The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-05

Miss Iva Blanche Lathrum and Mr..
and Mrs. Riley, of Cumberland, spent
Sunday here with friends.
Mrs. Huldah Browning Littman
spent the past weekend in Pittsburgh
with, her sister, Mrs. n, B. MacKay.
Mrs. Jennie Forman, of Cumber-
land, is visiting relatives and friends
in Oakland and Mountain Lake Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Edgar Long, of
Philadelphia, Pa, are here for a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Shaffer.
Mr.. Richard Custer, of near Swan
ton, was here on business Tuesday
afternoon when he called at The Re-
publican office.
Mrs. Kathryn Tibbetts, Baltimore,
is spending a months vacation here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest Townshend.
Sister Gilberta and Sister Claud, of
Mount Washington, are visiting the
formers mother, Mrs. J. M. Stanton,
having arrived here on Tuesday.
Mrs. N. B. MacKay and Mrs. Paul
Coleman, of Pittsburgh, Pa, were re-
cent guests of Mrs. MacKay's mother,
Mrs. Mary E. Browning, at her home
on Oak street.
Messrs. J. Albert and Harry G..
Shaffer, of Washington, D. c., return
ed to their home Friday after having
spent week here visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. Louis Bush.
James Lee, who is employed in the
offices of the Washington Electric
Railways, Washington, D. c., spent
the weekend at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Lee,
in Oakland.
Messrs. Harmon Wilt and Josephus
Wilt, of the Firm Rock community,
were callers at The Republican office
Monday, both gentlemen being here
on business before the Board of
County Commissioners.
Miss Elizabeth Leary accompanied
Mrs. H. A. Loraditch to Cumberland
on Sunday where the latter under
went tonsil operation in one of the
hospitals of that city. They returned
to Oakland Wednesday afternoon.
Bernard Gender, Jr., who spent sew.
eral weeks in the Coyne School for
Radios, Chicago, ILL.,, returned to his
home in Oakland Saturday morning
where he will remain for some time.
He completed the course with a mark
of 81 percent.
Last Saturday Oakland residents
experienced their first real taste of
winter when snow squalls visited the
community at intervals from day
break until nightfall, interspersed
by sunshine and rain. It was real
typical early winter day. The snow
melted as soon as it reached the
ground.
Mrs. Herbert Hoover will speak
during the final 15-minute period of
the joint Federal-State Achievement
Day program for All Club MEM
bers, which will be broadcast from
1890 and 1870 p. M, on Saturday,
November 7. Club members and other
Interested persons are urged to tune
in at this hour -. ..,>. 3.-s,:.
..,Corbin DeBerry, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. DeBerry, of near Deer
Park, who was seriously injured in
an automobile accident which occurred
on Route 220, south of Keyser, W..
Va, several weeks ago, was taken
from the hospital at Keyser on last
sunday 10 his HOIHe WHSFS Is EeCupSI-
ating rapidly from his injuries. Mr..
and Mrs. R. L. Sebold and members
of their family were also injured in
the accident but not as seriously as
Mr.. DeBerry.
The statement in The Republican
on October Is that Miss Lillian Julia
Tshby, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Ashby, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. d.
engagement, is entirely without foun-
dation, according to Mr.. Ashby. The
information was brought to. The Re-
publican office by two girls from Crel-
lin who stated that Mr.. Ashby had
authorized them to do so. This spe-
cies of cheap fun at the expense of
not only the young lady in question
but also her entire family, is embar-
RAISING to say the least, and The Re-
publican while entirely innocent apol-
ogizes.