The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-08-05
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

New York City this week.
John w. Green, of the Swanton COM
munity, visited Oakland on business
Monday.
Mrs. Ethel Bender, Kitzmiller, was
visitor in Oakland on Friday when she
called at The Republican Office on bus
mess.
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Morris and
grandson, James Sherman, of Pitts
burgh, visited relatives in Oakland a
few days this week.
Misses Katherine Wooddell and
Gladys Aronhalt were guests of the
formers relatives in Webster Springs,
West Va, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson L. Loar, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, are here for visit
with Misses Lottie and Grace Loar
at their home on Second street.
Mrs. Charles Stevens, of Washing
ton, D. c., who has been here for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. Harry Sim
cell. will leave today for her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Halsey and fam
lily, Pittsburgh, Pa, are visiting rela-
tives near Oakland. Mr.. (Soldier) Hal
sey formerly operated Lakeside Park
on Deep Creek Lake.
Mahlon DERRICK and daughter Miss
Cora DERRICK, Miss Helen Friend and
A. j. Teets, all of the Friendsville
community, visited in Oakland Mon
oay' .rH .... ,r-GE. ,..
Carl Holbert, of the West Virginia
State Roads Commission, engineering
department, visited Oakland on bust
ness connected with the roads depart
ment on Tuesday.
Mrs. Robert l.. Chamberlain, Bal
timore, is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
C. M. Guard, and niece, Miss Ursula
Guard, at their residence on Alder
street.
Mrs. Margaret Wells, of Baltimore,
and Mrs. William F. Williams, of Cum
berland, were guests Tuesday of Mrs.
Williams daughter, Mrs. w. w. Grant,
Second street.
Miss Nancy Sheckells is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. T. N. Weatherby, in Bal
timore this week and will then go, on
to White Plains, N. Y, to visit her
grandmother, Mrs. B. G. Sheckells.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Milton Fike and
daughter Miss Bernice Fike, of near
Friendsville, visited Oakland on Mon
day when Mrs. Fike called at The Re-
publican office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Helbig and two
children returned to their home in
Richmond, Va, Saturday, after having
spent two weeks here at the home Of
Mr.. Helbig's mother, Mrs. Harry Hell
big. ...'..ts IRFSl
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Johnston, Phil
lipsburg, Pa, are spending this week
in Oakland with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry W. Nc
Comas, Jr., at their home on Second
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Whitehill,
accompanied by their two grandchil-
dren and Mrs. Luther ]. Brown, all of
Salem, Ohio, motored to Oakland one
day last week for a brief visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. George H. Hanst is at Jack
sons Mill, West Va, this week where
she is one of the instructors in the
annual Farm Women's Camp being
held there under the West Virginia
Extension Department.
Mrs. Permelia Hawk, of Detroit,
Michigan, who is a daughter of the
late Charles ]. Newman, is here for a
visit with her relatives and friends.
Mrs, Hawk has been in the employ of
a merchandising concern in Detroit
for the past twelve years. .a,
Mrs. Hubert Burdette and son
Kenneth, of Mount Airy, are here
for visit with Mrs. Burdette's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Harmed,
having driven to Oakland on Monday
afternoon. Mr.. Burdette came to OaE-
land with his family, returning to his
home yesterday morning.
DIR. Friend I. Johnson, Of Saint Cloud,
Florida, after visiting his sister, Mrs.
E. S. Davidson, in the Park fora week
and being a guest Of friends in Oak
land, left on Tuesday for his home,
joining Mrs. johnson in Washington,
D. c., who was accompanying an in
valid sister from Northern Idaho to
Saint Cloud.
Mayor Lawrence NJ. Fraley has been
narnnd a Toay,nhnr of the snecia1 Fire