The Republican., 1939-07-06


Miss Doris Falkenstein, MyersviIle,
is here for visit with relatives.
Robert Altstetter, of Cumberland,
was an Oakland visitor on Monday.
Miss Eleanor Koch, of Huntington.
West Va, visited friends in Oakland
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hugh Teets and
son Jack are camping at a point near
Petersburg, West Va, for two weeks.
Miss Crystal Elliott, instructor in
Oakland High school, is attending
summer classes in instruction at CO.
lumbia University, in New York City.
A reunion of the members of the
Josiah Bittinger family will be held
on the Cunningham Farm, near Bittin-
ger on Sunday, July 8. All members
OF this branch of the family are invited
to attend the gathering.
Mrs. Roy H. Hamill and daughters.
Katherine, Helen and Mrs. John Far
rar, and Richard Hamill and William
Steinbrecher, all of Huntington, w.
Va, were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. R. Mealy and other relatives
IN the Park and Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Townshend,
ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Townshend.
Jr., Miss Elizabeth Leary and Miss
Velma Myers were in Cumberland on
Sunday. Miss Leary remained there
over Monday to attend the funeral of
the late Mrs. Robert Lathrum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Helbig and two
daughters, of Richmond, Va, arrived
here Saturday to visit the formers
mother, Mrs. Harry Helbig and other
relatives. Mr.. Helbig returned to Rich
mond Tuesday, others Of the family
group remaining for a longer visit.
James Adams, Washington, D. c., IS
spending two weeks with his family
at the home of his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John ]. Sweeney. Accompa-
nying him to Oakland on Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Adams, who re-
turned to Washington on Wednesday.
Mrs. Maude Fraley Hollen, 81, of
Cumberland, wife Of H. E. dad" Hol-
len, conductor on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, died suddenly at the
Community Park, Terra Alta, at noon
on July 4, just after she and members
of her family had participated in a
picnic dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Schiller and two
sons, of Warren, Ohio, were guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Falk-
enstein Saturday evening and Sunday,
leaving Monday for a motor trip
over the Skyline Drive and other
interesting points before returning to
their home in Ohio.
Visitors at the New York World ;
Fair who happen to include the Com
munications Building in their timer
ary, will find poem Of Mrs. Ralph E.
Weber, of Oakland greatly enlarged
I'upon one of the walls of the building
and under a spotlight. The poem is
entitled can Old-Fashioned Garden
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Robinson and
two daughters returned to their home
in West Allenhurst, New Jersey, on
! Tuesday after having visited Mr.. Rob-
inson's parents, DR.. and Mrs. John q.
| Robinson, and other relatives in Oak
| land for several days. They were ac-
companied home by Miss Elva Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Hinebaugh and
.son Edward came to Oakland Saturday
from Canton, Ohio, and are visiting
with relatives. They leave tomorrow
for Myersville, where they will spend
the weekend with Mrs. Hinebaugh's s
brother, w. R. Falkenstein, and fam
ily. before returning to their home in
Ohio.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
advertising weekend excursions to
Oakland and Mountain Lake Park
from Baltimore and Washington, leav-
ing those cities every Friday, on tick,
cts good for the return trip the follow
ing Sunday. The rate of fare is $7.OO
from Baltimore and 5000 from Wash
ington for the round trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kolb, Balti-
more, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Harmed on Sunday and are remain
ing in this community for several
davs. The two families met at Mag
ara Falls about 35 years ago and had
not met since that time until the past
week. This is the first visit of Mr. and
Mrs. Kolb to Garrett county and they
expressed their delight at the bautltul
i scenery and climate of the mountains