The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-06-09

coming by automobile They will
spend the summer in their cottage at
| the Park where they will be Joined
later in the season by Mr.. Hamill.
| Mr.. James Elliott, who has been re-
I siding in Boston for the past several
months, is expected to arrive in Oak
land about the middle of the present
/ month and will be associated with the
/ Elliott Music Company here as piano
( tuner and general repairman for these
/ instruments.
q, The Potomac River Coal Company
| has opened a new mining plant at
Steyer, this county, with what is said
! to be one of the finest timbered OPEN
! ings in this part of the country. The
! timber work was done by d. c. Rid
/ ings, who has been complimented on
its excellence.
Hon. George L. Michael, of near
Bloomington, who was quite i'll for
several weeks recently, but is now
very much improved, was visitor to
the county seat on Tuesday, as was
also his son, Mr.. Cleaver A. Michael.
The Republican acknowledges visits
from both gentlemen.
The ladies' aid society of St. Paul's
NJ. E. church Of Oakland will hold
lawn fete at the home of Mrs. S. o.
Sellers, corner of Third and Oak
streets on Saturday, June 18th. Sup
per Will be served; also Strawberries,
lice cream and cake. The patronage of
the general public is solicited.
In the list of graduates from the
Oakland High School, published in The
Republican last Thursday, the name
of Miss Sara Elizabeth Leighton, of
Mountain Lake Park, was inadver-
tently omitted. Miss Leighton is one
of the honor students of the school and
the omission of her name from the list
Of graduates is embarrassing to the
publisher.
Mrs. z. Fundenberg and daughter,
Miss Tecla Fundenberg, who spent the
past eighteen months travelling in the
West, returned to their home here
Tuesday of this week. For several
days prior thereto the two ladies were
guests of Mrs. Phillips in Cumberland,
who brought them to Oakland in her
automobile and who will remain here
for some days.
DR.. George C. Melody, of Oakland,
who is largely interested in the farm
recently purchased from the Treus
dell estate, located near Deer Park,
has just purchased from w. S. Cor
sa, of White Hall, H., breeder of
fine Berkshire hogs, fine boar and
six Berkshire sows. This will make a
valuable addition to DR.. Melody's pres
ent herd of hogs.
The committee in charge cordially
invites all to attend the all-day meet
ing to be held at the Pleasant Valley
y. B. church on Sunday, June 18th.
Childrens day program will be rem
dered at ten O'Clock in the morning.
At two o'clock in the Afternoon the
session OF the Sunday school viii be
held and at three o'clock addresses
will be made by Rev. Dunagan and
Rev. Johnson. Special music; basket
dinner.
The Republican has made a great
improvement in the arrangement Of
It's mechanical department, completing
the same on Friday evening. The mo-
tor used TO operate the smaller ma
chimes in the Office was moved to the
first floor Of the building, from whence
power is carried up through a series
of belts, which has resulted in making
the mechanical department almost
nOiseless and tends very much to bet
tering working conditions
On Sunday morning and evening
next Rev. c. H. Hockey, of Newark, n
j., will preach in st. Marks Lutheran
church. to which services all are most
cordially invited. Rev. and Mrs. Rock
ey will arrive in Oakland this after
noon for visit Of some time to Mr.
and Mrs. Benz. H. Sincell Last Sab
bath the Lutheran pulpit was occupied
by the Rev Mr.. Botsford, pastor Of
South Cumberland Lutheran church
who preached interesting sermons at
both services and presented the Get
tysburg College drive to the congre
cation.
Our neighboring city of Cumber-
land is fast forging to the front as
manufacturing city and a good place
in which to live since the several su-
burban places surrounding it have
become equipped with all the convent
ences of the city itself. Cumberland's
success in this line Of endeavor is
directly traceable to a thorough bus.
mess administration of its internal
affairs and team work on the part of
it's citizens and newspapers. And
speaking of the newspapers, the dali
les published in the city are loyalty
supported by the business interests
and by the city administration. Last
Saturdays edition of the News car
ried a wonderful line of advertising
and reading matter, while the Friday
evening edition of the Times coming
to Oakland was composed of twenty
two pages of advertising, news and
special articles. Cumberland people
should be proud of their town and
equally proud that its business can
and does support two papers APP
preaching the great metropolitan
papers.
The Tunnelton correspondent of the
Kingwood Trgus knew what he was
writing about when he penned the fo!-
lowing, which appeared in the last
weeks edition of the Argus: "All that
| is necessary to contribute a local let