The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-15
LOCAL NEWS

dance in Clarksburg, West Va, on
Tuesday evening.
Edward Harris, of the Swanton
community, was business visitor in
. Oakland Saturday.
Miss Mary Virginia Bolden, Uni
versity of Maryland student, spent the
weekend at her home here.
Mrs. Cecil Smith is entertaining
members of her bridge club at her
home, near town, this evening.
J. Walter Speicher, of Uniontown,
Md, who visited at his former home
in Accident last week, was in Oak
land Friday.
Members of St. Peters Catholic
church will conduct roast pork sup
per on Thursday evening, March IA,
at st. Peters Hall, Oak street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sebold and
their daughter, Miss Helen Sebold, of
near Hoyes, were business visitors in
Oakland Saturday afternoon.
George w. Wilt, of near Oakland,
returned to his home from a two
weeks visit with his daughter, Mrs.
Theodore Shaffer, of Morgantown.
Joseph Collier, son of the late T.
O. Collier, of the Accident commun-
ity, was business caller at The Re-
publican office Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes returned to
her home on Route 219, near town,
last Thursday from a visit of week
or more with relatives in Grafton.
Miss Rebecca White, Pittsburgh,
Pa, was visitor over the weekend
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. White, Liberty street.
Stuart F. Hamill, Jr., Of Baltimore,
spent the weekend with his father,
at his lodge about four miles west of
town. His father returned to Baltimore
on Tuesday for visit.
Guy K. Gregg, of Deer Park, a
member of the Reserve Corps, has
been called into active service in the
regular army of the United States
for a six-months' period.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Shirer returned
to their home here last Thursday from
visit of about a month in California
and other Western states. They were
also in New Orleans for the Mardi-
Gras festivities.
A turkey supper will be served in
the assembly room of the Methodist
church, Wednesday evening, February
Fl, at six o'clock by members of Mrs.
E. C. Liller's group of the Harmed
Bible class. A place will be reserved
for each person purchasing a ticket.
Many Oakland people and those liv-
ing outside Of town are just now re-
covering from attacks of the old-fash
toned la grippe Several of those who
have been i'll as result of the disease
have been housed from one to three
weeks or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Loomis, ZaneS-
vile, O., were here over the weekend
as guests of their brother and sister
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Loomis,
Route PIG. Mr.. LOOMS recently took
position as junior engineer of con-
struction of aDupont plant in Della
ware.
Robert T. Hoffman was in Balti-
more Wednesday attending the an
nual dinner for masters and secretar-
les of Maryland Masonic lodges, held
in the Masonic Temple in Baltimore.
He was accompanied from Western
port by A. Wayne Reed, deputy grand
lecturer.
Harold M. Dawson, who has been
in Washington, D. c., for some time
after leaving a Baltimore hospital, re-
cuperating from serious illness,
returned to Oakland last Saturday
and for the present is remaining at
the home of Mrs. G. N. McIntire. He
is greatly improved in health.
Bernard l. Gender has been named
chairman for Garrett county of the
committee of the Franklin D. Roose-
welt Library, Inc. Mr.. Gender will APP
point county group to work with q
State committee to secure subscrip-
tions to build library to house the
Presidents official and private papers.
Jack Lawton, who recently COM
pleted a course in aviation engineer
ing in the Curtiss-W Wright Technical
Institute on the West Coast, has Sc
cured a position in the drafting de-
partment of the Consolidated Air
craft Corporation at Santiago, Calf,
he has informed his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Lawton, in Oakland.