The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-23
MT. LAKEPARK
IS SOLD SECOND
TIME IN z YEARS
Nothing Definite Known Of Pur-
chasing OrganizatiOn-Has Mis-
siOnS In Several States
REGULAR PROGRAM THERE
NOT TO BE INTERRUPTED

For the second time in less than two
years Mountain Lake Park Associa-
TONS property has been sold by the
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions.
This time the purchaser is a group
of people which has a number of mis-
sions in Ohio, Florida and West Vir-
ginia, and schools and orphanages in
Kentucky, Florida, and West Virginia.
The contract for the purchase of
the property was signed last week
with Frank E. Baker, of Chicago
and Mt Lake Park being the agent
for the Board of Foreign Missions.
Nothing definite could be learned at
the Park this week as to the exact
name of the organization The group
publishes a magazine, defender of
the Faith" at Point Pleasant, Wess
Va, with Clarence A. Maddy, editor,
and Miss Oslo England, business
manager. A camp meeting is conducted
annually. A paragraph on the mast
head Of the magazine gives the belief
of the group as follows: eve believe
the plainly revealed word of God, that
there is a four-fold Gospel, viz, Justi-
fcation, Entire Sanctifcation, Divine
Healing, and the Second Coming of
Jesus"
There are missions at Point Pleas
ant, W. Va; at Massieville, Ohio;
GallipoIis, Ohio; Beulah Heights, KY;
Rutland, Ohio; Intercession City, Fla;
Oak Hill, Ohio; and schools and
orphanages are located at Kingswood,
Ky; Intercession City, Point Pleasant,
Beulah Heights.
The only definite news that could BIZ
learned this week was that the usual
program at the Park would not be
interrupted by the purchase and that
the Mt. Lake Park Camp meeting, the
Summer School of Missions, the Mt.
Choir Festival, and other activities
would be held as in previous years.
The School of Missions will be held
July 10 to l6, the camp meeting prior
to that and the music festival will
follow the Mission school.
The Mountain Lake Park Associa-
ton was chartered more than fifty
years ago by an Act of the Maryland
Legislature as a religious center and
summer resort. The associations
property consists of two hotels, Hamil-
ton Hall and Thobuln Inn, refresh
ment stand, postoffice building, an
amphitheatre building seating 5000
people, an assembly hall and taber-
hacle combined which will accommo-
date two thousand or more, with class
rooms, an office building, cottage,
farm home, barn and outbuildings, 800
uhlmproved lots, 215 acres of timber
and glade land. There is also an arti-
hciaI lake of about 40 acres.
Mountain Lake Park is a town
covering 800 acres. Besides the proper
ty conveyed by the Association there
are many homes owned by individuals
besides number of boarding houses
and hotels. The year-round popula-
ton Of the Park is several hundred
and during the summer months there
are approximately two thousand resi-
dents.
The Park was also purchased in
August, 1888, by a group called en-
'efnatlonal Character Education Asso
cation which had for it's purpose
adult education and continuation and
extension of the summer program
'nefe. A governing board of fourteen
was set up and self-help school
started. After various attempts &c
keep this school going it folded up
ana with the failure to make payment
10 the Mission Board of purported
$9O'OoO, the property reverted to the
original owner.