The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-11-30

Miss Cora HICKMAN, of Grantsville,
was a business visitor in Oakland on
Wednesday of last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Denver C. Pickens, of
Fairmont, w. Va, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl F. Kahl on Thursday.
Sam U. Yoder, Yost Yoder, Ed. M.
Yoder and Milton Yoder, all of the
Grantsville community, visited Oak
land on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Field and Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Honick, accompanied by
members of their families, were Wis
itors in Clarksburg, West Va, on Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nordeck, Of
Terra Alta, and Miss Gladys Aronhalt
and James Nordeck, Oakland, were
visitors in Cumberland Sunday ev-
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Ache, Union
town, Pa, were guests a few days
last and this week of their uncle,
Harry L. Miller, at his home on Sec
ond street.
Max Nordeck, student at Frostburg
State Teachers College, spent the
Thanksgiving holiday period in Oak
land and at Terra Alta with relatives
and friends.
Miss Nora Lantz, Shepherdstown,
West Va, summoned to Kingwood by
reason of the death of her sister, the
late Mrs. H. S. Whetsell, is here for a
stay with friends.
Oliver M. Smouse went to Weirton,
West Va, last Saturday evening to re-
main for several days while his broth
er-in-law, James Thompson, is receiv-
ing treatment in a Cleveland CO.,
hospital.
Mrs. Margaret McComas and daugh-
ter, Miss Peggy McComas, returned to
their home in Oakland Sunday even
ing from Harrisburg, Pa, where they
had visited Mr.. and Mrs. Weston bod
son a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Day Mullinix and
Mrs. L. w. Stephenson, of Silver
Spring, returned to that place Satur-
day after having visited at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. v.
Leighton, Loeb Lynn, for few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein re-
turned to their home in Oakland Sun
day evening from Dinwiddie, Vir-
ginia, where they had been visiting
with Mrs. Spoerlein's relatives during
the Thanksgiving holiday period.
Miss Mildred Barton and Robert T.
Hoffman returned to Oakland Monday
evening from Whitley City, Kentucky,
where they had been guests for a few
days of Miss Barton's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Vincent Burton, of
Romney, West Va, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert A. Doub, Jr., Cumberland, and
their families, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. William R. Offutt at their home
on Second street over the Thanksgiv-
ing pariod. -
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. jackson, Iona
coming, motored to Oakland Sunday
to visit with their son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Haig Jackson.
Mr. Jackson is remaining here several
days on business connected with the
Jackson store, while Mrs. Jackson re-
turned to Homecoming Sunday evening.
Rev. and Mrs E. R. Thayer, Staun-
ton, Va, accompanied by the formers
sister, Miss May Thayer, motored to
their old home at Thayerville on Tues
day. Miss Thayer remains at Thayer-
vile while other members of the party
returned to Staunton Saturday where
Rev. Thayer is pastor of Baptist
church.
Rev. and Mrs. S. E. Wicker returned
to Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday
evening after having spent the period
Of Thanksgiving here. They were ac-
companied to Wilmington by Mrs.
Wicker's mother, Mrs. Ashby, who had
spent the summer at her home on
Third street.
The Maryland State Employment
Service last month filled 1871 jobs in
private industry, according to David
L. B. Fringer, director. Twenty-siX of
the number were placed through the
Oakland office, located in the McIntire
building. Milburn w. Mann is the local
representative of the Employment
Service in charge of the Oakland of
flee.