The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-01
PYTHIANS PREPARE FOR
LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
Nineteenth Annual Picnic To Be
Held Monday, September 5,
On Third Street Grounds
PROGRAM IS COMPLETED

An unusually large parade with
many prizes offered for those who
participate, several bands, a continu-
Gus carnival of rides and shows, the
awarding of an automobile, large
fireworks display and brief addresses
by men prominent in public and fra
ternal affairs, are some of the at
fractions being offered people who at
tend the nineteenth annual Labor Day
picnic next Monday on the Sweeney
lots, Third street, in Oakland.
The affair is being held under the
auspices of the local lodge Knights of
Pythias, and the committee in charge,
headed by Lloyd Liller, announced this
morning that all arrangements had
been completed for the entertainment
of the large number of people eX-
pected to be guests here that day.
The picnic usually attracts five thous-
and people or more.
From September to 7 the Keystone
Attractions, consisting of rides, con-
cessions and shows, will remain on
the picnic grounds There will be fea-
tured each day a free act.
Parde at Ten O'Clock
The parade at ten o'clock will Off
cially open the days festivities. The
parade will be composed of floats,
musical organizations, fire companies,
individuals or groups in varied cos
tunes, farm attractions, etc, for
which prizes are offered A. R. Mar
tin is in charge of the parade, and DR..
Henry W. McComas will be grand
marshall.
A feature of the parade and pro-
gram will be the appearance of the
Queen Sylvia Band Of Elkins, West
Va, under the direction of R. r. Gil
bert, formerly of Oakland. The organ
ization will give a concert on the pic
mic grounds from until $3.50 in the
afternoon.
Grand Lodge officers. are to be in
troduced at $3.50. Mickey's Band from
Loeb Lynn will give concert from
4 to 5. The fireworks display is sched-
uled for 1920 p. M, with the awarding
| of the car at II O'Clock.
Merchants, professional men and
individuals have donated a number of
awards consisting of merchandise and
cash, for prizes for the parade. They
will be awarded for the following:
Most fashionable couple, best
stringed band, best girls or womans'
organization, fattest lady, most at
tractive lady, best group clowns, best
| fraternal float, best equipped school
bus, best decorated school bus, best
group ponies, best team mules, best
boy or girl leading dog, most original
attraction, best dressed boy or girl,
best decorated float, best arranged
business float, best farm float, best
team, best saddle horse, best look
ing pony, best clown, best mare and
| foal, best dairy COW or heifer, best
| bull, best steer or heifer, best col
lection of farm equipment, oldest bug
gy or wagon, oldest car, most comic
couple, latest man, tallest man.
The show manager announced that
baby would be given away on the
carnival grounds on Tuesday evening
and that a public wedding would take
place on the midway on Wednesday
evening.
X. of P. officials announced that all
clothing stores would be closed all
day on Labor Day while grocery and
a number of other stores would close
| at ten a. m.
A twenty-page souvenir program
will be off the press tomorrow even
ing and will be well distributed thru
out the area and at the picnic.
The Knights of Pythias lodge re-
ceived its dispensation from the Grand
Lodge of Maryland on November 6,
| 1889, and its charter was believed on
February u, 1890. The lodge was es-
tablshed originally at Mountain Lake
Park, afterwards it's place of meeting
being changed to Oakland. About
thirty persons constituted the original
lodge, of whom DR.. Henry w. Nc
Comas, of Oakland, is the sole survi-
vor The lodge has a membership at
this time of about $50.
The idea of holding a Labor Day
picnic was conceived and the first
one was conducted in 1920, in an effort
to liquidate the debt standing against
the Pythian building. There was a
net profit of $4,000. Since then the
picnic has been an annual event.
Miss Gwendolyn Hartman, of Spen-
Ger, West Va, and Mr.. Haig Jackson,