The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1923-09-20
EVANSVILLE COMMUNITY
FAIR A GREAT SUCCESS
Splendid Exhibits Made BY En-
thusiaStic Farmers And
Their Wives

1t is indeed seldom that one is per-
mitted to witness such wholehearted
and unselfish enthusiasm and COM
munity spirit as that which was evil
denced at the Grantsville Community
Fair held at GrantSville last Wednes-
day and Thursday, when the entire
countryside turned out in force to
not only visit the fair and inspect
the many and varied exhibits there
displayed, but also to urge their
friends and neighbors to begin to
plan now for the exhibit to be made
by them at the annual gathering next
year which is held in delightfully."-
located grove, with excellent housing
facilities for the domestic arts and
domestic science departments and also
for the live stock, grain, vegetable,
poultry and other exhibits.
A visit to the fair was made last
Thursday by half hundred Oakland
business and professional men who
drove to the Pike town Immediately
after noon. Without exception every
man and woman composing the Oak
land delegation expressed their pleas
ure over the visit and promised the
fair management that next year Oak
land will be represented by a much
greater number Of its citizens.
A substantially built structure near
the entrance to the fair grounds was
set aside this year for domestic arts,
domestic science, vegetable, grain and
other departments centering about the
home and in addition contained a de-
partment wherein was engaged a
blind carpet weaver from Frostburg,
whose marvellous skill in making floor
coverings of intricate design was mar
velous and would tax the ability of
many who have their every faculty.
Displayed upon tables and most ar
tistically arranged were masses of
the most beautiful needle work, the
product q the Grantsville community
hoc.scg, delicious looking jeliies, pre-
serves and marmalades Of every de-
scliption, the fruit of the vine and OF
the orchard in its natural state, ham,
bacon, grain and vegetables of ev-
cry kind, and in addition these We're
all presided over by the women Of the
community whose pleasure it was to
make the visit of the Oakland npOpIe
profitable.
The live stock exhibit was composed
Of some Of the finest looking cattle,
sheep and hogs to be seen anywhere.
The cattle were exceptionally attrac-
tive and consisted Of short horns, Jer-
seys and others o fstandard breed.
\ large well arranged series Of pens
in another building was devoted to the
sheep and hog exhibits. These were
all filled with pure bred stock.
ThG poultry exhibit was also in ev-
idenc and contained many kinds of
chickens, turkeys and number of
duckg, all of which showed to great
advah tage.
The Municipal Band of Oakland,
under the leadership of Prof. Nell
wee, entertained the large crowd pres
ent on Thursday The music rendered
was high class in every respect and
expression of appreciation from the
management of the fair upon the
fact that the Oakland people and
Oakland band were present, was no
less appreciated by the visitors.
The afternoons musical program
was added to by fddlers' contest in
which there were not less than six
contestants. These old-timers played
the old time fiddle music in the old
time way, which was an innovation to
many of the younger generation.
Many of the exhibits on display at
Grantsville will likely be placed in the
Garrett County Fair in Oakland next
week, when the people of the coun-
ty who were not present at Grantsvills
will be privileged to see what the
folks of that part of the county are
capable of doing in contributing to the
well-being of their race.
There were more than eight hun
bred paid admissions to the fair
grounds Thursday.