The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-10-20
ROAD SOCIETY CHOOSES ITS
OFFICERSATMEETING HERE
West Va. Organization Passes a
Resolution Urging Maryland to
Complete Northwestern Pike.

At the annual meeting of the North.
western Turnpike Association of West
Virginia, held at the William-J ames
Hotel in Oakland, Monday, at which
forty or more were present, it was
said that at the present rate of road.
building on the part of the State OF
Maryland it will be at least three OF
perhaps four years, before the pike is
completed through Garrett county, as
about five and a half miles of roadway
remain untouched insofar as rehabili-
tation of the highway in Maryland is
concerned. West Virginia has com.
pleted the road or has contracts fol-
the completion of every mile of the
highway now in force.
The meeting in Oakland, which is
central point for the majority of the
members of the association, was held
mainly for the purpose of electing off
GERS of the organization and resulted
in the unanimous choice of the follow
ing:
President, A. A. Pickering, Rowles-
burg; vice-president, John j. Corn
wall, Romney; vice-president, H. c.
Compton, Grafton; treasurer, O. c.
Wilt, Clarksburg; secretary, Charles
E. Morgan, Clarksburg.
A large delegation from Union Dis
trict, Grant county, West Va, attend
ed the meeting for the purpose of in
teresting members of the association
in having hard surface road built
from Bayard to Gormania to connect
with the pike at the latter point, but
nothing was done in the matter, as
the meeting was not called for the
purpose of considering anything ex.
cept the election of officers and the
transaction of routine affairs. Sena-
tor A. D. Naylor, of Oakland, ad,
dressed the association for few min
utes.
Resolutions Passed.
A resolution, introduced by a COM
mittee appointed for the purpose, was
presented and unanimously passed by
the body as follows:
WHEREAS, There is every reason
able assurance that the States of West
Virginia and Virginia will have com.
pleted, before the close of the yeal
1928 those sections of the Northwest
ern Turnpike which traverse them
thus leaving a section of some five OF
six miles only in the State of Mary
land for which no assurance of early
completion seems to have been given
and,
WHEREAS, The early completion
of the said Northwestern Turnpike is
a matter of interstate Importance anG
nationwide interest; be it therefore
RESOLVED, That the Maryland
State Highway Commission be urged
and entreated by the Northwestern
Turnpike Association, Incorporated
to devise ways and means to complete
the remaining mileage in Garrett
county, and to include the same in its
program of work for 1928.
Next Meeting to be Held at Thomas
Thomas, West Va, was chosen as
the place Of the next annual meeting
Of the association, which will be hello
in October, 1928.
Those present at the Oakland meet.
ing were A. A. Pickering, H. R. Hol.
lis, D. A. Jackson, Rowlesburg; Johr
Moore, O. G.. Wilt, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G
Bish, Miss Marie Bish, C. E. Morgan
Clarksburg; Prof. ]. w. Stayman, DR.
w. 7. Koeltz, Senator E. B. Reynolds
Keyser; Ernest Mccoy, L. E. Nc
Whorter, Fairmont; C. j. Powell, T
F. Martin, Romney; Senator A. L
Helmick, H. L. Snyder, E. J. Won
Haven, Thomas; DR.. j. o. Lantz, Ell
Garden; M. Aronhalt, J. H. Williams
Jacob Dilgard, R. F. Miller, I. O. Win
tiers, A. F. Weeks, Gormania; C. L
Blamble, George Nethken, E. F. Cor
ry, J. M. Nugent, Jerry Harvey, Bay
ard; E. c. Wolverton, E. Donors, Jas
Aronhalt, D. A. Eyer, W. H. Miller
George W. Harvey, Garrett county
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