The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-07-01
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST


community, was here on business Fri
dav when he called at The Republican
office.
William Gortner, of Lynn Haven,
Florida, where he has been spending
q number of winters, is now in Garrett
county for visit with relatives and
friends.
DR.. and Mrs. Archibald Moore, who
recently visited their son Brooks
Moore, and family, in Huntington, W.
Va, have returned to their home in
Oakland.
Sheriff and Mrs. Clarence Spear had
as their dinner guests on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Wicklow and chill
dren. of Friendsville, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hart, of Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Gortncr and sons
Willard and Everett, of Macon, ILL.,,
are visiting the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Ream at Loeb Lynn and at
the Gortner home at Gortner.
George Porter, as a result of Civil
Service examination, recently conduct
ed, has secured employment in the
Oakland postoffice as a substitute car
rier. He began his work last Thurs
day.
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Episcopal church at Deer Park,
will hold penny supper in the Wood
man Hall at Deer Park on Wednesday
evening, July 7, beginning at $50
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell H. Brown left
Oakland Saturday for Boston, Mass,
to visit relatives. Enroute to Boston
they will be guests of friends in En-
mittsburg and New York City a few
days.
Miss Virginia Richardson and Miss
Frances Richardson, of Baltimore, are
here for a few days prior to the OPP
ening of their Mountain Lake Park
home, which they will occupy this sum-
mer.
Mrs. David NJ. Funk and two chill
dren, Mary and David Brooks Funk,
came to Oakland from their home in
Newport, KY, on Friday to visit with
relatives here for shot time. Rev.
Funk will come later for visit.
Joseph White, former resident of
Oakland, now of Fairmont, w. Va,
where he is holding a responsible posi-
ton with the city government, accom-
panied by his son Howard, spent few
hours in Oakland Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Arnold Scherr and two sons,
Joseph and Robert, Keyser, w. Va,
and her daughter, Mrs. Frederick
Hamilton and two children, of Char
lesion, W. Va, were guests of Mrs.
Julius C. Renninger, at her home on
Second street Sunday afternoon.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Pauline Eliza
beth Fike, to Mr.. Nathan Ross Selby,
which took place at Sebysport on
April IS, 1887. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. George NJ. Kunkle,
pastor of the Accident Lutheran par
ish.
Reeves Blandford, former employee
in the First National Bank, Oakland,
and who has been assistant cashier in
bank at Emmitsburg, near Freder-
lex, for the past several years, has
accepted a position as cashier of a
bank at Upper Marlboro, Md, near
Washington, D. C.
The new surgical unit and admins
tration building at the Hopemont State
San&torium, a $201 900 PWA project,
located at Hopemont, w. Va, ten miles
west Of Oakland, is nearly ready for
occupancy, according to DR.. A. V. Cad
den, uperintendent, who is making
preparations to move the administra-
tive Offices to the new building.
Members of the Methodist Episcopal
church choir entertained members of
the Lutheran choir and their husbands
and wives at party on Monday even
ing in the assembly room of st. PauPs
church. Games were the diversion. APP
proximately forty persons were in at
tendance. Refreshments of homemade
ice cream, cake and lemonade were
served.
Civic Club officials at Mountain Lake
Park have announced the opening of
the tennis courts adjoining the bowl
ing alley there. Special rates are be-
ing made now for the season, weekly
and daily memberships. The money
thus received will be used for the i'm
provement of the courts. Any infor-
nation may be obtained at the bowling
alley upon request.
Mrs. Josephine Armstrong, daugh-