The Republican., 1939-07-06
LOCAL NEWS

ed the birth OF a son on June "a.
Mrs. J. 0. Lantz, of Shepherdstown,
West Va, is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Louis Bush.
Mrs. Permelia Hawk, of Detroit.
Mich. is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
John Sisk.
Mrs. C. L. Paugh, Sand Flat, is i'll
and confined to her bed at her home
in that community.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lawton, Jr., of
Washington, D. c., were visiting rela-
tiyes in Oakland over the holiday
period.
Mis- Mary Emma Chaires returned
to her home in Oakland Saturday after
visiting relatives in New Jersey for
some time.
Stuart F. Hamill, Jr., returned to
Baltimore Tuesday afternoon after a
visit Of a few days with his father,
Stuart 2 Hamill, Sr.
Arthur Townshend, Jr., Baltimore,
was a guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Townshend, Alder street,
over the holiday period.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haig Jackson were in
Spencer, West Va, over the Fourth,
where they visited Mrs. Jackson's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardman.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nordeck, for-
mer residents of Oakland, now living
at Parsons, w. Va, announce the birth
of a daughter, Thursday night, June
29th.
Kenneth Lawton, Cumberland, and
Robert Lawton, Westminster, were
here with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lawton, a day or two this
week.
Misses Cordelia and Billie Pope,
John Pope and Woodrow Kitchens, of
Wilson, North Carolina, were guests
of Miss Ethel Rae yelling over the
Fourth.
Roy 0. Winters, who was so seri-
ously injured several weeks ago when
he was caught beneath a tractor as it
overturned, is able to be out of his
home again.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Kelley and
son Jimmie, Oakland, and Miss Mil
dred Huffman, Shadyside, O., drove to
Natural Bridge, Va, and return on
the Fourth.
M and Mrs. Oliver Nethken and
three children, of Baltimore, are visit
ing Mrs. Nethken's father, Richard X.
Maroney, and other relatives, in Oak
land and vicinity, for several days.
Harold Stockslager, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Harold Stockslager, underwent
an operation on his foot yesterday in
Baltimore. The operation was per-
formed by DR.. George E. Bennett, bone
specialist
Richard Dawson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde DIX" Dawson, of Hunting
ton, West Va, is a guest of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter w.
Dawson, and other Oakland relatives,
for two weeks.
Mrs. Tina Butler, Merrill Butler,
Vernon Friend, Of Vindex, attended a
surprise dinner in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Sypolt, of Albright, w.
Va, on Sunday, June 25. Mr.. Sypolt
was 66 years old and Mrs. Sypolt was
&c.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cover had as
their guests on Sunday Nh. and Mrs.
Truman Cover, Mrs. Mary Strawcut-
ter and Mr.. Coker, all of Reynolds
vile, Pa; Mrs. Eta Peck and two
sons and Hurley Cover, Oakland; Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Jackson, Pleasant
Valley.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open COM
petitive examinations for various
inspection positions in the Navy De-
partment; farm agent in the Indian
field service; meteriologist, associate
and assistant and junior bank exam
iner. Salaries range from $1,62O to
$3,800. Full information may be OBJ
tanned from NJ. C. Crane, at the Oak
land postoffice.
Miss Nora Lantz, of Shepherdstown'
West Va, visited friends here for a
brief time Saturday afternoon, going
on from here to Kingwood. Miss Lantz
accompanied her uncle, Albert Shatfer,
Washington, to Oakland, remaining
here until yesterday with Mrs. Lewis
Bush.
The Rev. Samuel Evaristus Wicker,
president of the Wilmington Bible