The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-02-14

relatives.
James C. Davis, of the Swantol
community, was a business visitor il
Oakland yesterday.
Rev. Denver C. Pickens, of Fair
mont, w. Va, spent a few hours here
on Monday with relatives.
John Bethel, of the Bittinger com
munity, was a business caller at The
Republican office yesterday.
Miss Beryldine Fulk entertained
members of the Tuesday Night bridge
club at her home this week.
Charles Woodland, of Hundred, w
Va, has been employed in the shop
of the Sharps Motor Company as q
mechanic.
Mayor Grover C. Stemple will be
hostess at the meeting of the Owls
Club at his residence on Fifth street
this evening.
A marriage license was issued Mon
day in Cumberland to Thomas Victor
Baucom and Ida Mildred Sharpless,
both of Kitzmiller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel P. Smouse en-
tertained a number of their friends
with a card party at their home on
Third street yesterday evening.
Mrs. Ralph Weber and Mrs. F. A.
Thayer were joint hostesses at 500
party at the home of Mrs. Weber,
"Hillcrest," Wednesday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. A.. W. Code and fam
lily, of Accident, spent q short time in
Oakland on Tuesday when the pastor
made his annual visit to The Repub-
lican office.
Mrs. Frank E. Rathbun will enter
tain members of the Women's Mis-
sionary Society of St. Paul's M. E.
church at her home on Fifth street
this evening.
Miss Geraldine Nordeck, who was
i'll at her home for a week suffering as
result of an attack of influenza, is
now able to be back to her work in
the County Welfare office
DR.. Henry w. McComas will leave
Oakland Saturday or Sunday for Bal
timore where he will be engaged pro-
fessionally day or two, after which
he will go to Tucson, Arizona, for a
stay of two or three weeks.
Mrs. Stanley Stahl had as guests
at her home on Oak street members
of her Sunday school class and others
in the junior department Of the Luth-
eran Sunday school at valentine
party on Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul B. Naylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Stemple, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Weber, Mr.. and Mrs. O..
T. eraser, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter W.
Dawson, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith,
and Mrs. Jennie Richardson enjoyed
a sleigh ride Sunday afternoon to the
home of Joe King, near German
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The Oakland High girls basketball
team was defeated Friday night at
Davis al to 81. Oakland had defeat
ed Davis earlier in the season at Oak
land 81 to %. Miss Lucas scored 25
points for Oakland. Others playing
for Oakland included the Misses Ma
son, Fields, Dodge, Casteel, Frazee,
and Glotfelty.
"David's Portrait of Washington"
will be the theme of an address to be
given by Rev. Walter B. Brock at the
Garrett Memorial church in Oakland
next Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock. This is the third of series of
sermons on "Ancient Psalms and
Modern Problems being given each
Sunday morning during February.
Charles E. Hoye, a native Of Gar
rett county, who spent rs years as an
educator in the Philippines and some
time in Los Angeles, Cal, but who
has been in Garrett county since last
summer, recently visited in the Mey-
ersdale (Pa.) community gathering
data concerning the older families OF
Garrett county, Md, and Somerset
county, Pa. Mr.. Hoye is a great
grandson If the late Prof. Joseph
Stutzman, a pioneer educator of Som
erset' county, and a grandson of the
late Prof. Joseph J. Stutzman, first
superintendent of schools of Somerset
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Shaffer, near
Red House, with their family, trekked
to the Southland, leaving here last
Thursday morning. Mr.. Shaffer as a
master mechanic of more than ordi-
nary skill, built house trailer for his
automobile, and in it loaded what
housekeeping equipment was neces-
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