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State Reaches MajesticSplen-
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of which DR.. Henry w. McComas is
president.
The Garrett County Board of Edu-
cation includes John o. Thayer and
H. A. Loraditch, of Oakland, and ].
w. Mccullough, of Friendsville, with
F. E. Rathbun as County Superinten-
dent.
Garrett is the only county in Mary
land that lacks a school for Negro
children, but the number of Negroes
in the county is too few to justify one
With the completion of State high
ways consolidation of rural schools is
in progress. There are high schools
at Oakland, Grantsville, Kitzmiller,
Friendsville and Accident, there be-
ing a good agricultural school in con-
nection with the latter high school,
Among representative members of
the Garrett county bar are F. A..
Thayer, Gilmor S. Hamill. E. R. Jones,
! VIM. R. Offutt, Julius C. Renninger,
A. T. Matthews and Stuart F. Hamill.
Banks Numerous.
Up to the year 1883 there were no
banks in Garrett county. At that
| date the Garrett County Bank, now
the Garrett National Bank, was estab-
lished at Oakland.
At this time G. S. Hamill is presi-
dent and G. A. Fraley, cashier of this
| institution.
Other banks and their officers are:
The First National Bank, F. A. Thay-
er, president; w. w. Dawson, cashier.
The Farmers Bank, N. l. Broadwater,
president; Berne Teter, cashier. The
First National Bank, Friendsville, L.
E. Friend, president; Orval A. WEIGH,
cashier. First National Bank, Grants
vile, U. M. Stanton, president; A. C.
Stanton, cashier. First State Bank,
Grantsville, ]. J. Bender, president;
Charles Keller, cashier. First Ma
tional Bank, Kitzmiller, R. A. Smith,
president; R. L. Wilson, cashier.
Girls Camp Opens.
Camp Minnietoska, a girls athletic
training school, was opened July l,
five miles from Oakland, close by a
lake upon the farm of DR.. Henry w.
McComas. Frank Hansen, supervi-
sor in Baltimore schools, and Miss
Lucy Hyde, of the Forest Park Senior
High School, are the directors of the
camp, and Miss Elizabeth Wise, who
/ mas HOIl q Vail tSIC 1IlSictl IO1 lllt
saving, will be one of the councillors.
Tennis, hockey and other athletic
sports will be featured.
Local physicians in Oakland are
DR.. H. w. McComas, DR.. M. C. Hine-
baugh, DR.. n. |. Broadwater and Dr.
w. E. Gattens.
The newspapers of Oakland are The
Republican, edited by Benjamin H
Sincell, and the Mountain Democrat
published by the Charles DefinbaugE
estate.
The town has new postofice build
ing, with Webster Ravenscroft as the
postmaster.
In addition to the Garrett Memorial
Presbyterian Church, of Oakland
which at present has no minister
other churches are st. Paul's Metho
dist Episcopal, the Rev. Archibald
Moore, D. D., pastor; st. Marks Luth.
eran Church, of which the Rev. Chas
A. Shilke is pastor; St. Matthew;
Protestant Episcopal Church, of which
the Rev. Paul Linaweaver is rector
st. Peters Catholic Church, built Of
stone and with parish school in the
charge of Sisters, has been until very
recently in charge of the Rev. Johr
F. Eckenrode.
Women Are Active.
Intelligent cooperation is the NOV.
ing spirit of Garrett county and the
women of Oakland are as efficiently
active as the men in efforts that con.
duce to betterment of town and coun.
ty conditions. Nearly sixteen years
ago, in March, 1911, the Civic Club Of
Oakland was organized with twenty.
three members, at which time Miss
Thekla Fundenberg, Of Oakland anc
Washington, was elected president. By
permission of the County Commits.
sioners the Oakland Court House was
used for club meetings.
Today the club numbers sixty &C
tive and twenty-five honorary mem
bers, with many of the charter mem.
bers on the club roll. The first presi-
dent, Miss Fundenberg, again is serv-
ing as chief executive.
trict, State and national declarations
of women's clubs and its departments
are education, legislation, public well
fare and entertainment. The men OF
the locality are invited to become hon.
orary members and with their COOP
GRAFTON much important work has been
accomplished.
Annual town housecleanings have
been introduced. By community effort
over a thousand dollars was raised
by the club to build stone wall about
the Oakland Cemetery, while hand
some iron gateway was presented to
the burying ground by the Civic Club.
A public drinking fountain has been
placed before the Court House, and a
'Horse and Colt Show" through the
cooperation of men and women, de-
veloped into representative county
fair.
| A Club Cook Book.
The Civic Club also got out a cook
book that contains all the special rec
ipes of the best housewives of the To-
cality, and a library association was
organized that has proved of enorm-
Gus educational value and is now en-
tirely independent of the club.
Money was earned by the club to
keep the grammar school of Oakland
open an additional month, and in 1928
Oakland showed it's appreciation of
the excellent work done by the women
by electing Mrs. E. 2. Tower, one of
the officers of the Civic Club, men,
Der of the Town Council and selecting
her that year as the president of the
| Council. A woman is now regularly