The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-04

yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Thayer, Hagers-
town, were guests of relatives in Oak
land over New Years.
G. Bates Chaires, of Hagerstown,
was guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Ed
ward Offutt last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Thomas Hughes has returned
to her home after spending a day or
two with friends in Terra Alta, W.
Va.
DR.. and Mrs. H. R. DuPuy enter
tanned a few friends at cards Saturday
evening at their Second street apart
ment.
Miss Ada V. Leighton, near Hoyes,
is visiting relatives in Oakland and
Loeb Lynn Heights a few days this
week.
Mrs. Dorothea S. Daniels, of Wash
ington, D. c., is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Sturgiss, for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl F. Kahl enter
tanned Monday evening at their home
on the State Road with four tables
of Five Hundred.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver NJ. Smouse were
in Myersville, Nd, Sunday and Mon
day. Mr.. Smouse went to Weirton, W.
Va, Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lauer and
daughter, of Washington, D. c., were
visiting friends and relatives in Oak
land this week. Mr.. Lauer was for
mer resident here.
Danny Offutt entertained few OF
his friends at dinner on Tuesday ev-
ening at which time Rev. David C.
Trimble showed movies of the Wash
ington Cathedral.
Miss Lillian Helbig returned to Bal.
timore Monday after having visited
relatives here for a short time. Miss
Helbig was accompanied to Baltimore
by her mother, Mrs. Harry Helbig.
Miss Ruby E. Dilley, student at
Gallaudet College, Washington, D. c.,
after spending the holiday vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. H.
Dilley, returned to Washington on
Sunday.
Miss Margaret Rowan has returned
home after spending the holidays with
friends in Hagerstown, and a few
days with her sister, Mary Frances
Rowan, who is employed in Water
bury, Conn.
Mr.. Cornelius Gisriel, of Port De-
post, was here several days over the
holidays with his wife and son, re-
turning to that town on Monday to
resume his duties as teacher in the
high school there.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster D. Bittle and
family, vacationing over the holiday
period with relatives in Haines City,
Florida, and visiting in other portions
of that State, returned to their home
in Oakland Monday evening.
Mrs. Boyd Moon, Miss Susie Moon,
of Mountain Lake Park, and Gilbert
Friend, of Cumberland, spent the past
weekend in Baltimore with the for
mer's husband, who remains danger
ously i'll in a hospital in that city.
Mrs. Mary M. Rathbun, wife Of Ed
ward Rathbun, formerly Of Mountain
Lake Park, now living in Pittsburgh,
was admitted to the Presbyterian hos
pital in that city on December rs and
underwent an operation on January 2.
Mrs. Rathbun will undergo second
operation before leaving the hospital.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Esther A. Kelley, a
daughter of Mrs. Sadie Kelley, of
near Oakland, to Mr.. Bernard Opel,
which occurred on December "a, 1899.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
H. o. Teagarden. The couple will re-
side with the groom's parents for the
present.
A number of the younger set have
been entertaining during the past
several days. Miss Nancy Bolden en-
tertained at luncheon last Thursday.
On Friday evening Miss Isolde Boen-
ing was hostess at the Park. Miss
Eleanor Sincell was hostess to the
group at luncheon on Saturday, and
on Sunday they were entertained at
the home of Miss Lois Sincell.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Altstetter,
Clarion, Pa, who had been visiting
Mrs. Altstetter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Stemple, returned to their
home on Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Glade, Washington, D. c., who
had been at their parents home also
for a few days, returned to the Capt.