The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29
LOCAL NEWS


home on Center street this evening.
Mrs. Robert Stemple, of Towson,
spent the weekend here with her
husband and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. S. Smith.
John Beachy, of the Swanton COM
munity, was business visitor in Oak
land Friday, when he called at The Re-
publican office.
Edward Sembower, son, Carlton,
and daughter, Mrs. John Ball, and her
children visited relatives in Pitts
burgh, Pa, this week.
Members of the Girl Scout troop No.
1, have planned dance which will be
held this evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Hanst.
Miss Grace Loar and Mr.. George
Loar left Tuesday morning by train
for Orlando, Florida, where they ex-
pect to spend several weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Shilke, of
Lavansville, Pa, spent Sunday even
ing in Oakland with friends, return
ing to their home Sunday night. 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Echard moved
from the Offutt bungalow at the north
east edge of town to an apartment in
The Rest, corner of Seventh and Alder
streets, last Saturday.
Members of the basketball team of
the Methodist church were rendered
a dinner by Mrs. Harold Harned's
Sunday school class in the Assembly
room of the church last Thursday
evening.
After spending a week in Oakland
with Mrs. Anna Smouse, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Thompson continued on to
their home in Weirton, West Va, Sat-
urday morning after being in st.
Petersburg Florida, for a month.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open COM
petitive examinations for a number of
positions. Full information may be
obtained from M. C. Crane, at the
Oakland postoffice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Schell, of
Gormania, w. Va, announce the birth
of a daughter at Memorial hospital,
Cumberland on Sunday evening. Mr..
Schell was cook for the Oakland Boy
Scout troop last summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Stansbury,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Willis, Mrs. John
Ball and children, Barbara Ann, Don
ma and George, of Washington, D. c.,
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edw. Sembower, at Mt. Lake Park,
over the weekend.
Miss Elouise Martin, Washington,
D. c., is visiting at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Mar
tin, of Red House. She expects to re-
turn to Washington early in April
where she has been employed for the
past two years.
Miss Edith Brock, Mountain Lake
Park, has been cited for academic
achievement at Wilson college, Cham
bersburg, Pa, during the first semes-
ter, having been named to the honor
list by the dean. Miss Brock, a senior
is majoring in English.
Mrs. Ernest Townshend, called &c
Ashland, Kentucky, by reason OF the
illness of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Williams, left Oakland for Ashland or
Saturday morning. Mrs. Williams was
i'll in hospital several weeks but is
now convalescing at her home.
Members of the Butterfly club will
entertain their husbands with Lear
Year party on this evening, February
20. The first course of dinner will
be served at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
D. R. Sincell, the second at the home OF
DIR. and Mrs. Grant, the main meal al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis
and dessert will be served at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Leighton
after an evening of Five Hundred.
Leaving Oakland last Thursday ev'
ening, County Superintendent F. L
Rathbun and w. w. Dawson, president
of Board of Education, went to st
Louis, Mo-, to attend a meeting OF the
National Education Association. They
will return to Oakland on Friday OF
this week. Mrs. Rathbun accompanied
the party as far as Cincinnati, o., IL
which city she is a guest Of her sister
Mrs. Russell Brown and Miss AL
verta Dillon were joint hostesses Mon
day evening at dessert bridge party
at the hmoe of Mrs. Harry White
Five tables were in play. High score
was won by Miss Palma Lucente, witt
Miss Mary Louise Helbig, second, ane
Miss Beryldine Fulk, consolation
Other guests included Misses Ida En-