The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-05-26
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST


Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith visited
friends in Clarksburg, w. Va, on
Sunday.
O. S. Fike and J. C. Merrill, of near
Homecoming, were in Oakland Monday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert White, of I'm
iontown, Pa, were here for short
time last Friday visiting relatives.
Mrs. Belle Crop was called to
Clarksburg Sunday on account of the
serious condition of her son, Robert
Crop.
Cheston H. Browning and sister,
Miss Florence Browning, visited Rob-
ert Cropp in Clarksburg, w. Va, on
Sunday.
Mrs. A. P. Sanders, of near Hutton,
was taken to Memorial hospital at
Cumberland on Monday for treatment
and a possible major operation.
Miss Florence Browning, Phila-
delphia, Pa, arrived here Saturday
where she is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Mary Browning, and other relatives.
Mrs. Mary Browning and daughters,
Mrs. Huldah Littman and Miss Flor
ence Browning, spent Wednesday in
Clarksburg, where they visited Robert
Crop.
Mrs. E. R. Fike entertained on Sun
day with a picnic luncheon in honor
of Mr.. Fixes birthday anniversary.
About fifty friends and relatives at
tended.
A number of people went to Union
town, Pa, on Monday and Cumberland
on Tuesday of this week to attend the
circus which was showing in those
towns.
Guy Gregg, whose home is near
Deer Park, and who has been in Dur
ham, N. c., during the winter months,
returned to Oakland last Friday for a
brief visit.
At the meeting of the Knights of
Pythias lodge members on Friday ev-
ening of this week, the rank of Es-
quire will be conferred on one OF more
candidates.
Miss Elsie Kennedy. of Washing
ton, D. c., visited her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Sincell,
in Oakland, from Friday until Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Falkenstein re-
turned home Friday night follow
ing a visit of two weeks with their
daughters and families in Canton, O.,
and Wellsburgh, West Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McComas re-
turned to their home here Sunday ev-
ening from a visit of a few days with
Mrs. McComas' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. T. Johnston, at Phillipsburg, Pa.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Shilke, of
near Somerset, Pa, were in Oakland
with friends on Monday, Rev. Shilke
coming here to attend meeting OF
the Garrett County Bible Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Hostetler and
daughters, June and Helen, spent Sun
day with Mr.. Hostetler's sisters,
Misses Lille and Anna Hostetler and
Mrs. Dora Yoder, at Meyersdale, Pa.
Mrs. Lewis Conant, of Cambridge,
Mass, came to Oakland on last Satur-
day evening to remain for some time
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
land L. Jones, at their home on Second
street.
Mrs. G. H. Falkenstein and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Carlton G. Gould, Hamden,
Conn, left here Saturday for FAIR
mont, W. Va, where they are visiting
the formers son-in-law and daughter,
Rev. and Mrs. Denver c. Pickens.
Miss Thekla C. Fundenberg and
Miss Johnston, who spent the winter
months in Washington, D. c., expect
to arrive in Oakland this Friday OF
Saturday to remain in Miss Fun
denberg's home here during the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Schoch and
family, of Santa Rosa, Texas, arrived
in Oakland Tuesday, Mr.. Schoch con-
tinuing to Washington, D. e., on
Wednesday where his sister, Mrs
Edith Sadler, underwent a major
operation. ....
Ward Haines and family, one-tme
residents of Oakland, more recently
residing in Keyser, West Va, have re-
turned to Oakland and taken up their