The Republican., 1925-06-11

The banns of marriage were pro-
claimed in st. Michears church. in
Frostburg, Sunday morning for the
first time between John Patrick Nc
Gam, son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Nc
Gam, of Frostburg, and Miss Agnes
Mckenzie, of Avilton, Garrett county.
A corps of engineers until recently
engaged with the Oakland office of the
General Construction Corporation has
been transferred to the FriendsvilIe
section where they will be engaged in
completing a preliminary survey be-
gun some months ago.
Prof. and Mrs. E. S. Burroughs and
family have vacated the Stuart F.
HamiIl residence property on Seventh
street and will occupy apartme nts in
The Rest until the close of the school
term when they will move to a point
near Washington, D. C.
Rev. Roy Hashinger, of Clarksburg,
West Va, in the absence of Rev. D.
NJ. Funk, pastor of st. Marks Luth-
eran church, preached to the local
congregation very acceptably on last
Sunday morning and evening. The
visiting clergyman returned to his
home Sunday night.
Miss Rebecca White has returned
to her home in Oakland from Pitts
burgh, Pa, where she attended school
during the winter months, being ac
companied here by Mr.. John Hart,
who, accompanied by his wife and in
fant child, motored back to Pitts
burgh Monday morning.
With the mercury lowering at nine
ty and above during the latter part of
last week, the people of this noun
tain top were in a position to appreci-
ate hot weather conditions at points
on the lower levels when the mercury
went as high as 102 at Hagerstown
and other Maryland towns.
DR.. and Mrs. Dana Moore, both of
whom were recent graduates in Rich
mond Wa.) institutions, arrived in
Oakland last Thursday afternoon to
be guests of DR.. and Mrs. Archibald
Moore for about two weeks, at the
end of which time the former will re-
turn to Richmond to take the State
Board examination after which he
will practice in Virginia.
Beginning last Monday the public
schools throughout the county inau-
gurated the plan of having but one
session on account of the excessive
heat. The session began at $50
o'clock, with an intermission of ten
minutes and schools closed at 1890.
IN the afternoon. This arrangement
will be continued throughout the re-
mainder of the school term.
Hart's, the oldest store in Oakland,
approaching the worth of advertising
in The Republican, uses considerable
space in these columns this week ad-
vertising seasonable goods at reason
able prices. The Hart store has al
ways been noted for its taste in Sc
lecting nothing but the better grades
of goods and upon this reputation
the store has built large trade.
The Republican, in its JOB printing
department, completed on Tuesday
the printing and binding of Volume
II of "The Oak" an annual publica-
ton edited by the Senior Glass of the
Oakland High School The booklet
contains 72 pages. It's publication
was made possible only by the lib
eral patronage accorded its advertis-
ing pages by the merchants and pro-
fessional men of Oakland 1t sells at
Sl.5O per copy and may be had from
any member of the graduating class
upon application. Orders are also
taken at Inc Repubhcan otnce.
Last Sunday morning two special
trains bearing members of the Chi
cago Credit Mems Association, with
their wives and daughters, en- route
to Washington, D. c., stopped in Oak
land for more than an hour in order
that the members of the party desir-
ing to do so, could attend services at
the various churches. Many in the
party availed themslevs of the oppor-
tunity, the visitors being taken to
the places of worship in cars provided
by the citizens of town. The trains
arrived about eleven o'clock and de-
parted shortly after twelve o'clock.