The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-01-22

nounced this morning the birth of
daughteR at their home on Penning-
ton street.
The Thursday Night Bridge Club
will be guests at the home of Mrs. H.
C. Leighton, Mountain Lake Park, this
evening.
The topic for the Luther League Of
St. Marks society for this Sunday
evening will be "Porto Rico for
Christ" the topic being special mis-
sion one.
Senator Henry w. McComas came
to Oakland from Annapolis last night
and expects to remain until Sunday
evening, when he will return to An
napolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Edward Offutt
were in Baltimore from Sunday until
Tuesday attending the automobile
show, returning to their home here
yesterday.
Mrs. Wallace Bowser, OF near town,
is suffering from an attack of infu-
enza and pleurisy, her condition this
morning being somewhat alarming to
her friends and relatives.
The members of the Girls Scout
organization of Oakland will conduct
food sale at Sturgiss' Pharmacy, be-
ginning at 1920 o'clock, on Saturday,
January "a. The patronage of the
public is solicited.
The regular monthly meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary of Oak
land has been called for Tuesday, JAN
uary 27 at 7:30 o'clock at Smouse's
Hall. A full attendance of the men,
bership is requested.
Mr.. Reeves Blandford, who recently
resigned his position in the First Ma
tional Bank of Oakland, has been
named and has accepted the position
Of assistant cashier of the Farmers
State Bank at Emmitsburg, near
Frederick.
Mrs. Howard Reinhardt was sum-
moned to New York City Monday by
message announcing the serious ill
ness of her grandmother, who is well
advanced in years and who was a
guest at one of the New York hotels
when she was stricken.
Mrs. w. H. Steyer, of near Deer
Park, was sent to Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, Sunday evening by her
physician, DR.. M. C. Hinebaugh, and
on Monday submitted to an abdominal
operation. Her condition this morn
ing is said to be satisfactory.
Mr.. Lawrence Junkins, who is en-
ployed as clerk in the F. A. Smouse
store in Oakland, went to Cumber-
land Sunday and on Monday was adj
mitted to Memorial Hospital where
he underwent surgical operation to
) correct a physical disorder. At last
, reports he was doing nicely and will
be able to return in a short time.
Mr.. Harry Edwards, Of Grantsville,
spent a few hours in Oakland Satur-
day on business and incidentally adj
vertising and selling tickets for the
firemen's card party to be held at
. Grantsville and for the benefit of the
GGrantsville fire department on Mon
day evening, January 26, to which all
Oakland people are invited.
The engagement Of Miss Louise
Iden, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Earle
C. Iden, of Blumont, Va, to Howard
D. Sprague, of Purcellville, Va, was
announced at the home of the BRIDE
elect last Monday night at party
given in her honor. Mr.. Sprague is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. George D.
Sprague, of Oakland, and is engaged
in branch of agricultural work at
Purcellville.
Mr.. Charles Fulton, of Cleveland,
Ohio, field manager of the National
Marble Tournament, spent several
hours in Oakland yesterday afternoon
interviewing the Boys Work COM
4 mittee of the local Rotary Club with
the idea of again having county
wide marble tournament, thus giving
the privilege to some lad of Garrett
county to compete for the National
championship.
Some boy from out toward the Big
Youghiogheny River brought the re-
port to town on Friday that he had
seen the tracks of tremendously
large bear at point near the Colonel
Woods place the day preceding. This
of course, set all the big game hun
tiers in the community to thinking and
some of them envisioned Bill Brown
ing and others who the week before
had shot bear down that way. Bill
Glotfelty assembled his army and at
an early hour on Friday morning the
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