The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-04-03
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Mr.. Gilmor Hamill, Jr., returned to
his studies at Hill School, near Phil
adelphia, on Tuesday.
Mrs. William r. Offutt, who was
quite i'll for several weeks recently,
is now able to be out of doors
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold H. Harmed
returned to their home here on Tues
day from visiting friends in Cumber-
land and Baltimore.
Miss Kathryn Menhorn, who was
miraculously rescued from the flood in
Keyser, West Va, on Saturday last,
is now at her home in Oakland.
Messrs. George Orme and George
Pringle, of Pittsburgh, Pa, drove to
Oakland Sunday and were guests of
the formers uncle, Mr.. John Mcnhorn.
Miss Pauline Sanders has returned
to her home near Oakland after hav-
ing been a guest of relatives in Nor
gantown and Clarksburg for some
! time.
Miss Fannabelle Offutt, who is a stu
dent in a school at Charles-Town. W.
Va, is at her home here for the peri
cd of the spring vacation of her
classes.
Miss Marjorie McIntire, Of Elkins,
West Va, returned to her home Tues
day after having spent few days
here visiting Mrs. Harold Dawson
and other relatives.
Mrs. William Burch and son Will
liam, of Washington, D. c.. have ar
rived at the Park to remain several
days, as has also James Frame, of
/ Fairmont, West Va.
Regular services will be held in st.
Matthew'S Episcopal church in Oak
land on Sunday, April 18th. by Rev.
E. L. Helferstein, Archdeacon of the
Diocese of Maryland.
A little son of Mr., and Mrs. Joseph
MenhOrn, while coasting near his
home in Akron, O., Monday evening,
was painfully injured when his sled
ran into an embankment.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. johnson and Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Hartlauer motored to
Hagerstown on Saturday last, re-
turning to Oakland Sunday in a new
car, which was purchased there by
Mr.. Hartlauer.
Mrs. Elwood Offutt and son Nelson,
who is editor of Oakland's youngest
newspaper, The Oracle, and daughter,
Miss Nell, went to Chicago Monday
where they will visit Mrs. Offutt's
father, Col. Nelson Thomasson.
Mr.. Eldred Roberts, of Westernport,
mOtored to Oakland Sunday morning
where he spent the day with Mrs.
Roberts, who is still confined to bed
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Benz. H. Sincell, on Second
street.
AssembIyman and Mrs. C. N. Nc
lntire returned to Oakland from An
napolis Tuesday night following the
close of the 1924 session of the Mary
land Legislature. Mrs. McIntire had
been in Annapolis with her husband
during the past month. They trip to
Oakland was made by automobile.
In the Washington county Circuit
Court at Hagerstown on last Thurs
day fines ranging from the payment
to $50 and costs were imposed by
Judge Frank G. Wagaman upon nine
ty merchants and dealers of Hagers-
town and the county after they had
been indicted by the grand jury for
failing to procure traders licenses, as
required by the State law.
The Republican has recently been
in receipt of a number of unsigned
communication from various parts of
the county which have not been pub
lished simply because of this lack on
the part of the writer's. The names
ofall correspondents must accompany
their communications, not necessar-
lily for publication, but simply to show
good faith on the part of the writer.
The sale of cars, horses, cows, farm
machinery and other equipment at the
Martin Garage in Oakland on last
Saturday was largely attended, not
withstanding the fact that the down.
town portion of the town was flooded
and the sale did not start until the
afternoon because of the steady and
continuous dawnpour which fell stead
| lily from early on Friday evening. A
number of horses and much other
property was disposed of, many of
The buyers securing great bargains.
On Friday evening last a delightful
/ surprise shower was rendered Mrs.