The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-05
CUPID BREAKS MARRIAGE
RECORD AT COURT HOUSE
One Hundred FOrty-nine Apply
for Licenses During June


flowers, OF the advertisement of Fur
.niture dealers, ready to put the Glove
est" in order, or whether the credit
must go to Dan Cupid wholly is a
question, but nevertheless credit is
due to someone or something, as the
records at the Garrett County Court
House will show that the marriage
license record for all time past was
broken in June, 1928, when 149 COUP
les secured the necessary papers with
which to wed.
Never before in the history of Gar
rett county has there appeared before
the Clerk of the Circuit Court so
many couples for that coveted paper
as there were in June, according to
Albert G. Ross, deputy clerk. How
ever, by looking over the records, Mr..
Ross found that September, 1928, was
a close runnerup, in as much as 148
licenses for marriage were issued by
the local court.
June and September have been run
ming high in the matrimonial field for
a number of years, but as the record
shows it is not broken every year,
there having elapsed FIVE years since
the last record was established.
According to the attaches of the
Clerks office, it had been expected
that the record would be broken dur
ing the last month, for each week the
number steadily grew. A little con-
Germ was felt, however, when the
number was tied for fear another
couple wouldn't get in in time, and
knowing the last day of the month
was Sunday and holiday at the
Court House, it just required little
earnest waiting, and to be sure the
"record breaking" couple did arrive
During the week there were Al
couples who applied at the Clerk
office for their licenses and one couple
was refused because fthe age of one
of the contracting parties, and five
were marked don't publish"
Thomas Franklin Berthy, So, store
manager, Larew, W. Va, and Harriet
Josephine Bell, 27, bookkeeper, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Steve Dolby, 81, miner, and Helen
Fulytar, 20, both of Fairmont, W. Va.
Frank Thomas Goedecker, Jr., 21,
printer, and Darla Harr, 20, both of
Fairmont, w. Va.
Garthie Smith, %, miner, and Con-
ME White, 81, waitress, both of Joba,
West Va.
Robert Hupp, %, farmer, and Neva
Sutton, 81, both of Waynesburg, Pa.
Earl Kisamore, %, tanner, and Iva
Hazel Phillips, 81, weaver, both Of
Parsons, w. Va.
Ralph Dwyer, "a, miner, and Julia
Bush, 10, both of West Brownsville,
Pa.
David Earl McGarry, p, glass wor-
ker, and Iona Catherine Tivey, IS,
both of Weston, W. Va.
Russell Carl Wiles, 21 ,laborer, Man.
helm, W. Va, and Ethel Leona Luz
zader, 10, Rowlesburg, w. Va.
Richard Harold Strawser, 21, miner,
Tunnelton, w. Va, and Sophie Mae
Nestor, %, TOWNSVILLE, w. Va.
Stuart 0. Sims, %, student, ST..
Paul, Mimi, and Mary Rachel Lewis,
%, Casteel, Pa.
James Dix, %, miner, and Elizabeth
Florence Couts, 21, clerk, both of
Bobtown, Pa.
James Merrelled Smith, %, truck
driver, Morgantown, W. Va, and Hell
en- Bowers, 20, Lake Lynn, W. Va.
Argyle Howard Glover, 81, miner,
and Evelyn Hayhurst, 20, both of Wy
att, W. Va.
Ezra Linville Sypolt, 25 miner, and
Clara Katherine Everly, Is, both Of
Kingwood, W. Va.
George L. Close, 27, farmer, Sham
rock, Texas, and Katie Pearl Hamil-
ton, IS, student, Elkwater, W. Va.
Winston Churchill Harbert, q, far
ner, and Hazel Oleda johnson, 10,
both of Lumberport, w. Va.
Thomas James Wotring, %, painter;
Thomas, w. Va, and Genevieve Leona
Smouse, 10, Cumberland, Md
Cecil Wellington Gross, %, truck
driver, Thomas, w. Va, and Mabel
Elizabeth King, 16 (parents' consen)
Davis, w. Va.
Charles Lee Hardesty, 81, farmer,
Aurora, w. Va, and Mary Florence
Dixon, 10, Rowlesburg, W. Va.
Leo Arthur Dewitt, 81, miner, OF
Lumberport, W. Va, and Ress.e Le-
ona Fitzwater, 20, Shinnston, W. Va.
Alva Warren Frazee, %, mine la
borer, and Edith Oleva Fields, 81,
school teacher, both of Mount Brad
dock, Pa.
y Theodore Angelo Uphold, 81, la
3oorer, and Genevieve Reckart, 18, both
of Friendsville, Md.
Charles Leland Burnside, 26, min
er, Morgantown, w. Va, and Sarah
Florinda Russell, 20, Riverside, w.
Va.
Pierson Vaughn Glover, 81, fire.