The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-08-05

FiSlISu Odhldnu yesterday LOT SNORT
time.
Mrs. Ernest Townshend and her
daughter, Mrs. Stanley F. Miller, are
spending today in Cumberland.
Mrs. Stanley F. Miller, of Washing
ton, D. c., is here on a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Town
shend.
Mrs. Lewis Gortner had as her
guests yesterday afternoon members
of st. Marks Circle of the Lutheran
church.
The Misses Cummings, accompanied
by Mrs. Louis Bush and daughter Miss
Ora Bush, spent last Thursday in Rom
ney, West Va.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Salem, O.,
is spending several weeks in Oakland
with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Brown.
Mrs. Robert White and daughter,
Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting Mrs.
Whites mother, Mrs. ]. W. Hart, and
other relatives in Oakland.
Ralph Strawderman, Petersburg,
West Va, linotype operator in the Of
flee of the Grant County Press, was a
caller at The Republican office yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. 1. R. Trimble, Baltimore, who is
here on a visit, and her son, Rev. D.
c. Trimble, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. D. Edward Offutt at the lake
cottage Tuesday evening.
Miss Louise Wachtel, Roland Hover,
Manard Rotzhan, Kyle Bittle and Ed
win Falkenstein, of Myersville, Md,
spent from Saturday until Monday
morning here with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Dickerson,
Miss Martha Dickerson and Albert
Dickerson, all of Fairmont, w. Va,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Edward
Offutt on Sunday at their cottage, The
Anchorage, on Deep Creek Lake.
Mrs. Stanley Stahl, of Oakland, who
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis at Memorial Hospital, Cumber-
land, last Thursday morning, is rap
idly recuperating in the institution.
She will probably return to her home
early next week.
Miss Ada Murphy, night operator
in the local telephone exchange, was
taken to Allegany Hospital, Cumber-
land, one day last week and on Thurs
day she submitted to a major opera
ton. Her condition is said to be favora-
Bile to an early recovery, when she
will be brought to her home on PEN
nington street.
Lieutenant Charles Koeltz, who has
been stationed at Potomac CCC camp
during the past several months, was
transferred Tuesday to the New Ger
many CCC camp. Mrs. Koeltz went to
her home at Harrisonburg, Va, for a
brief visit with her parents on Tues
day and upon her return the couple
will occupy quarters in Grantsville.
Rev. Paul Helsley, TOWNSVILLE, w.
Va; Rev. John Kelly, Rowlesburg, w.
Va; Monsignor Hugh ]. Monaghan, St.
Ambrose church, Baltimore; Rev. FIR.
John Martin, Randallstown, and Rev.
FIR. Thomas j. Stanton, Gainesville,
were all present at the opening cele-
bration of the homecoming of St.
Peters Parish, Oakland, on Sunday
morning.
Members of the two Lutheran con-
gregations at Boswell and Jerome, Pa,
gave their newly elected pastor, Rev.
Elwood Hauser, a surprise visit one
evening last week. Among the gifts he
received was a purse of $4,000. Rev.
Hauser was recently installed pastor
of the two congregations which are at
tached to the Allegheny Synod. He is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Hauser,
of near Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael A. Garrett, of
Baltimore, who were former residents
of Deer Park, are spending this week
at Deer Park, Hutton and Oakland Wis
iting relatives and attending the home
coming celebration of st. Peters Par
ish, of which they were members in
years gone by. Mrs. Garrett, in COM
pany with Mrs. Patrick Garrett, of
Deer Park, visited The Republican Of
fee on Tuesday.
William L. Thomas, of Grantsville,
by his daughter, Miss
Mary Thomas, who recently returned
home from Duke University, where she
had taken a special course in educa-
tional work and afterward in company
with a classmate motored south to
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