The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-09-12
LOCAL NEWS
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uorbprt Shaffer, Fairmont, West
e. was here over the weekend with
w. sister. Miss Floss Shaffer, at her
kane on Pennington street.
Mrs. Maude Ashby, Fairmont, W.
Va who had been visiting relatives
y Oakland and Crellin, since the lat
fer part of July, returned to her home
on Friday.
Max Nordeck, a member of the fac
n1tv Of a public school at New Wind
,or Nd. spent the weekend here
With relatives, returning to New Wind
,or Sunday afternoon.
Members Of the Mems Bible class of
+bp local Methodist church were guests
Of the Delbert Davis and Jesse j.
Asbbv cabins on Deep Creek Lake
last Saturday evening and Sunday.
". A. Barton and son George Bar
tn. Greer, S. c., were in Oakland last
Thursday and Friday for visit with
+be formers daughter, Miss Mildred
: Rarton. home demonstration agent for
the county.
: Members of the Harmed Bible
class of the Methodist church met on
Tuesday evening at 1880 at the church
with Miss Rose Mitchell, Mrs. Har-
dd Harmed, Mrs. C. f. Hammond and
Mrs. W. A. Johnson as hostesses.
Mark Moon was named lay delegate
IA represent st. Pauls Methodist
church at the annual conference of
aymen to be held at Charleston, W.
Va. September "a to 80. Joseph E.
Harmed was named as an alternate del
II egate.
Mrs. William Naylor was hostess at
a birthday dinner last Sunday honor
mo her father, Albert G. Ross, Clerk
Of the Circuit Court, whose anniver
sary occurred on Saturday. Guests in
cuded William Naylor, Lester White,
Nordeck Shaffer and Richard Davis.
Mrs. G. H. Falkenstein left Oakland
f Saturday morning for St. Petersburg,
Florida, to remain there during the
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Gould. Mrs.
Falkenstein had spent the summer
Nv in Fairmont and Oakland with rela-
: tyes.
s Edward w. Helbig, South Third
8 street, who has been seriously i'll in
s Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
8 for two weeks, is now slowly improv-
s. ing following a serious operation per-
formed a week ago. Mrs. Helbig went
;; to Baltimore to be with her husband
| on Saturday.
| Mrs Clayton Kitzmiller, of near
| Mountain Lake Park, was taken to
| Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, on
| Sunday and on Monday morning she
| submitted to a major operation. Her
condition at present is not much i'm
| proved. Mrs. Kitzmiller has been il
| L i'll health for a number of months.
| Members Of the post office force had
| dutch treat" dinner at Backbone
Mountain Inn, on Route so, last Thurs
day evening. Those present included
| Postmaster l. R. Rudy, Joseph Stan
ton, Merrill Crane, Paul Turney, Geo.
Porter, James CAVITY, Joseph M. Con
der, Robert T. Hoffman, William Egg
| ger and Wade H. Mason.
| R. F. Booming left Oakland last Fri
| day for Valparaiso, Ind, where he has
secured position in the Federal For
| eStry service. He was accompanied by
Arthur Martini, who continued his
| journey to Milwaukee, Wis, where he
| has a position as instructor in a school
| Of dramatics. They were accompanied
| by Mr.. Boening's daughter Isolde.
Mrs. Johanna Kuehn, wife of DR..
| Ferdinand Kuehn, accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Clara Louise, labora-
tory techncan at Johns Hopkins Hos
pita Baltimore, will arrive here on
Saturday and will be guests in the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Felix Robin
son, Monte Vista road. Dr. Kuehn has
been here for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Mead, after
stay Of two or three weeks at Mrs.
Harry Whites on Oak street, left Oak
land Tuesday morning for their home
Chevy Chase, Montgomery county,
where they plan to remain during the
winter Mr.. and Mrs. Mead have Wis
tied in Oakland regularly every sum-
mer for the past three or four years
A flag staff has recently been placed
On the Court House lawn, to the right
the main entrance to the building
and Old Glory is raised to the top
every day as a reminder to all who
pass that way that this is still the
land Of the free. Since the war in Eu-
rope this country is becoming more
conscious of its flag and what it SYM
II bOlizas