The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-05-19
Mrs. Esther Paugh, of Altamont
visited Oakland Saturday last.

Mrs. Esther Paugh, of Altamont,
visited Oakland Saturday last.
Mr.. Charles H. Wiley, of near Bit
finger, was in Oakland as business
visitor Tuesday.
Mr.. Charles H. Linville, of Balti-
more, spentla day or two in Oakland
this week With friends,
Mr.. ]. A. DeBerry, of near Deer
Park, called at The Republican office
on business Friday last.
DR.. Webb Ravenscroft spent last
Saturday and Sunday in Clarksburg,
West Va, with his daughter, Mrs.
Vernon Lyon.
Mrs. Charles S. Davis and son Will
bur, who spent several days at the
home of Mr.. Lloyd Lantz near Wash
ington, have returned to their home
in Oakland.
DR.. and Mrs. John E. Legge, of
Cumberland, motored to Oakland Sun
day last where they spent the day
with the formers father, Mr.. George
W. Legge, Sr.
Mr.. n. U. Bond, who spent several
days of last week in Oakland with
friends and relatives, going from here
to Elkins on Friday, returned to Oak
land on Sunday and left for his home
at Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Harry Helbig, accompanied by
her daughters, Misses Evelyn and Lii
liam and Misses Norine Ault and Mary
Margaret Henderson, motored to
Cumberland Friday where they were
the guests of friends and relatives un-
til Sunday.
Mrs. Lawrence Fraley, who was a
patient in Cumberland hospital for
a week where she submitted to a sur
gical operation involving the removal
of her tonsils, was brought to her
home here on Sunday by Mr.. Fraley,
who motored to Cumberland earlier in
the day for that purpose.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry W. McComas
returned home Monday morning from
Baltimore in which city they had been
for several days attending the grad
uating exercises of the members of
the class of 1921 of the Johns Hopkins
School for Nurses of which their ell
dest daughter, Miss Anne, was one of
the number who received her diploma.
Mr.. H. G. Custer, of Jennings, where
he was recently engaged in developing
ing his coal lands, was in town Mon
day when he called at The Republican
Office. Mr.. Custer had just completed
the erection of a tipple at his mine,
which is right in the town of Jennings,
and was prepared to begin the ship
nent of coal when the slump came and
he was forced to shut down indefi-
nitely.
Mr.. ]. M. Stanton, Grand Knight of
Oakland Council, Knights of Column
bus, and Robert Garrett, representa-
tive of the local organization, attend
ed the State convention of the order
held at Mount St. Mary's College, En-
mittsburg, on Monday and Tuesday of
last week, returning to Oakland on
Friday. At the state meeting of the
delegates Mr.. Stanton was elected
State Advocate for the ensuing year.
Former State Senator w. McCulloh
Brown who has been in Baltimore
eral hours in Oakland Monday, COM
ing here from Gormania, to which
point he had been called on business
one day the latter part of last week.
Mr.. Brown left Oakland on Monday
afternoon but expects to return here
on Friday next in company with Mr..
F. w. Besley, the State Forester; Mr..
Robert Garrett and other members
of the State Forestry Board for the
purpose of making an inspection of
the forest reserves in this county. 1t
will be remembered that Mr. Garrett
and his brother, Mr.. John W. Garrett,
decided the tract of land known as
Harrington Manor to the State as a
forest reserve several years ago, and
which the State maintains. A move
ment is now being inaugurated to ex-
tend the lines of the reserve including
Harrington Manor by taking in some