The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-09-07
TOWNS TO JOIN
in PLANS FOR
SPORTS PROGRAM
Tennis, Golf, Swimming and
Other Attractions in Plans
of Oakland Mt. Lake
Park Committee

Mountain Lake Park and Oakland
residents will Join hands" during the
coming months with definite plans to
make it possible for both summer and
| winter residents of this entire section
to enjoy most attractive program
of sports and entertainment, the best
the county has known since the days
of the old Chautauqua programs at
the Park, it has been announced by
j. Patrick Beacon, of Fairmont, w
Va, and Washington, D. C.
To plan for l945, an overall acti-
vitics committee was formed by an
interested group representing both
Oakland and Mt Lake Park, at a
recent meeting, and selected Mr.
Beacon to serve as its chairman until
permanent organization is formed
this winter. Mr.. Beacon is president
of the Mt. Lake Park Tennis club
which just completed successful
tennis tournament after rebuilding
and restoring the Mt. Lake Park
tennis courts which had been unused
during the years of the war.
The activities committee program
calls for, besides the resumption of
,, the Western Maryland Tennis Cham
pionships, Tri-State Golf tourna-
ment, on the Oakland municipal
! course, a Western Maryland Water
Sports meeting, somewhere on Deep
Creek Lake and a Garrett county
| bowling tournament, and possibly
others. A junior tennis tournament
is also planned as an annual event
| All these are expected to be made
into annual events.
Mr.. Beacon also announced that
along with the sporting events would
be held a series of dances in the Park
with we'll known orchestras furnishing
the music. Dances will be planned for
the week-ends of July A. Tennis week
Golf week, during the week Of the
water carnival, and concluding with
the Labor Day weekend. Plans are
also made to bring several radio
shows and outside attractions to the
Park during the summer.
The Mt. Lake Park Oakland Acti-
vitics committee was set up to in
clude Mayor L. NJ. Fraley, Oakland;
Mayor H. L. Bittner, Mt Lake Park
|. J. Bosley, president of the Oakland
Golf club; Jesse Block of Wheeling
w. Va, and Deep Creek Lake; George
Deacon, Clarksburg, w. Va; Frank
Wright, Jr., Washington, D. c.; Ralph
/ Weber, Oakland; Frank Roberts, Bal
timore; Congressman Jennings Ran
! dolph, of Elkins, w. Va; Congressman
J. Glenn Beall, Frostburg; A. D. Nay
lor, Oakland; DR.. f. |. Baumgartncr
Oakland; Raymond Rapp, Clarks-
burg, w. Va; William Maxwell
Clarksburg, w. Va; George H. Hanst
Oakland; Walter Pollard, Hagers-
town; Stanley Taylor, Cincinnati,
Seven permanent committees were
set up with chairman and associate
! chairman appointed and who will auto
matically be members of the overall
committees: Golf. |. ]. Boslcy, Mrs
Virginia Deacon; Tennis, Ralph Weber
and Mrs. Elizabeth Holloway; ar
rangcmentS, George Deacon and Mrs
Kitty Carr Beacon; publicity and pub
! lie relations. George Hanst and Mrs
Walter Pollard and Mrs Raymond
Rapp; water sports, Frank Roberts
and Nancy Smith; Bowling, Raymond
Rapp and Mrs, Helen Shiffcr. Mr.
Beacon said it was planned to add
others to the committee who are in
terested in making Mt. Lake Park
! Oakland. and Deep Creek more at
tractive to the touring visitors who
! will be free to travel again after the
world war No. is ended.
Other plans which will include the
assistance of the state and federal
government in making improvements
in the Oakland-Mt Lake Park area
arc contemplated. which will be an
nounced after the winter meeting of
the committee.
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