research library to
house the collection By the time he was
through, the vast collection was valued at
"a million
When construction OF the white marble
building across from the Library Of Congress
was started in 1890, hardly anyone except Mr..
F0lger's wife, his lawyer, the architect and the
builders knew what ii was to be. Mr. Folger
died two weeks after the cornerstone was laid,
leaving the administration of the library to the
trustees Of Amherst.
The library has quadrupled the collection
in the past 80 years, while expanding its range
of interest to the whole Tudor and Stuart
periods, from the beginning of printing in
England in l476 to the death Of Queen Anne in
TIA. Only Is per cent Of the work done at the
library now concerns Shakespeare. AS Dorothy
Mason, the reference librarian, says, Shake
Continued