Burton Smith, a Republican, was elected to and served on the Board of Allegany Commissioners beginning in 1966. He was re-elected to a second term serving again from 1970-1974.
Rose G. Hay (1919-2009), a Democrat, was initially appointed by Governor Marvin Mandel to fill a vacancy as judge on the Allegany County Orphan’s Court. She would later run for this position and in 1978 became the first woman elected to the Orphan’s Court. Re-elected in 1982 she would serve as Chief Judge until her retirement in 1986. Delores F. Ortiz served as her Treasurer. Rose identified herself with “Honesty and Integrity” and always asked that you “Remember me to your friends.”
R. Neil Williams, Wallace G. Ullery (who had served as the City Clerk of Cumberland and had also been elected to the Cumberland City Council), William J. Truly, Jr., C. Cecil “Cec” Warnick, Edward E. Truly, and Virgil C. Alexander have all at one time or another been candidates for the Allegany County Republican State Central Committee. Neil Williams (1926-2012) served for a number of years on the Allegany County Board of Education and was also an elected member of the Westernport Town Council.
Luther C. “Luke” Cox asked, “Let me FIGHT for you.” He along with Bill King, Joseph F. Neder, Ira W. Whittington, James Orr (who served two terms as Allegany County Commissioner from 1950-1958), and Cora Bowser have been among the many who sought election, or re-election as in King, Orr, and Bowser’s case, to the Allegany County Republican State Central Committee. Luther Cox also ran, unsuccessfully, for a seat on the Cumberland City Council, once in 1978, and again in 1982.
Paul W. Barnett, Mildred Clark, William T. Eady, Edwin M. Horchler,and Herman D. Sathoff who with Thomas B. Cumiskey as his Treasurer campaigned as “A Democrat for Progress”, have also all been candidates who sought your vote and support for the Allegany County Democratic State Central Committee.
Allen P. Shaw, Daniel F. McMullen (whose Treasurer was William Walsh), William A. “Bill” Shuck, Bernard F. Bargiel, Don Ritter, and Edward J. Ryan, who identified himself as “reliable” in his re-election bid, have all been candidates who sought your vote and support for the Allegany County Democratic State Central Committee.
William “Scotty” Orr (1917-1996), a Republican, promised everyone, for the price of a $1.00 donation, hot dogs, bean soup, bologna, corn on the cob, and beer at his afternoon fundraiser being held at “The Patch” on Saturday, August 5, 1972. Of course, if you were under 12, the admission was free. The Patch was a picnic grounds located off of Dan’s Rock Road in Midland. With the campaign slogan of, “We’re for Sheriff Orr”, Scotty Orr served as Sheriff of Allegany County from 1970-1974.
Paul C. Haberlein (1916-1974) was elected to and served on the Frostburg City Council where he promised to further improvements on the city’s streets as well as the city’s swimming pool, and work toward a more modern and efficient street department. A Republican, he was elected Sheriff of Allegany County in 1958 and served in that office until 1970, being re-elected under the campaign motto of “Qualified and Experienced.” It was in 1970 that he was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court where he served in that capacity until his death. Note that Dr.
C. Murray Allen, who simply identified himself as an “American”, along with John J. Yeager, a Democrat, and Republican Leon Connor, who promised “Effective and Efficient Government”, were all unsuccessful candidates for the office of Allegany County Commissioner.
George F. Helmstetter (1931-2012), a Republican, was also unsuccessful in his bid for County Commissioner. The following appeared on the back of his campaign card:
George Helmstetter
Fourth Generation Allegany Countian
Emmanuel Parish was founded in 1803. The cornerstone for the stone Gothic Revival Emmanuel Episcopal Church was laid in May 1849 with the consecration being held on October 16, 1851. It eventually cost $18,000 to erect the Church. The adjoining parish hall was constructed in 1901. In that same year, the entire property was enclosed by the existing stone wall. The church stands on the former site of Fort Cumberland.
The following text is taken from a brochure produced by the Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Cumberland. It is to a significant extent based upon oral histories: