The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-04-08
DEER PARK

Miss Anna Thrasher has returned
from visit to Washington, D. c.
Mrs. T. H. Mosser was Cumber
land visitor last Wednesday.
Mrs. T. H. Mosser, Mrs. Dan Hine-
baugh and Mrs. C. S. Refs were in
Oakland shopping last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Filsinger and
son, of West Newton, Pa, are visit
ing relatives here at this writing.
Mrs. o. J. Harvey went to Cumber
land on Saturday for visit to rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. Albert Holtschneider and Miss
Alice George were married in Oakland
Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wright, of Bloom
ington, Md, visited the latters par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Tasker on
Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Schmidt Harvey, who,
with her husband, have taken up re-
ligious work in the State of Iowa, is
| visiting her mother, Mrs. Henry H.
| Schmidt, at Altamont. The latter re-
mains quite i'll.
Quite a number of our townsmen
will take the Civil Service examina-
ton for the position of rural carrier
on next Saturday.
A birthday supper was given Mr.
George Marley, Sr., on Thursday. He
| is pioneer resident of Deer Park and
the occasion last Thursday was the
celebration of his ninetieth anniver-
sary. He was born in Socken, Dur
ham county, England, April /, 1886.
He became a sailor at the age of II
years. After three or four years at
sea he went with family to New Jer
sey where he remained until the
breaking out of the Civil War when
he enlisted in the Naval Brigade. La
ter he served in the 99th New York
Regiment and continued in the SER
vice until the war closed. In 1866, he
came to Deer Park. At that time
there were only four houses here, sur
rounded by dense woods. He has seen
Deer Park grow. He secured employ
ment from Senator Henry G.. Davis,
founder of Deer Park, and worked for
him in different capacities for thirty
years. On June 1, 1867, he was mar
ried to Miss Sarah Virginia Michaels,
who died March 1, 1923. Ten chill
dren were born to this union of whom
four survive, George P. Marley, Jr.,
Deer Park; Mrs. Annie Hess, LaVale,
Cumberland; Mrs. Grace Thrasher and
Mrs. Lulu limbaugh, Deer Park. He
makes his home with the latter. He
has IS grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Mr.. Marley makes a
trip to Washington, D. c., every year.
He is now planning visit to the Ma
tional Capital. He owned a farm in
the vicinity of Deer Park which he
titled until the past two. years, when
he sold it. He is hale and hearty and
is enjoying good health for man of
his advanced years. He frequently
walks about the streets and is an en-
tertaining talker. Those present at
the dinner given in his honor included
his children and grandchildren.
Leo Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ramsey Smith, had his finger badly
mashed one day last week when a
heavy chair fell upon it.
Mr.. Marshall Bobet, Of Fairmont,
is here on a visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Bobet
Misses Grace and Leona Wright
visited their aunt, Mrs. c. S. Refs, on
Monday.
Misses Ireta and Elizabeth Mosser
spent the Easter vacation days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Farley Diehl, at Cum
berland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Salem Broadwater
and son Robert were Sunday visitors
at Mr.. and Mrs. Benz. Thrasher's.
Our pastor, Rev. D. B. Brown, went
to Pittsburgh Thursday to attend a
church conference.
Mrs. Laura Welch and son Joseph
were in Mountain Lake Park Satur-
day.
Mrs. Kenneth George was an Oak
land visitor on Thursday.
Mrs. Josephine Thrasher spent the
Easter holidays at Bridgeport, West