The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-01-22
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley S. Bender, OF
KitzmiIlor. spent a few hours III Oak.
land last Friday.
Mrs. Pauline Scammell, Washing.
ton, d. c., is here for a brief stay at
the home of Mrs. Emma Specht, See
ond street.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Miller, Of Oakland. in Me.
mortal Hospital, Cumberland, last Fri.
day morning, January IS.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Miller of Ne
Henry, have announced the birth Of .
son, born Monday evening at Memoir
al Hospital, Cumberland
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Townshend Naylol
entertained members of the Owls cluI
and their wives last Thursday even.
ing at their home on Alder street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Ramsey. OF
CresaptoWn, announce the birth Of {
son, at Memorial Hospital, Cumbcr.
land, on January Is. Ramsey is a SOU
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Ramsey, OF
Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervcy /. Bittnrr
following several weeks spent in Mi.
ami, Florida, and various other cities
and towns Of that State, returned to
Oakland on Wednesday evening OF
last week.
st. Matthew's Guild of the Episco-
pal church is having a card party at
the Parish House, Center street on
Thursday, January %, beginning at
500 o'clock, it has been announced by
those sponsoring it.
Holmes T. Browning, of Fairmont
West Va, native of Oakland, is now
a patient in the Veterans Hospital
Huntington, West Va. He is a World
War veteran and a brother of Cheston
II. Browning, Of Oakland.
Miss Ruth Ridder left Oakland on
Thursday for Norfolk, Va. where she
will remain with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs William He!-
big. Until leaving here Miss Ridden
was in the employ Of the Pritts garage
as a bookkeeper.
Mrs. Harry Porter, with her daugh-
tiers, Susanna Porter and Mrs. II. Rob
ert Dewitt, spent Monday in CumbeI-
land. Harry Lee Porter, il, farm
security supervisor at Pineville, W
Va, arrived in Oakland Monday to
visit his parents for a brief time.
Lieutenant Haig Jackson in Oak
land a few days last week with the ex-
pectation Of remaining longer, was re-
called to his base at Camp Knox, Ken
lucky, and left here Thursday even
ing, from which point he stated he was
being transferred to an unnamed
fort
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul McIntire have re-
turned to their home in Oakland after
spending several weeks in Miami.
Florida, and other points in that State.
While in the South Mr.. McIntire sen.
box Of fresh citrus fruits to each en-
ploye Of the Oakland Hardware and
Furniture Company
This afternoon twenty-four boys
and girls of the Aurora High school
plan to visit The Republican office and
witness the operation of the various
machines and devices used in produc-
ing a newspaper. They will be accom-
panied by Mrs Homer Brooks, an in
structor in the school.
Mrs. Edith Schlossnagle and daugh-
ter Miss Helen Schlossnagle spent
the weekend with relatives in Cum
berland. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. John Ault, who had
spent several weeks with her daugh-
ters in Cumberland, and by Miss
Eleanor Smyth, who returned to her
home in Cumberland on Wednesday.
Members of the Women's Christian
Service society of the Wesley Chapel
Methodist church of Pleasant Valley
will meet with Mrs. Milton Riley on
Thursday, January %, from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m. Red Cross work will be
done and Mrs. F. D. Bittle will assist
in giving instructions in knitting to
those present.
Members of the postoffice force
were entertained at dinner on Tues
day evening at Backbone Mountain
Inn by George Porter and Richard
Glotfelty. Those present beside the
hosts included l. R. Rudy, postmaster;
Joseph Stanton, Merrill Crane, Paul
Turney, Robert r. Hoffman, William
Eggers, Wade H. Mason, Charles
Bowman and James CAVITY.
Burruss B. Lewis and Quentin Nor
deck Shaffer, two young men Of Crel-
lin, left here on Monday for the Navy
recruiting training station in Norfolk,
Va, after having been accepted for
service at the recruiting office in
Cumberland on Saturday. Mr.. Nordeck