The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-02

fesSlOnal business.
Mr.. George w. Loar, accompanied
by Miss Grace Loar, motored to Graf
ton and return Monday.
Messrs. Lowell Loomis, Robert T..
Hoffman and Russell Brown spent last
Saturday evening in Cumberland and
witnessed the presentation of "The
Desert Song"
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Watson, of Fair
mont, West Va, formerly of Deer
Park, spent few hours in Oakland
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Jones were in
Morgantown, West Va, yesterday at
tending the funeral of the latter's
aunt, Mrs Martha Smith.
Mr.. Edward Lewis, of Akron, o.,
was here yesterday for a short time
having been summoned on account of
the death of a relative.
Mr.. Joseph T. White and family
left Oakland this morning for Brae-
burn, Pa, where Mr.. White is en-
ployed by a creamery concern as an
engineer.
st. Marks Lutheran Brotherhood
will meet for it's May session Tuesday
evening. A good program has been
arranged. Plans will be completed at
this meeting for the entertainment of
the Synodical Brotherhood on the
evening of May 81.
In next Thursdays issue of The
Republican will be printed state
ment of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the Garrett County Agricul-
tural Fair Association for the year
1928, which was prepared by Messrs.
H. NJ. Speicher and ]. L. McGlone.
Rev. C. A. Shilke and Rev. and Mrs.
w. E. Waybright will leave for
Gettysburg Monday where Rev. Shil-
Ike and Rev. Waybright will attend
Seminary week and commencement.
Mrs. Waybright will spend the week
with her parents in Taneytown, Nd.
Rev. Loyal T. Riley, a member of
st. Marks Lutheran church and q
senior of the Gettysburg Theological
seminary, will be graduated next
week. He will be ordained in his
home church Thursday evening, May
%. He is the pastor elect of st.
Peters Lutheran church, Millersville,
Indiana.
A number of Rotarians with their
wives went to Cumberland Monday
where they attended the district con-
vention of the organization which was
brought to a close Tuesday evening
when nearly a thousand Rotarians
were served at a banquet followed by
ball in the Cumberland armory.
These are the days when the women
of the world are busiest doing their
spring house cleaning and the men
are all het up because they are COM
PEELED to assist in hanging pictures,
beating carpet or doing other unneces-
sary things, from their viewpoint, if
they go home, hence their office hours
are longer and they are too busy to
even go home at lunch time.
Rev. and Mrs. William L. Phillips,
of Schellsburgh, Pa, were here a day
or two this week. having come to Oak
land for The purpose OF closing up the
sale of the Edward E. Sollars farm
located south of town to Ernest
/ Friend, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. NJ.
Friend, who has taken possession of
the property. The consideration was
given as approximately $4,000.
Misses Lottie and Grace Loar have
at their home on Second street one of
the most beautiful Towering plants it
has ever been the pleasure of many
to behold. The plant is an amaryllis,
deep red in color and on the stalk
there were four we'll developed blooms,
the largest measuring approximately
eight inches across. The bulb was Sc
cured a year or two ago at the Weber
greenhouse near Oakland.
After Withholding his decision for
short time, Judge Albert A. Doub,
sitting in the Circuit Court for Ale
gany county, has rendered a decision
in favor of the plaintiff in the case of
Martin Rush, of Accident, VS.. W. S.
Stonestreet and others, of near Flint
stone, Allegany county. The suit
grew out of the non-payment of
note given by the defendants to the
Ohio Stock Company and sold by it to
Mr.. Rush. The amount of the judg-
ment was $5S4.00, this being the full
amount of the claim made by Mr..
Rush, who was represented by Attor
neys f. r. Jones, of Oakland, and
George W. Legge, Jr., Cumberland,
while the defendants were represented
by Attorney Finley C. Hendrickson,