The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-25
LOCAL NEWS


Lawrence NJ. Fraley will be host to
members of the Owls Club at his home
on Second street this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Loomis are en-
tertaining number of friends at their
home near town tomorrow evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert ,Ruckert. after
spending two weeks in Baltimore with
relatives, returned to Oakland Tues
Gay afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Totten Matthews
entertained a number of friends at a
five hundred party at their home on
Second street yesterday evening.
Mrs. Bernard Sipes, of Elkins, w.
Va, is here visiting her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Hardesty, at their home on Oak street.
Members of the Pastors Aid Society
of st. Marks Lutheran church will
meet this Thursday evening at 1880
o'clock in the social rooms of the
church.
Mrs. Effie Teets returned to he
home in Aurora, West Va, on Mon
day after having spent few days
here with her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Hugh Teets.
Miss Margaret Kahl returned to
Cumberland on Tuesday after having
spent few days here with her father,
H. w. Kahl, who continues ill at his
home just north of town.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open COM
petitive examinations for a number of
positions. Further information may
be obtained from M. C. Crane, at the
Oakland postoffice.
Vernon Myers, of near Markleys-
burg, Pa, was one among the few
strangers in Oakland on Tuesday, the
absence of visitors to the county me-
tropolis being accounted for by the
weather conditions.
The regular monthly clinic of the
Maryland tuberculosis Association
will be held in the health department
office in the court house, Oakland, on
Wednesday morning, February IA,
beginning at o'clock.
On Tuesday evening, February 6,
there will be a card and bingo party
at st. Peters hall, Oakland, under
the auspices of the Blessed Virgin
Sodality. There will be prizes and
cafeteria. Admission will be 25 cents.
The public is invited.
Fred. Brown and Mrs John Smyth,
Cumberland, were here Saturday and
Sunday visiting at the Ault home.
Mr.. Ault, who has been quite i'll for
several weeks, is now slightly i'm
proved. Mrs. Brown is remaining
here with her father.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bates Chaires, of
Hagerstown, visited in Oakland on
Sunday and Monday, being the over
night guests of Mrs. Irene Bond. Mr..
Chaires was here on business con-
nected with the State Roads Commits
sion.
The pupils of St. Peters Music
School will give their semi-annual re-
cital on Wednesday, January 81, 1910,
at 800 o'clock All are cordially in
vited to attend, is the invitation eX
tended by the Sisters of Mercy in
charge of the school.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baumgartner Is
confined to her bed suffering
greatly as a result of injuries she re-
ceived when she fell down the stairway
at her home on Alder street last Thurs
day morning. Fortunately no bones
were fractured, the injuries consisting
of severe bruises and contusions.
The bingo party scheduled for
January 81 at Swanton for the bene-
fit of the Episcopal church, has been
postponed until Monday evening,
February s. 1t will be held in the
old school building, Swanton, at 7:3O.
Admission is 10 cents. There will be
a number of prizes. The public is
invited.
A number of friends of George R.
Williamson rendered him birthday
surprise at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
.. Edward Offutt last Saturday even
ing. Guests included Mr.. and Mrs. l..
M. Fraley, DR.. and Mrs. E. |. Baum
gartner, DR.. and Mrs. H. R. DuPuy,
Mr. and Mrs. Neil G. Fraley, Miss Lois
Charlton, of Hopemont, w. Va, and
w. o. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Smith enter
tanned a number Of their friends at
dinner, followed by five hundred at