The Republican., 1947-08-07

Mrs. Alexander Cow, of Frederick,
is at the home of her mother, Mrs. T.
E. Bishoff.
Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Porter and
Neil V. Liller motored to Washington,
D. c., on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard West and Mr.
R. H. West, Winchester, Va, were in
Oakland Monday of this week
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Owens, Jr., are
in Baltimore this week visiting the
formers mother, and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Sincell, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, were here last
Thursday for brief time visiting
relatives.
Miss Mary Louise Helbig remains
patient in Allegany hospital, Cum
berland, and is expecting to undergo
an operation in the near future.
Mrs. David w. Walter, Jr, of Pitts
burgh, is spending few days at the
home of her father-in-law, D. W..
Walter, and other relatives.
Mrs. R. H. Spence motored to Ell
kins, w. Va, on Sunday and returned
with her father, j. Ed. Kildow, who is
visiting here for several days.
William F. Droege, former resident
of this section, now residing in Cum
berland where he is employed by the
B. and O. railroad, was visiting
friends in Oakland on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Stevenson
and daughter, Riverdale, are here for
week or more with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Stevenson, Sr., at the
Park
Mrs. R. A. Raft, of Hagerstown,
came to Oakland last Friday for
visit with her sister, Mrs. M. R. Ham
i'll, and other relatives, on Liberty
street.
Mrs. Hugh Teets and her sister,
Miss Lillian Helbig, entertained with
seven tables of bridge at the home of
Mrs. Harry L. White last Friday
evening.
Mrs. Edith Schlossnagle returned
last Thursday from a visit of a week
with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Glenn Hoffman, at College
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Mason
are returning to their home in Cleve-
land, Ohio, today after having visited
relatives and friends here the past
several days.
Starting August 1 the Oakland
Bakery discontinued baking bread
but l. j. Bosley, proprietor, is con-
tinuing to make pies, cakes, cookies
and other pastries, and will continue
to operate his store
Billy Sanders, who sustained
broken leg about two weeks ago when
he was hit by an automobile as he
was riding his bicycle, returned to
his home here last Wednesday from
st. Mary's hospital, Clarksburg, w.
Va, where he had been a patient
At a committee meeting of the
Young Adult group of St. Paul's
Methodist church held last evening,
it was decided to have corn roast
for the membership on Sunday, Au-
gust "a, which will be held near town.
Further details are to be announced.
MI. and Mrs. Darl Bray, who had
been residing in Cumberland for the
past few months, have returned to
Oakland and are residing temporarily
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eliza Bray, Oak street. Mr. Bray
and Ward Ashby, Crellin, are oper-
ating sand plant at Crellin.
Mrs. Maude P. King, of the Meadow
Mountain section, who was brought
to her home recently from a Cumber-
land hospital, was taken back to Cum
berland and underwent an operation
on Tuesday morning. Her son, Ralph
Pritts, Oakland, visited her last even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Smouse
have returned to Oakland from Wash
ington, d. c., and are occupying the
apartment in the Neil C. Fraley home
recently vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd O. Leighton. Mr.. Smouse plans
to assist his father, f. A. Smouse, in
the management Of his grocery store
here.