The Republican., 1918-10-17
EVANSVILLE.

The County Fair held at Oakland all
last week was attended by number of
persons from this section, and Grants
vile was well represented both in the
sightseers and in the exhibits in the
various bOoths'and stalls. All of the
things taken up from here were credit
to the community, but the centre of at
traction was the booth of the Boys
Agricultural Club of Grantsville. All
the fruits of the field and garden were
arranged in artistic manner and the
products were as splendid as they were
varied, ranging from September straw
berries to a mammoth siXty-three
pound pumpkin, the latter being
brought in by ]. c. Swauger.
The credit for the arrangement of
the booth is due to Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Beachy and son Irwin, Ray Manages and
Miss j. Tibbetts Shaw, all of whom
went up early to Oakland and person
ally attended to the decorations, and
their labor was we'll rewarded first by
the splendid exhibit, and second by
huge banner bearing words, Grants
vile First Prize: Enough Said" Nor
was it necessary to add more for the
products on exhibition testified to the
fact that the Boys Agricultural Club is
a wide-awake progressive one and will
help in no small manner to win the war.
The weather was perfect, Oakland's
hospitality second to none, and the in
gathering of friends and relatives from
all over the county was a happy diver
sion and mutual benefit to the psrtici-
pants.
Communion service was held at the
Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon,
Rev. DR.. Young assisting Rev. Lam
bert in administering the sacrament. A
very impressive confirmation service
was held in connection with the service,
the folio wing thirteen young people be-
ing received by confirmation: Alverta
and Mary Miller, Nora and Catherine
burst, Irma Swauger. Marv Glotfelty,
Althea jenkins. Esther Zahner, Ger
trude Beachy, Clyde Glotfelty, Floyd
Miller. Samuel Winterberg, and Charles
Schaefer. The pastor, Rev. Chas,
Lambert, gave very helpful address
OF encouragement and admonition to
the young people. Other accessions
were: BY infant baptism, Wilma Grace
Schaefer, Brydon EIwood Horchler,
Edna Jane burst; from former pastor
ate, Miss Lulu Paul. There were also
services during the week previous, in
the evenings.
Mrs. Paul Beachy. a we'll known and
highly esteemed resident of Garrett
county, died at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John l.. Yommer, on Sept.
Is h. Death was due to cancer Of the
stomach, from which she had been a
sufferer for years. She was taken t.
the Confluence hospital for treatment
during the summer, without avail, and
was brought back to the home of her
daughter, where she remained until her
death. Her husband and the following
children survive: Root and Gaen
Beachy, Grantsville; Mckinley and
Harrison, at Camp Meade; Talmadge,
at Camp Wadsworth, N. c.; Mrs. Mary
Meyer, Humbert, Pa; Mrs. Abbie
Yommer, Misses Anna and Nellie, at
home. She was 60 years of age. The
funeral was held at the Bittinger
Lutheran church with interment in the
Bittinger cemetery.
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Lutheran church met at the church
on Tuesday evening. Oct. 1st, with a
very interesting program and fairly
good attendance.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Re-
formed church met at the home of Mrs.
Ida Hershberger on Saturday after
noon, with the average attendance.
Sewing was the diversion.
A musical was held in Broadwater's
hall last Monday night by Prof. Hum
phrey. a blind musician, who gave
much pleasure to his audience by rem
dering number of pleasing selections
on the violin.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Bonig and family
have moved to Frostburg, where they
have rented house for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Llewellyn Blocher are
moving into the home vacated by the
Bong family, Mr. and Mrs Lewis Gin
gerich have moved to Frostburg, also,
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Bittinger are mov-
ing into the house vacated by the
Glngerich family, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Bittinger will take possession
of the house vacated by their parents.
Miss Willard Mattox, of Frostburg,
has been the guest....of her aunt, Mrs.
]. j. Bender.
Emons Younkin, of Pittsburgh, spent
several days with his parents. Mr.. ard
Mrs. Richard Younkin.
Miss Mary Stanton, of Cumberland,
Is home i'll with lagrippe. The schools
of Cumberland will be closed for several
weeks until the epidemic of grippe and
influenza abates.
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