Cumberland Evening Times from Cumberland, Maryland • Page 11

TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1958 The paper 'For The Home Second Section arvisor Replaces Chapman Who Will Retire Post On August 1 The Allegany Ownty, Board of Commissioners today approved appointment of two Otounty Roads Department officials who had been listed as qualified for their posts by the Civil Service Commission. They are Harry S. Skelly, of LaVale, who will become'super- visor of the Roads Department on August 1 to succeed J. Walker Chapman, who is Joseph become foreman of the Little Orleans-OIdtown section of the Roads Department. He will replace Roy Smith, who retires July 31 after many year with the Smith the oldest department employe i point of Not Unanimous The appointment of Skelly wa Dot unanimous as Commissione Charles N.

Wilkinson against approval stating that th post should have been filled an engineer and the examinatio ihould have been open. Skelly and Price were the onl applicants for the promotiona examination given th tests last Friday night, to mine if they, met qualifications of the-Civil Seryice Commission With 11 Skelly has been the assistan lupervisor for some years anc with the department -since 1947 Price, who worked on the Big Inch pipe Hue and Pennsylvania Turnpike projects, beei with the department for sotm years. Skelly jg a veteran of Ai Force during World War II and was a technical sergeant. He will assume his new post August with the classification of Grade 1 An examination will be conduct td by the Civil Service Com mission' to select a-successor to Skeliy ai assistant supervisor. Local Labor To Hel With The House Appropriations Com mittee today in, Washington re commended that 163,500,000 be provided for construction of Naval Research Laboratory at Sugar-Grove, milei west of Va A.

number of local building trades will supply some labor for the gigantic project, it was telescope facilities to speed the elec- learned. The radio arc planned tronic exploration of space, according to details released some weeks ago. The facility would be located on a tract, on Little Fork Creek in the foothills of the Shanandoah Mountain and border on George Washington Forest. A Dayton, company was awarded the contract for "first structures on the site June 27. Information about the radio research laboratory is secret, but the official announcement by the Navy bids will be offered lale this summer for the-prime contractor.

The Kennedy Company of Cohasset. will build 60-foot antenna which will bt tht core of the radio trtescope. An Associated Press dispatch earlier said the observatory will also serve a jamming-free mililary tranjmltter for bouncing signals off the planets to tent points around the earth. City Issues Two Building Permits School Purchase Bids Requested The city building engineer has Issued two permits. BPO Elks Lodge 63 obtained a permit to construct a 46 by 9- foot adidtion to its home on South Centre Street.

The brick structure will cost an estimated $800. John H. Fossett of 5 Utah Avenue obtained a permit to construct a dwelling at 1111 Mich- CARRIERS OFFICERS Patiy Algierl (second from right) is shown as he'was installed as president of the Letter Carriers Association of the Cumberland Poet Office. The organization held its annual installation of-officers ceremony Saturday at the Bowling Green Fire Hall. to right, are H.

D. Boone, field service officer for the Post Office; Reuben B. Kremers, national secretary-treasurer of the unit; James McGee. vice president; Thomas F. Conlon.

Cumberland and Robert L. Crites, secretary-treasurer of the SRC Awards LaVale Road Contract Section Of Thruway Will Be Started Here In ten Days The State Roads Commissio: las awarded the contract fo toute 40 project in LaVale an las given another contractor no ice to proceed on a phase of th ndustrial boulevard of the Cum berland Thruway. G. Bates Chaires, district en gineer for the SRC, said: the S. Srotemarkle- Construction Com pany of-this city has been award id the widening and resurfacing ob on Route 40 in This, project runs from, the in ersection of Route 40 with Route (the" ML.Savage Road), to -ong, a distance of one mile.

THe cost be $363,810 Chaires added. In other action of the Slate loads Commission, the Cumber and Contracting Company, was given the'notice to proceed on he phase of the industrial boule ard leading from the Route 51 iridgc over Evitts reek and hrough the Mapleside section to Virginia and Laing Avenues. The cost will be $779,305.56 Chaires noted. It covers 1.83 miles. The district engineer also re xirtcd.that the Central Pennsyl- ania Quarry, Stripping and Con- Iruction Company is blacktop- ing its project on the west slope and top of Polish It is expected that this work ill be completed by the end of summer or by early fall.

Much road work is being con nued this summer. Busy re at the Evitts Creek concrete, iree-span. bridge; Polish Moun ain. and Route 36 from Route 40 .956 miles through Corriganville, nd on Route 40 between existing nd the relocated Route 36. Work in progress in 'Garrett ounty.

is as follows:" Grading, draining, widening, re- ng Route 219 from Gortner north- rly to Oakland. 4.036 miles; oute 135 from Mountain Lake ark -to. Oakland, 1.753 miles: Grading, re- ocating and resurfacing Route 35 from Deer Park to Mountain Park, 3.371 miles and Route 35, Swanton-Bloomington Road, ro mthe Allegany County line cslerly 2.66 miles. Sealed proposals will be received until August 15 at a. m.

by the Allegany County Board of Commissioners for the sale of the old Maryland Avenue School. The building, which has been vacant for many years and is in a bad state of repair, was used igan Avenue. 'The building several years after World have concrete block foundation, IWar II as a GI trade school. The brick veneer walls, asphalt to the property has been gle roof and is estimated to costiturned over to the county by the $9,000. iBoard of Education.

Father Of Five Burns To Death In Dwelling Police Solve Two Cases, Pour Iii City. Police last night wrapped up two cases, but the number of minor thefts continued to roll into-Police Head quarters. Morrissey when he located two large lawn valued at $20, and two porch vases valued at $14 at th home of a local woman. The lawn wer stolen on July, 9 from the horn of a Mrs. Keyser-at 8 Broadway Circle.

The vases were reported taken from David Miller's resi Baltimore Street, on Julys. Det. Morrissey said the stated that she had found the awn' ornaments -in a nea'rb; wooded area she bad purchased-the vases from a youth The detective later apprehend ed a local youth who-admitted the vases. No charges have wen filed, pending further inves igation, police said. Meanwhile, City Police have received six other complaints during the past three days.

The Queen City Neon Company ester day in formed police that vandals "dam aged a-large sign valued at $150 on its property. Saturday a local taxi driver elephoned police that someone tole $9 from him while he was asleep in his cab office, and the lame day the Cumberland Ice ind Storage Company. Frederick itreet, reported someone attempted to break into a coin box on heir property. Edward Cramer, 622 Elm Itreet, reported yesterday that his wrist watch, valued at $71.50, was stolen at Constitution Park. PlaylotSets Live Pet Show Children attending Mapleside 'layground concentrated on landicrafts on reed basketry and mosaics today.

Tomorrow at 7:30 p. a live show will be held. All reg- stered may enter the show, ac- ording to Delores Rowley, direc- or. Winners of the recent doll show re: Jeneen Rowley, prettiest; larlene Fisher, largest collect- on; Pamela Green, largest: Wharton, smallest, and 'rancis Footen, most unusual. At 8 p.

m. tomorrow, the Teen- ge Club will meet to discuss uture plans. Friday is Inira-City Picnic )ay. Children will meet at the layground at 9:45 a. m.

to walk Constitution 'Park. They will eturn to the playground at 4 m. All children should bring unch and swim suits. The father of five children was burned to death late Saturday right in nis one-room dwelling on West Virginia Route 45 near Slanesville. West Virginia State Police at Romncy.

who investigated, said the fire victim was Lorenzo Rob- crson, 53. Police said Robcrson resided the one-room frame dwelling by himself. It is believed he started fire in his small cook- stove and the dwelling caught fire. Volunteer firemen from Paw Paw and Slanesville answered call, but the building was destroyed when firemen arrived. was unemployed at the time of his death.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Roberson, who resides with a daughter in Marlinsburg, W. and four other children. The body was taken to the Me- Kcc Funeral Home in Augusta where services were conducted yesterday. Interment was in tfic Augusta Cemetery.

Event Transferred The lawn party scheduled today by the Luther League of St. Luke's Lutheran Church will not After the building had "cool- be held at the home of the pas- ed" off police found the remains tor. Rev. William Snyder, as schl of Robcrson. He was born near Augusta, W.

edulcd, but will be in the church "oal Firm, Agent Sued Suit was dockeled in Allegany County Circuit Court today by the Arrowhead Company, of Duluth, against the Howell Coal Company and Henry Leroy Davis, both of'this city. The declaration stated that the Arrowhead firm had contraclcd with the Howcll Company to haul a large trailer from Polish Mountain to Cumberland on April 29. 1958. It was stated that Davis, an employe or agent of the Howcll company, hooked the tractor onto the trailer in a negligent manner and when he pulled out the trailer overturned. It is alleged that the trailer was damaged and the driver's expenses due to the delay while the trailer was being repaired and other costs resulted through no fault of the plaintiff.

Damages of $3,000 are being asked. Man Hospitalized Arthur Kirtley, 67, of 109 East First Street, was admitted to Memorial Hospital, yesterday evening after becoming ill on Conservation Reported In Use Of Water Wafer conservation through the use of meters instead of flat rates is revealed in the Water Depart ment's annual report of consump tion for'the fiscal-year 1957 58. Water "Commissioner G. Light and Chief Clerk Andrew Bender released the report today Water delivered to the city from the Lake Gordon dam total ed 4,262.310,000 gallons. This in eluded 1.939.503,500 for industrials and 2,322,806,500 for domestic users.

The total figure better than 100.000.000 less water use than during the previous fis cal year of 1956-57. Bender said, adding that a major portion ol he saving was effected through the removal of flat rates anc placing these users on metered rates. During 1956-57. total consump- ion was 4,379.300.000 gallons including 1.924.204.500 industrial and 2.455,095,500 domestic. In 1956-57.

Bender said there were 1,548 flat rate users. This las been reduced to 900. as of July 1, this year. Refund Checks One Residents The slate is still looking for ocal area residents who have in- ome tax refunds due from 1957. Those listed cannot be located md are asked to write the Comp- roller of the Treasury, Income ax Division.

Annapolis, giving lame. Social Security number, ormer adress and present ad- Iress. Among those listed are Leo JE. and Mary Robinette, Cumber- and; Patricia A. Shepherd, Cum- Urban Porter.

Frost- iurg, and Daryl Roderick, Site Plans For Housing Project Here Meeting Scheduled To Discuss Third Low-Rent Village The city, has received site plans for the third low-rent housing project planned by the Cumberland Housing Authority, according to Edwin Keech. R. Reid Elected State Head Local Man First World War II Vet To Hold Off ice Richard A. (Dick) Reid. 72 Marion has been elected grand chef de gare of the Forty Eight 'Society of the State of Maryland.

Reid was elected and installed at the grand promenade over the weekend at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore. This marks the first time since early 1930s that a Cumber- and man has been elected to the top office in the society. Member Six Yean Reid is also the first World War II veteran to hold the highest state office. Reid has' been a member of Voiture 164 of Cumberland for the past six years and has held a number of local and state offices. He is the immediate past grand chef de train, a past grand cheminot locale and past grand commis voyaguer.

In the local organization, Reid served as chef de" gare and cheminot locale. As head of the state organization, Reid will travel approximately 5,000 miles during the. coming year visiting the various organizations in. Maryland, the Middle Atlantic States and nearby West Virginia. Others Selected local men being elected to state offices'at the convention were as follows: Paul C.

Weisenmiller. 532 Plans have been turned over to City Nuzum. Engineer Charles R. The 'third project, to be constructed on a bounded, by Cresap Street. Oldtown Road and Thomas Street; will, contain 80 units, according to B.

Raines, executive STATE Reid (above) of 72 Marion Street was elected grand chef de gare of the Forty Eight Society of Maryland at the state convention last weekend in Baltimore. been a member of the local Voiture for six years. North Centre Street, grand com- mis voyaguer; Robert Ferree, Eckhart, 'grand cheminot; Edward J. Rider, 409 Beall Street, sous grand correspondent; Charles- H. 524 Shriver sous grand garde de la porte; George F.

Zegles, 319 Bed- 1 fA i ford Street; sous, grand condud- John Shoemaker. Acci- direclor of Authority. Nuzum said plans were' pre pared by Russ Mintef, local architect. Tuesday, August 5 at 2 p. a meeting'will be held in Mayor Keech's office to discuss the new housing project and its relation- Ship with "Line Industrial -of the Cumberland Thruway project.

To be discussed are relocation of existing utilities and from the city standpoint, the abandoning of present sewers in the area. Some houses have already' been razed in the area and others have been purchased and will be torn down, Nuzum said. Representatives from the State Roads Commission will attend he meeting along with those Tom Gas Company, Telephone Company, Potomac Edison Company, Housing Auth- Jinoculars Are Gone Joseph Mattingly. 14 Fourlh treet, has informed police that is room was entered over the weekend and a pair of binocu- ars, valued at $75, taken from dresser. "Police are investigat- ority.

Engineering, Water and itreet departments and the Council. Red Cross Groups Meet Two meetings are scheduled tomorrow and Thursday in the of- ice of the Allegany County Chapter of American Red Cross in dent, sous grand de la "drapeau, and Melvin.Eichhorn. Frostburg, sous grand garde de la drapeau. Budget Work Keeping City Officials Busy The Finance Department and others of the city are concentrating efforts toward preparation of proposed budgets for the 1958-59 fiscal year and Commissioner Lucile Roeder repealed today she bad asked commissioners to submit their budgets by August 1. Conferences have been insti- luted by the department with city officials including Mayor J.

Edwin Keech, City Attorney William R. Carscaden and City Auditor Arthur B. Gibson. Budgets from last year are being scanned and officials are familiarizing themselves with the procedure necessary to prepare the overall budget. Other conferences are being held.

Today, for example, Mrs. Roeder and Water Commissioner G. Ray Light discussed in general terms the insurance setup on.facilities at Lake Gordon. said she has also received bids from four companies on tax bill forms which will go out in September. Since ManKilled By Freight AtHopemont Of.

Terra Alia Man Made 6y Police A 45-year-old Terra Alia man who was killed instantly Sunday night when struck by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train east ol the Hopemoni crossing in Preston W. was identified late yesterday. West Virginia State Police, who investigated, identified the victim as Delbert Likens of Terra Alta. Police said the man was married and' had body is several at the children. His Fike-Watson Funeral Home in Terra Alta.

Dailey prosecuting attorney for Preston County, said Likens was killed when struck, by Train. No. 97 hauling 89 cars from Cumberland to SV. Louis. Dailey said the engineer stated he saw something that- looked "like a keg of nails" on the Post.

Office the cost of the bili forms will be undtr $500. an order by the Mayor and Council is not necessary, it was pointed out. The water safety committee and instructors will 'meet at 7:30 p. m. with the co-chairmen.

Dr. John Gorman, and Eugene They will discuss progress of this program in the county during this season. On Thursday at 4 p. m. the chairmen and the treasurers of the various branches of the county chapter will meet.

The business session will be conducted by C. M. Sanner, county chairman, and Robert L. Ebert, county treasurer. Obituary BIDINGER Mrs.

Harry. 70, Green Spring. DALEY Mrs. George. 74, coning.

GASSMAN Jesse 82, Hanover, Pa. HAINES Elmer Augusta, W. Va. HIGGINS Mrs. Harry, 72.

of 1221 Lexington Avenue. KELLER George 85. of 216 Park Street. O'HANLEY James 74, formerly of Weslcrnport. READD Dennis 34, Patterson Creek, STUBV Mrs.

William, 91, Wcstcrnport. Gsorge W. Keller George W. Keller. 85.

of 216 Park W. Street, died yesterday at 6 m. The lunch will bciVirfiinia Avenue. His years. afternoon at his home after an illness of two years.

A lifelong resident of Cumberland, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (Bcall) Kcll- cr. Keller operated a flour and feed business here for a number of years and had been in the tavern business for the past in Hampshire County andiealcn in the social rooms, Uoday is reported as "good." His wife, Anna (Copcland) Keller, preceded him in death. He is survived by a son, Claude S. Keller, city, and a daughter, Mrs. Hazel Crawford, also of this city.

The body is at the Silcox Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. James K.

O'Hanlcy James F. O'Hanley, 74. former resident, died Saturday in the U. S. Naval Home in Philadelphia.

Born at Niverton, he was a son of the late Daniel and Margaret (Carey) O'Hanlcy. He was a former employe of the Railroad and was a veteran of World War I. He was the last survivor of his immediate family and is survived by several nieces and nephews. A requiem mass will be celebrated Thursday at 11 a. m.

at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Philadelphia. Burial will be in Naval Cemetery there. Mrs. William Slnhy WESTERNPORT Mrs.

Mary E. Stuby, 91, of 415 Johnson Street, died yesterday at Allegany Cminry Infirmary where (Continued on Page 20) Powell Gets Scholarship Robert W. Powell, 19. of 431 Grand Avenue, has been awarded a four-year senatorial scholarship to the Johns Hopkins University School -of Engineering in Baltimore, according to an announcement today by State Sen. Charles M.

See. Powell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert jr. Powell, is a 1957 graduate of Fort Hill High School.

While at Fort Hill, he was a member of the varsity football and track teams and active in boys' Hi-Y. Powell recently completed six months' Army service, receiving basic training at Fort Knox. and then a course at Military Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Md. Powell said he is to report to Johns Hopkins September 16. He employed for the summer at Mayfair Laundry.

tracks, but did not see itin time to stop the train. After striking the object "the train crew went back and found Likens' body. Trooper Jack'T. Gibben, stationed with the State Police at Kingwpod, W. obtained the identification yesterday.

Np papers were found on, the manls body at, the time ot the accident. County Board TliankedFor Library Work The Allegany County Board Commissioners today received a letter of thanks from the boarc of directors of the Cumberlanc Free Public Library for improve menu to the building. Signed by. James Alfred Avirett, president, the letter stated the installation of acoustic tile in the reading room has greatly proved the library facilities. An invitation was received from Isaac T.

Long, secretary of the Oldtown Sportsmen's Club, to attend the annual fishing rodeo sponsored by the club, the Cumberland Recreation Department and Cumberland Ouldoor Club at the Baltic-Mixon Fishing Hole at Oldtown. board also signed an order suspending John Moravia, an orderly, at Sylvan Retreat, until charges against him by Raymond Messmer, superintendent, can be heard by the Civil Service Commission. It is the first case to be filed since the Civil Service Commission was instituted several motnhs ago. Board Grants Court Clerk Pay Increase Commissioners Also Receive Number Of Road Work Requests Magistrates Hear 199 Motor Cases A total of 199 motor vehicle cases were handled during the month of June in Cumberland's Trial Magistrate courts. Magistrate Morris Baron and J.

Milton Dick handed out fines totaling $3,177.60 for the motor vehicle violations. The court costs netted $208; IS. The magistrates also heard 59 civil cases and collected $84.50 in costs. Costs of the criminal cases' during the month totaled $45. i salary of Robert Thomas.

court reporter for Allegany Coun- ty Circuit Court, today was in- creased to $5,070 per year by the Board of Allegany County Commissioners. He had been receiving $4,070 for his work in the court here and and additional $1,000 for similar work when the "Garrett County Circuit Court was in session. Approval of the salary raise was made on the recommendation of Chief Judge Morgan C. Harris. -The letter of Judge Harris said that Thomas' salary is below that received by court re- porters in the Second Judicial Circuit and for Baltimore City and other metropolitan 'areas.

The Second Judicial Circuit pays reporters $6,000 annually. May Be; New One Judge Harris 'also pointed out hat there' are indications that the Circuit Court for Garrett Bounty may employe "a full-time court reporter in the near future. The court reporter is appointed by the judges and the salary recommendations are made to the Allegany 'County Board of Commissioners which formally proves such requests. After the board received a number of reports from J. Wai- cer Chapman, county roads supervisor, on road requests, action was taken by "the commissioners.

Request Rejected A request for the county com- nissioners to pay George J. leinrich, Ford Avenue, Potomac Park, the sum of $300 for mater- als and work in repairing that oadway was rejected. Chapman reported the road vas not in the county system. 'he board also -stated the work ad not been authorized by the ward and was the responsibility Heinrich. Chapman also reported that 'oplar Street, Wcsternport, for vhich repairs had been asked, not a county road.

No work was authorized for this road. Installing Pipe Chapman also told the board hat residents of the Woodland ection near Midland have been nstalling concrete pipe in a ditch nd they want the county to con- truct a catch basin to carry ff the water. Chapman said the catch basin ould also drain water from the ounty road and would be an im- rovement at that point. He said no residents of Woodland are islalling the pipe at icir own expense. The board authorized the installation of the catch basin.

The Bowling Green Fire Company's request for closing Walnut. Street between the Fire Hall and McMullcn Highway during the organization's festival the week of July 28 was granted. Other Entrances Chapman said there are other exits and entrances to the area near the Fire Hall and the work ihe group docs in fire protection is a worthy The county will furnish the barricades for the street closing. Chapman also reported a request of last week concerning a drainage situation in the Barton area on the old Shaw farm should have gone to the State Roads Commission district office. The property in question is not near any county road, Chapman said.

Mineral Grand Jurors Named Grand jurors were selected this morning in Mineral County Circuit Court at Kcyser for the July term of court. Named were Carl Ludwick. Wilard Gortner, Loretta Dantzic, J. Robert Wilson, G. H.

Ebert. Oliver Lcathcrman, R. S. Stin- nell, Floyd White. Earl Prills, Lemon, Carl Jewel.

Earl Spencer, Charles E. and Kiscr Glenn 0. urice Brown A'orkman. Twenty-three witnesses appear- before the jurors today. Judge rnest A.

See presided. Young McCoole Soldier Dies Of Electrocution Dance Tonight At West Side A dance will be held today at the West Side Playground from 7 to 10 p. m. a rock 'n' roll! contest will be held at fi p. m.

for tiny tot, pre-teen and teenagers to select contestants for the citywide playground event. Tomorrow the children will picnic at the playlot and on Friday the intra-city picnic is scheduled for Constitution Park. Winners of the flower show held last week were Sandy Knick, Pvt. James-Thomas Butts, 19, McCoole, was electrocuted Sun day in Germany when he came in contact with a high voltage wire while erecting a radio antenna. He was a son of Mrs.

Gcncvi- eye (Wildcrman) Butts of Mc- Cbolc and the late Alva 0. Butts. A sister of Pvt. Bulls. Mrs.

Violet Dove, McCoole, was notified yesterday of her brother's death. His mother had been visiting another son in Baltimore, and was reached yesterday afternoon. The U. S. Army has not released the full particulars of the mishap, hut the telegram sent by the Red Cross to the family said the youth was killed when ho came in contact with a high voltage wire National Guard at Keyser before enlisting in the Army at Cumberland, on May 21.

1957. Prior to being transferred to Germany several months ago. Pvt. Butts was stationed with the Military Detachment at Miami Beach, Fla. Pvt.

Butts was born April 13, 1939 -in Allegany County and at- ended Bruce High School in Westernport before entering the service. Also surviving besides his mother and sister, are Ihrec other sisters, Eileen, Janet and Bonnie Bulls, all at home, four brothers, Alva Lee. Baltimore, and Curtis, "alvin and David Butts, all iome. and paternal grandmother. Mrs.

Flora M. Butts, McCoole. Sandra Hilc, prettiest working to erect an antenna: The body will be returned to Robinson, most unusual andifor a radio. line Rogers Funeral Home in Key- Joyce Gcalr, smallest. He served six months in tlic-scr..