The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-07
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK,


Mr.. c. E. zimmerman and family
and Mr.. A. E. Beachy and family,
of Pittsburgh, motored to Mountain
Lake Park Sunday where they are on
visit to relatives.
The movement in Mountain Lake
Park real estate continues quite
brisk, Notwithstanding the fact that
the "knocker" is still abroad in the
land, and especially in this section of
the universe, for some folks can only
see the dark clouds and never the sill
yer lining that is ever present where
a cloud can be observed. On Monday
Mr.. M. NJ. Schrock, who has been in
the real estate business here for some
years past, closed deal whereby two
OF the cottages owned by Mrs. Talson
were transferred to the new owners,
the purchasers being Mr. John H.
Maysilles, of Grafton, West Va, and
Mr.. Jacob F. Straigh., of Fairmont,
West Va, The property sold is locat-
ed on Z street near the Assembly
House. Other more important deals
are yet pending and may be closed up
at an early date.
DR.. John F. Goucher, of Baltimore,
accompanied by party of friends,
from the Monumental City, arrived at
the Park in the formers automobile
one day the latter part of last week
and remained here until Tuesday
morning when the return journey to
the city was made. At the Sunday
morning service in the old auditorium
DR.. Goucher appeared before the as
sembly and stated that the movement
put under way some weeks ago to
turn the Park property over to the
Board of Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church, was gaining favor
and that he felt that the matter would
be carried through to a successful
conclusion, although the sum of about
$4,000 remained to be raised by the
residents and summer visitors at the
Park. This matter was mere fully
discussed at banquet rendered some
thirty or forty men by DR.. Goucher at
the Mountain Lake Hotel on Monday
night, at which time sum exceeding
ST, 900 was pledged which will be APP
piled toward the purchase of the prop
erty. The banqueters were much
eiated over the prospect of the Park
falling into the hands of this great
society, for it means everything to
the welfare and future of this entire
section of the country.
The sessions of the Mountain Lake
Park school of Missions, which opened
last Friday, the LIST inst, are still on
and are attracting such lively inter-
est that the attendance is such that it
has far exceeded the fondest hopes
and desires of those responsible for
the gathering The sessions will con-
tinue until and including tomorrow.
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, at once
recognized as one of the really big
men of the Methodist Episcoptl church
in his profundity of the subjects upon
which he is engaged in series of lee
lures which are delivered every morn
ing at stated hour, and to an inter-
ested audience of men and women, has
won the hearts of his auditors to such
degree as to place him far ahead of
anyone who has appeared before an
audience at the Park for some years.
The other morning Bishop Hughes en-
gagged in personal "reminiscences for a
few moments and when he stated that
many years ago he was a ticket taker
at the auditorium in the palmy DAYS
of the Mountain Chautauqua, he sur
prised his audience greatly. He also
said that at the meeting he was then
addressing he saw but five or six of
those whom he knew in the years gone