The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26


Miss Helen Treacy spent the past
weekend in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. Edwin Dixon and son Arnold,
were Oakland visitors last Friday.
The Nightingales will sing at the
morning service of st. Matthew's
church on Sunday.
Mrs. F. E. Rathbun entertained the
Monday night bridge club at her home
on Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bolden, Mey-
ersdale, Pa, were visiting relatives in
Oakland last Friday.
Mr.. James Wilburn, Hoyes, spent
Wednesday in Oakland when he called
at The Republican office.
There will be Sunday School at
$50 a. m. on May 20, at st. Johns
Lutheran church at Red House.
Mr.. H. K. Early, of Appalachia, Va,
is visiting his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Berne Teter.
The Oakland postoffice will be closed
on Memorial Day, May 80, except
between the hours of and 8 a. m.
DR.. and Mrs. VanNess, of Balti-
more, are stopping for two or three
days at the William-James hotel.
Mrs. Elizabeth Offutt Polk returned
Saturday from Orlando, Florida,
where she had spent the winter
months.
Mrs. Zelma Ayres, of Clarksburg,
w. Va, spent the weekend at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. William
Butt.
A meeting of English teachers of
the county high schools was held at
the Oakland High school building
yesterday.
The Oakland Civic club will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. Harold H. Harmed next Tues
day afternoon at o'clock.
The office of the County Commits
sioners will be closed on Memorial
Day, according to an announcement
from w. NJ. Frazee, clerk.
Mr.. Joe Browning and sister, Mrs.
Florence White, of Fairmont, w. Va,
spent the weekend here as guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wolfe.
Mrs. Henry w. McComas, ST., who
was taken to Memorial hospital, Cum
berland, last Thursday morning and
operated upon for appendicitis, is i'm
proving rapidly in health.
Funeral services for William Rode
HEAVIER, of Masontown, w. Va, were
held Sunday afternoon with interment
in the Sand Flat cemetery, six miles
north of Oakland.
The members of the Knights of
Pythias lodge are requested to meet
at Castle hall on Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock, to participate in the parade
and memorial day services.
Mrs. Everett Casteel and children,
of Washington, Pa, will move to Oak
land in the near future and will occu-
Ply the home at present occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Maroney and
family, on Center street.
Messrs. Lewis Lawton and Harold
Moon, U. S. Navy, stationed at Hamp-
ton Roads, Va, are spending fifteen
day furlough at their respective homes
here. They expect to be assigned to
ship upon their return.
Miss Elsie Benthien, who has been
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter w. Dawson for the past few
days, will leave today for Greensburg,
Pa, and next week will leave for her
home in the state of Washington.
Walking along Alder street about
II o'clock Sunday night Robert Hoff-
man discovered the awning of Lee
Shaffer's jewelry store to be on fire,
the blaze evidently caused by lighted
cigaret having been Tipped upon it..
The fire had burned a hole more than
a foot in diameter.
Mrs. Joe Wolfe and daughter Lucil-
lie, Ray Browning and daughter Pau
line, and Miss Florence Browning
spent last Thursday in Uniontown,
Pa, where they attended the gradua-
ting exercises of the Uniontown High
school, their niece, Miss Mildred Man
ges, being a member of the class.
Mrs. Edward Pendergast, Miss Mar
garet Treacy, Miss Bernadine CAVITY,
and Alex Hesen returned Saturday
morning from Buffalo,. N. Y, where
they attended on Thursday the grad