The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-01
ENTHUSIASTIC MUMMERS
CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN
Immense Crowds, in Gay Cos
tunes, Parade Streets at X. of
p. Street Carnival

A crowd of approximately $500 per-
sons was on hand to take part in the
Halloween street carnival and num-
mers' parade, held last night under
the auspices of Garrett Lodge, No.
113, Knights of Pythias. At least a
thousand of these were in costume
and participated in a most colorful
parade.
Twenty-four prizes, donated by the
merchants of Oakland, were awarded
to the winners Of various events in
the parade, and following the parade
came the dancing and a general good
time. Everybody was out for a good
time, and crowds thronged the streets
until late hour.
Cecil Smith was awarded the Chev
rolet coach promptly at HOO o'clock,
when the booth closed.
That this was the best parade and
celebration Oakland had seen in a
long time was the consensus of opin-
ion of hundreds of people from in
town and out of town, and it was felt
that the Knights Of Pythias deserved
credit for having worked and brought
to a successful conclusion the celebra-
ton. The parade committee also de-
serves mention for the part which its
members played in having one of the
biggest and most attractive parades
ever to march through the town.
Over Twenty-Five Judges.
The twenty-four prizes were award
ed to winners picked out of the throng
by more than 25 judges, who were
stationed at various points along the
route. The list of prize winners by
whom the prizes were donated and the
prizes are as follows:
Most comic couple, Reeves Bland
ford and George Hanst, electric iron
donated by A. D. Naylor & Co.; most
comic man, Dan Smouse. subscription
to The Republican, ladies' most elab-
crate costume, Miss Katherine Turner,
Hot Point toaster, West Penn Elec-
trio Co.; most deliberately costumed
man, Ernest Liller, cans Maxwell
House coffee, Miller's Sanitary Mar
ket; most deliberately costumed cou
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. D. r. Sincell, cake,
Henry Lauer; most deliberately cos
tuned group of adults, M. E. Willing
Workers S. S. class, SIS, Garrett
Lodge; second best, Stagger Inn, $40,
Garrett Lodge.
Most comic clown, Mrs. Margaret
McComas, smoking stand, Mountain
Democrat; second best, Reeves Bland
ford, shaving set, Sturgiss' Pharma-
cy; latest boy, Boyd Moon, Lindy
cap, D. NJ Dixon & Co.; biggest man,
John Forman, weeks ticket to Mary
land Theatre; latest girl Hazel Gar
let's, Buster Brown sweater, F. A.
Smouse; most comic dressed woman,
Mrs. Ernest Shirer, silk pillow, Coff-
man-Fisher Co.; most comic child,
Harold Gauer, child's lumber jacket,
Gortner's.
Most comic attraction in parade,
Reeves Blandford and George Hanst,
thermos jug, G. A. Fraley G. Son;
most comic costumed band, Oakland,
S., Garrett National Bank; second,
Crellin, $3.50, First National Bank;
The judges of this group were H. M.
Speicher, A. A. Lamar and Miss Mar
garet Rovenolt, of Accident.
Most comic group of children, Mary
Peddicord, $40, Garrett Lodge; second,
Mrs. L. X. Dixon and children, S., j..
E. Harmed; prizes for first and second
best floats awarded to parade commit
tee; latest woman, Miss Mayme Mil
Ter, compact, Gonder's Pharmacy;
most comic couple of children, Sarah
King and Virginia Fraley, box candy,
W. A. Gender.