The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-10-16


Mr. and Mrs. Harry MESSENGER,
Philadelphia, Pa. returned to their
home Tuesday after a weekend visit
with Rev. and Mrs. Arthur D. Jones.
Miss Catharine Kooken, of Aurora,
West Va, is here with her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk
Cosner, both of whom are i'll of the
humps.
Mrs. Charles H. Best, who visited
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Jack
son, a few days this week, returned
to her home at Darlington, Md, this
morning
Mrs. A. R. Hendrickson, who has
been visiting with her sister, Mrs. D.
NJ. Dixon, at Mountain Lake Park, re-
turned to her home in Toledo, Ohio,
Saturday.
Mrs. J. Leyden White, New York
City, who visited her nieces, Mrs. A.
7. Matthews and Miss Isabel Hamill,
a short time, returned to her home
Saturday.
Beginning at eight o'clock Wednes-
day evening, October 20, members Of
st. Peters Parish will conduct card
and bingo party in the parochial school
to which the public generally is in
vited.
Nelson Krause and members of his
family and Mrs. Wade H. Mason mo-
tored to Baltimore Saturday where
they visited with their sons, employed
in that city, returning to Oakland on
Sunday evening.
Mrs. w. O. Russell, of Waterford,
Va, is here for a visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. P Berger. Yesterday Mrs.
Russell and Mrs. Berger motored to
Mogantown for a visit with the for
mer's daughter.
Privates Herbert NJ. Turney and
c. f. Subway, from Aberdeen
Proving Ground, are spending
seven-day furlough with Private
Turney's mother, Mrs. Alice Turney,
and other relatives.
Mrs. William W. Grant underwent
major operation in Memorial hos
pital, Cumberland, last Thursday and
is now recuperating satisfactorily.
She expects to return home in about
ten days or two weeks.
U. G. Palmer, well known in Gar
rett county, now resident Of Verona,
Pa, has returned to his home there
following an illness and confinement
in a McKeesport (Pa.) hospital. His
condition is reported to be greatly
improved:
Sponsored by the patrons and the
teacher of the Swan Meadow school,
Miss Helen Schlossnagle, a social and
bingo party will be held at the school
house on Wednesday evening, October
%, beginning at eight o'clock. The
public invited.
" B. Kelley, manager of the local
A. and P. store, with his family, are
on a two weeks vacation which they
are spending in Baltimore and some
of the western towns. During Mr..
Kelley's' absence the store is being OPP
Grated by W. R. Haines, of Parsons,
West Va
Miss Mary Louise Helbig spent the
weekend in Washington and Balti-
more and also attended a tea given
by Governor and Mrs. Herbert
O'Conor for representatives of Wom-
EMS clubs throughout the state. Miss
Helbig is a member of the Business
and Professional Womens club, of
Oakland.
Rev. Minor Sprague and S. H. Jack
son, of the local Methodist church,
attended a set-up meeting of the
Moorefield Methodist district held at
Keyser, West Va, last Thursday
Rev. Sprague was made chairman of
the finance committee Of the district
which includes churches Of this and
adjacent counties in West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Fresh, Clarks-
burg, West Va, motored to Oakland
yesterday afternoon, coming here as
representatives Of Lutheran church or
CARNATIONS. Mr. Fresh went on to
Accident for conference with church
men of that community, while Mrs.
Fresh remained in Oakland for a
meeting of committee Of which she
is chairman.
Mrs. J. M. Stanton and granddaugh-
ter, Charlotte Stanton, went to Hay
market, Va, where they visited Mrs.
Stanton's son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Wine. They also visited
at the Immaculate Conception Semi
nary, Washington, D. c., in which
institution Mrs. Stanton's daughter,
Bernadine (Sister Jane Frances) is
a nun. Joseph Stanton and sons Tommy
and Billy, motored to Washington and