The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-12-14
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Harvey, of
near Gormania, West Va, were Oak
land shoppers on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Harsh, of Egg
Ion, West Va, made business visit to
Oakland on Monday.
DR.. and Mrs. E. l. Baumgartner
have returned form New York City
where they visited for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Smith and
Mrs. Ernest Glass, of the Accident
community, were business visitors in
Oakland on Monday.
The Republican office was visited
on last Thursday by Mr.. and Mrs.
Odus Henlinc, of Horse Shoe Run, w.
Va.
There will be a regular meeting of
Proctor kildow Post No. II, Amcri-
can Legion, at the City Hall, on Mon
day evening at o'clock
Garrett Temple No. II, Pythian Sis
tiers, is having a Christmas party on
Monday evening, December IS. There
will be gift exchange.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G, Matheny, Park
ersburg, West Va, visited Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
George H. Hanst and family.
Among the visitors in Oakland last
Friday from the Accident community
were George E. Sebold and Playford
Lee and Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Gcorg.
Members of the Oakland Homemak-
crs Club will meet on Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. B. H. Sincell, Sec
ond street, for their annual Christ
mas party.
Mrs. Helen Waner entertained a
number Of young people on Sunday
afternoon in honor of the eleventh
birthday anniversary of her son,
Thomas Waner.
Mrs. Robert Lohr and daughter
Ann Lee returned Monday from
Rochester, N. Y, where they had Wis
tied DR.. and Mrs. R. r. Williams, for
about three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Iret Ashby, who have
been residing in Washington, D. c.,
for several months, have returned to
the county and will occupy their home
near Crcllin in the future.
Mrs. Oscar Hinebaugh and daugh-
ter, Miss Virginia limbaugh, Terra
Alta, w. Va, were visiting the for
mer's sister, Miss BERTHE Cleveland,
Seventh street, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Bethel and
sons, Messrs. Lawrence Bethel, Free
man Bethel and Wilbur Beitzell all
of the Bittinger community, were in
Oakland on Saturday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Rounds, of New
Germany, spent Monday in Oakland.
They have two sons, Oliver and Erwin,
who arc in service overseas, and two
two other sons, Carl and Arlie, who
are in the service in the States.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Falkenstein re-
turned to their home adjacent to Oak
land last Friday afternoon after hay
ing visited their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter F'alkenstcin.
in Myersville, Frederick county, for
several weeks.
s. T. Naylor, Oakland, was named
as one Of the members of the exccu-
tive board of the Potomac Council of
the Boy Scouts of America, at meet
ing in Cumberland on Tuesday night.
Mr., Naylor and Foster ID. Bittc were
also named as Council members.
John Browning, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cheston II. Browning, Alder street,
was awarded the "aMf" in soccer at
Mercersburg Academy at an assem-
bly, program there on Monday. He was
one of the one hundred and thirty
three boys who received athcletc let
tiers or numerals.
Merlyn Gnegy, his mother, Mrs.
Dewey Gnegy, of Red House, and Mrs.
u. l.. Swartzentruber, while enroutc
to Cumberland on Monday were
wrecked near a bridge at the six-milc
house No one was injured. They
were compelled to remain at Accident
until Wednesday afternoon, on ac-
count Of the storm while enroute
home.