The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-12-10

Il Mr.. G. E. Sharp, local Chevrolet
dealer, was in Kingwood, w. Va,
Monday, on business.
Miss Maxine Strawser, of Cumber-
land, is visiting Miss Beryldine Fulk
at her home on Oak street, Oakland.
st. Marks Luther League will be
led Sunday evening at $50 by Maxine
Martin. The theme will be Making
| Christmas Christian"
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahlon C. Oester,
who recently moved from near Bittin-
ger to Deer Park, were in Oakland
yesterday on business.
Mr.. Terrence Tamburini was called
to Bayard, W. Va, last night by a
message announcing the illness of his
father, who is much improved at this
time.
Mr.. C. J.. Steuber, assistant dairy
husbaddman of the U. S. Government
farm at Beltsville, Md, is in the
county in the interest of dairy cooper
ators.
Mr.. S. H. Friend, of Hopemont,
where he is employed on the State
farm surrounding the sanitarium, was
here yesterday and called at The Re-
publican office.
Six inches of snow was reported at
Kitzmiller yesterday morning, while
in Oakland and the immediate COM
munity timber and the earth was
coated with a heavy sheath of ice.
! Mrs. Hulda Littman and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Browning returned home
this morning from Philadelphia, Pa,
where they had spent several days
visiting the formers sister, Miss Bon
ME Browning.
The annual election of officers of
st. Marks Lutheran Brotherhood will
be held at the regular business meet
ing on Tuesday night of next week.
A program will be rendered and re-
freshments will be served.
The second of series of Advent
sermons will be preached by Rev. C.
A. Shilke in st. Marks Lutheran
church on Sunday morning. The
| theme will be "The Christ who came
Gods Gift" The evening theme will
be "a Chance"
The Pythian Sisters will entertain
their husbands at the second
annual turkey dinner of the or
ganization in the Knights of Pythias
Hall on Thursday, December II. A
splendid dinner and fine entertainment
is anticipated.
Mrs. Elsie Kirk, of Brownsville,
Pa, spent Sunday with friends in
Oakland. Upon her return home she
was accompanied by Mrs. Fred. Ped
dicord, Mrs. Emroy Bolden and Miss
Edith Bolden, who are spending this
week in Brownsville.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety of St. Pauls M. E. church will
conduct food sale on Saturday, De-
cember IL, at Sturgiss' Pharmacy,
beginning at nine o'clock a. m. Be-
sides cakes, rolls, ETC., there will be
on sale number of fancy articles and
hand dressed dolls.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the various banks in Garrett county
will be held at the banking houses of
the respective institutions on Tues
day, January IL, at the hourse set
forth in the notices announcing such
meeting printed in another column of
The Republican today.
Eighteen members of the Brother
hood of St. Marks Lutheran church
presented the program at a meeting
of members of the Lutheran church at
Aurora, West Va, yesterday evening.
T. C. Bittinger, president of the local
Brotherhood, presided, and talks were
made by Bert Welch, Prof. E. C.
Smith, G. J. Altstetter and Rev. C.
A. Shilke. Refreshments were served
to those present.
At the session of the Garrett Coun-
ty Orphans Court held on Tuesday of
this week Miss Icie G. Friend, of near
Hoyes, qualified as Administrative of
the late Mrs. M. Ella Guard, and Wes-
ley NJ. Kunkel of Grantsville, quail
| fed as executor of the last will and
testament of his mother, the late Mrs.
Elizabeth Jackson Kunkel, who died
two or three weeks ago at Hilltop
Inn, on the National Highway east of
| Gro otcvil1o