0 CapHal Jonrnal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Pet. 15,
"Life in Destitute Town Stirs
? Again; Families Get Food
" Shallmar, Md., Dec. 15 H"! Life was stirring again today along
this string of houses buried between high, towering mountains.
The 54 families of Shallmar had food and clothing again,
u- Now there's only one thing lacking: Work. Then they wouldn't
"need the handouts of food and clothing from more fortunate
-towns.
These families are dependant "When us fellows get so old, we
"Almost entirely on the operation can't do much else. There's noth-
of the Wolf Den mine that Juts
into the hill lust above them
But the mine has been closed
since last March because there
have been no coal orders.
W. A. Marshall, broker for
the coal mined at the Wolf Den
1949'came back to Shallmar.-
Incidental! v Shallmar Isn't'
the only western Maryland min
ing town hit. The situation is
much the same in the general
area. But the mine was the only
thing Shallmar had. When that
closed, there was nothing.
pit, said in New York that the
mine will reopen anytime its
coal can be sold. Right now,
there isn't a market for it.
(Marshall once owned the
mine. The town got its name by
reversing the syllables of his
name: Mar-shall Shall-mar.)
Unemplovment compensation
checks helped for a while, then
most of them ran out last Aug
ust. The general store extended
bme credit, but that limit was
oon reached.
Three families moved out af
ter the mine shutdown. But the
rest have stayed, hoping for a
bjeak in the grim stalemate.
'A group of miners sat arouna
She pot-bellied stove in the un
3on hall while others were paint
ing the walls so the room could
Hie used.
They talked freely of the
Uown's condition. Generally they
4ield no grudge against anyone.
5"he company had explained the
xituation to them last March,
Jnd they seemed to accept the
situation as one they couldn't
Jfcope with.
m But none was ready to move.
As one put it, "I was born just
Sip the river, and 1 guess I'll die
liere."
" George Stonebreaker, a miner
2or 37 years, said he had "moved
Jo a little shack with a plot of
aground up on the hill. But I
feeen sick and haven't been able
to do anything with it. My worn
tin worked a little bit, but she's
off."
Tony Crosco, a stocky, 59
j pear-old digger with white flow
1 'ing hair told how he went into
the mines when he was nine.
I "I went in with a little pick
md worked right beside my fa
ther," he recalled. "Later they
put me to driving the mule, and
it drove mules until I was 17.
Then I started digging coal.
"I don't know," he muttered.
ing else we can do.
"My, I sure hope we get back
to work soon."
A couple of the younger men
said they had tried to get jobs in
other parts of the state, but; dist church furnished the enter-
they couldn't find any. So theyltainment with Christmas music.
School Gym Moved
Lyons The Mari-Linn PTA
met at the Rebekah hall
with Burl Smith conducting the
meeting. The main business and
discussion of the meeting was
moving the gymnasium to the
new school site. An article re
view was conducted by Mrs
John Prideaux, and the men s
chorus from the Lyons Metho
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