The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-10-22
HALLOWEEN PRIZE LIST
IS ANNOUNCED this WEEK
$50 Prize Will Be Given Best
Drum COrps-Several Expected
To Participate In Parade
CCC TO EXHIBIT FLOATS

A detailed prize list for the annual
Halloween celebration, sponsored by
the Oakland Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, was announced this week by the
committee in charge.
The event is to take place on Friday
evening, October 80, on the streets of
Oakland.
With the announcement of a $50
prize for the best drum corps in the
parade, came the assurance that there
would be five or six corps to partici-
pate, in addition to a number of fire
companies and bands.
One of the features of the mummers'
parade, which is scheduled to get under
way at $3.50, will be an exhibition of
the department of forestry of five
mammoth floats, constructed by the
CCC camps will include the following:
now no display in the Miller building,
Second street.
The five floats to be exhibited by the
CCC camps will incldue the following:
Forest protection, exhibited by Camp
So, New Germany, L. H. Dorman, su-
perintendent; forest destruction by
fire, insects, ETC., exhibit by Camp 81,
Sang Run, ]. S. Rothrock, superinten-
dent; reforestation, tree planting, etc.,
exhibited by Camp 81, Camp Potomac,
r. F. Booming, superintendent; game
management, Camp 68, Sandy Spring,
R. W. Sheckells, superintendent; for
est recreation, exhibited by Camp SO,
Swallow Falls, F. w. Taylor, super
intendent.
For the dance at the Manhattan
hotel during the evening Reed Raines
and his orchestra have been obtained.
Admission will be so cents per person.
Prize List and Donors
Parade prizes: best drum corps,
$50 in cash; best float, 500; best COM
mercial exhibit, $40.
Other bests: old fashioned costumed
couple, electric iron, Oakland Supply
company; old fashioned ladies' cos
tune, double boiler, A. D. Mayfair and
Co.; old fashioned mans costume, bill
fold, Oakland Supply; clowns, list,
sack flour, F. A. Smouse store; End,
10 pounds sugar, Warnick's Meat
Market; 3rd, pound coffee, Owen Trea-
cy's store; 4th, hair tonic, Hardesty
Beauty Parlor.
Gypsy, years subscription to Noun
tain Democrat; pirate, OTIS. oil, Gregg
Service station; Indian, fiashlight,
Craig Motor Service; cowboy, sack
flour, Treacy Cash store; tramp, sack
buckwheat flour, Oakland Feed store;
policeman, OTIS. oil, Sharps Motor
company; fiddler, auto polish, Treacy
Garage; Uncle Sam, sack flour, Com
munity store; costumed hunter, mans
cap Gortner's store; Spanish costumes,
lady, shampoo and finger wave, Owens
Beauty Salon; man, to be selected
later; tallest lady, electric lamp, West
Maryland Power Company; tallest
man, scalp and hair treatment, Bit
ner & Stahl; latest man, suit pressed,
Swan the tailor; latest lady, box
Coty face powder, Harned's Pharma-
cy; most original costumes: lady, gal
lon ice cream, Imperial Ice Cream
Co.; man, OTIS. motor oil, Hesen Ser
vice garage; child, case orange crush,
Oakland Bottling Company.
Black face, makeup: lady, hose,
Browns Store; man, flashlight and
goggles, Leighton Brothers Garage;
child, f1ashlight, Ridder Radio Shop;
costumed family group, baked ham,
Coffey's Coffee Shop; lady impersona-
tor, shampoo, finger wave and mani
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