The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-09-17

ton, spent day or two in Oakland
this week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sincell returned
to Oakland yesterday evening from a
short visit with friends in Wheeling,
wv. Va.
The Ladies' Aid society of St. Paul's
| M. E. church is being entertained this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. j. w.
Butt, on Alder street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Browning and
little daughter, of Jenners, Pa, spent
few days this week visiting relatives
and friends in this section.
Miss Gertrude Carney, R. N, of
Rochester, N. Y, arrived in Oakland
recently for a visit with her father
and memoirs of his family.
There will be band concert by the
Oakland Boys Band on Saturday ev-
ening in front of the West Penn Of
fees, beginning at z o'clock.
i In St. Marks church, Oakland, Pas
tor Shilke will preach Sunday morn
ing on the theme: "Why patch the
old garments ?" and in the evening at
7:3O his subject will be "Our Friend
ships-the Talebearer."
Bernard Gender, Jr., left Oakland
on Sunday for Chicago, ILL.,, where he
will enter the Coyne Electrical school
for course of study in radio, tele-
vision and talking pictures. He will
be absent about four months.
A new feed store under the man.
agement of Samuel B. Aronhalt has
been opened for business in the Dixon
Mill building on Liberty street. An
advertisement announcing the open
ing appears in The Republican today.
Accident was judged first place
winner in the cattle judging contest
between agricultural departments of
the high schools of the county at the
Garrett County Fair. Grantsville was
second; Friendsville, third, and Oak
land, fourth.
Miss Vera Ream, of Crellin, accom-
panied by her father, Mr.. Charles w.
Ream, motored to College Park yes
terday, where she entered the Univer
sity of~Maryland to take a special
course of study. Mr.. Ream returned
to his home last night.
Rev. C. A. Shilke, pastor of st.
Marks Lutheran church, Oakland,
will preach in the Bittinger Lutheran
church on Sunday afternoon. He will
also preach there on Sunday after
noon, October A, when the annual har-
vest festival will be observed.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hall, Corvallis,
Oregon, and Mrs. Clara Speicher, Of
Accident, were visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Foster o. Speicher at their home here
recently. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, after a
visit of several weeks with relatives
and friends in Maryland, have begun
their journey to their home in the
west.
Those in charge of judging at the
Garrett County Fair included Miss
Venia M. Kellar, State Home Demon
stration agent, home economics, as
sisted by Miss Eva Falkenstein; S. B.
Shaw, farm products; ]. A. Conover,
dairy; W. H. Rice, poultry; Blair
Simmons, rabbits; A. X. Clarke,
horses.
Garrett county students enrolled for
the first year course in Frostburg
State Normal School include Isabel
Glotfelty, Accident; Bruce jenkins,
Friendsville; Edith Opel, Grantsville;
Esther Opel, Grantsville; Virginia
Paulie, Hutton; Mary Jane Porter,
Oakland; Mary A. Sollars, Deer Park;
Helen B. Statler, Friendsville.
The Hutton school, with forty-one
pupils enrolled, reopened on Monday
morning after having been closed a
number of years and the pupils trans
ported to Oakland. An increase in the
number of pupils enrolled in the Mt.
Lake Park school has necessitated the
employment of an additional teacher
who assumed her duties there Mon
day morning. The school has now
two teachers.
Miss Venia M. Kellar, State Home
Demonstration Agent, and Miss Bur-
tbs, of New York, were in the county
on Monday meeting with groups of
women in regard to the position of
County Home Demonstration Agent
which remains vacant since the res
ignation of Miss Elsie Benthien. Miss
Kellar and Miss Burtis spent Monday
morning at Grantsville and Monday
afternoon in Oakland.