The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-05-02
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST


day evening in Frostburg.
Leo Egger, of Clearfeld, Pa, is
spending a few days here with rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Carter spent
the weekend with friends in Roanoke
and Olaf, Virginia,
Miss Mary Emily Butt is in Wheel
ing, W. Va, this week visiting her
sister, Miss Alice Butt.
Members of St. Matthew's Guild
will meet at the home of Mrs. Albert
Thrasher in Oakland today.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McIntire an
nounce the birth of a daughter at
their home on the Mt. Lake Park road
on Sunday morning.
H. S. Thomas, of lockwood, Pa.
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Krause at their home on South Third
street last Thursday.
DIR. R. A. Jehle, potato specialist OF
the University of Maryland, is in Gar
rett county this week where he is in
terested in potato culture.
Colby Biggs, one of The Republi-
cans long time subscribers from the
Gormania community, made his an
nual visit to this office yesterday.
Joseph E. Harmed was the guest
speaker at the Ladies' Night program
of the Kingwood Rotary Club at
Kingwood, w. Va, on Tuesday even
ing.
Services at the Pleasant Valley M.
E. church on May will be as follows:
Sunday school at 10 a. M; preaching
services at II o'clock by Rev. Gregory
Bleakly, pastor.
Rev. and Mrs. Samuel E. Wicker,
who were here for some time visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Ashby, re-
turned to their home in Wilmington,
Delaware, on Saturday.
Mrs. Walter D. Humphrey, of RoX-
bury, Conn, who has been visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
Eugene C. Peck, for several weeks, re
turned to her home on Tuesday.
The Allegany- Garrett County Med
ical Society will hold its regular
meeting at the Fort Cumberland Hotel
at Cumberland on Friday evening at
$3.50 o'clock. Many of the Garrett
county physicians are members of the
society and plan to attend the meet
ing.
The announcement of the marriage
of Miss Alta Elizabeth Harvey, to M.
Kenneth Lyle McRobie, which took
place at the home of Rev. Gregory
Bleakly, in Mt. Lake Park, on April
20, came as surprise to the friends
of the two families. The couple will
reside at Kitzmiller.
Lifting the Level of Life" is the
theme of new series of sermons on
the Acts of the Apostles being given
by Rev. Walter B. Brock at the Gar
rett Memorial church. The first of
these sermons, Tongues of Flame
and Hearts Afre," will be delivered
on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
Miss Mabel Speicher, daughter o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Speicher, of Acct
dent, has been appointed to steno-
graphic position in the Welfare office
in Oakland, taking the position made
vacant by the resignation of Miss
Helen Jones, who is now in the gov
eminent employ at Washington, D. c.
Samples of water taken from wells
used in tourist camps and schools o.
Garrett county, were taken on Tues
day by DR.. E. C. Peck, health officer,
and they will be tested for purity.
Ten points in the county were visited
by the health representative. Ihls
work is in connection with the regu-
lar routine duties of the health officer.
Mrs. M. R. Hamill and daughter,
Miss Margaret Hamill, returned last
week from Huntington, w. Va, where
they had spent over three months with
the formers daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Roy Hamill. They were accompanied
to Oakland by Miss Katherine Hamil
and Miss Dorothy Page, who returned
to their homes in Huntington, after
short visit here.
An invitation was received by the
editor of The Republican to attend
the ceremonies incident to the accep-
lance by the State of Maryland of a
gift of the statue Freedom of Con-
science" from the twenty-three coun-
ties, on Saturday, May 18, at o'clock,
at St. Mary's City. The invitation
came from the Maryland Tercentenary
Commission, which has charge of the