The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-05-22
LOCAL NEWS


Jackie, visited relatives in Keyser,
w. Va, on Sunday.
Mrs. Virginia Conant, Washington,
D. c., was a guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harland L. Jones, over the
weekend.
st. Matthew's Guild will hold card
party on Wednesday, May %, at 8
o'clock in the Episcopal Parish house.
The public is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Offutt, Miss
Mary Peyton Doub and Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Johnson were dinner guests
Sunday of Mrs. J. w. Burton, in Rom
ney, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs c. L. Briner, Jr., have
purchased a lot on Green street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, upon
which they expect to construct home
in the near future.
Walter W. Dawson returned to Oak
land late Tuesday night after attend
ing the spring communication of the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Maryland.
held there Tuesday.
Mrs. Hazel Herbaugh and daughter,
Miss Lucille Herbaugh, of Frederick,
Nd, were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beeson Snyder at their apart
ment on South Second street.
Members of the Oakland Fire De-
partment went to Friendsville last
Thursday evening to participate in a
parade there. The parade, however,
was called off on account of rain.
Mr.. F. E. Rathbun, county superin-
tendent of schools, attended meeting
of county superintendent of the state
in Baltimore last weekend, called by
Albert S. Cook, state superintendent.
Rev. S. E, Wicker, of Wilmington,
Del. who had been a patient in hos
pital there since Good Friday, suffer
ing with a rare type of pneumonia,
was able to return to his home Monday
afternoon.
Claudine Opel, of Accident, a senior
at Frostburg State Teachers college,
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nual May dance held there last Fri
day. She is president of the Women's
Athletic Association.
Clyde F. "Dix" Dawson, who was
attending the West Virginia Pharma-
ceutical convention in Morgantown
early this week, spent short time
Monday evening in Oakland visiting
relatives.
Mr.. R. Harry West, Oakland, ac-
companied his son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard West, to
Cleveland o., and portions of Canada,
last week for several days, returning
here Sunday night.
The Women's Society of Christian
Service of the Pleasant Valley Meth
odist church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Otis Riley on Thursday, May 20,
for an all-day meeting. New members
avJ Nyicitorc ora I1ya1oo,1oa
The following have completed work
for the American Red Cross, Mrs.
James Spencer, Mrs. Abe Lawton,
Mrs. Edward Lawrence, Mrs. Nettie
Thrasher, shawls; Mrs. Lindsey
Gonder Mrs. Margaret McComas,
children's sweaters; Mrs. Hervey Bit
ner, Mrs. Homer Wright, socks.
Miss Mildred Barton, home demon
stration agent, Miss Anna burst and
George Porter, members of the Older
Youth club, accompanied by Milo S.
Downey, assistant state boys club
leader in Maryland, attended tri-
state youth conference at Jackson's
Mill, W. Va, on Saturday and Sunday
A number of civil service eXamina-
tons for positions with the federal
government have been announced,
among them being one for a junior
stenographer, LIDO a year; junior
typist, 1850 a year. The closing date
is June 10. Full information may be
obtained from NJ C. Crane at the Oak
land postoffice.
Mrs. George H. Hanst and Mrs. G..
P. Berger were in Morgantown, w.
Va, on Tuesday attending the annual
Campus Club breakfast held there by
wives and members of the faculty of
West Virginia University, the former
being a guest of Mrs. A. H. Vanland-
ingham, the latter guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Kyle Westover.
Miss Virginia Kershner presented a
group of pupils in a piano recital at
her studio on Alder street on Monday
evening, May 10. Those playing were
Mary Maude Paugh, Donna Littman,
Joan DeBerry, Richard and Herbert
Leighton, Beth Shirer, Loretta Glot-
felty and Barbara Stephenson. An
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