The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-04-07


M. Falkenstein, and family.
Mr.. w. 2. Hendrickson, of Cumber-
land, is spending a few days in Oak
land with his two daughters, Mrs.
Cecil Smith and Mrs. Ray Porter.
Comrades and Foes in the Strug-
gle of Life" will be the theme of the
pastors message at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning at HOO
o'clock.
Mrs. Louis Bush and daughter, Miss
Ora Bush, after having spent the win
ter in Washington, D. c., returned to
their home in Oakland yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. A. A. Pickering, of Rowles-
burg, West Va, State President of
the w. C. T. u, will address the local
organization in St. Paul's M. E. church
next Thursday afternoon, April IA,
at three o'clock. Members of the local
organization request the presence of
large number of women of the town.
A mass of rock and earth, variously
estimated at thirty to forty tons,
slipped from the hillside near the Lit
tie Yough River, on the Crellin road,
came down without warning Friday
! morning and the road workmen were
kept busy several hours removing the
obstruction which covered small
part of the roadway.
James H. Painter was taken to Me-
mortal Hospital, Cumberland, yester-
day afternoon by Lawrence Dixon in
which institution he is receiving treat
ment and expects to remain there for
some time. Mr.. Dixon returned to
Oakland this morning and stated that
his son, operated upon yesterday af-
ternoon is doing nicely.
Up to March Is, the sum of $201,-
633 so was expended for the actual
support of the public schools of this
county during the current school year
of 1892, or since August 1, 1881.
Of this total the sum of $173, 047.50,
or sc per cent, was for salaries of all
kinds of those in the service and adj
ministration of the schools.
DR.. Roy McCuskey, president Of
West Virginia Wesleyan college,
Buchanan, will preach in St. Paurs
NJ. E. church on Sunday morning at
10:45, at the regular morning wor-
ship. Evening services will be held
as usual, with Clara Moon leading
the Christian Endeavor at 6:45, and
Rev. ]. w. Dawson, pastor, preaching
the evening sermon at 7:30.
Fishermen of Garrett county were
unable to take advantage of the open
ing of the trout season on last Friday
because of the swollen condition of
the streams in this community. All
of the WatercourseS were running
bank full as a result of rains and the
melting snow which had fallen Sun
day, reaching a depth of more than
fifteen inches Monday morning.
Senior home economics girls of
Oakland High school visited Oakland
Hardware and Furniture company's
store on Tuesday where they studied
designs, constitution and cost of furni-
ture. Today they spent an hour at
the West Penn office where electrical
appliances were demonstrated and a
study made of construction and care.
Miss Betty Harper, home economist
of the Monongahela System, gave the
demonstration.
Athletic coaches and principals from
schools and independent teams of
Maryland, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia were guests at the second
annual banquet Of the Wilson Hard
ware Company at the Central Y. M.
c.. A., Cumberland, on Friday even
ing. Coach Foster o. Speicher, was
the Oakland High School representa-
tive at the banquet. Plans were laid
for the Chamber of Commerce track
meet to be held in Cumberland on
April 80.
Junior Dixon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence X. Dixon, who suffered a
fracture of his leg early in the winter
in coasting accident and who was
! recovering satisfactorily, slipped on
rug at his home in Oakland last
Friday evening and falling broke his
leg second time. He was immedi-
ately returned to Memorial Hospital
in Cumberland, where he remains a
patient, an operation having been per-
formed on the fractured leg yester-
day morning when a plate was in
serted by the operating surgeons.
To Begin Athletic Training