The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-04-07
LIBRARY SUPPER AND BAZAAR
Was Highly Successful and Well At
tended by Oakland People.

tended by Oakland People.
One of the most enjoyable and sue
cessful affairs held in Oakland for
some time past was the supper and
bazaar given for the benefit of the
public library on last Wednesday and
Thursday nights in Offutt's Hall. The
women of the various church and
other organizations of the town CO.
operated in making this success and
gave a great deal of time and effort
to the working out of the various
plans.
The supper held on Wednesday
night was largely attended and a very
excellent supper was served. The
hall had been very tastefully deco
rated and when the lights were turned
on presented very pleasing appear
ance. A number of booths had been
arranged and at these various arti-
cles were for sale. Mrs. George A..
Porter, Mrs. Andrew Helbig, Mrs. J.
M. Stanton and Mrs. Charles Gray had
charge of the candy booth; Mrs. w.
r. Ofutt, Mrs. G. A. Fraley and Mrs.
West presided over the cake booth;
Mrs. James Wilson and Mrs. J. c..
Renninger were in charge of the fan
cy work table; Mrs. Pollock, with a
committee of assistants, had the salad
booth, while Mrs. Selby was in charge
of the laundry and grab bag booth,
one of the most popular attractions of
the bazaar, and had as her assistants
Fannabelle Offutt and Margaret Sci
by as goose girls" in charge of the
grab bags, and William Davis, Gil
NOR Hamill and John Wolfe, who all
dressed as Cinnamon, dispensed the
laundry. A large number of the wo.
men and girls of town assisted in
many ways, and especially in the con-
duct and serving of the supper.
On Thursday afternoon, a baby
show was held in which eighteen ba-
bies were entered and some keen COM
petition developed over choosing of
the winners. This feature was in
charge of Mrs. Loraditch and the plan
had been well worked out. The win
ner swere as follows
First class-Babies over one year:
First prize, Bette Jackson; second,
Elizabeth Naylor; third, Julia Bayle.
Second class-Babies under l year:
First prize, Genevieve Murphy; sec
ond, Mary Virginia Murphy; third,
John D. Darby, Jr. To Genevieve
Murphy fell the honor of having the
greatest number of votes of all en-.
trants.
Prizes were donated by Mrs. NJ. G.
Martin, Oakland Jewelry Co., Oak
land Hardware and Furniture Co.,
Auto Supply Co., Mr.. Fred Brown and
the Oakland Garage. Other articles
for the show were donated by Mr.. ].
D. Hamill and Mr.. H. C. Sincell.
On Thursday night refreshments
and luncheon We're served to quite a
number of people and various amuse-
ments were provided. Several cake
walks were held and large cake do
mated by Mr.. Henry Lauer was won
by Mrs. J. c. Renninger.
Total receipts have not as yet been
compiled, but over $500 was realized
from this supper and bazaar, while
the expenses to come out of this are
not large. The fund will be used by
the library board in further equip
ping the library quarters with book
cases and other necessary furniture
and for the purchase of books. This
will aid much in making the library
a useful institution in Oakland.
The officials of the library have ask
ed that the thanks and appreciation
of their organization be extended all
who took part or contributed in any
way to the success of the supper and
bazaar. Mr.. D. E. Offutt gave the
use of his hall free of charge and a
very large number of the people of
Oakland contributed and assisted in
the carrying out of the plans that
had been made by those in charge.