The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-03-30

morning.
Messrs. Paul and Emmett Friend
of Friendsville, spent Tuesday even
ing in Oakland on business.
The Fire Department auxiliary will
hold benefit card party on Tuesday
April Is, it has been announced.
City Clerk Enos Folk, of Grants.
vile, was here yesterday attending
the session of. court as a witness.
Little Miss Mary Virginia Bolden
entertained with four tables of finch
at the home of her mother on Friday
evening.
Mrs. Frank Criss, Mrs. James Van
Sickle and daughter, Miss Mildred
VanSickle, are spending today in
Uniontown, Pa.
Miss Marguerite Hart returned to
Washington, D. c., Tuesday after a
visit of several days at the home of
her mother, Mrs. ]. w. Hart.
A community sing, under the auspi-
cies of the Oakland Civic club, will
be held in the near future, Miss Lottie
M. Loar, president, has announced.
Miss Janet Tower entertained with
bridge dinner at her home last
Thursday evening in honor Of Mrs.
Frederick Koch, of Kingwood, West
Va.
Mrs. A. L. Neuman, of Baltimore,
has returned to her home after having
visited her mother, Mrs. Belle Du-
vail, Alder street, for week or ten
days.
Mrs. John F. Hart entertained men,
bers of her bridge club at her home
Monday evening. Mrs. Leo Helbig
won high honors and Mrs. Albert Neu-
mann, second.
Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Shilke are the
guests of the Terra Alta Rotary club
this evening, when the club will OBJ
serve Ladies' night and Rev. Shilke
will be the speaker.
Mrs! J. o. Lantz, of Hartmonsville,
West Va, who spent the past three or
four months in Oakland with her sis
ter, Mrs. Louis Bush, will return to
her home today.
Miss Martha Engle, former high
school instructor here, returned to
Friendsville Sunday evening after
spending Saturday and Sunday in
Oakland with Miss Margaret Kochen-
derfer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ault had as their
guests over the last weekend Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Brown and Mrs. John
Smyth and two children, of Cumber-
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. Calhoun, of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rev. w. w. Shearer, of Gainesville,
who was rector of st. Matthew'S Epis-
copal church, Oakland, about eighteen
years ago, was special preacher at
Emmanuel church, Cumberland, on
Wednesday. A dinner was given in
his honor just preceding the service.
Rev. Shearer is native of Cumber-
land and as young man was singer
in Emmanuel choir.
Mr.. H. R. Laughlin, of Cumberland,
division superintendent of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, spent a few
hours in Oakland and at Mountain
Lake Park yesterday. During recent
days Mr.. Laughlin says that a de-
cided upturn in freight movements on
the railroad has been apparent and
as result he as well as other rail-
road men are encouraged.
Ten or fifteen linemen of the A. T.
& T. Company from Uniontown have
been engaged for the past week in
rebuilding the long distance lines of
the company which cross Allegany
mountain east of Oakland torn down
in recent sleet storm. Many Of the
poles of the line were snapped off
and are being replaced with new
poles and cross arms.
Mrs. Rose McGraw deBerriz, of
Grafton and Charleston, West Va,
was here Saturday morning on bust
ness, returning to Grafton Saturday
afternoon. During the legislative ses-
sion at Charleston Mrs. deBerriz was
engaged in special work at the State
capital and will return to that city
upon the recovering of the legisla-
ture in special session on April 10.
Frank Blake has returned to his
home in Oakland from Pruntytown,
West Va, whence he was summoned
to attend the funeral of his brother
in-law, U. G. Arnett, whose tragic
death occurred one day last week at
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