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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02
Fitzwater Lad Back
At Play After Mishap

Douglas f. FitzWatcr, six years
old, son of William E. Fitzwater,
Jr., of Swanton, who suffered a
head injury on the farm April 9,
has returned from the West Nir-
ginia university medical center at
Morgantown and is back at play at
his home.
He underwent surgery for COM
pound skull fracture, after the
teeth of manure spreader had
struck him as he followed the ma
chine to the field. The surgeons
informed Mr. FitzWater that the
brain was not damaged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02
Softball League Set
To Open on Sunday

The Town and Country Softball
league, with ten teams listed, will
open its season Sunday, May 5,
with games scheduled for Kitz-
miller, Oakland. Markleysburg,
Friendsville and Loeb Lynn.
Pairings for the initial double
headers scheduled to get under
way at 2 p. M. DIST, are: Oakland
at Kitzmiller;; Petersburg at Ma
tional Guard, Swallow Falls at
Markleysburg, Mt Storm at
Friendsville and Accident at Loeb
Lynn.
Petersburg, Accident, Markleys-
burg and Friendsville are the new
teams this year White Rock and
Crellin have dropped out of the
circuit
Mt. Storm was the 1861 pcnrant
winner with 22-5 record and
Oakland copied the regular season
crown the previous year with 25
wins and three losses. Mt Storm
won the playoff title both years
League officers include Charles
kitzmillcr, Oakland. presidents;
Jack Sewers, Oakland, -presi-
dent; Harland Kelley, Oakland,
secretary; Frank Bolyard, Crellin.
treasurer; Charles Grub, Oakland,
publicity National Guard and
Oakland teams will play their
home games at Southern High
school athletic field.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02
Gas Output Has
Small Decrease
In Three Months
County Receives Check For
$l1,856.33 For Period
Ending March 81

The production of natural gas in
Garrett county took a slight drop
during the previous three months
period ending March 81, according
to report received this week by
the County Commissioners office.
The board received a check for
Sl1.856.33 Three months ago it was
S12,19457 with the two previous
periods being $7,S6825, and $14,-
089.22.
The report this week was the
first for the new year. The first
$4,000 received in a year goes
toward liquidation of the school
building indebtedness and up to
$4,000 above that amount goes to-
ward expenses of the Garrett Coun-
ty Memorial hospital The four
checks last year did not quite
make the $4,000 total, but some
years the total has been more than
$4,000.
The report this week showed
that 658,425,000 cubic feet of gas
had been taken from the wells of
the area compared to 675, 1880
the previous ninety days. The re-
port covers the period January 1
to March 81 and showed an aver
age of more than seven million,
three hundred thousand cubic feet
per day The amount received for
marketable gas was S169 37610,
compared to $174,20803 for the
previous quarter. Some checks for
three months period have run
as high as $28,O00
Thirty-tWo wells we're listed as
producing gas, one less than the
previous quarter Seventeen wells
were listed under the Texas East
Crn Transmission corporation. The
Mccullough we'll, was non-produc-
tive for the period Seven wells
were listed under Columbian Fuel
company for The first time. It had
previously been listed as Co
lumbar Carbon company. -Four
wells we're listed under Cumber-
land and Allegheny Gas company,
] with one under Eagle Gas COM
pany, one under O. Ebcrly, agent,
one under Fox, Trimble and
others, and one under Melvin L.
Smith.
Largest producer ON the list
was the Herman and Hanlin we'll
with 109,198,000 cubic feet of gas
produced. Second was the Black
and Frazee we'll with over 95l2
million, while the BoWscr well was
third with over 81 million, and
/ fourth was the Barbara Miller we'll
with over 72l2 million The Norris
X. Welch we'll, areas first pro-
ducer. still continues to provide
substantial amounts. 1t had dropped
from II to about million during
the last period but this one showed
8.022,000 to provide Sl,561 40 in the
wholesale market value.
The breakdown showed that 3d.
1928 of the check was from the
purchasers proportion of tax at
28 percent of the marketable gas,
and $7113.80 from the producers
proportion of the tax at AZ per-
cent
Since the first check for the tax
on marketable gas was received
by the County Commissioners in
July 1851, the county's governing
body has received S671 $500 A
portion Of this amount is distrib-
utcd to Incorporated towns if there
arc any gas wells in those areas.
A tabulatcd report of the gas
production appears i'll this issue.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02

Miss Marjorie Keller, senior at
Northern High School, placed
seventh in the Regional Facit
Typewriting Contest held in Bal
timore on April 81. Marjorie typed
81 words minute, perfect copy
for minutes.
Students from five states par
t'cipated in the contest.
Miss Mildred V Wucik, business
education teacher, accompanied
Miss Keller to Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02
French Program Final One
AT Center Street Monday

A French program will be pre-
scented by pupils from Mrs. White
hairs and Mrs. McComas' rooms
at the final PIT A. meeting at
Center Street Elementary school,
Oakland, on Monday evening, May
s.
Committees of teachers and home
room mothers will meet after the
program TO make plans for the
annual Fun carnival, May "a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-05-02

Republicans were predicting big
increases for COP in U. S. Senate
IN 1864.
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
FUND DRIVE OPENS

Open Your Door Help a
Crippled Child in '64'' is the
theme of this year S December
drive for funds for Samuel Com
pers Memorial Rehabilitation
Center, said E. c. Sporleder,
Maricopa county drive chair
man. 1t will be used on 1864
calendars, both wallet size and
large appointment size, which
will be distributed in Decem-
ber.
Small wallet calendars will be
distributed in the state of Arizona
on December 8 during the Door to
Door March. About 10000
Marchers will visit homes in 20
cities, distributing calendars and
fact sheets.
Elementary school children
will receive small calendars.
There is no time limit on
disability" said Sporleder, "nor
does crippling respect age or
financial means"
This point was re-emphasized
by Mrs. Monica Baird, executive
director of the Center, who stat
ed the $l25 900 goal this year is
needed to help pay for the pro-
fessional treatment of many
patients who are not able to pay
the full cost of treatment. Last
year. only 1917 of the Center's s
total budget was collected from
private fees and tuitions.
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29
UNION PRACTICES
STUDIED IN N. y.

NEW YORK The Supreme Court
of the State of New York has been
asked to ban the current practice
among construction trades unions
of selecting apprentices on the
basis of the applicant S relation
ship with members of the unions.
The original complaint. filed
Sept. "a, seeks an injunction re-
straining state and city officials
from" entering into any contracts
for public construction for which
recruitment or hiring of employ
ees is to be done through" unions
as long as "such unions continue
their practice and policy of unlaw-
full discrimination on the basis
of race or COLOR
The amended complaint. filed
as the hearing opened. by attor-
neys for the NAACP and the Joint
Committee for Equal Employment
Opportunity. seeks court ruling
requiring the defendant unions to
discard their present waiting lists
for apprenticeship training pro-
grams and membership and to re-
place them with new lists "deter-
mined by fair tests universally
applied"
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29

American Railroads estimates.
"Piggyback" or trailer on-flat-
car loadings. this year are run
ming IA per cent above those of
1862 and double the 1859 level.
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29

Try this hot meal for school
lunch carriers: Drop raw hot
dog into a pint vacuum bottle,
fill with boiling water. Provide
fork for fishing out the hot dog
and bun with the child's favor
ite relish. When lunchtime ar
rives the hot dog will be cooked.
It's a welcome treat, especially
on cold days.
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29
PIGGYBACkS MOVE

More than a million truck
trailer loads will move over
steel rails instead of highways
during 1868, the Association Of
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29

Miss Jaqueine Smith, 5025 S. FL Way and
Spicer 1884 E. Adams study health bulletin
prepared by Miss Smith.
Arizona State University seniors participating in student
teaching the Percy l.. Julian School.
the supervision Of Mrs Edward (Eose)
Banks grade Mr. pcer critic teacher is Mrs Leonard
(Zenobia) Wiburn
years aNTrny University San Antonio,
Texas. spent 1862 the Operations Cross
program Ghana Africa She is elementary education
major who will graduate in June 1864.
1859 serving in the Air
Knoxville College, Knoxville Tenn in 1860
ASU. He also elementary education major.
wife Betty, have girls, Charesetta 5, and
Michele, 2.
Arizona tribune., 1963-11-29

Turner research engineer of the Ford Motor Company
Engineering staff making with
chamber.
received his BS degree from the University Michigan
in 1850. He is married and lives with his family
gift subscription Arizona Tribune special
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

matter is to see wheat sales both as a
matter of economic advantage to the
United States and as one more slight
increase in the area of agreement be-
tween the opposed cold war giants This
is the more sensible view. Adamant re-
fuSal to have anything whatever to do
with the Soviet Union may sound he
roic and patriotic. But expanding the
areas of agreement = in such things as
the nuclear test ban treaty, for example,
and now potentially in wheat sales and
more trade in other items holds better
promise for the well-being of America.
Certainly it can be agreed, even by
those most hostile to the idea of selling
US. wheat to Russia, that the subject
ought to be thoroughly considered. Re
ducing our tremendous wheat surplus
in return for hard currency is a prospect
well worth thinking about Those who
defend the present restrictive policies
should be required to show how those
policies benefit us in terms of security
and economics. = Minot Daily News
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

Free Enterprise Day, a national event
commemorating Americas system of
free enterprise, will be celebrated
throughout the United States on Mon
day, October T.
The purpose of Free Enterprise Day
is to call attention to the great advan-
tages OF Americas economic system and
the American way of business life.
This will mark the second year that
Free Enterprise Day is being celebrated
IN the us. but the first time it will be
celebrated nationally. Last year, Free
Enterprise Day was conceived and cele-
brated for the first time in Falmouth,
Mass. 1t bagan when a group of indie
pendent businessmen in that city de-
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Wheat Sale to Russia

Canada's agreement, certainly of great
interest In North Dakota, to sell Russia
a half billion dollars worth of wheat
has touched off some high-level COM
ment on the possibility of us. wheat
sales to Russia. There are reasons to
think this may lead to widespread dis
cussion, possibly taking in the whole
broad matter of American export poll
cy.
Such discussion is greatly to be de-
sired Nothing would be gained by
avoiding the question of expanded ex-
ports to the Soviet bloc
Fundamentally, there are two ways
of looking at the situation. One way is
to balk at doing anything at all that
Russia might want, even though there
might be advantages for us. This out
look would forbid sales of wheat to
Russia on the grounds that this would
be helpful to our prime cold war enemy,
since Russia has had several poor wheat
harvests and needs more grain.
The other way of approaching this
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

Treaties are made to be kept We
expect our country to keep its end OF
the bargain, just as we expect other
nations like Russia to respect treaties"
Words such as these are familiar now
adays. But in this case their source and
the Circumstances that led to them are
unusual.
They are found in letter which
Montana Indian, member and former
President of the Flathead Tribal Coun-
ell sent to newspapers in several West
ern states. They have to do with the
proposed construction of federal dam
which would flood 10000 acres OF Flat
head land.
This would be direct and ruthless
violation of treaty signed with the
Flatheads in 1855, and ratified by the
u. S. four years later. In the words of
the Wyoming State Tribune, e.. while
we are pondering the good intentions
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Peace Corps Volunteer
Backs Up Organization

mer employees, college teach
rs and high school teachers. l
know that they double-checked
my answers by sending a rep
resentative to Sidney to inquire
about my character. l also un-
derstand that at the training
site there will be a psychlatrlSt
and a physician with phychla-
trio training; both who Will
discuss problems with the vol
unteers and also help deter
mine who will be sent abroad
to represent you and the peo-
pie of our town, state and
country. The psychiatric tests
that will be given throughout
this training program are diff
ficult if not impossible to cheat
on. The true character of a
person unfolds itself to one
who is trained in the field OF
psychology. l realize that no
system on earth is fully fool
proof. But I also strongly be-
| lieve that the Peace Corps me-
thod Of selecting volunteers ex-
ceeds that of any other method.
l do not believe that wearing
a beard has any connection
with the characteristic bearded
appearance of beatniks. That
is, the one being the same as
the other.
1 am not sure that you be-
lieve that beard reveals char
acter, or the lack of one. Some
people who read your article
may get the notion that anyone
) who wears beard is an "odd
. ball" and unfit to represen
this country.
l am very interested in th'
Peace Corps, not only in tn
! Pros but also in the Cons. From
: 9Ql QS!9Mlno s.oId 9q4 Hpnls Hu
: Cons.
Very truly yours,
i Keith Groshart
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Will We Be Treaty Breakers

of the Soviets in carrying out the terms
of treaty negotiated with this coun-
try, the United States itself is in the pro-
cess of violating one of its own solemn
commitments = made over a century
ago with the Flathead Indians!"
The parallel is a striking one. The
Free World, our own nation included,
has been appalled, by Soviet Russias
constant and cynical violations of agree
ments, supposedly made in good faith.
There is solidly-grounded fear that new
agreements, including the nuclear test
ban, will be treated in the same callous
fashion, should it suit Communist pur-
pose to do so. Will our own government
follow an equally cynical policy = diff
ferent in area, but identical in principle
= in the Flathead Indian land instance?
This is not carping question. The
honor of this nation is involved. What
do ''civil rights" mean if treaties like
this are wantonly broken?
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Death in the Hunting Season

Never climb through or over fence
without first unloading the gun.
Never shoot at flat, hard surface =
ricochets can wound and kill.
Never look down the barrel of a gun
to see if it's loaded And keep the
safety on until you're ready to shoot.
Keep guns and ammunition away
from children.
Be absolutely sure guns carried into
camp or home are unloaded. Keep
them cased until your hunting area is
reached.
Remember that alcohol and guns can
be lethal mixture
In sum, treat a gun with the respect
it deserves. Work on the principle that
it's always loaded and ready to fire,
even though you know it isn't Then
all the armies of hunters = yourself in
cluded = will come home under their
own power. as
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

Another hunting season is upon the
land. Millions of Americans will take
to the woods this fall in quest of every
form of game from cottontail rabbits to
Canadian moose. All will go with high
hopes of success and of returning proud
ly home with filled bags.
But, the American Medical Associa-
ton tells us at least 200 of these hunt
ers will not return under their own
power They'll be brought back dead
the victims of hunting accidents involv-
ing guns.
The rules of gun safety are fairly vol
luminous = but they're also simple,
founded on the hard rock of down-to-
earth common sense. Here are some
of the basics:
Know what you're firing at before
you pull the trigger = which means
be certain that rustic in the brush was
made by a deer, and not another hunt
er.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Xzz3SA
Free Enterprise Day

cided that one day should be set aside
each year to honor Americas economic
system The day selected was the first
Monday in October each year.
Spearheading the first Free Enterprise
Day celebration was an immigrant Rex
all drug store owner in Falmouth who
first conceived the idea. He obtained
the support of other businessmen in the
city and the first Free Enterprise Day
was celebrated on the main street of
Falmouth with city wide enthusiasm.
The story about the first Free Enter
prise Day spread and this year thou
sands of cities and businessmen across
the country will be celebrating the first
Monday in October as Free Enterprise
Day.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

1t looks like we're going to have to
start locking our doors at home I i'm
agine we have been like lot of other
people in town that never locked the
doors at home
But when it gets to the point where
they start hauling out television sets,
etc., then it's time to close the barn
door,
If l was sure that's all they'd take,
I'd gladly leave my door open as an in
vitation The TV is the one piece of
furniture that I can get along without
-. particularly since the only problem
we get with any clarity is "trouble on
the network"
And don't let them fool you about
that trouble on the network. If what
they try to tell you about that bit of
mumbo jumbo is true, then their en-
gineers should go back to their erector
sets.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

ian and while he was clown
ing around getting the snuffy
old grey saddled, word had
gone out to the Ferris Store,
the Ray Blacksmith Shop and
other business places, that the
greenhorn was going to ride
a bronx. So there was quite a
crowd gathered to see the fun.
They were a bit crestfallen
when Dad checked the old grey.
swung on, and went out of there
tanning him over the ears with
his hat and yipping like an In
dian at every Jump.
Later, Pop returned leading
the other horse. That evening
he and Mr.. Ball did some re-
miniscing after it was discover
ed that both had ridden in the
same roundup in Wyoming 1s
years before.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

Several persons from Sidney were on
hand when President Kennedy made
his appearance in Billings Among them
were Einar Fladmo, Henry Schepens
and c. R. Thiessen. Kenny Chapman
said he got a glimpse of the President
at the airport. He was on his way to
the State Chamber meeting at Helena.
The federal government is now max
ing an investment of some $3.50 million
in a supersonic airliner that promises
to cut air travel time across the con-
tinent, on the Atlantic to or hours
The plan would be designed to service
small communities such as Sidney at
an economy that would insure these
areas Of air service.
The government now pays 13 local
service airlineS more than $50 million
to serve small towns that do not provide
sufficient traffic to be profitable The
CAB hopes to cut this subsidy bill by
finding transport plane that would be
cheaper to buy.
CAB is searching for a plane that
could carry Is to "a passengers and
baggage plus 1000 pounds of cargo, op-
crate on 3,500-ft. runway, fly 500 miles
non stop or through stops with a full
payload without refueling, have an ap-
proach of go miles an hour, cruise al
300 miles at least and cost 40 cents Z
mile to operate. And no doubt some
one will come up with an idea that viii
fill the demand.
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Reflections From An
Old Mirror

Sidney, stopping at the Guy
Rood store at Ridgelawn for
a cheese-and-cracker lunch.
Reaching Sidney, a town of 80
or 40 people, we put up at
Mrs. Balls newly constructed
log hotel. The next morning
my Pop bought an old grey
horse from Billy Ball, proprie-
tor of the livery stble. A ran
cher, George Albert, from ac-
ross the Yellowstone came in
at about that time and said he
had a perfect match for the
grey out at his ranch.
My father told Mr.. Albert
he would ride out with him to
look at this horse providing
his grey was saddle broken
and if he could borrow a sad
die. All this time he had pre-
tended to be a green Missouri
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Nigerian Lad
Wants Pen Pals
Babatunde Bisiriyu
az Sunmomi-Bale-Cour


~ Sunmomi-Bale-Cou
Lagoe, Nigeria
Dear Hon. Editor,
Perhaps you may be sur
prised to get this letter from
an unknown Africa boy who
is really interested in your
beautiful country.
I shall be very glad If you
can please do this favor for
me by publishing my name and
address in your most popular
newspaper.
Wanted pen pals: Please
write to Babatunde Bisiriyu
II, Sunmonu-Bale-Court, Lagos
Nigeria.
My hobbies are swimming
footballing, athletic and bicycle
riding. am II years of age
Hoping to hear from them a.
soon as the publication is made
very soon.
Yours sincerely.
Babatunde Bisiriyu
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02

NV father and 1 walked into
our country in 1906. He died
lere 25 years later. l stayed
or 80 years, and managed TO
de out of the country-but
OF in much style. When we
ame to Montana neither Oh
5 were new to the West. Dad
as an ex-cowboy and l had
een brought up, mostly, IN
estern Nebraska and In Wyo-
ing. After four years of hv-
g in southern Iowa, we were
9TH homesick for the West.
We aligihted from the Tram
Mondak and from there
tched a ride with a TOUR
1rse freighter as far as Fair
ew where we stayed over
ght at Lew Newlon's place
lere wasn't much to tne
wn of Fairview at that time
The next day we walked u
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Up And Down Main Street
by Cliff Urseth

The unusually warm weather we've
been experiencing has brought on lot
of strange things in the plant world.
Mrs Helena Miller brought a bouquet
of purple and white lilacs to the Herald
office Tuesday, which she had picked
from bushes in her yard that morning
at their farm home IA miles south of
Sidney. She said they bloomed beau
tifully in the spring and are now loaded
with buds which will be in full bloom
with few more days of warm weather.
Others have reported chokecherry trees
and Easter lilies in blossom.
Turning to potatoes, Mrs Swan Nelson
brought potatoe to the office this week
that she had taken from their garden
across from the Holly factory. The po-
tato one of several in the hill, was form
ed by six good-sized potatoes with num-
erous nodules making it look like some
thing you'd find in an abstract art show
The Sidney herald., 1963-10-02
Mr.. Cliff UrSeth
Editor, Sidney Herald
Sidney, Montana


Sidney, Montana
Dear Mr.. Urseth:
I have been reading your
column "Up and Down Main
Street" for several months and
1 find the column interest
ing. Most of your ideas are
original and amusing. How
ever, in this weeks edition of
the Herald you devoted space
to speaking out at the "pack"
that took a short trip to Cuba.
1 Fundamentally agree with
your statement that "we must
remember that in every society
there's certain to be a group of
oddballs." You elaborated with
a personal account of your
talking to a beatnik in Min
neapolis, and gave your opin-
ion on these types of persons.
The statement which read ''it
is generally known that we are
getting some of this trash in
the Peace Corps, did not
amuse me in the least. 1 would
like to know why you can feel
on the basis of limited persona
experiences, you are qualified
to pass judgment of such ;
positive nature.
i have volunteered for th'
Peace Corps myself and from
my experience with the minut'
scrutincy which they make o
their candidates, 1 believe it i
| quite impossible for any kim
of an "oddball" or radical
being considered for the Peac
Corps. have also talked wit
a number of other candidate
who are of the same opinion
1 could write several pages o
just the questions that tn
Peace Corps wanted me to ar
swer, plus questions they wan
ed answered by references, fol