The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-01-06
MT. LAKE PARK

After the holidays things are pretty
quiet around the Park. There is one
thing, however, we must mention.
On Christmas Eve several people of
I the community came to US and re
quested that we go with them and look
over the small pine trees planted by
the Identification committee this fall.
With flash lights we made the rounds,
counting eighteen trees which had
been either badly singed or burned. 1t
made us a little sick to look at them
They had been such sturdy youngsters.
Upon inquiry we found that during
the burning period these small
trees had been allowed to catch fire.
Certainly it was not an intentional
act upon the part of those burning the
leaves. One could see that, because
they had, evidently, quickly attempted
to salvage the trees as best they could.
That night we thought possibly it
might look worse than it really was
and that we would wait until daytime
to make another survey, which we
did.
Well, we were even more sick OF
more sicker" in the daylight. How
ever, what is done is done. A number
of them, we think, will survive and be
none the worse. But others will not.
There will be another year when the
leaves must be burned and let us hope
that more care will be exercised then
and no trees lost.
Somehow we know that those men
and women who worked so hard to get
these trees planted and growing must
feel badly and they have our sympa-
thy.
Nonstop Record Set
Word has been received here from
Naval Cadet Wilmer Bowen, son of
Mrs. Lewis Purnell, that they had
reached Coco Solo, Canal Zone, on
their nonstop flight from San Diego,
Calf, in record time of % hours and
20 minutes. This flight bettered that
made in June with II planes by 5
hours and SO minutes. without Incl
dent" was the report sent out by au-
thorities. The planes, however, were
forced to slacken speed over the Mica
raguan jungles because of rains and
squalls.
One interesting fact to the public
at large was that the Navy had to re-
veal a "secret." Lieutenant B. v.
Clark, navigation officer who piloted
the Navy's mass hop did SO with a
broken leg which was still in a cast the
day of the flight. Cadet Bowen expects
| to spend a short furlough here later on
with his mother.
Appointed To State Position
Mountain Lake Park people are
pleased with the appointment by Gov
ernor Harry W. Nice of our townsman,
| Soldier Samuel Cole to the position Of
industrial inspector for Western
Maryland. The inspector will have I'M
der his jurisdiction three counties
Washington, Allegany and Garrett.
Personals
Miss Miriam O'Donnell, Horace and
Jack O'Donnell, of Washington, D.
c., spent Christmas here with their
aunts, Misses Mary and Kathrine
O'Donnell.
A. T. White, an attache in the Gar
rett County Treasurer's office in Oak
land, has been and is still quite i'll at
his home here.
Jay Bell, who is located in Cumber-
land, is spending ten days with his
mother, Mrs. Alma Bell.
Mrs. Allie Raymond has returned
from ten days visit with her grand
son, James C. Frame, in Kingwood.
Mrs. William DOMAIN and son, Of
Cumberland, returned home on Sun
day after spending the holidays here
with Mrs. Domains mother, Mrs. An
ME Calhoun. She was accompanied to
Cumberland by Miss Bonnie Calhoun
| and Miss Bonnie Riggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Canon returned
Friday from Prestonburg, Kentucky,
where they had visited their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sanner have
purchased the M. H. Morgan prop
erty here in the Park and will move
into it from Oakland on February 1st.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
Episcopal church will meet today
| Thursday at the home of Mrs. A.
V. Schaffer.
Word from Mrs. Anstruther Smith,
who is well known here as a summer
resident, says that she has left Flor
ida for LaMesa, California, and will
remain there several months but eX
poets to spend this summer in the
Park.
Miss Betty Morgan, of Kingwood,
was a Park visitor on Tuesday.
The scores of friends of Mrs. Eliza
beth Talson will be sorry to learn of
her very serious illness in Wheel
ing hospital. Mrs. Talson had under
gone a major surgical operation some
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