The Republican., 1936-12-03

eran church will meet on Tuesday eV-
ening, December 8. The program will
be built about the spirit of Christmas.
Mrs. Charles Milton Sincell, who has
been quite ill at her home on Second
street for the past two or three weeks,
is reported to be improved this morn
ing.
Wellington Yutzy, a service officer
for the Maryland Veterans Bureau.
was here several days last week with
relatives. His territory extends from
Hagerstown westward including Gar
rett county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Cow and
two children, of Frederick, are here
for a brief visit with Mrs. Cows par
ents, Judge and Mrs. Thomas E.
Bishoff, and other relatives in the
county.
Irving Broadwater, Jr., student in
the University of Maryland, visited
his brother Robert Broadwater, who is
attending school in Loomis, Conn,
and also spent few days here with his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. N. ]. Broad
water, during the Thanksgiving holi-
day period.
The sum of $27.26 was realized
from the offering at the union Thanks
giving service in the Methodist
church last Thursday morning and
at the service at Mountain Lake Park.
The fund has been turned over to the
health officer who uses the money for
needy emergency cases.
DR.. K. P. Downing, who has been
engaged as chiropractor in Oakland
for the past year, will return to his
former home at Cleveland, O., about
December Is where he will become
an instructor in the Metropolitan Chi
ropractic College. Mrs. Downing will
return to Cleveland with him.
A call for help of the local fire de-
partment came from Bayard, W. Va,
early on Monday morning, occasioned
by what proved to be later a fiue fire
in home in that town. Before the
men and equipment left the fire sta
ton here, however, word came that
the fire was out and assistance was
not needed.
Mr. Joseph E. Harmed, author of
"Wild Flowers of the Alleghanies, "
has presented a copy of the second edi-
tion of his book to the Oakland Pub
lie Library. The Library Board as
knowledges the receipt of this gift
and publicly expresses its grateful
ness for the volume. A copy of the
first edition of the book is also on the
shelves of the library.
Joseph E. Harmed was at Grants
vile on Tuesday where he purchased
the drug stock of the late B. T. Kel-
Ter, whose death occurred two or
three weeks ago. The drug stock was
the only thing disposed of by the ad-
ministratrix, Mrs. Keller. She will
continue to operate the store as ii
was during the life of her husband
lacking the drug business, however
On Thursday evening, at 1880 o'clock
in the office of the health officer, Court
House, will be shown moving picture
outlining the latest methods of treat
ing infantile paralysis. The picture
was made in the Children's Hospital
i School, Baltimore. The film is rather
! technical and is especially for physi-
clans and nurses, but anyone inter
ested may attend, DR.. E. C. Peck, the
health officer, announced.
A large number Of out-of-county and
also many out-of-State hunters came
to Garrett county Monday afternoon
and evening to be ready for the op-
ening of the deer hunting season on
Tuesday. Notables recognized as be.
ing from other sections of Maryland
were Major Carey, head of the State
Police force, and Andrew Cohill, ap-
pie grower and expert orchardist Of
the Hancock section of Maryland.
Rev. Charles R. Kupfer, former
Methodist pastor at Kitzmiller, Mrs
Kupfer and daughter Violet, were con.
fined in hospital at Charleston, w
Va, during the months of September
and October with attacks of typhoid
fever. Rev. Kupfer and daughter have
fully recovered and Mrs. Kupfer is
slowly recuperating. At the last NJ
E. Conference Rev. Kupfer was as.
signed to the Friendly, W. Va, charge
an oil field town along the Ohio
pivar