The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-02-13
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Mr.. Josiah G. Friend, of Swanton,
was here on bushes Monday morning.
Mr.. C. E.. Ellithorp and Squire AL
exander, of District No. IL, were Oak
land business visitors yesterday.
Donald Simpson, of the New Ger
many section of Garrett county, visit
ed Oakland Monday on bushes.
County Commissioner and Mrs. Or
..endorf have returned to Berkeley
Springs, West Va, after having spent
wee ( at their home near town. W
Messrs. Bruce Forsythe, ]. E. Bit
ner and C. G. Brobst, all of near Ac-'
:cident, were business callers at The
Republican office on Friday of last
week.
1 Z Mr.. and Mrs. William Lott, of near
Gettysburg, Pa, who spent several
days in Oakland with Mrs. Lofts sis
ter, Mrs. C. Milton Sincell, returned
to their home Tuesday. - ,~
& Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Butt have rent
ed an apartment in the Bernard Con-
der residence on Alder street and will
move into it from the Naylor prop
erty on Fifth street, March list. e..
!, Mrs. Margaret burst and Miss Leah
burst, of Keyser, W. Va, were here
for short time Friday evening Wis
ting the formers mother, Mrs. Leah
F. Sincell. They were accompanied to
Oakland by Mr.. John Hafer, of Frost
burg. (. e..
= Mr.. and Mrs. C. N. McIntire, &C.
companied by their daughters, Mrs.
Harold Dawson and Mary Lynn Nc
Intire, motored to Morgantown, w.
Va, on Sunday where Mary Lynn en-
tered school Monday morning. The
party returned to Oakland Sunday
afternoon.
Martha Ann, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence K. Dixon, who was a
patient in Memorial Hospital, Cum
berland, following an operation for
empyema, has been brought to her
home in Oakland where she is rapidly
recuperating from the operation and
an attack of pneumonia, which pre-
coded. .s,yt-. +
The Boys Work mmittee was in
charge of the weekly Rotary Club
program at its meeting held last Fri
day evening. The club had as its
guests the scoutmaster of Oakland
Troop, No. 1, and Harley Dawson, pa
troll leader, who spoke to the club
members concerning scouting and the
Scout Anniversary Week.
DR.. N. I. Broadwater left Oakland
on Saturday night for points in the
middle west, and will be absent until
Wednesday or Thursday of next week.
At present he is at Rochester, Mimi,
attending the Mayo Clinics. The SEES
sions of the American College of
Physicians were held in Minneapolis,
Mimi, earlier during the present
week.
Mrs. Benz. H. Sincell, who spent
last week in Fairmont and Morgan
town, w. Va, in the interest Of the
Summer School of Missions at Noun
tain Lake Park, returned to her home
here Saturday night. Mrs. Sincell met
with women of the various denomi-
nations and received abundant en-
couragement relative to the school
which will be held during the first
week in August.
Mrs. Margaret McComas entertain
ed approximately 80 couples at val
entine dance given last Friday even
ing at her home on Second street. The
rooms were appropriately decorated
for the occasion and balloon dance
and heart dance were features of the
evening, which was an enjoyable one
for those present. The Harmony Boys
furnished the music for the program
of dances.
Members of the County Commits
sioners Board of Garrett county were
in Cumberland last Saturday where
they conferred with State Roads Com
mission G. Clinton Uhl relative to the
building of the several road projects
in Garrett county. Mr.. Uhl, while not
committing himself finally to the road
program as outlined, left the local
commissioners under the impression
that the three road projects in this
county as now mapped out will be
carried through this year.
Mr.. William G. Riley, one of the
progressive farmers and poultry fan
GERS of the southern section of Gar
- county, recently returned to his
q. e from New York City where he
attended the forty-frst annual
" show held at Madison Square