The Republican., 1931-07-02

Ellwood Mason, of Cumberland, and
Wilma Opal Bowers, of Swanton.
Mrs. VIM. w. Grant and three sons,
who spent a week with relatives in
Pittsburgh, returned to their home
in Oakland Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lily Hagans, Morgantown, w.
Va, came to Oakland yesterday and
will be guest of Mrs. Benz. H. Sim
cell, Second street, for some time.
Mrs. ]. H. McRobie, accompanied
by her son, William, Miss Esperance
Ashby and Joseph Rush spent several
days last week in Detroit, Michigan.
Mrs. H. R. Beckman and two chill
dren, of Cumberland, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Beckman's mother,
Mrs. John l.. Brenneman, at Mountain
Lake Park.
Mrs. Paul B. Naylor, Miss Mary
Barnes Porter and Miss Lille Hogard,
of Oakland, are spending few days
in Washington and are guests at The
Dodge Hotel while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Thompson, of
Holidays Cove, w. Va, spent Sunday
and Monday in Oakland with Mrs.
Thompson's mother, Mrs. Anna
Smouse and other relatives.
Rev. and Mrs. w. M. Shultz, of
Charleston, w. Va, are at Mountain
Lake Park for visit of several weeks.
Rev. Shultz was a former pastor of
St. Paul's church in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Frank Ross, of
Piqua, Ohio, will arrive here on Sat-
urday evening to remain week with
the formers father, Mr.. Albert G..
Ross. They will be accompanied by
Mrs. Ross niece, Miss Catherine Heck.
Mr.. Arthur Lawton, who spent the
past five or six weeks at Westminster,
Md, where he had charge of the cleo
trical equipment of a cannery owned
by the Mount Airy Canning Company,
returned to his home in Oakland Sat-
urday.
The topic for the morning message
to be brought by the Rev. w. B. Brock
at the local Presbyterian church will
be "Religion and Patriotism" The
Triple Trio will sing at this service
McDowell's composition, "To a Wild
Rose"
A new composition floor has been
laid in the banking room of the First
National Bank in Oakland which is in
keeping with the other finish and ac-
cessories of the room. The improved
appearance of the banking room is
quite marked.
The Mayor and Town Council, by
the clerk to the body, invites propos-
ais for the furnishing of stone for
street repair work, the same to be
delivered at points to be designated
by members of the council. The bids
are to be sealed and delivered to Coun-
Gil at its next meeting on Monday ev-
ening Of next week.
Mrs. Hubert Burdette, Of Mount
Airy, Nd, who was here for two or
three weeks following the illness of
her mother, Mrs. Joseph E. Harmed,
returned to her home last Friday.
Mrs. Harned's many friends in Oak
land and elsewhere will be gratified to
learn that she is much improved and
is slowly but gradually regaining her
strength.
Rev. Homer E. Turney, Columbus,
Indiana, will preach in the Lutheran
church on Sunday morning at 10:45
o'clock, it was announced by the pas
tor, Rev. Charles A. Shilke. The many
friends of Rev. Turney are cordially
invited to attend this service. Rev.
Shilke will deliver the second of a
series of sermons on "Our Friend
ships" at the evening service at 500
o'clock Sunday.
At the carnival now showing on the
Sweeney lot, Third street, Vernon
West, an attache of the Keystone At
traction Company, has on exhibition
what is said to be trench rat, cap
tured by French peasant on one OF
the battlefields of the World War
These rats are rarely captured. They
infested the trenches of the German
and French armies in countless num-
bers and according to records of the
army were vicious. The animal on
exhibition stands eight inches tall al
the shoulders and is eighteen inches
long. 1t weighs ten pounds.