The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-07-09
2-DAY CELEBRATION HERE
DRAWS CROWD OF PEOPLE
Col0rful Parade Held Saturday
Received Favorable Comment
From Visitors
GOLD STAR MOTHER LEADS

A colorful parade Saturday
evening at $50 o'clock was prob
ably the biggest feature Of the
two-day celebration held in Oak
land last week, and when the Gel
ebration grounds were closed at
IL o'clock midnight, July 4, an
other Legion and Firemen's Gel
ebration was brought to close.
The affair was marked as a splendid
success socially and a fair success
financially.
Friday, July 8, was Fireman's Day,
when with a parade composed of Wis
iting fire companies from the Tri-
Towns, Friendsville, Grantsville, Terra
Alta and the Oakland organization,
augmented by several beautifully dec
GRATED floats, traversed the streets
and disbanded at the celebration
grounds, formally opening the two
days festivities.
The crowd was slow in gathering
into Oakland on the morning of the
Fourth, hundreds of the number that
finally reached here having spent the
greater part of the morning and the
early afternoon on Deep Greek Lake,
but before the parade, which is said
to have been one of Oakland's best,
the people started to pour into town
and by $50 o'clock thousands lined
the streets along the route of the pa
rade.
With A. R. Martin and Wade H.
Hinebaugh, marshals, the parade was
formed on the east end of Alder street
and made it's way down Sixth street
to Oak, thence west on Oak to Third
where it turned west to Crook street;
to Second, down Second to Alder, up
Alder to Third and thence to the cele-
bration grounds.
Following the marshals the parade
was headed by the Gilbert-Brown Boys
Band. An automobile bearing Major
George Henderson, State Commander
American Legion, Department of
Maryland, in company with Rudolph
Nickel, general chairman of the State
Legion convention committee, Frost
burg, and Mayor Grover c. Stemple,
was Immediately in the rear Of the
musical organization. The Grafton
drum and bugle corps of the Legion
followed and this organization was
awarded second honors by the judges.
Gold Star Mother In Parade
A feature of the parade was the
very beautifully decorated float of the
Legion auxiliary and in this rode
Mrs. VIM. Kildow, gold star mother
for whose son, Proctor Kildow, killed
at Chateau Thierry in the early days
of the war, the post was named.
Mrs. Kildow has recently recovered
from a fracture of her hip, which she
suffered on shipboard about a year
ago when she was returning from
a visit to the grave of her son in
France, the accident occurring when
the vessel was but day or two out
side New York harbor.
The float of the local Legion
post depicting a machine gun nest on
the battlefield was next in line. Two
machine guns, one French type and
the other American, were operated by
ex-service men in uniform. r.
Potomac Volunteer fire department,
Keyser, w. Va, with well organized
drill team performed as its members
executed a number of movements on
the march. ..... +. ~
Oakland's Civic Club float, repre-
senting Washington spring and the
newly acquired park in the old Oak
land Hotel grounds, was next in line
and this was also favorably comment
ed upon by large groups of people. j,
Meyersdale drum and bugle corps,
winner of first honors in the parade,
followed the Civic Club float, which
was in turn followed by health float,
depicting a pre-school clinic, and a
float prepared by A. R. Martin Furni-
ture Company. Both these floats were
well arranged and added beauty and
attractiveness to the affair.
Piedmont drum and bugle corps, a
newly organized musical company of
men, wearing Blue coats and white
trousers, received applause on their
appearance and ability as musicians.
The Oakland Rotary Club with a
float was next in line and this was fol-
lowed by Proctor Kildow Post drum
and bugle corps.
The Oakland Volunteer fire depart
ment with trucks and equipment, fol-
lowed by decorated automobiles and
later by the boys drum and bugle