The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-09-18
OVER $50 In ATTENDANCE
AT BANQUET OF GOODWILL
Mayors and Councils of IncOrpO~
rated Towns Are Guests
of Oakland City Council
w. F. BROENING SPEAKS

More than $50 were present at q
banquet given last night by the Mayor
and Town Council of Oakland in honor
of all the Mayors and Town Councils
of Incorporated towns of Garrett
county, at the Manhattan hotel.
Friendsville, Grantsville, Accident,
Deer Park, Loeb Lynn, Mt. Lake
Park, Kitzmiller, and Oakland were
represented and in addition practical
ly all the business and professional
men of Oakland attended.
The banquet concluded the good
will meetings between officials of var
ious towns, which were held during
the summer when the Mayor and
Town Council of Oakland visited diff
ferent communities and were enter
tanned.
W. F. Broening, mayor of Balti-
more, gave the principal address OF
the evening. Fred N. Zihlman, con-
gresham from the sixth congress
sional district, also gave short talk.
The program for the evening in
cluded the following: music by the
Marylanders; address of welcome to
visiting towns, by A. T. Matthews,
acting States Attorney for Garrett
county; music by the Oakland quar-
tet; two solos by Reeves Blandford.
w. w. Dawson, local attorney, acted
as postmaster and G. C. Stemple,
mayor, introduced Mayor Broening.
Mayor Broening complimented
those responsible for the banquet and
for theIwonderful spirit of goodwill
shown by everybody present. He
pointed out the difference between the
city and small town, stating that in
place like Garrett county men loved
to meet one another and get together.
Their spirit, he said, was manifest
in the many volunteer organizations
that had been formed for the purpose
of rendering service to other people.
"That spirit. enriches the life Of a
people and brings out the finer and
nobler qualities of men,"
"These good will meetings are not
only helpful 70 the immediate COM
munity. They are helpful to the en-
tire state. We want all towns and
communities to grow, thrive, move on
ward, increase in wealth. Men rea-
lie the purpose of building a new
spirit for tomorrow, in order to give
better opportunities to the children Of
today, and the modern problems will
be solved to better advantage after
such meetings as you are holding to-
night"
Mayor Broening cited the similari-
ties in the office of mayor whether it
was in large city or small town.
All had their problems of water sup
ply, health, schools, streets, etc., he
stated. 1t was also pointed out that
out of the small towns of the country
had come the great men of the United
States, because of their contacts and
association with the people who had
understanding.
Congressman Zihlman in a few
words, commended the people for the
spirit of the occasion and lauded the
booster organizations of small COM
munities for the work which they
were doing. He predicted great
feeling of friendliness between the
counties of Maryland during the next
few years, and decrease in the petty
enmities that usually exist between
different communities of the state.
Mr.. Matthews assured the visiting
mayors and councils of warm well
come in Oakland and asked for a
continuance of good will such as was
manifest at the meeting.
Town officials present included:
Deer Park, E. C. Clatterbuck. C. A.
Ashby represented the mayor.
Accident, Adam Richter, mayor;
John Hetrick, F. E. Spoerlein.
Mt. Lake Park, E. o. Fouch, C. v.
Harvey, E. E. Friend.
Loeb Lynn Heights, C. E. Hardesty,
mayor; E. C. Hutchinson, H. v.
Leighton.
Friendsville, Norval Spe Gilman,
mayor; Henry Shevel, A. F. Neil, C.
o. Ross, Arnold E. Fox.
Grantsville, A. C. Stanton, mayor;
William Winterberg, Norman Patton,
J. w. Folk, N. U. Broadwater, Daniel
Klotz.
Kitzmiller, C. H. Mcdonald, mayor;
George L. Pritts, w. C. Paugh, w. F.
Schwinabart, E. ]. Hamill.
Oakland, Grover C. Stemple, may
or; Carlton McComas, Jesse Ashbys
George Little, Ralph Thayer.