The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-03-25
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

her home from Memorial Hospital, in
Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Dewitt, of near
Crellin, visited The Republican office
on business last Friday afternoon.
Ernest W. Shirer was host to men,
bers of the Owls Club at his home on
South Third street last Thursday ev-
ening.
Mr.. Paul Turney and Mrs. Abram
Iawton motored to Cumberland on
Saturday returning with Mrs. Turney
and infant son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirk, of Jenners-
town, Pa, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Krause at their home on South
Third street, on Sunday.
All schools of the county will close
for the Easter vacation period this
afternoon, March 25, and reopen on
Tuesday morning, March 80.
George P. Fitzwater, Swanton dis
trict's largest man, was in the county
seat town on business Saturday when
he called at The Republican office.
Mrs. Erwin S. Smith has returned to
her home in Oakland from Baltimore
where she had been visiting her daugh-
ter, Miss Edith Smith, several days.
Arthur Naylor, Jr., was at Buckhan-
non, w. Va, with hisb rother, Howard
Naylor, student at West Virginia Wes-
leyan College, over the weekend.
James w. Friend, member of the
County Board of Education, came to
Oakland from his home in Friendsville
and spent the day here on business.
Merle Rossell and Robert T. Hoff-
man were weekend visitors in Buck
harmon, W. Va, where they witnessed
the West Virginia State High school
basketball tournament.
Howard Rathbun, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Rathbun, who is a student
in Johns Hopkins Medical school, is
spending the Easter vacation period
with his parents in Oakland.
Mrs. Anna Smouse returned to her
home here on Monday after having
spent several weeks at the home Of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver NJ. Smouse, Myersville, Md.
Joe Ross, who is a patient at Mount
Alto Hospital, Washington, D. c., was
visited by his wife and niece, Miss
Geraldine Junkins, of Kitzmiller. Re-
ports from the institution indicate that
the patient is slowly improving.
Mrs. Rexford Racer and daughter
left Oakland Wednesday afternoon
for Pittsburgh to reside. Mrs. Racer is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
Shreve, of Oakland, and has been at
her parents home for some time. Mr..
Racer is an employee of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Pittsburgh.
Mr.. John H. Carter motored to
Baltimore on Saturday, returning on
Sunday with Mrs. Carter who had been
a patient in the Church Home and In
Urinary for the past several weeks
where she submitted to an operation,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smouse and two
children, of Clarksburg, w. Va, came
to Oakland Sunday, where Mrs.
Smouse and children are visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Michael.
Mr.. Smouse returned to Clarksburg
early Monday morning.
Mrs. Robert White and daughter, of
Cleveland, Ohio, after a brief visit in
Baltimore with her sisters, Mrs. James
A. Sweeney and Miss Estella Hart, are
here as guests of Mrs. Whites mother,
Mrs. ]. W. Hart, and Mr.. Whites par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. White.
The Oakland Civic Club will hold
its monthly meeting in the Home Eco
nomics building of the Oakland High
school on Tuesday afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock. There will be election of Of
ticers. Mrs. Neil C. Fraley, chairman
OF the playground activity committee,
has charge of the program.
approximately seventy-five boys Of
the Cumberland Central Y. M. c. A.
made their annual visit to the Stanton
maple sugar camp near Grantsville
last Saturday. The visitors were inter-
ested in seeing the employees gather
the sap and transform it into maple
syrup and maple sugar.
The Ladies' Aid Society of st. PauPs
M. E. church, Oakland, is conducting a
food sale in Sturgiss' Pharmacy, Sat
urday, March 81, beginning at 1000
O'Clock. Chocolate coated candy Easter
eggs with names for children is one
OF the specialties. Orders for any par
tlcular article of food will be reserved