The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-09-21

ATTORNEY horace Z. w nlCWOfLn, o.
Westernport, was in Oakland on pro
fessional business last Thursday.
Miss Mary Moncelovich, Martin, Pa,
is guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Paugh
at Sand Flat, for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. ]. Bosley returned
to Oakland Tuesday from Baltimore
where they had spent several days.
Mrs. I. G. Lazzell, Morgantown, and
Mrs. Madge Stetzer, of Fairmont, W.
Va, were here Sunday afternoon Wis
iting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Russell Pancake
returned to Oakland Saturday from a
ten-days' visit in New York and other
cities in the East.
Charles c. Layman, of the Grants
vile community, was in Oakland Fri
day for short time, when he visited
1 ne RtpuUllCdu OlllCG.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Spoerlein have
taken an apartment in Mrs. Anna
Smouse's home. Mr.. Spoerlein is en-
gagged in teaching in the local schools.
Miss Edith Smith, Towson, spent
Saturday and Sunday in Oakland with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin S.
Smith, returning to Towson Sunday
evening.
Miss. Verna Cooper, Aberdeen, Nd,
is here for a visit with her sister, Miss
Mary Virginia Cooper, an instructor
in the schools Of Oakland. Miss Cooper
arrived in Oakland last Saturday.
Long and Short" is the name of a
mercantile firm at fredericksburg, Nd,
according to an advertisement appear
ing in "Sparky' Castee's paper, the
Dorchester News, published at Hur-
lock, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith are va
cationing in Atlantic City, N. j., and
New York City for ten days or two
weeks The couple may also visit in
Massachusetts before their return to
Oakland.
Following the morning service at
St. Marks Lutheran church Sunday,
the infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolf Fuerchnicht- Booming, Barbara
Margaret Martha Fuerchtenicht-
Booming, was christened by the Rev.
DR.. A. B. Learner. Miss Martel Hen
dlich, of Valparaiso, Indiana, as god
mother, sponsored the christening.
Miss Hendrch is the aunt of the in
FAINT.
According to an advertisement au-
thorized by the Mayor and Council of
Oakland appearing in The Republican,
today, the first registration of munic-
ipal voters will be made on October
3 and II, and in order to vote at any
town election hereafter to be held in
Oakland the names of every voters
must be on the registration books. The
place of registration will be in the
Council Chamber, City Hall.
Miss Sara Stanton in contest spon-
sored by several business establish
ments of Oakland was awarded
an all-expense trip to the Worlds
Fair in New York. Runners-up IN the
contest, according to their standing
were Mary Emma Chaires, Harley
Dawson, Harry Owens and Mrs. James
Bell. Miss Stanton sold her trip ticke,
valued at $40, to Floyd Stahl for $25
and Mr.. Stahl left on Friday night TO-
the Fair.
Many hundreds were disappointed
Sunday afternoon when the festiva
scheduled to take place at Blackwatei
canyon was postponed until next Sun.
day afternoon owing to threatening
weather. Notwithstanding word ha(
been broadcast that the affair
would be postponed many hundreds
of people gathered at the canyon anC
other hundreds were turned back b,
the State Constabulary owing to tht
congestion caused by the earlier ar
rivals making it impossible to accom-
modate the people and cars. Miss HUT
who had charge of the festival, eX
pressed her disappointment, but witha
was in happy mood.