The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-06-30
EVANSVILLE

Mr. Charles A. Bender, proprietor
of the National Hotel at this place, has
just completed the opening of his sec
ond coal mine in the vicinity of this
place, making the first shipment
from the new mine Saturday, when hn
consigned q car of coal to Hagera
town, Md He has a force Of eleven
men at work in the opening and il
thirty days expects to be able to shio
one hundred tons daily.
Mr.. Bender is arranging to install
power haulage and otherwise modern
ize the plant. His new opening is
known as Mine No. and embraces
| an area Of 2S0 acres of Sea Prime
coal, which is locally known as the
| Beachy vein.
Miss Maud Beavans, proprietor of
| the Victoria Hotel, entertained at
| cards Saturday evening in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard Keller, who We're
recently married
The new dance hall at the National
Inn on Negro Mountain will be oDen.
ed with a big dance Monday, July 4.
| Cathcart's orchestra has been engaged
to furnish the music. The new dance
pavilion is situated along the Ma
| tional Pike miles west of Grants
| vile. 1t is under roof and measures
| 29X50 feet. Underneath the dance hall
which IS on the second floor of the
building, there is a garage for the free
use of those who attend the dance.
The Boys Club, of Grantsville, en-
tertained Friday evening in honor of
the Junior Home Makers, a girls club
of Grantsville. Among those who at
tended were: Elizabeth and Martha
Engle, Mary Miller, Esther Zehner,
Ethel Miller. Helen Loechel, Alberta
| Miller, Clara Hanft, Edgar Stanton,
Melvin burst, Paul Custer, Paul Stan
ton, Floyd c. Miller, Irving Beachy.
Evans Warwick and Harvey Stanton.
Frank Getty, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John 0. Getty, of this place, who was
| recently appointed a candidate for ad-
mission to the Naval Academy at An
napolis from the Sixth Congressional
| District, has received a notice to pre-
sent himself at the Academy on next
Thursday, July 7th, to take the phys
ical examination.
Misses Marie Connor and Angela
| Getty have returned to their respec-
tive homes here from a visit of several
days to friends and relatives in Balti-
more.
Mr.. William G. Keller has returned
to his home at Newark, N. j., after .
visit to his parents, DR.. and Mrs. G. C.
Keller, and to attend the wedding of
his brother, Mr. Bayard Keller.
Mr. II. NJ. Sartell, of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank Winchester, Va :,
stopped in town on Saturday and
made visit to the First State Bank.
Mr.. James Deifendall, who formerly
was an employee of the First State
Bank in Grantsville, is now located at
Winchester, Va, where he is engaged
with the Farmers and Merchants
Bank at that place.
With characteristic enterprise, the
directors of the two banks of this
town, have just had installed burglar
alarm systems. the work having been
completed on Friday and successfully
tested. The huge gongs make I: .rnise
that can be heard all over town md
the slightest interference with the
doorways, windows. vaults or any OPP
ening within or without the buildings
will set them to going.
In view of the fact tat practically
everybody in GrantsW.h rs firearms
in their homes on accOur Of the eX-
posed location Of the town with Of
erence to the National Road.anv burg
lar or professional yegg who attempts
a steal here stands an excellent
chance of being introduced to the local
undertaken long enough at least to
have his body embalmed for shipment