The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-02-13

Mrs. Lloyd Loraw, of Grafton, spent
the weekend in Oakland visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Whorton.
The members of the Pythian Sisters
of Oakland will hold card party in
= Castle Hall on Tuesday, February 10.
The patronage of the public is So
licited.
| Announcement has been made by
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Besse of the birth
of a son to them, who was born Fri
day morning at their home on Sec
ond street.. q.
AT. the semi-monthly meeting of the
Orphans Court held in Oakland Tues
day morning, Ralph w. Miller, Acct
dent, qualified as executor Of the last
will and testament of the late Cyrus
Holiday.
The Oak Street Circle of the M. E.
Ladies' Aid Society will hold food
sale in Sturgiss' Pharmacy on Sat-
urday morning, beginning at ten
o'clock. The patronage of all will be
appreciated. IS
Mr.. J. VIM. Whorton returned to
Oakland Monday from Fairmont and
Clarksburg, w. Va, where he had
been for few days on business in
connection with a contract for work
he has in Fairmont.
Ogilvie Halsey, Deer Park nler-
chant, has made an assignment of his
stock of merchandise, etc., for the
benefit of his creditors. Mr.. E. R.
Jones, of Oakland, is the trustee. No
statement as to the assets or liabil-
tiles has been made.
L. B. Shaffer, jeweler, who has been
in bushes in Oakland for number OF
years, has purchased the stock of jew
elry and fixtures of the Oakland Jew
elry Company, in the First National
Bank building and combined the two
stores in the room occupied by the
concern he bought out.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bell enter
tanned a number of young folks at
their home on Liberty street Satur-
day afternoon in honor of their son
James seventh anniversary. Nine
teen were present. A number of
games were played, at the conclusion
of which refreshments were served.
| Attorney E. R. Jones of Oakland is
spending this week in Hagerstown
and Baltimore on professional bus
mess. Last night in Hagerstown, Mr..
Jones was one of the guests at the
Lincoln Day banquet which was at
tended by representative Republicans
from all sections of Western Mary
land.
Albert Harvey, who has been con-
fined in the hospital ward of the
Garrett County Jail following a stroke
of paralysis which he suffered several
weeks ago, and who has been a coun-
ty ward for a number Of months, was
taken to Sykesville Hospital Tuesday
by Sheriff W. D. Casteel. The man is
perfectly helpless with no apparent
chance of improvement.
Mr.. Harland L. Jones, secretary of
Oakland Lodge No. 1872, A, F. & A.
Masons, went to Baltimore Tuesday
night for the purpose of attending
the Grand Masters dinner at the Ma
sonic Temple in that city on Wednes-
day evening. Mr.. Jones spent today
with his daughter Miss Helen Jones,
in Washington, where she is a stu
dent, and will return to Oakland to-
morrow morning.
Mrs. Townshend Naylor entertained
with a bridge party on Saturday ev-
ening in honor of Miss Kathrine
Brown, high school instructor in the
Accident school. Those present in
cluded Misses Margaret Kochenderfer,
Martha Engle, Edna Kraft, Elsie Ben
THEN, Adeline Sincell, Mrs. C. Milton
Sincell, Mrs. William Lott, Mrs. Berne
Teter, Mrs. P. A. Hawkshaw, Mrs.
Howard Rheinhardt, the honoree, Miss
Brown and the hostess. Miss Koch
enderfer was awarded high honors
and Miss Brown the guest prize.