The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-09-09

Miss Margaret Sommerville, of
Grafton, is at the Rest for short
visit to her aunt, Miss Nell Turley.
Mr.. John Martin went to Grafton
this morning to attend the funeral of
the late Patrick Judge, a veteran B.
& o. official.
Rev and Mrs. W. NJ. Shultz left
Oakland this morning for Wheeling,
w. Va, to attend the state fair now on
at that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Sincell left Oak
land on Monday night for New York
City where the former will purchase
fall and winter goods for his store in
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Arms and two
children, of Wheeling, w. Va, who
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. T. Martin in Oakland, have re-
turned to their home.
Mr.. James Myers, of Kingwood, W.
Va, formerly of near Oakland, who
went to Nebraska in July to look after
some real estate interests in that part
of the country, has returned to his
home.
A dance in honor of the body of ath-
letes, who are in training at Mountain
Lake Park, was given at the Mountain
Lake Hotel last night, which was at
tended by number of Oakland young
ladies and gentlemen.
Mrs. Lawrence Fraley and children
and Miss Lois Fraley were visiting
relatives and friends in Cumberland
last Saturday and Sunday, returning
to Oakland Sunday afternoon in the
Fraley car, Mr.. Fraley having motor
ed to Cumberland early in the day to
bring his family home
WANTED-Cooks and Mattresses
at State Sanitarium; salaries $50 and
$50 with board, room and laundry.
Apply to DR.. f. E. Clovis, Sup't, Terra
Alta, West Va.-Advertisement 1t.
Miss Alice Wyman, of Ruxton, Md,
has been secured as instructor of En-
glish and mathematics in the Garrett
County High school, succeeding Miss
Thomas, who resigned the position to
accept like one in one of the Balti-
more city schools. Miss Wyman is a !
recent graduate of Goucher College.
FOR SALE-Large capacity "Nov-
city Hot Air Furnace" No. A40; was
used for time in Corunna Chapel; in !
good condition; $S5. Also three gal
Ion wonder" churn; will bring butter
in four and a-half minutes. Apply to !
w. McCulloh Brown, Oakland.-Ad-I
vertisement 27-3t.
DR.. Arnold A. Scherr, whose fam
lily resided in Oakland during the war
and took up their residence after its
close at Eglon, West Va, his former
home, has sold his property there and
on Friday accompanied by Mrs. Scherr
and children, motored through Oak
land to Keyser, w. Va, where they
will make their future home and
where DR.. Scherr will continue the
practice of his profession.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Cheuvront
and family left Oakland on last Friday
morning in their automobile for
Campbellsville, Ky, where they will
reside during the winter months at
least. 1t is at this point that Mr..
Cheuvront as superintendent Of the
Green River Gas Company in which
considerable local capital is invested,
has his office and also is the center of
the operations of the corporation.
At the trustees sale of the John T.
Mitchell estate, which was conducted
on last Friday by the trustees Messrs.
G. A. Fraley and A. T. Matthews, the
Mitchell residence on Second street,
now occupied by Mr.. Lloyd Shaffer
and family, was sold to w. A. Gender
for $500, while the store property,
located on Second street adjoining the
Oakland bakery, was sold to a Mr..
Ewing, of Crellin, who will occupy it
in the near future.
The Republican acknowledges a Wis
it on Monday made the office by the
venerable Rev. Henry E. Friend, of
Mountain Lake Park, who, notwith-
standing advancing years, he being
now in the neighborhood of the late
eighties, takes a deep interest in the
events of the world as they transpire
daily. He is extremely active phys
ically and was one of the thousands
of attendants at the Knights of Py-
thias picnic held here on Monday.
Mr.. P. P. McAndrews, one of The
Republicans good friends of the New
Germany section of the county, Wis
tied Oakland last Thursday where he
attended meeting of the stockholders
of the Garrett County Telephone Co..
at which no business of Importance
was transacted owing to lack of the
presence either in person or by proxy
of majority of the stockholders. A
meeting of the directors, however, was
held after the stockholders meeting
had adjourned at which an action was
taken that may result in the improve
ment of the lines of the company or
the transfer of the same.
Miss Lillian V. Cutter, of Lonacon-
ing, who is again principal of the Ac-
cident public school, is here attending
the teachers conference which is he