The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-11-12

DR.. H. S. Mitchell, Baltimore, was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. John T.
Mitchell, near Oakland, over the week.
end.
Miss Mary Lee South, of the Nor
gantown office of the West Penn Sys-
tenn, spent Tuesday here on company
| business.
Miss Marion Bloss, instructor in the
Oakland Grammar school, spent the
past weekend with her mother at
Siebert, Maryland.
Mr.. Gilead Broadwater, retired bus.
mess man of Grantsville, spent last
Saturday in Oakland with his son, DR..
N. l. Broadwater.
Mr.. D. R. Sincell, of The Republi'
can office, spent Monday and Tues
day at various points in West Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania on business.
State Senator Fookes, of Cecil coun'
ty, spent two or three days last week
in Oakland on business connected with
the Mount Airy Canning Company at
Loeb Lynn Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hocken-
smith, of Taneytown, Nd, visited
their son-in-law and daughter, Rev.
and Mrs. w. E. Waybright, at Red
House, for several days recently.
A chicken and waffle supper will be
served at st. Johns Lutheran church,
Red House, on Wednesday evening,
November 10, from 500 until 900 p.
m. The public is invited. The price
will be 35 cents.
DR.. and Mrs. A. Moore, who spent
two or three weeks in Charleston and
Huntington, w. Va, with relatives
and friends, returned to their home
in Oakland Monday evening where
they will remain until after the holi-
days.
Mrs. Ralph Engle, of near Grants
vile, spent a part of Friday in Oak
land and was accompanied home Fri
day afternoon by her daughter, Miss
Martha Engle, of the high school fac
ulty who spent Saturday and Sunday
with her mother and sisters.
Mrs. Myra Custer Taylor, of Frost
burg, a former teacher in the public
schools of the county, has been placed
on the teaching staff of the Oakland
Grammar school, assuming her posi-
ton Friday morning. Mrs. Taylor's
work will be with children of the
primary grades.
Rev. A. B. Harper, Accident; Rev.
C. A. Shilke, Mrs. BENZ. H. Sincell,
Miss Geraldine Nordeck and Mrs. D.
R. Sincell spent last Thursday
at Fairmont, w. Va, where they at
tended the convocation conducted by
DR.. Conner Rees, head of music of the
United Lutheran Church in America.
Mrs. Byron Besse entertained on
Saturday evening with a seven o'clock
dinner in honor of Mr.. Besse's birth
day. Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs. L. Overholt,
Elkins, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. D. Ed
ward Offutt, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Sincell and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward C.
Lawrence.
The Pastors Aid Society of St.
Marks Lutheran church, at the. last
meeting, set the date for the annual
supper and bazaar for Tuesday; De-
cember g., in the social room of the
church. Dinner and supper will be
served and fancy articles of all kinds
will be on sale. The price of either
dinner or supper will be so cents.
Messrs. Frank E. Rathbun, o. T.
eraser, John H. Carter and James A.
fowler spent Wednesday at the an
nual corn husking and cattle judging
contest conducted by the Masons of
Maryland at Bonnie Blink, the site of
the Maryland Masonic Home near
Baltimore. Messrs. eraser, Carter and
fowler composed cattle judging
team from the local lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Murdoch and
daughter Miss Frances Murdoch, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Marsall
Walls, all of Kingwood, motored to
Oakland Sunday afternoon and were
guests of friends a few hours. Mr..
Murdoch recently recovered his sight
following blindness from catracts
removed in a Philadelphia hospital.
The party went from here to Swallow
Falls where an hour was spent and
enjoyed especially by Mr.. Murdoch.