The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-03
BOYS BAND RADIO DEBUT
MADE AT WMMN STUDIOS
Reception Here Good; Many Con-
gratulatOry Messages Received

After having pleased a large num-
Der of radio listeners last Sunday
by their concert broadcast from sta
ton WMMN, Fairmont, judging from
the great number of congratulatory
messages received, the Gilbert Brown
Boys Band of Oakland, completed ar
rangements to broadcast from Station
KDKA, Pittsburgh, on Sunday, March
6, from 800 until $3.50 p. m.
The reception of the program in
Oakland from Fairmont was good and
the hour of music was heard by the
majority of the townspeople as well
as by many residing in adjacent Gar
! rett county towns and on Garrett
county farms.
The musical program was inter-
rupted for a few minutes while Mayor
Grover C. Stemple, of Oakland, spoke
to the radio audience. The Mayors
address follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Radio
Audience
It is with pleasure, / assure you,
that I have the opportunity afforded
me through Station WMMN of speak
ing to you briefly at this time.
The Gilbert-Brown Boys Band of
Oakland, Maryland, who is entertain
ing you at this hour comes to you
with the compliments of the citizens
of Oakland and of the individual men,
bers of the band. In order to fully ap-
preciate this band it is really neces-
sary to see them in person. This band
is composed of fifty members who
vary in height from four and one-half
feet to six feet three inches and in
ages ranging from nine years up
| wards.
l believe that there is no form of
entertainment cleaner, purer, more
wholesome and educational than is
music, and it is form of entertain
ment of which one never tires. Quite
often composers of music have left
their work as a memorial, and me-
mortal must be something coming
from human effort, some achievement
that the heart can feel and the eyes
see and that can live through the
ages.
Music is as important as other arts
to the soul and spirit and the teaching
of music is justified in our schools
and institutions of learning through
the inspiration it carries and the ele-
waiting influence it eXerts. Music is
splendid vocation as a breadwinner
and there is no doubt in my mind but
that some day there are members OF
this band who will be recognized by
the public as having achieved fame in
music.
This is not a paid musical organi-
zation-just boys and young men who
are willing to give of their time for
the pleasure and training which they
receive in turn. The director himself
Mr.. Russell Brown, and assistant di-
rector, Mr.. Julius B. Littman, do not
receive any compensation for the
hours spent in bringing this band to
| perfection.
If this concert here at this hour
has pleased you in the least we shall
feel that we have shared with you a
portion of our musical talent of Oak
land.
The town of Oakland is the county
seat of Garrett county, and Garrett
county is the largest county in area
in the State of Maryland. Quite a
number of the citizens of Fairmont
and vicinity know great deal about
Oakland and Garrett count, as they
are frequent visitors with US. Oak
land is a town of approximately two
thousand population with all the ad-
vantages Of a large city, including
neutrality-suspicious. electric service, nat
ural gas, municipal-owned water
works and sewage disposal. Our water
is drawn from boiling springs and
wells that overflow during normal
conditions. Oakland is one of the
few towns that had sufficient water
supply during the recent drought of
1880 and 1881. Oakland is located
on the main line of the Baltimore and
| Ohio Railroad and on Route 81 of the
State roads system of Maryland. 1t
is eight miles north of Route SO, or
the Northwestern Turnpike, and 81
miles south of Route 40, or the Ma
tional Highway.
There is located ten miles north of
Oakland, on Route 81 what is known
as Deep Creek Lake, which has a
shore line of seventy-two miles and
varies in depth from shadows to six
ty-five feet, making it an ideal place
for summer recreation and is fast be-
coming resort for all lovers of out
door sports.
Oakland has three good substan-
tial banks that withstood the business
depression without the least sign of
weakening. Not a place of business
of any kind has failed in Oakland dur
ing these past trying years.
The town itself is in good financial
condition with tax rate of 80 cents.
Our streets are all improved with am
iesite and macadam, making them
the best possible streets for a city of
a much larger population.
Our elementary and high schools
are a standard of State requirement
and credit to an institution of
learning. The graduates from our
schools speak for the high type of ed
ucation that is laid down by State au-
thorities and carried out by our school
officials and instructors.
We have volunteer fire depart
ment second to none in the State of
Maryland with a fire fighting equip
ment valued at $4,000, averaging
more than SIP per capita invested in
fire fighting apparatus, and composed
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