The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-12-15
EVANSVILLE.
By G. w. Diefenbach
Moses d. Yoder.

By G. w. Diefenbach
Moses d. YOder.
Moses D. Yoder died at his home,
one mile north of Grantsville, on last
Thursday evening, death being due to
the infirmaties of age. He was one of
The many who did much to develop the
Sicultural resources of this section
&@'Garrett county as we'll as devel-
oper of a wholesome moral atmos-
phere for the community. He was a
devout member of the old order Amish
and began preaching at the age of
about Is years. Some years later he
was ordained as a bishop and held
that office until his death, which oc-
CURED in his 81st year. The funeral
service was held from the Amish
church near Niverton on Sunday
morning, Rev. Gideon Brenneman and
Rev. Joe Yoder, of near Meyersdale,
officiating. Burial was nearby in the
church cemetery. Attesting the high
esteem in which he was held was ev-
idenced by the very large number of
people attending his funeral, the large
church being taxed to capacity. He is
survived by his wife and children, as
follows: Mrs. Daniel Schrock, Dover,
Del; Simon NJ, Ezra NJ, Noah, Ed
ward and Jonas, also by large num-
Der of grandchildren; brother, John
D. Yoder and two half-brothers, Jacob
D. Yoder and Jonas D. Yoder.
Defamation Contest.
The Girls Defamation Contest, an
annual high school event, was held on
Friday evening of last week in the
Methodist church, in which Miss Dor
othy Edwards, a Junior, was awarded
first place and Miss Mary Bevans was
given second place. These two young
ladies will compete with the others of
the county, as principal and alternate,
when the inter-county high school con-
test will be held in Oakland next week.
There were eight contestants, who
recited as follows:
Evelyn Beachy. Mr.. & Mrs. Bowser
Mildred Michael ........... .Connor
Zeola Layman. Uncle Podger Hangs
Picture.
Dorothy Butler, What the Clock Saw
Mary Bevans. How Christmas Came
to the Little Brown House
Marion Wisseman. :. .Jerry's Homing
Dorothy Edwards. ......... Miracles
Olive VanGilder. Jim Browns Sisters
Wedding.
The judges We're Prof. R. R. Web
ster, Mt. Savage, Md; A. C. Stanton
and C. o. Keller.
WoOdmen Election
At the annual election ofGrantsville
Camp, No. Al, Woodmen of the World,
recently held, Charles o. Keller, cash
Ser of the First State Bank, was elect
led Commander. Other officers elected
were Charles Oliver Bender, Advisor
Lieutenant; DR.. 7. o! Broadwater,
banker; Charles A. Bender, clerk; NJ.
W. Schaefer, escort; Chas. A. Schaef-
err, Waterman; Harold Glotfelty, SEN
try; DR.. N. R. Davis, camp physician;
J. R. Gnagey, auditor. The camp has
recently begun holding weekly meet
ings, which has stimulated renewed
interest on the part of the members.
Farm Sales.
Last Saturday afternoon S. C. Bea-
chy, of Meyersdale, Pa, and Lewis S.
Yoder, of near Springs, Pa, executors
of the last will of the late C. S. Bea-
chy, sold tract of land comprising
PAT acres and lying south of Bittinger
in District No. 6, to Mahlon Bender
and Others. The consideration was
low, rejecting the slump condition of
farm lands generally. The sale was
held in front of the First State Bank.
A more hopeful note in the farm
situation, however, was sounded re-
Gently when Joseph Livengood, who
resides few miles north of the Ma
tional Highway in the Casselman VAL
ley, sold one of his fine farms to the
Vought Brothers, of Meyersdale, own
ers and operators of the new Meyers
dale dairy. The reported sale price
was $4,000. The new owners expect
to use the farm for dairying, thereby
increasing the supply of milk to their
plant. The increased demand for milk
and cream on the part of the several
diaries operating in this section,
should make farming, especially dairy
farming, much more profitable and at
tractive, as much of the drudgery is
removed in that the farmer is not OBJ
liged to do his churning.
Mrs. Farmers Party.
Mrs. Fife Farmer entertained at
Bridge last Friday afternoon in honor
of her daughter, Mrs. T. D. Maurer, of
Chicago, who is spending some time
here with her mother and sister, Mrs.
A. C. Stanton. The guests were Mrs.
N. r. Davis, Miss Martz, Misses Ethel
Broadwater, Ruth Stanton, Mary G.
Dorsey, Christina Winterberg, Mrs.
Fred Livengood, Mrs. j. F. Fahey,
Mrs. B. T. Keller, Mrs. Annie Getty,