The Republican., 1930-07-03
NUMEROUS CARNATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND
Affair Being Held Under Joint
Auspices of American Legion
and Volunteer Fire Department
BIG ATTRACTIONS LISTED

People are beginning to pour into
Oakland for the Homecoming celebra-
tion under the joint auspices of the
Oakland Volunteer Fire department
and the local post of the American
Legion, being held this weekend, July
3, 4, and 5, and before tomorrow many
hundreds are expected to be present
and participate in the large number Of
entertainments and parades planned
for the occasion.
Amusements will consist of two pa
rades, speakers, fireworks display,
shows, rides, concessions, airplane ex-
hibition, parachute jump and rope lad
der act, trapeze act, and dancing
every evening. Legion Drum Corps
and Fire departments from this entire
section will take part in the parades
on July 4th and 9Th and will compete
for prizes.
There will be no set program for to-
day, except the shows, rides, and
dancing in the evening, according to
Neil Fraley, in charge.
The following program has been
outlined for July 4:
Parachute jump, 2:30 p. M; free
trapeze act, 8 p. M; stunt flying,
$3.50 p. M; addresses at p. m. by
Thomas w. Koon, mayor of Cumber-
land; Hon. Fred. N. Zihlman, con-
gresham from the sixth Congression-
al district of Maryland; and Harland
johnson, state commander of the
American Legion.
The parade will form on Third
street at 6:15 p. m. and will get under
way at $50 and will be composed Of
the following drum corps: Somerset,
Salisbury, Pa; Fort Cumberland Post,
Frostburg, Md; Grafton and King
wood, w. Va. The regimental band Of
Morgantown and the headquarters
company of the National Guard of
West Virginia will also be in line Of
march. A number Of Boy Scout
Troops including Oakland Troop No.
1, will also participate. Prizes will be
awarded and drill will be held by the
drum corps.
There will be fireworks display at
9:45 o'clock and there will be dancing
in MAYORS hall from until 1.
Firemen's Day, July 5
Amusements on Friday will include
the parachute jump, trapeze act,
stunt flying, dancing, shows, rides,
etc., and the parade will be held at
o'clock. Fire companies from Frost
burg, Tri-towns, Ridgeley, Barton,
Midland, Terra Alta, Keyser, Rowles-
burg, Romney, Grantsville, Thomas,
and Davis will be in line of march and
a number of visiting bands will be in
Oakland on that day. Prizes will be
awarded and frigidaire will be given
away.
Two Added Attractions
Two added attractions have been
engaged for the Homecoming. Miss
Dorothy Borden, worlds record high
altitude parachute jumper, will jump
from a plane on the afternoons Of
July and 5, from a height of not
less than one mile.
Dinger Daugherty, the worlds only
armless and legless pilot, will give
daily exhibitions of stunt flying in his
own plane.
The celebration will be held on the
old Fair grounds on Third street. The
keystone Attractions company of
Shamokin, Pa, with a number of rides,
shows and other amusements, will be
on the grounds and the free acts and
fireworks displays will be held from
the lot on Third street.
The Seaman Aircraft company, of
Uniontown, will furnish three planes
for passenger carrying.\
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes the following:
Legion Committee, Joseph Gonder,
Delbert Davis, Neil Fraley, Ernest
Liller, Alex Hesen and Frank Lyon.
Fire department Committee, Emroy
Bolden, Fred Peddicord, Percy Frantz,
George Kerins, Leo Helbig, and Alva
Gortner.