The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-12-14

Mrs. Cecil Smith spent Tuesday III
Cumberland.
Mrs. Hubert Foy and Mrs. May
Beckman, of the Swanton community
were business visitors in Oakland on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Cecil Smith and Mrs. Donald
R. Sincell will entertain members of
the Butterfly Club at luncheon at the
home Of Mrs. Smith on Friday.
Miss Julia Lawton, who has been at
the home of her sister, Mrs. NJ. L.
Trenton, in Keyser, West Va, for some
time, has returned to her home in
Oakland.
At the Underwood United Brethren
church on Thursday night, December
II, Christmas program will be pre-
sented at which time the public in gen
eral is invited to attend
Mrs. Cyrus E. Dewitt returned to
her home near town on Monday from a
visit Of ten days with her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. James
at Pores Knob, N. C.
Pupils of the Hoyes Run school will
present an entertainment at the Club
House in Hoyes Run at 7 80 o'clock p.
M, on December 20. The public is in
vited. There will be no admission
charge.
County Superintendent Franklin E.
Rathbun went to Baltimore yesterday
to attend conference of County Su-
perintendents today, which was called
by the State Superintendent of Edu-
cation, DR.. Cook.
The Governor of Maryland has de-
clared holidays for all State employees
on Saturday, December %, and Satur-
day, December 80, thus giving them
three-day holidays over the Christmas
and New Year periods.
Mrs. Oliver M. Smouse is in Wier-
ton, West Va, this week with Mr..
Smouse, who is managing the bust
ness of his brother-in-law, James
Thompson, the latter being in a Cleve-
land (Ohio) hospital receiving medi-
cal and surgical treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Chupp and neph-
ew, Dan Chupp, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sol
ONION Slabach, of Arthur, Illinois, were
in Oakland last Thursday on business.
They had been visiting friends and rel
atives at Gortner for several days and
left this week for their homes.
Mrs. Julia Umbel, Markleysburg,
Pa, is spending the winter months at
the home of her niece, Mrs. Scott
Paugh, Sand Flat, north of Oakland.
Mrs. Umbel is ninety years of age and
for the past several years she has
come to this vicinity to remain during
the winter.
The girl scouts of Troop No. 2 spent
their regular meeting last Friday in
sewing and repairing clothes and toys
for their Christmas boxes which they
are making ready for distribution to
the needy. The girls also planned to
hold their Christmas party on Friday
night in the City Hall.
Miss Mabel Watson, Terra Alta, sis
ter of Ross Watson, manager of the
Grange Milling and Supply Company
at Loeb Lynn, is confined to her home
in Terra Alta as the result of a fall on
the street when she sustained a COM
pound fracture of her ankle and ne
cessitated placement in a cast.
The children of St. Peters school
will present Christmas play in the
school hall on Tuesday evening, De-
cember 10, beginning at 500 o'clock.
Admission charges will be Is and rs
cents to the general public. Following
the performance the children of the
school will be given their Christmas
presents.
The wedding of Miss Betty Sue Can
trelle and Nelson Thomasson III, both
of Chicago, took place Saturday after
noon, December 9, at 400 o'clock. Mr..
Thomasson's brother, Gardner, was his
best man. The couple are honeymoon
ing in New York. Mr.. Thomasson's
parents are summer residents at
Monte Vista, south of Oakland.
The Woodmen Circle will meet at
the home of Mrs. T. E. Bishoff on Fri
day evening, December %. Members
are urged to attend. The group will as
sist a needy family by packing bas-
ket with food, toys and clothing. A
Christmas party will be held in con-
nection with the business meeting.