The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-06-22
LOCAL NEWS

guest OF MS parents, Mir. and Mrs.
Arthur Lawton, several days this
week.
Mrs. Ralph E. Weber entertained
last Friday evening with three tables
of bridge in honor of her guest, Miss
Adelaide RudisilI.
Mrs. F. D. Bittle entertained mem
bers Of her bridge club and a few
guests last Thursday evening at her
home on Seventh street.
Erwin S. Smith, accompanied by his
daughter Joan, left Oakland one day
last week for Portland, Indiana, to
visit with Mr.. Smiths parents for
short time.
Mrs. Jessie Stup, Washington, y,
c., is spending this week with rela-
tives in and near Gormania. Mrs.
Stup and her sister, Miss Shillingburg,
visited in Oakland on Saturday.
Monday, July 3, having been de-
clared legal holiday by Governor o.
Conor, the Board of County Commits
sioners will meet on the following
Monday, July 10, for the purpose of
transacting routine business, instead
Of upon the Bird of July.
Mrs. Floyd B. Leighton and Miss
Dot Harvey spent several days Of the
past week visiting with their sister,
Miss Nellie K. Harvey, in Washing
ton, D. c.
A card party will be held under the
auspices Of the Ladies Guild of st.
Matthew's Episcopal church, Thurs
day, June 20, at 500 o'clock p. M, in
the church Parish House. Tickets are
25 cents. Refreshments will be sold.
Mrs. E. P. Deatrick, Morgantown,
West Va, en- route to Washington, D.
c.. to visit her husband and son, was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hanst
on Tuesday night,
Mrs. Henry Tarring and grand
daughter, Maxine Earring, of Aber-
deem, Md, are spending two weeks in
Oakland with the formers son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Earring, Jr., at their home, Seventh
and Alder streets.
Grover C. Stemple, incoming presi-
dent of the Oakland Rotary Club,
and Walter w. Dawson, member of the
organization, are attending the Inter
national Rotary convention being held
this week in Cleveland, Ohio. They eX
pect to return to Oakland tomorrow,
W. L. Thomas, cashier of the First
State Bank, Grantsville, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Mary Thomas,
who recently returned to her home in
Grantsville from Grafton, w. Va, in
which city she was engaged during
the winter as an instructor in a high
school, visited Oakland last Friday.
Mrs. Huldah Littman and Mrs. NAL
colin B. Mackey motored to Philadei-
phia, Pa, to be accompanied from that
city by their niece, Mary Elizabeth
Browning, to the New York Worlds
Fair, returning home after spending
several days in Philadelphia with their
sister, Miss Bonnie Browning.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced competi-
tive examinations for positions in the
Department of Agriculture, and such
applications are to be on file in Wash
ington not later than July II. Full
information may be obtained from M.
c. Crane, at the Oakland postotfice.
Robert Broadwater, student in Har-
ward University, Cambridge, Mass,
returned to his home here for the
summer on last Saturday afternoon
He was accompanied home by William
Knapp, Manchester, Conn.,, and Mar
vim Barrett, Des Moines, Iowa, who
will be his guests for several days,
Mr.. U. G. Palmer, Verona, Pa, &C
companied by his niece, Mrs. Edith
Naylor, Of Clear Lake, Iowa, who IS a
guest at the Palmer home, motored to
Oakland on Tuesday and after visit
ing here with friends few hours, re-
turned to Verona. Mrs. Naylor Is an
instructor Of English in the Mason
City Qowa) High school.
Mrs. G. L. Johnson, who was a guest
Of her daughters here for the past
month, left on Monday morning Tor
Simpson, West Va, where she VIII
visit relatives for several days before
continuing to Parkersburg, W. Va.
Her son, Joseph Johnson, who also had
spent several days here, left Saturday
for his home at FrametoWn, w. Va.
The Terra Alta High School Alumni
Association will hold its annual ban