The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-09-05
RECORD FOR MARRIAGES
IN ANY MONTH IS BROKEN
One Hundred Fifty-fOur Appli-
cations Granted By Local Clerk
Beats Former Record by Five

Beats + 0rmer RECORD by rive
The record for the number of mar
riage licenses issued from the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
Oakland during any one month was
exceeded last month when 154 appli-
Giants applied and We're granted Ii
censes to wed. The previous record
was 149, made in June, 1928, and in
August, 1927.
There We're forty-fve licenses is
sued during the week ending on Tues
day morning, nineteen of the humble.
being granted on Saturday. The pre-
Labor Day rush was greater than
usual this year, according to E. z.
Tower, clerk, which accounts for the
record breaking number for August.
Five licenses were issued and mark
ed don't publish" while two appli-
cants were refused permits on account
of the youthfulness of the contracting
parties.
Jerome Emmett Griffin, 81, book
keeper, and Leona Beryl Bush, 81,
clerk, both of huntsville, W. Va.
Ewell LIMA Lockard, %, laborer,
and Creda Mabel Hall, 10, both of
Gassaway, W. Va.
Dale Johnson Wilson, %, truck dri-
yer, Morgantown, W. Va, and Hazel
Kathryn Dalton, 10, Ellington, W. Va.
William Mcleod Beattie, "a, civil
engineer, Philippi, w. Va, and Lois
Lucille Hurst, q, student, Shinnston,
W. Va.
James Harvey Vincent, %, mechan-
ic, and Stella Pearl Woods, 10, both Of
Fairmont, W. Va.
Okey Ross Lowther, 26, farmer, OF
Linn, W. Va, and Dora Ida Lamb, 10,
Camden, W. Va.
Joseph Caruso, 30, tin plate mill en-
ploye, and Catherine Evangeline MAJ
70, is, both of Clarksburg w Va.
Wade Willis Monser, %, farmer,
Brownton, W. Va, and Jessie Gay
Sandy, 10, Rosemont, W. Va.
Homer Lee Goodwin, SO, barber,
and Mildred Matilda Helmick, %,
stenographer, both of Morgantown, W.
Va.
Donald Robert LaRue, 81, clerk,
Grafton, W. Va, and Lillian Marie
Harwood, 20, Philippi, w. Va.
Carlos S. Swiger, %, school teacher,
Center Point, W. Va, and Eva Gen
ezra Curry, IS, school teacher, Salem,
West Va.
j. Ralph Garner, "a, school teacher,
Salem, W. Va, and Margaret Bernice
Fletcher, "a, school teacher, Bristol,
w. Va.
Otto Marcus Reed, AZ, machinist,
Bridgeport, W. Va, and Efie Lesson,
80, Clarksburg, w. Va.
Ellis Washington Wood, %, news
paperman, Mingo, W, Va, and Edna
Viola Marshall, %, stenographer, Ell
kins, W. Va.
Clair Edwin Jones, %, clerk, and
Elsie Irene Lipscomb, 10, telephone
operator, both of Akron, Ohio.
Charles Morgan Swope, u, electri-
clan, and Marie Tarnowsky, u, both
of Morgantown, w. Va.
Lionel Guy Roberts, 30, school
teacher, lIalta, Ohio, and Nina Belle
Roberts, 26, McConnellsvilIe, Pa.
Boyd Thomas Welch, II, pressing,
and Julia Catherine Davis, 10, school
teacher, both Of Industrial, W. Va.
Lewis Grimes Theakston, p, store
manager, Unontown, Pa, and Virgin
ia Augusta Dahlman, Is, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
James Ray Provins, p, miner, and
Myrtle Elizabeth Collins, Is, both Of
Uniontown, Pa.
Porter Maxwell, Jr., %, farmer, and
Lucille Lisky Schrum, 10, student,
both of Clarksburg, W. Va.
Frank Ross, 81, clerk, and Marion
Shaffer, 10, both of Dilliner, Pa.
John Paul Milan Marsalka, "a, stu
dent, and Milada Maria Josefina
Friedlova, "a, student, both of Ar
mold, Pa.
Edward Waitman Tough, q, far
mer, and Ida Ethel Vincent, %, botk
of near Hammond, w. Va.
John Harold Knots, 81, laborer, and
Margaret Wilson, 16 (parents' con-
sent), both of Bayard, w. Va.
Wilbur Abraham Ridenour, 25, me-
chanic, Pennsville, Pa. and Florence
Clark, IS, Elm Grove, Pa.
George Burdinez, "a, miner, Clarks-
vile, Pa, and Elizabeth Jane Lutz, 20,
LaBelle, Pa.
Arthur Elwood Brenneman, %, rub
Der worker, and Mildred Lambert, %.
rubber worker, both of Akron, Ohio.
Milum Chester Alder, %, rubber
worker, and Theresa Iona Paul, 10,
rubber worker, both of Akron, Ohio.
Samuel Edward Halbrook, %, min
er, Uniontown, Pa, and Rowena Scott.
IS, Lemont Furnace, Pa.