The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-08-06
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

Va, motored to Oakland last Saturday
and spent Sunday in Oakland, where
they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. l..
Thomas at their home on Third street.
Miss Cletice Polling, of Chillicothe,
Ohio. who spent several weeks in Oak
land, where she visited her sister, Mrs.
Gordon Mealy, returned home last
night accompanied by Mrs. MealY, who
will spend few weeks in Chillicothe
visiting her parents.
There will be a meeting of the alumni
of the Oakland High School Friday,
August 7th, at the High School build
ing for the purpose of organizing an
Alumni Association. Meeting called to
order promptly at 8 p. m All gradu-
ates are expected to be present.
Mr.. Burt Wilson and little daughter
of Wilson, W. Va, spent Tuesday after
noon in Oakland, having come here
from their home in Mr.. Wilson's auto,
accompanied by Mrs Wilson's sister
who took train No. 55 for her home in
Ohio after having been the guest of
Mr.. Wilson and family short time.
Miss Edith Ault, accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Bremen and Mrs. Stewart,
took her Sunday school class to Crystal
Springs for an all day outing one day
last week. Those composing the party
were, Virginia Moore. Mary and
Martha West, Lorena and Eva Falken-
stein, Ruth Wetzel, Josephine Thayer,
Katie Lauer, Margaret Kahl, Gladys
Schreckengoss, Ada GlotfeltY, and
Elizabeth Townshend. They report a
very delightful time.
Keep in mind that Saturday, Aug
ust Is, is Temperance Day at Mountain
Lake Park, with George H. Stuart as
the leading speaker. You can afford to
travel hundred miles to hear this man.
He is among the mighty leaders and
speakers of the age. To hear him is a
treat of life time. Do not miss hear
ing this remarkable man.
The following persons left Oakland
last Friday and attended the Miss
Jennie Smith picnic, at Harpers Ferry,
w. Va: George Little, Misses Marie
and Alice and John Little; Elizabeth
Walters, Grover Compton, E. G. Naylor
and two daughters, Thane White and
Miss Madge Enlow, Mrs. feathers and
Morgan Hinebaugh and Frank Teats.
Senator Zihlman, of Cumberland
spent Friday in this city, talking
politics and meeting the dear people
who make Senators, Congressman and
Presidents. The Senator is a very
pleasant gentleman. an enthusiastic
business man, and a splendid mixer
among his fellow man, and would make
a good Congressman. Garrett county
will give him big vote.
Miss Isabelle Broderick, the efficient
assistant to the County Superintendent
of schools and who has served in that
capacity tor the past two years, has
accepted position in Cumberland with
Messrs. Schwarzenbach & Son as
stenographer and assistant bookkeeper
Miss Broderick's Oakland friends re-
gret to lose her, but only hope that it is
for the better and that all the success
possible may be hers.
On September 80, October l and 2,
the band will provide street and con-
cert music at the Garrett County Fair
in Oakland. The band visited Oakland
last year and received treatment so
courteous that the members have de.
termined to be in superb condition for
their visit this year and they are also
doing much to advertise the Garrett
county fair in this section of Allegany
county. Daily News, Cumberland.
Major Cal. Grim, an Oakland boy of
a few years ago, but now connected
with the police department of Cincin-
natl. Ohio, is an independent candidate
for the nomination of sheriff. He says
that he has secured 10000 names and
that he will have 20, 900 py the time he
is ready to file his petition. He has
been connected with the police depart
ment of Cincinnati for 80 years. He
was first appointed a patrolmen in 1896.
To day he stands at the very head of
his profession in that city.
What Shall We Do With the
Drunkard?" is the title of an editorial
in one Boston newspaper. The real
question is: What shall we do to pre-
vent drunkard making. A full fledged
victim OF the whiskey habit may, of
course, be rescued and restored to
health; but prevention is always more
important than cure. There are too
many saloons and too much whiskey is
drunk in them. The public must be
educated into the full realization of
what the drink tax on health, efficiency,
savings. worldly success. and happiness
really comes to. 1t is case for COM
mon sense-not passion. Golfers.
Cost of Fire Insurance.
To the Editor of The Republican:
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