The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-04-20

count of illness.
Kenneth Lawton returned to Cum
}, berland on Wednesday after visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Law
ton for several days.
Mrs. Alice Stevens, of Washington,
i D. c., is here for visit with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry C. Sincell, and family.
Mrs. E. V. Cornell, of CIarksburg,
West Va, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Err
vim S. Smith, South Third street, for
several days, having arrived here on
Tuesday.
Albert T. White, of the County
Treasurer's office, has been in Balti-
more during the week attending the
annual sessions of the Grand Lodge,
l. o. OF.
The seasonal opening on Deep Creek
Lake, held at Cabin Lodge last Satur-
day evening, was attended by four
hundred or five hundred people, so es-
timated by some who were present.
A Baptist Brethren all-day meeting
and Homecoming will be held at the
church in Loeb Lynn Heights the last
Sunday in May. The Rev. Benjamin
Smith, Burlington, West Va, will be
! guest speaker.
Mrs. William R. Offutt returned to
her home in Oakland last Sunday ev-
ening after having been at Valrico,
Florida, several weeks with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. H. Doub, Jr., and family,
of Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Hesen and
children, of Hagerstown, were visit
ing Mrs. Hesen's mother, Mrs. Sara
bell Kimmell, the Misses Clara and
Mamie Eggers, and other relatives,
last Friday and Saturday.
Little James fowler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. fowler, is reported to
be somewhat improved after having
been taken to a hospital in Morgan
town, West Va, suffering from a mas
told condition, last Thursday evening.
Floyd r. Utterback, of Grafton, for
merly a resident and mayor of Noun
tain Lake Park, spent part of yester-
day in Oakland and at the Park. Mr..
Utterback, for a number of months,
was quite sick, but is now we'll on to-
ward recovery of his usual health.
Neil Liller, accompanied by his Sis
ter, Mrs. Hazel Walter, who had been
here with relatives for two weeks, mo-
tored to Gainesville, near Philadelphia,
where Mrs. Walter is engaged as
nurse in a veterans hospital. Mr.. Lii
Ter returned to Oakland Monday even
ing.
County Commissioner G. Blaine
Giessman returning from Baltimore
last Sunday afternoon following a con-
ference with State Roads officials,
stopped in Cumberland and entered
Memorial Hospital for treatment. He
expects to return to Oakland today or
tomorrow.
A. Blaine Wilburn, of the Hoyes
community, visited The Republican Of
flee on business yesterday morning,
remaining a few minutes relating an
experience he had with a well known
local attorney before and following a
criminal proceeding when he sat on
the case as juror.
H. L. Bittner, who has been engaged
in Oakland in recent years in the bar
Der business with Floyd Stahl as his
partner, has taken over the manage
ment of Hill Top Inn, located on Route
40, three miles east of Grantsville. M.
Bittner will assume active manage
ment of the place on May 1.
Miss Annabel Stemple, Washington,
D. c., who visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Stemple, for several
days, returned to the Capitol city on
Sunday. She was accompanied by her
brother, Harry Stemple, Jr., who will
undergo a slight nose operation be-
fore returning to Oakland. Mrs.
George Altstetter, Clarion, Pa, who
had visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stemple, for a week, also returned to
her home on Sunday.
An interesting family group from
the vicinity of Accident was in Oak
land yesterday, composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Bach, Orpah and Owen
| Bach. who are two of the trpilets born