Cumberland Evening Times from Cumberland, Maryland • Page 13

Member Associated Pres THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1950 Second Sech'on Co tint Board Facing Tough Fund Problem May Obtain Money For Welfare, But Match Amount A financial decision awaits Al.egar.y County Board of as a result of the funds made available to employable persons. Mr; M. Westerfcld, AUeRany County informed the commis- the Tuesday meeting ol the original county-stat-e matching and most of it would the March assistance Milion Patterson, State Department of said that state be made available to ur.err.pioyeci in any political suKnviKC-n and do not have to county where first tenta- i-. ely Must Matched All is required, said Patter- ii for the local governments -ut up matching funds. 15 problem which faces Allenar.r county commissioners.

Tr.r rr.i::er will be discussed at session at theCourt House "A'tsterfeid said that City haci received tr.t tr.e 5300,000 emergency Ailegany county last assisting about four cases as Baltimore number of applications since. 1 a Patterson, acknowledged had been allotted cr. a matching basis in $63.000 for Alle- but he emphasized the tl.i-iti-r. tentative. to put the money trie r.eed is." Patterson said.

In January 404 checks were sent, employables in Allegany crunty. 580 checks were pro- cr-or: las: rr.or.th. The- March total' is to be even larger. Figure Being Studied i Tn-s cost 530,000 in January In I crar.t and matching until Boon today, It was S42 OC-C- in February. This leaves, the wind that caused most 'Of the 553 000 the remainder of discomfort, inconvenience and dam- Soap Box Derby Again Planned For Cumberland Camper Quint Will Play At Takoma Park Barton and Damascus Tossers Will Meet At Frostburg Tomorrow Allegany High cagers, who topped Frederick High here last night to take the Class District 1 crown, will oppose Montgomery Blair High, of Silver Spring, Montgomery county entry that captured District 2 honors, at Tnkoina Park Jun lor this" evening's sports section.

High Saturday night Ht 8 o'clock, and if successful in that engagement will advance to the Class state finals at College Park, Saturday, March 18. Announcement of the Allegany- Montgotnery Blair game and District 1-2 Class iind engagements was made early this afternoon by Arthur G. Ramey, director of the state scholastic basketball championship tournament. Central High of Lonaconing, District 1 Class titlist, will oppose Gaitherstaurg High, District 2 chain- Liquor Board Sets Hearing On Licenses Soap Box Derby time will soon be here. Plans for the third annual Times- News Derby are being formulated.

The race is expected to be held some time in July with the winner gaining the right to represent the city in the All-American finals at Akron, Ohio, Aug. 13 with all expenses paid. Boys in the tri-state area between the ages of 11 and 15 years are eligible to participate. For more WIND DISINTEGRATES of the stronger gusts of wind that kept Cumberland blustery this morning took its toll on the modern store front of the Holly Shop at the corner of South Centre and Baltimore streets. Three sections of the were broken in one show window of the recently remodeled women's dress store.

The large section on the South Centre Street side went out first. until June 30. iiuci the requests Mercury Drops As Sharp Wind Brings City Return Of Winter Winter, which hasn't shown its grizzly face around these parts much this year, blew into Cumberland last night from the northwest with high winds and 16-degree temperatures. While the thermometer remained below freezing from nstallation Of Equipment banned By PE age. The wind, blowing at velocities r.t for next month, the state to 45 miles caused a bliznard in be allocated according i Garrett and parts of Allegany r.eeas.

(county. Mrs. Westerfeldj A jj (, powdery snow was twirled r. county needs for the, into a blinding storm in Western Maryland, causing driving to become ir.ontris should not exceed cf county-provided money, i'j; ir.e was r.ot sure as to the ex- She is compiling submission to the cornmis- very hazardous. Visibility Near Zero The State Roads Commission reported that all roads in Garrett county were covered with snow, and the visibility was nearly zero because of the high winds.

Two trucks and 16 men were busy in the county this morning, while 12 trucks and 35 workers were on duty in Garrett county cindering and clearing. The wind, with a steady velocity of 15 miles per hour, reached 45 a continuing educa- miles per hour in gusts, according program, the Bal- to the AH-American Airways Ohio Railroad today an- :r.e publication of a "Railr: for school use. blowing out tnree large show wln- book, in two volumes, provides problems from railroading frr teachers to use in- illu- arithmetic principles. 'Rithmetic' 1 was edited Makes Available Book On Math weather station here. These gusts were respons'ible for dows in the Holly Shop, corner of Baltimore and South Centre streets'.

The modernistic glass front was destroyed about 10 a. m. today when the window on the South ty Olive W. Dennis, research Mechanic Street side caved in. by the wind.

The other two followed er.r:r-&er for the at Bal- the assistance and -j'. members of the school Baltimore and Washing- 3.x>k I is for use in schools and includes of problems in from the reading and numbers through addi- multiplication and the of decimals and perrertages. the measuring of peri- arxj areas, and the use of within a half hour. More Cold Tonight The section returned to the cold weather of last week, with the following low readings reported: Altamont and Terra Alta, W. 10; Blnzcr, W.

13; Deal, 8 and Thomas, W. Va 1 10. The cold weather is expected to remain in Allegany and Garrett counties tonight, with low temperatures forecast between six to 112 degrees in Garrett and 10 to 15 'Rithmetic, Book II." degrees in this county. schools, provides The Weather Bureau predicts to- problems in more ad- morrow in. Allegany will be fair work, including percentages, becoming milder in the afternoon the- tables, the measurement with the winds becoming gentle and of space, volume, distance, rate and variable, the use of advanced graphs More flurries are predicted foi sr.i sraie drawings.

I Garrett county tonight with north- 3rc-k I contains 68 pages. Book II west winds 12 to 18 miles an hour his 48. Both are distributed free dying down tomorrow. c- charge to school principals and teachers requesting them through Poi'llier Resident the Public Relations Department the 3 at Baltimore. Bridge Operator Arr.piy illustrated, the two volumes especially designed to appeal Tne ob of sw ging around the the natural interest that all chil- $5 000t00 South Capitol Stree crer.

have in railroads and trains, Brldge in Washington belongs to a ar.d sc, add zest to the working out former Cumberland man. arithmetic problems that seem He Js Cria rles H. Thompson, whi xher. divorced from Uved here prior to wor i i in th The 3 long has worked with Nayal Gun Pactory at Wash and school teachers in jn ton resins: railroad material and photos Thompson qualified for his pres av-lable. ar.tj in taking students on mt position on recently dedi tours railroad facilities.

Last caled brldge after ne became the put some of bridge operator last November a £. historic railroad equipment on the Anacostla Bridge. fla: car; for an exhibition tour of job is to opera the draw alone its lines. Thpu-; which swings around 'to open wha sar.di school children viewed reputed to be tne largest plate tracing the development of railroac. equipment over 120 years.

girder span in the world. Walter C. Capper Gets i Bar Association Post Mr. and Mrs. Claude E.

Martin, Baltimore Pike, announce the birth oJ a sor this morning at Allegany A sor. was born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Corie. Star Route, Grants- last night at Aliegany Hospital.

Former Judge Walter C. Cappei today by the America Bar'Association, through 'Its tor of state committees, that he ha been appointed a member of th Section of Judicial Administration representing the American Bar As Mr. a-d 'Mrs. Robert W. Welch, sociation for Maryland.

formerly of this ci-7. announce the birth of a daugh- Mail Gets Divorce t-er March 5. Oliver Fred Maxwell has bee A daughter was born to Mr. and granted an absolute divorce fror Mrs Dyer. Ill Laing Avenue, Zetta Jean Maxwell in Circu: 3 at Memorial Hospital.

jCourt To more efficiently burn available oals, it was announced today that wo new pulverizers, four new burn- rs and miscellaneous piping In the igh pressure plant of the Potomac dison Cumberland River Station rill be Installed in the near future. Costing over $99,000, the project rill take approximately three weeks complete. The new installation be in service in May, All of- the new equipment will be the most modern design, ill be larger than that in use. The resent installation was placed, in ervice in 1938. Employes of both the Potomac Jdison and Combustion Engiueer- ng Superheater Companies will rovide the labor for the big: pro- Coiisecration Of Bishop Planned The Right Rev.

Msgr. John J. Russell, director of Catholic charities in the Washington Archdiocese and brother of Rev. W. Joyce Russell, formerly of St.

Mary's Church riere, has been appointed Bishop pi' Charleston, S. C. Msgr. Russell, pastor of Church of the Nativity, Washington, will be consecrated March 14 in ceremonies at 10 a. m.

in the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington. His uncle, the late Bishop William J. Russell, served as Ordinary of the Charleston Diocese from 1917 until his death in 1927, and ordained him in Rome in 1923. Bishop-elect Russell was born in Baltimore, a son.

of John W. and Mary Joyce Russell. He studied at St. Charles Seminary and St. Mary's Seminary there and at the North American College in Rome.

He succeeds the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh. Father W. Joyce Russell is pastor of St.

Francis De Sales Church, Benedict, Bishop-elect Russell has made frequent visits to Cumberland. Hospital Unit Funds Granted By U.S. Agency- Total Of $69,846 Made Available For Memorial Ward pion, tomorrow (Friday) night at Takoma Park Junior High gym. Takoma Park borders the Silver Spring area in Montgomery county. Barton High, District 1 Class champion, will oppose Damascus High, also of Montgomery county, at Beall High, Frostburg, Saturday night.

The winners of the three District 1-2 engagements will become stats finalists and have a full week to prepare for the March 18 championship battles at College Park. Director Ramey also reported today that Glen Burnie High defeated Bel Air High 44-42 last night to advance to the District 3-4 Class title engagement with Salisbury High this Saturday night. The winner of Saturday's game will oppose the Allegany-Montgomery Blair winner for the state championship. In Class play last night Snow Hill High defeated Crisfleld High 35-28, wilt meet Elkton High at Elkton on Saturday, and the winner of that engagement will oppose Aberdeen High next Tuesday with that. The U.

S. Public Health Service a the University of Maryland, has approved the final application) Mardella High defeated Vienna about the Cumberland Derby, see this evening's sports section. Communion Of Holy Name Set Here Sunday Breakfast Follows Mass: Father McCauley Principal Speaker A record' number of men is expected to attend the annual Holy Name Society communion breakfast following the 1 a. m. mass at St.

Patrick's Catholic Church Sunday, according to the Very Rev. J. Lawrence Kilkenny, pastor of the church and rural dean of Western Maryland. The breakfast at the church social center will be the first of a series of events marking the celebration of St. Patrick's Day, March Applications "Now Available; Notices Must Be Posted Applications may be made at the office of the Allegany County Liquor Control Board, third floor Court House, for renewal of licenses held by operators and for new places of business.

Members of the board urge early application so that the applications may be advertised and other preliminaries completed as soon as possible. All applicants must have a suitable sign pr notice posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises for which a llccn.se Is being sought at least 10 dnys prior to April 30 The form of Hie notice may be obtained at the Liquor Board office. Hearings will be held by the board Thursday, April 21 at 9:30 a. m. for applicants lor beer, wins and liquor licenses; at 1:30 p.

m. the applicants for beer and wina licenses will be heard and on Friday, April 28, at- 9:30 a. betr license applicants will appear. Due to the large number of persons who appear for the hearings the Liquor Board will probably use the main Circuit Court room as in past years. Fishing Queen To Be Crowned The eight-year-old girl who won he first City Pishing Rodeo last Summer will be crowned Junior State Fishing Queen tomorrow at :30 p.

m. in Virginia Avenue School. Mayor Thomas S. Post will present Sandra Sulser, of 23 West First Street, with a certificate designating her as state girls' fishing champion. The little angler won.

the title by latching the longest fish in the contest held last August at the Ali Ghan Shrine Country Club in which 1,000 children participated. Edmund F. Hoey, city recreation director, announced today that th.fi young fishermen of the city will again be offered fishing rodeo opportunities. This event will be staged at the same place on August 26, "he said, and plans are being made to accommodate a larger crowd. The winner of the Junior State Fishing King title was Byrl.

Gibson, 14, of 533 North Mechanic Street, who will also be presented with a certificate in the next week, Hoey reported. Assessors Will Attend Meeting Somervllle Nicholson, supervisor of assessments for Allegany county, and members of his staff will attend the annual Spring conference of the Maryland Association of Assessing Officers in Hagerstown 'on March 30 and 31. The event will be held in Hotel Alexander. It is the first time that the session has ever been held in Hagerstown, About 70 assessing officers from the various counties, will attend. for funds for the contagious disease ward at Memorial Hospital, according to Benjamin Wright, hospital superintendent.

A total of $69,845 is thereby made available by the federal government toward construction oi' the unit, which will cost $158,741. The City of Cumberland and Allegany County Board of Commissioners will provide the balance, or $88,895 for erection of the ward. Contracts will be let in a few days for the construction according to Wright. The architects, Palmer, Fisher, Williams and Nes, of Baltimore, have approved the low bid of the John I. Vandegrift Company of this city.

The contagious disease ward will have facilities to handle cases which must be isolated and the unit will be so constructed that it will operate independently of the main hospital. The ward will have its own kitchens, laundry and other facilities. Both the city and county made available an additional $15,000 each recently when it was found that original estimates on the job were too low. The two governmental 17. Principal speaker at the breakfast will be the Rev.

Lawrence J. McCauley, CSSR, of Catholic Unir versity, Washington, D. C. South Africa Native Father McCauley is an Irishman, but he was born in South Africa. His parents came from the same part of Ireland, but didn't meet un- till they went to South Africa.

Cape Town was the priest's home town, but he was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers at Kimberley, a diamond center, 650 miles away. Finishing there, he decided to study commerce at the University of Cape Town, but later decided "to" finals to become a Redemptorist priest. After his ordination hi 1939, he worked two years in the home missions of England. He was in Birningham during the Battle of Britain, and "had the dubious honor of selng bombed nightly for months on High in a Class contest last night to advance to the district finals where it will oppose Sudlersville High this Saturday night at Salisbury State Teachers' College. The winner of Saturday's game will meet Clarksville High next Tuesday and the survivor of that game will advance to the Class finals at College Park.

Farm Cooperative Group Meets Here Operations Report Will Be Presented Approximately 64 members of Southern States Cooperative community advisory boards, directors of affiliated cooperatives and Cooperative Service Agency managers, from this region will attend a meeting Wednesday, March 15, at the Central Y.M.C.A. at 6:45 p. m. An annual event, the meetings are held to give the board members the opportunity to hear a report on the operations of the cooperative during the first six months of the South- units had previously given $30,000 ern states' fiscal year which ends each for the project. The city andjj une 30, 1950, and to discuss prob- county have each provided and policies of the cooperative as they effect the 250,000 patron- for the work.

Traffic Group Releases Data The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission pointed out today that no highway fatalities occurred in Allegany and Garrett counties during April, May and June of 1949. The commission released its seasonal report to allow law enforcement agencies to plan safety programs for the coming three-month period. State Police records show that 33 mishaps occurred on Routes 36, 40 and 220 in Allegany county during the three months. Personal injury accidents totaled r7 and property damage accidents also hit the 17 mark. Twenty-persons were hurt, the majority at night.

Child Injured In Fall From Vehicle Improves Christopher Kelley, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. -John Kelley, 522 Frank's Lane, continued to improve this morning at Memorial Hospital where he was admitted yesterday afternoon with a fractured skull. Attaches said he fell from a car driven by his grandmother. A 67-year-old pedestrian, George Lafferty, Eckhart, suffered a fracture of the right leg last night when struck by an automobile at the intersection of Route 40 and Parkersburg Road.

He was admitted to Miners' Hospital, Frostburg. State Police identified the driver as Ralph Frantz, Ridgeley, and said no charges were filed pending completion of the investigation by Trooper Harry Bosley. owners of the 'organization. Southern States district manager W. M.

Cnldwcll, of Wcston, W. is In charge of arrangements. J. E. McDonald of Martlnsburg, W.

a director of the cooperative, will preside. L. E. Raper, director of membership relations, from the cooperative's central offices in Richmond will present the mid-year report. In addition to the board members and agency agents, state agricultural department officials and agricultural college representatives have been invited to attend.

Attending from the Cumberland area are: James E. Miltenberger, H. Johnson, J. William Loar, C. R.

In 1942 he returned to South Africa, seeing much sea warfare on the way. For the next seven years he was busy preaching missions and retreats to all sections of the people, white, colored and black, secular and religious', young and spending seven months on a single mission tour. During that period he was coining a popular writer for Catholic and non-Catholic papers. His writing ability became recognized by his superiors in London, and he was sent to the Catholic University to broaden 'his background. Other Events Planned Father McCauley is one of two South African Redemptorist priests in the world.

Sunday morning's breakfast will be served by the ladles of St. Patrick's parish. Other events scheduled in celebration of St. Patrick's Day are a solmn high mass on March 17, to be followed by the annual breakfast of St. Patrick's Choir.

In the evening, the grade school children of St. Patrick's will present a skit covering the life of St. Patrick. Also on the program will be scenes depicting Irish legends and others featuring Irish jigging and singing. A boys' oratorical contest will be one of the highlights, with each contestant presenting a brief selection from Robert Emmett's oration.

Emmett was an Irish patriot and martyr. Savings Bond Campaign To Open In May The 1950 U. S. Savings Bonds campagin, to be known as the Independence Drive, will get underway May 1 and run through July 4, according to Lynn C. Lachley, chairman for the drive in Allegany county.

The Liberty Bell is the campaign symbol, and ''Save for Your Independence," emphasizing Amer- can faith in thrift, is the drive ilogan. "It is singularly appropriate that campaign should be known aa Independence Drive, becaxise the ipirit of personal independence has notivated our financial as well as our political thinking since our nation's earliest days," Chairman tashley said. "As for the Liberty Bell, it not only our political independence but also all those characteristics of Americanism which erve to sustain our independence. Of these characteristics, thrift, of course, is one of the most outstanding. Thus in the Independence Drive, the Liberty Bell will be an especially suitable reminder of the mportance of savings and Savings 3onds to our economic life and to financial independence of the individual." committees for the state and each county will be organized to represent banking, industry, labor, agriculture, motion pictures, advertising, newspapers, radio, as well as womens', veterans', civic, fraternal and similar organizations throughout the state.

Volunteer committees with their workers put Maryland well over the top for the Opportunity Drive of last year, and we again will depend upon them to assure the success of tills drive," Lashley added. Sewing Machines Stolen From Car City Police are investigating the theft of two, portable sewing machines valued at $219 from the automobile of Morris Resnick, Philadelphia. Resnick told authorities he parked his car near Allegany Inn before the robbery occurred Tuesday nlgM Armstrong, S. A. Koontz, Dennis Entrance to the machine was gain- Koontz, Floyd Buser, Paul Yoder.led by breaking a window.

John D. Coieman, Harry Johnson, I Detective J. See said one Joseph Pollock, Paul Greise and of the electric machines is new. Granville Shumaker. DAIRY CALF CLUB OFFICERS above are the newly- elected officers of the 4-H Dairy Calf Club which met recently at the Court House.

The club is interested in improving dairy herds in the area. The officers, left to right, are James Mlltenberger, of Ridgeley, vice president; Mary Miltenberger, of Ridgeley, secretary; Dale Harvey, of Shaft, president; and Robert Greise, of Valley Road, publicity officer. Joseph M. Steger, assistant county farm agent, is adviser to the club. LaVale Students Admitted Into D.

and E. Sorority Two LaVale students, freshmen at Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, W. have been Initiated into Phi Mu, social sorority. They are Miss Lou Ann Wrlfcht, daughter of Mr. and Mr.f.

Molvin C. Wright, Park Heights, and Miss Margaret Elizabeth Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Long, Woodlawn Avenue.

Obituary Henry A. Everline Henry Andrew Everline, 79. "a retired building contractor, died early today at his residence after an illness of two months. Mr. Everline was born in Lona- conlng, a son of the late Daniel and Dora (Milford) Everline.

He served as an elder of St. Mark's Reformed Church for 25 years and was a membere of the LaVale Volunteer Fire Department. About 30 years ago Mr. Everline- purchased a tract of land now known as LaVale and began developing that area. He retired nine years ago.

Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Ida Gaumer; two chil- INo arrests have beeii made. Driver Found Guilty Iii Two-Car Accident Henry Getz, 37, Altoona, was fined $11.45 today in TriaJ Court on a state motor dren, Mrs. Ardella Mahaney and charge resulting from a two-car Chester J. Everline. LaVale; collision in which a local resident was hurt.

Police said Getz's car crashed against the machine driven by Ro- four brothers, D. P. Everline. Wellersburg, William p. Everline.

Pittsburgh; Edward Everline, Portland, and George Everline bert A. Puffenberger, 20, of 125 West Hagerstown; four sisters. Miss Annis Third Street. accident occurred Everline and Mrs. Emma Bode March 4 at the Intersection of Thomas and Wineow Street.

William Davies, 54, also of West Third Street, riding with Puffenberger, received, treatment at Memorial Hospital after the crash. Amvets To Nominate Officers Tonight Officers will be nominated at a meeting of J. Louis Woiford Post No. 1, Amvets, tonight at 8 at the post home, according to Commander Robert F. Baker.

Officers will be elected Saturday with balloting at the post home on Baltimore Street from noon until 6 p.m. Commander Baker is not eligible to succeed himself. Pittsburgh; Mrs. Margaret Baker Baltimore, and Mrs. Lillian Edwards, Seattle, Wash.

Mr. Everline also leaves twc grandsons, Calvin Mahaney, a student at the University of Maryland; and Chester J. Everline. LaVale, and a number of nieces and nephews. Francis X.

Reitmeier Francis Xavier Reitmeier. 61, ol 22 West First Street, dropped dead this morning in the dressing room at the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company plant, where he worked as a steam tender. Death was attributed to natural causes. Born November 5, 1880. in Bavaria, Germany, Mr.

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