The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-12-29
LOCAL NEWS

his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William N.
Tillett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rolf w. DuPuy, Nor
folk, Va, are here this week as guests
of their son and daughter-in-law, Dr.
and Mrs. H. r. DuPuy.
Robert T. Hoffman returned to Oak
land Tuesday morning after having
spent Sunday and Monday in Washing
ton, D. c., with friends.
Walter f. Dawson, of Baltimore,
was at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter w. Dawson, in Oak
land, over the weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Winslow, of
Port Deposit, were guests several days
this week of Mrs. WINDOWS brother,
Major E. B. Carey, in Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Haulenbeek, of
McKeesport, Pa, after being here sew
eral days, returned to their home in
McKeesport on Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Humes and the
latter's brother, Otto Menear, all of
Wheeling, West Va, visited friends in
Oakland during the Christmas season.
Arthur Townshend, Jr., PhiladeI-
phia, Pa; Dwight Townshend, of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y; and Miss Helen Town
shend, of Katonsville, are visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Town
shend, ST., at their home on Alder
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H. limbaugh
and son, Edward, Canton, Ohio, were
here for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. I.
C. limbaugh and Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.
Falkenstein andf amily, returning to
their home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur HENDERSON
and daughter, of Altoona, Pa, were
guests of Mrs. Humberson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles V. Harvey, dur
ing a part of the holiday season.
Mrs. Charles A. Tower visited Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Krause on Tuesday,
going from here to Cumberland, where
she will visit with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Sprigg
Tower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Krause and
family visited Mrs. Krause's mother,
Mrs. Daniel Saylor, in Jennerstown,
Pa, and Mr.. Krauses mother, Mrs.
Mary E. Krause, in Meyersdale, Pa,
on Monday.
A registered Guernsey bull was re-
Gently sold by William F. Freaz, of
Pipersville, Pa, to Ezra Yoder, of the
Grantsville community. This addition
to Mr.. Yoder's herd of cattle is planned
to improve his stock.
The Girl Scouts of Troop No. 2,
Oakland, had a Christmas party at the
school hall last Thursday evening. The
members completed arrangements for
their Christmas baskets, which were
delivered on Saturday.
Mrs. Henry Earring, ST., of Aber-
deem, Md, arrived in Oakland Monday
evening to be with her son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tar
ring, Jr., for several days at their
home, Seventh and Alder streets.
County Superintendent of Schools r.
E. Rathbun is in Baltimore, where he
attended a meeting of county superin-
tendents of the State on Wednesday.
The meeting was called by DR.. Albert
S. Cook, State Superintendent of Edu-
cation.
Miss Henrietta Murdoch, Of New
York; Miss Mary Frances Murdoch, OF
Pittsburgh, and Captain Gerald Bish-
OBJ, of New York and London, England,
were guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Benz. H. Sincell in Oakland on
Tuesday.
Robert Lawton, of the Cotfman-
Fisher Company store, was one OF the
many persons marooned at Grantsvll!e
Monday night by the closing of Route
PIG leading from Keyser's Ridge to
Oakland. The highway, however, was
open to traffic by midnight Monday
Well, many of The Republican read
ers, desiring a white Christmas, had
their wishes fulfilled, as the snow be-
gan falling Saturday afternoon and
continued Sunday and Monday, with
total fall measuring 81 inches at the
Government station at the Weber
farm.
Mrs. Foster D. Bittle entertained
members of her Sunday school class
and few other children at a Christ
mas party at her home on Seventh
street last Thursday afternoon. A