The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-02-27
MT. LAKE PARK

1t has been well said that editing a
weekly paper in a small community,
consists of ten percent of inspiration
and ninety percent perspiration. This
is not owing entirely to the lack of
happenings which, if reported, would
appeal to a large class of readers, but
to the discrimination which the editor
must exercise over the items which
appear in his paper. This discrimi-
nation becomes doubly important in
counties whose total population is
very much less than many of the
cities of the state. News items that
could be printed with impunity in the
larger dailies, must, with possible re-
luctance, be discarded and thrown in
to the waste basket. by the editor Of
the county weekly.
The citizens of the smaller COM
munities are so closely knit with ties
of friendship and kinship that what
affects the individual affects the
whole, and affairs" happening in
neighborhoods where we are all
friends and relatives, Items that
would be sensational front page news
in the dailies-must be locked within
the breast of the reporter and editor.
We often wonder what would happen
if the editor told all he knows.
The mystery of the numerous tur-
key dinners at residence in Pleasant
Valley has been solved by the Solstice
Club. It appears that Mr.. E. o. Lii
Ter was keeping a 35-pound tom tur-
key as the headman of his flock,
which, on account Of his vigorous
growth, demanded much food. One
morning Mr.. Liller was leaving the
barn, the temporal residence of old
Tom, with tin pail in his hand. The
bird, thinking that his master was
carrying cracked corn, stuck his head
through the door opening just as Mr..
Liller slamed it shut. What happened
to the turkeys neck when it came in
contact with the sliding door was the
reason for the dinners.
Capt. j. A. Hayden, who has been
ill for the past several weeks, is so
far recovered that he was able to
celebrate his eighty-eighth birthday
and the one hundred and ninety
eighth birthday of Washington, by in
viting a few of his older friends to
spend the evening with him last Sat-
urday. He further celebrated the oc-
casioa hv taking walk on the streets
of the Park on Monday.
"a Mr.. o. j. Schooley, one of the older
highly respected residents of the
Park, who has been ill at his home
for the past few months, is resting
easier.
Mr.. Wiley yelling, who was con-
fined to his home for few days, is
again able to be at his work.
Nut Eeady spent few days with
his parents at the Park.
Mr.. MacClelland Clayton, who, to-
gether with Mrs. Clayton are spend
ing the winter in Fairmont with the
mother of the latter, was at the Park
Monday on business.
Mr.. C. A. Oswell made short visit
to New York, where Mrs. Oswell and
his daughter, Miss Harriet, are
spending the winter months.
Misses nellie and Helen Walker,
who have been visitors at the Park
for the past ten days, have returned
to their home at Canton, Ohio.
The Loeb Lynn election for council
men will take place next Monday
between the hours of one and six in
the afternoon. While some talk is
still heard about an Independent tick
ct to be placed in the field, as yet it
has not crystalized.
Mr.. Joseph Calls is recovering
nicely from four weeks illness of
quinsy and tonsilitis.
Councilman A. L. Biggs and wife
have returned from a few days visit
to Cumberland.
The ladies of the U. B. church held
an all-day old fashioned quilting par
ty in the Ladies Aid hall yesterday.
Lunch was served. One man, well
recognized authority on food con-
sumption, was present.
The chicken dinner, to be given by
the auxiliary for the benefit of the
Boy Scouts, in Oakland, on the even
ing of March A, promises to be well
patronized by Park people.