The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-27

Mrs. Martin Shank. Mercersburg,
Pa, spent several days this week
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Nordeck.
Several hundl ed persons were pres
ent at the Oakland High senior glee
club concert given Tuesday evening
in the school auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Smouse re-
turned to their home last Friday from
Washington, D. c., where the former
had undergone a physical check-up.
Mrs. Harland f. Cole and son John,
Camden, N. Y, are visiting her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Meyer,
at the Episcopal rectory, this week.
Miss Peggy McComas, Arlington,
Va, returned to her home Sunday af-
ter having visited her mother, Mrs.
Margaret McComas, over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Smith, j., and
son, Of Baltimore, are visiting this
week with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin Smith, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Glotfelty.
Around 100 persons are expected to
attend the annual Ladies' Night pro-
gram Of the Oakland Rotary club, to
be held Friday evening at the Will
liam-James hotel.
Miss Grace Falkenstein returned to
Oakland Wednesday evening after
spending several days in Clarksburg,
W. Va. with her brother-in-law and
sister. Mr.. and Mrs. O. NJ. Smouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Lemmert
went to Clarksburg, w. Va, last Sat
urday, Mr.. Lemmert returning to
Oakland Sunday evening, with Mrs.
Lemmert remaining there for visit
with friends.
Members Of the Mizpah Sunday
School class of the Methodist church,
met last evening at the home of Mrs.
John Stevenson, Jr. Assisting host
esses were Mrs Willard Elliott and
Mrs. Donald Browning.
w. O. Davis, who has been patient
in Memorial hospital, Cumberland,
for several weeks, as the result Of a
stroke of paralysis, was brought to
the Evans nursing home at Mt. Lake
Park yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Edward Shay and infant son,
Carey Allen, returned to their home
from Memorial hospital, Cumberland,
on Tuesday. The son was born on
Wednesday, April 49, The father is
an employee of the West Maryland
Power company.
Mrs. William E. Sharps entertained
members of her bridge club at her
home Tuesday evening. Others enter
tanning members of their bridge clubs
were Mrs. f. E. Rathbun, on Monday
evening, Miss Isabel Hamill Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Harry White.
Clarence A. Murphy narrowly
escaped serious injury while at work
at the B. and O. station on Tuesday
afternoon A steel box car door fell
while he was engaged in unloading
operations, and caught him across
the shoulder and back. Although it
knocked him down, he was not pinned
underneath the door, which weighs in
the neighborhood of 500 pounds. He
remained at work.
Mrs. Guy Thayer, ST., patient in
Miners hospital, Frostburg, since last
/ Tuesday when she was seriously in
jured in an automobile wreck on route
40, continues to improve and hospital
officials said it might be possible to
bring her home this week She suf-
fered a fractured vertebrae and is
now in a cast and able to walk around
the hospital She will remain in
cast from six to eight weeks, it was
thought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald NJ. Browning
returned from Louisville, KY, where
the former had attended a reunion of
a World War II bomber crew which
operated in Europe during hostilities.
The reunion was given wide attention
in the Louisville papers because of
the fact that it was the bombardier
Of the crew that shot down the last
fighter plane in combat over the
European theatre on its final mission.
The guns from this bomber are now
at the Smithsonian Institute in
Washington.