The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stanton and
son left Tuesday for Baltimore where
the latter will enter a hospital for
treatment.
DR.. and Mrs. D. C. Pickens and f.
Ray Jones left this morning for
Charleston, w. Va, to attend the
Spring Conference of the Methodist
church. They plan to return Saturday
night.
Fourteen members of the Forestry
department from this county are at
tending a personnel training meeting
at the Tidewater Fisheries Expert
ment station at Solomons, starting
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Prentiss Porter and
son are preparing to leave Oakland
on Saturday for Friendsville, where
the former has accepted position as
assistant cashier in the First Nation
al Bank of that town.
DR.. S. E. Wicker, pastor of St.
Johns Lutheran church at Lewis
town, Pa, and former pastor of St.
Marks church, Oakland, received an
honorary degree of doctor Of divinity
from Gettysburg college, in recent
ceremonies there.
Charles Shaffer, who has been as
sistant manager in the Southern
State Oakland service, is now man
aging the store. j. Richard VanHout-
en- was recently transferred by the
company to Buckhannon, w. Va, as
manager of the store there.
Members of st. Margaret's Guild
of the Episcopal church will continue
their study of the Bible at meeting
next Wednesday, June IA, at o'clock
at the home of Miss Coral McRobie.
A study will be made of Numbers and
Leviticus There will also be election
of officers.
Members of Garrett Branch, A
wv, will meet Monday evening,
June ~, o'clock, at the Home Eco
Monies building. A movie, coil of
Peru" distributed by ESQ, will be
shown as continuation of the clubs
\ study of Latin America. There will be
workshop on next years planning.
DR.. Sidney Dantzic, optometrist,
will leave Saturday for Philadelphia,
Pa, where he will attend a post
| graduate course covering some of the
newer developments for better care
| of the human eye, at the Pennsyl-
vania State college of Optometry. He
will be away during the week of
June Is.
DR.. and Mrs. w. w. Grant motored
to Morgantown early Monday to at
| tend commencement exercises of West
/ Virginia university, at which their
son, John A. Grant, received his de-
gree in civil engineering. He is now
employed by the George F. Hazel
wood construction company of Cum
berland and is located on construc-
ton job at Mt. Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pritts, Second
street, Mrs. Maude King, Swanton;
and Miss Barbara Hamill, Arlington,
Va, attended graduation exercises at
Valley Forge Military academy where
the formers son, Wayne Pug
Pritts, was graduate. Wayne under
went an operation for the removal of
his appendix on Wednesday morning
at the local memorial hospital.
Mrs. Helen Thayer and Mr.. and
! Mrs. Donald r. Sincell were in Nor
gantown, w. Va, over the weekend
for commencement activities of West
Virginia university, at which their
sons, Thomas Thayer and Robert B.
Sincell, were being graduated. Upon
his return to Oakland Mr.. Sincell and
wife will occupy their home in Mt.
Lake Park. Mr. Sincell who received
a bachelor of science degree in joural-
ism, will be associated with The Re-
publican. Mr.. Thayer received a de-
gree in forestry.
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