The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-08-27
FARM PEOPLE ARE URGED
TOATTENDMUSIC FESTIVAL
Rural Products Given Preference
In Concession Booths At SOmer-
set on September 5 and 6
LOCAL PLANS SHAPING UP

Farm people are particularly invited
to attend the Allegheny Tableland
Association Music Festival to be held
at Somerset, Pa, Saturday and SUM-
day, September and 6, states ]. B.
Watson, chairman of the executive
committee. Participants in the festi-
val, both the pageant on Saturday and
the religious sings on Sunday, will be
almost entirely drawn from the rural
districts of the eight Tableland coun-
ties, and those not taking part are
asked to spend both days in Somerset
as campers, picnickers, or as more
formal guests in hotels or private
homes.
Products of the farm sections of
the Tableland will be offered for sale
at concessioe booths at Rhoads Flying
Field, including such articles as maple
syrup, maple sugar, potatoes, potato
chips, buckwheat flour, buckwheat
cakes, apple butter, jellies and jams,
home canned vegetables and fruits,
country cured hams, hooked rugs,
quilts, and various needlework and
handicraft products.
Rural people are to be given prefer
ence by the concessions committee, no
concession charge being made to ru-
raj, church, and parent-teacher orga-
nizations already members of the AL
1eghany Tableland Association. The
only expenses incurred, aside from a
membership in the association, will
be erection of an attractive booth.
Oranges, Farm Bureaus, Farm Wom-
ems Clubs, All Clubs, church organi-
cations, and parent-teacher groups
may obtain this special consideration
if they desire to market their home
made and homegrown products by
. making reservations with John Nc
BCabe, chairman of concessions COM
mittee, in care of the Chamber of
Commerce, Somerset, Pa.
Two Days of Music
Bringing together for the first time
people from Somerset and Fayette
counties, Pa, Garrett county, Nd,
Preston, Tucker, Mineral, Grant, and
Monongalia counties, West Virginia,
in the realization that they occupy a
high plateau together, with common
interests and problems, Tableland
folk will be entertained Saturday by
a musical pageant, in which Tony
Beaver, gigantic and fabulous hero
of the lumbermen, will be the central
figure. 1t is expected that more than
1000 persons will take part in this
feature of the Music Festival. Darcy
Wilson, of Morgantown, w. Va, is in
charge of the pageant.
Morning and afternoon programs of
religious music are planned for Sun
day. Miss Sara B. Huff of the West
Virginia University Agricultural Elk
tension Division is expecting to have
as many as 5000 singers massed to-
gether for final chorus numbers Sun
day.
Arrangements for the .5-minute
episode Garrett county is to portray
in the pageant on Saturday were made
at a committee meeting in Grants
vile last Saturday evening when Miss
Huff met with Rev. C. A. Shilke, coun-
ty chairman; John H. Carter, county
agent; the Misses R. Holmes and c,
Wallace, and number of others from
the Grantsville section. Mr.. Wilson
outlined the pageant to those present
The Gilbert-B Brown Boys Band Of
Oakland will give the introduction.
The pageant represents elements
which go to produce maple sugar
The following characters are, name
ly: "Green Maple Leaves of Summer
Mary Helen Gnagey, Vera Miller
Lucille Patton and Helen Miller
Autumn Leaves" Grace, Swauge1
Rosetta Hanft, Margaret Gortner
Claudia Paul, Grace Hanft, Reta
Blocher. "Snow," Rhoda Shumaker
"Rain," Florence Davis; "Figure OF
Indian" Bayard Keller, Jr.; "Cour'
JESTER" Claude Stanton, Jr.; "Her.
AIDS" Florence Broadwater, Mary
Jane Beachy; "Queen Maple Heart,
Betty Beachy; "Pages," Grace Bea.
chy, Evelyn Spiker; "Maids in Wait
ing" are characters taken from other
sugar counties.