The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-07-22


Bible class of the Methodist Episcopal
Sunday school, picnicked at Swallow
Falls yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Altstetter
spent the weekend in Cumberland
at the home of Mr.. Altstetter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Altstetter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Campbell and
daughter Jacqueline, of Weirton, w.
Va, were guests over Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Grover C. Stemple in Oak
land.
Mrs. B. G. Sheckells, of New York
and Baltimore, is visiting her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
W.. Sheckells, at their home on Oak
street. .., -
Mrs. John Ault has returned to her
home, north of town, after having Wis
tied with her daughters, Mrs. John
Smyth and Mrs. Fred Brown, in
Cumberland.
Miss Gertrude Holloway, of Fred
erick, State supervisor of projects,
WPA, and Mrs. Cora Perry, Cumber-
land, library supervisor, were in Oak
land on Wednesday, inspecting the
projects here.
Mrs. Robert Giessman and daughter,
Mary Robb, of Cumberland, are spend
ing this week with Mrs. Giessman's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dice Spiker,
near town. Mr.. Giessman spent the
weekend here with his family and
other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hinebaugh and
son and Miss Thelma Hinebaugh, of
Fairmont, were weekend guests of
Mrs. Mary Stemple and other relatives
in Oakland. They were accompanied
home by Miss Elizabeth Hinebaugh,
who had spent two weeks here.
Howard Robinson and daughter, of
Freehold, N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis
Robinson and son, of Allentown, Pa,
and Rev. Ralph Robinson, son and
daughter, of Spring Grove, Pa, spent
from Thursday until Monday at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. ]. G. Robinson
near town.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced more open
competitive examinations for an edu-
cational analyst, a warden and asso-
ciate warden, safety promotion ad-
wiser and field representative for the
Treasury Department. Salaries run
from $500 to $4,000 annually. Fur
Their information may be obtained at
the Oakland postofice.
Weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
Edward Offutt, at their cottage, "The
Anchorage" on Deep Creek Lake,
were Senator Cecil B. Highland and
Phillip Clarks, of Clarksburg, w. Va.
Guests Saturday evening also included
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Spencer, Charleroi,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lawrence,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Lancer, and Mr..
and Mrs. Lowell LOOMS.
Gilead Broadwater, of Grantsville,
father of DR.. N. l. Broadwater, of Oak
land, who was in Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, for a number of days
under observation, was brought to DR..
Broadwater's home here last Friday
evening and will be taken to his own
home in Grantsville tomorrow. Mr..
Broadwater's condition is greatly i'm
proved.
Saint Marks Young Women's Mis-
sionary Society met at the home of
Mrs. Karl F. Kahl on Tusday evening,
at which twenty-five members and
guests were present. The guestspeaker
was Miss Lottie Martin, Of Guntur,
India, who is home on furlough after
fourteen years in charge of hospitali-
cation in India. Miss Martins head
quarters is located in Rentichintala,
a town of several hundred people in
the Guntur, District.
4 Thomas R. "Flick" Friend, Friends
vile, who has been confined in the
county Jail since the fatal shooting of
Quinter Hook, for which Clyde Friend
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life, was taken to the State hospital
for the insane, at Sykesville, last week
by, J. w. Owens, deputy sheriff, and
Lester Bittinger, constable. Friend
was examined by Drs. N. I. Broad
water and E. 1. Baumgartner. "Flick''
was sentenced to Jail for driving an
automobile while under the influence of
liquor. He accompanied Clyde Friend
to Markleysburg, Pa, the night prior
to the fatal shooting of Hook.
An attractive social event of the
week was an informal gathering at
Chimney Corner, at Red House, or
Monday evening. The affair was given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Keith R. Smith in
honor of Mrs. Keith's sister, Miss Ell