The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-02-27

III ilCSI NhpoSGI, VI tlt NhCI1Gllg COHl~
munity, was a business caller at The
Republican office last Friday morning.
Mrs. Ross o. Decker, who spent two
weeks at New Matamoras, Ohio, re-
turned to her home last Sunday eve
ming.
Mrs. Donald Sincell entertained
with three tables of bridge at her
home on Pennington street on Tues
day afternoon.
Oscar S. Ridder, of the Red House
community, was in Oakland on bust
ness Saturday when he called at The
Republican office.
Mrs. L. L. Schooley left Mountain
Lake Park yesterday afternoon for
Clarksburg, West Va, where she will
visit for some time.
Miss Elizabeth Stemple, Parsons, w.
Va, is here for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Stemple, and men,
bers of the family.
Visitors at The Republican office
on Tuesday included Cephas E. Wilt,
of the Swanton community, and ". NJ.
Sebold, of the Deer Park area.
Daniel Smouse, who conducts the
Community Store on Alder street,
moved his stock of goods yesterday to
his new location, in the Brown store
building.
Wayne Fitzwater, of Swanton, left
yesterday for Quantico, Va, where he
will enter the U. S. Marine Officers
Reserve and will undergo training for
some time.
Delbert NJ. Davis addressed mem
bers of the local Masonic lodge at
their regular semi-monthly meeting
on Tuesday evening on the subject
"Unity and Uniformity"
Mrs. Norman johnson, of Pleasant
Valley community, was taken to Cum
berland in the Leighton ambulance
on Friday where she was admitted as
la patient in Memorial Hospital.
Max Nordeck, instructor in the
schools of New Windsor, was rushed
to the University hospital in Balti-
more last Sunday night where he was
operated upon for appendicitis. He is
now convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Loraditch were
called to Addison, Pa, yesterday, due
to the death of Mr. A. A. Jacobs, a
cousin of the late M. R. Hamill, which
occurred on Monday. Mr.. Jacobs was
nearly 95 years old
Mrs. H. C. Leighton entertained a
number of friends with five tables Of
dessert bridge ait her home on Oak
street Monday evening. Prizes went
so Miss Ruth Keller and Miss Isabel
Hamill.
Mrs. Thornton 0. Deffinbaugh, who
retains her position as a teacher in the
Masontown (West Va.) schools, was in
Oakland Saturday and Sunday with
Mr.. Deffinbaugh at the home Of the
| Misses Miller on Second street.
DR.. H. R. DuPuy, county health Of
ficer, is patient in Baltimore hos
pital, having been admitted for treat
ment last Saturday due to fractured
vertebrate which was discovered by
use of an x-ray picture. He was ac-
companied to Baltimore by Mrs.
DuPuy. His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
w. DuPuy, Baltimore, are at the
DuPuy home in Oakland, with their
grandchildren, and will remain here
for several days.
Relatives in this county were in
formed this week of the death of Mrs.
Leo Crane, of Grafton, w. Va, in a
hospital there early Sunday morning,
where she had been confined for some
time. Her husband, Leo Crane, a son
| of the late Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN
Forman Crane, former residents of
Mt. Lake Park, survives, in addition
to five step-children. She was a men,
Der Of the Lutheran church, the auxil-
larry of the B. and O. veterans and the
Degree of Pocahontas. She was very
active in the latter. Funeral services
were conducted at Grafton on We'd
nesday.
Walter w. Dawson, president of the
Board of Education, and f. E. Rath-
bun, county superintendent, left Oak
land Saturday for Atlantic City, N.
j., to attend the seventy-first conven-
ton Of the American Association OF
School Administrators, where the top
les CT providing for common defense
and the improvement of home life in
America are being discussed. They will
return to Oakland on Friday after
stopping in Baltimore for a confer
ence on the twelve-year public school
system, as proposed in Maryland in
place of the eleven-year system now