The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-01

E. Clay Jamison, Ashland, O., was
among those attending the funeral of
Mrs. Rose Browning Frazee last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Blocher, and
Mrs. Susan burst, all Of near Frost
burg, were in Oakland Tuesday on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Browning and
daughter, of Jenners, Penna., are
visiting with relatives near Oakland
this week.
Mrs. F. D. Bittle was hostess at
the meeting of her bridge club at her
home, Liberty street, on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Neil c. Fraley is entertaining
a number of her friends at a dessert
bridge this afternoon at 1870 O'Clock
at her home on Fourth street.
In Cumberland on Monday a MARI
age license was issued to William
Henry Merrill, Avilton, and Bernice
Leora Beachy, of the Grantsville COM
munity.
Mrs. Blaine Newton and nephew, of
Akron, Ohio, are spending this week
visiting Miss Bertha White and other
relatives in Oakland and the nearby
community
Mr. and Mrs. E. l. Kelley and son
and Mrs. Delsie Brougher, of Union
town, Pa, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ Calhoun in Oak.
land this week.
Mrs. Floyd B. Leighton entertained
her sisters, Mrs. Irwin Lee Neville,
Miss Nellie X. Harvey and Miss Dor
othea Harvey at a luncheon on Satur-
day at her home in Oakland.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Browning and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Browning, all of
Akron, o., and Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Kildow were dinner guests on Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. 0. Kimmell at
Wolf Summit, West Va.
Because of the official visit of the
Grand Chief of Maryland, the Pyth-
ian Sisters will meet on Wednesday,
August Z, instead Of on Monday, Au-
gust 5, it has been announced by Of
ticers of the organization.
Mrs. Robert Garrett and son Mich
ael, of Baltimore, are spending this
week at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. B. Nethken. Mr. Garrett
who accompanied them to Oakland,
returned to Baltimore on Monday.
About thirty members of the older
youth group under the direction of
Miss Mildred Barton and John H.
! Carter, of the Extension service, spent
the weekend at the Recreation area
near Bittinger. Members are from
many parts of the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmidt, Par
sons, West Va, announce the birth
of daughter on Friday, July &c. She
has been named Maureen Dane. Mrs.
Schmidt was the former Miss Lyla
Calhoun, of Oakland. Mr.. Schmidt is
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ciated with the Peoples Economy
Store.
Mrs. John R. Mountain and son
Jack, Hollidaysburg, Pa, her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Beener and Miss
Hazel Beener, of Norristown, Pa, re-
turned to their homes on Wednesday
after visiting at the Browning House
for week or more and attending the
funeral of Mrs. Rose B. Frazee last
Monday.
Miss Anne Hamill was hostess at
her home in Mountain Lake Park on
Friday evening when she served a
waffle supper. Her guests included
Mrs Irwin Lee Neville, Morgantown;
Miss Nellie X. Harvey, Washington,
D. c.; Miss Dorothea Harvey, Cor
mania; Mrs. Floyd B. Leighton, Oak
land, and her granddaughter, Jack
Wayne Harvey, of near Gormania.
Douglas Owen Helbig, a son of Mr..
Joseph P. Helbig, of Oakland, has
been accepted for enlistment in the
United States Army, at Washington,
D. C. Young Helbig has been assigned
to the Air Corps and is now stationed
at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois.
Prior to his enlistment he was an in
terror decorator For a period of time
he will attend the Air Corps basic
school for training in finishing and
furnishing the interior of airplanes.
Joseph Browning, a carpenter who
is employed on the street work being
done nv the town authorities in con-