The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-08-31
COUNTY'S GROWTH SEEN
IN PAGEANT AT JUBILEE
Historic And Economic Back
ground Of This Section Shown
At Mt. Lake Park Saturday
MANY THINGS ON DISPLAY

Picturizing with pageantry and eX-
hibits the historic and economic back
ground Of Garrett county, and in some
instances contrasting it with present.
day trends, some two hundred or more
people participated last Saturday in
the first annual country life jubilee,
conducted in the amphitheatre at
Mountain Lake Park under the direc-
ton of Miss Sara B. Huff.
The portrayed conferred on art, old
treasures, contrasts between pioneer
homes, churches, and schools with
those of the present day, picturized by
people of different sections of the
county, and the development of the
maple sugar and maple syrup indus
try, the turkey growing industry and
other industries specialized in by
Garrett county farmers and citizens.
Exhibits throughout the amphithea-
tire which were examined before and
after the afternoon and evening pre-
sensations added to the interest at the
jubilee, as well as the parade Of COM
munities held under their own ban
ners and bearing offerings Of fruits,
flowers and grains, which preceded
each program.
Miss Leota Friend, 6, Of Friendsville,
was crowend maple sugar queen and
her attendants were boys and girls
from Friendsville. Garrett county pro-
duces one-tenth of all the maple syrup
and sugar in the United States.
Children of Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit
Glotfelty and neighbors' children, near
Bittinger, reproduced in pageant the
pioneer drive Of thousands Of turkeys
from Garrett county to Baltimore with
several turkeys from their flock Of
800 birds actually being driven across
the stage. The turkeys performed bet
ter in the afternoon and permitted
themselves to be driven, but at night
they preferred to roost and the pag-
cant was completed only after much
difficulty.
T. Roy Brooks, head of the State
Grange, and other Changers at night
gave an episide reproducing earliest
and the present day Grange.
Winners in the quilt contest were:
Oldest, Mrs. Myrtle Custer, LIST, 175
years old, Garden of Eden; most orig
inal, Miss Loar, Oakland, LIST, 1876
years old; cradle quilts, Mrs. A. L.
Biggs, list, SO years; applique, Miss
Bernadine Warwick, 1st; Mrs. Paul
Mitchell, End; pieced quilts, Mrs. Ray
Bittinger, 1st; VERNE Miller, End; COW
erlets, Mrs. Harry Keidel, list; Mrs.
Emma Specht, End; Mrs. John G. Rob-
inson, 3rd.
Other winners include: Mrs. Minard,
first, old costume; episodes, All group,
Mt. Lake Park, first; doll show, Cor
della Minard, Deer Park, LIST, with
great grandmother's doll; Joyce Well
ing, Mt. Lake, 1st in rag dolls; W. H.
Kiser, Mt Lake, first for exhibits of
historic papers; Rev. Harold Gamblin,
Mt. Lake, first in most artistic pre-
sentation, reproduction of ideal rural
church; exhibit in community effort,
skill and interest, first for WPA recre-
alton program, which carries on pro-
ects in a number of county communi-
ties; Muriel Robinson, first in bouquets
Of flowers. Joe Markley and LeMoyne
Henthorne, Kitzmiller, first in horse
shoe pitching.
A feature of the program was the
music of 70 members Of the Garrett
Stringed orchestra, at various times
throughout the day. This group recent
ly returned from the Worlds Fair An
exhibit of the Somerset Art colony
also created much interest.