The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-01-28
EVANSVILLE.

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A jolly crowd of young folks, chiefly
employees of the Hitchins Bros. Co., of
Frostburg, enjoyed a sleighing party to
| Grantsville this week and took supper
at the National Hotel.
Rev. L. P. Young of the Salisbury
charge of the Lutheran church. en-
bracing the Salisbury, Greenville, St.
Paul and Grantsville congregations,
preached his farewell sermon at the
two last named places. Rev. Young
has been appointed Missionary Superin-
tendent of the Allegheny Synod and
will enter upon his new duties February
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Sleighing parties have helped make
time pass merrily the past week, the
| sleighing having been excellent. A
| crowd of men and ladies from Davis
took supper at the National Hotel and
on Friday night party of twenty three
from Addison drove down and had a
chicken supper at the same hotel Fri
day night party of young folks from
Salisbury drove over and spent the
evening at the Victoria. with dancing
| and music as pastlme. Refreshments
were ordered for the crowd. Another
party of nineteen, from Frostburg, took
supper at the National Hotel on Sunday
evening, coming up in four-horse sled.
Nicholas Murphy, eX-constable, met
with bad mlshap by falling on the ice
and breaking one rib near the heart.
Mr.. Murphy has been given medical
attendance and the broken rib is healing
nicely.
The annual election OF shareholders of
the First State Bank of Grantsvile.
resulted in the election of the following
directors and officers: Directors. G. C.
Keller, Peter Nathan, c. H. Bill, Ralph
Engle, C. H. Younkin, C. E. Ellithorp,
j. A. Beachy, S. S. Miller, J j. Bender,
j. S. Miller and J. o. Getty. Officers,
G. c. Keller, president; J. J. Bender,
vice-president; j. O. Getty. cashier; and
H. H. Baker, assistant cashier. The
shareholders had a resolution of
sympathy entered in the minutes of the
meeting, accompanied with hope OF
speedy recovery, for their absent mem
Der, J. S. Miller, who is now undergoing
treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore.
Rev. L. P. Young, of Elk Lick, Pa,
and pastor of the Lutheran church at
Grantsville, has rendered his resigna-
ton to the charge and will on February
1st begin his new duties as missionary
superintendent of the Allegany Synod.
Rev. Young is also editor of the
"Young Lutheran" and is president of
the Somerset county convention, AS
pastor of the charge in Grantsville he
has been greatly beloved and will be
sadly missed both as pastor and worker.
He has been in his present charge more
than eight years and has helped build a
parsonage at Salisbury, a church at
Greenville and one at Grantsville, all
of which are paid for and stand as last
ing aud beau full memorials to past0r
j d people. lie has a very, charming
wife who is popular as himself, and
three beautiful children. Rev. Young
will remain at the parsonage in Elk
Lick until spring Rev. Oney, of Bit
finger. will fill the pulpit at Grantsviile
on Sunday afternoon at two thirty.
The stork brought a new baby girl
to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bowser of Bit
finger, one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. d. Yutzy of Poca-
hontas. are spending the winter at the
National Hotel with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A
Bender, whose home has been made so
comfortable by recent improvements
that their parents will imagine them
selves back in Florida again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Schrock, of
Meadow Mountain, spent last week
with their brother, Irwin Schrock, of
Niverton.
Rev. and Mrs. N. E. Miller and chill
dren, of Springs, Pa, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Steward Rodamer
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mark T. Bender.
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