The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-28
EVANSVILLE.
By Clyde Miller.
Fire Department Organized.

chief, Fred. Llvengood; assistant
chiefs, Nevin Broadwater, L. G. Bit
finger, J. C. Miller and Harry J..
Bender.
Thirty-seven citizens have enrolled
as members of the department. A
benefit picnic will be held on July
4th at the base ball grounds. There
will be various amusements and two
ball games. The afternoon game will
be played by the Homecoming and
Grantsville teams.
Certificates for R. w. S. C.
Mrs. j. U. Stanton, Miss Christina
Winterberg, Miss Cora Opel and Har-
vey Stanton returned Saturday even
ing from College Park, Nd, where
they attended the rural woman's short
course at the University of Maryland.
Mrs. Stanton and Miss Winterberg
were among 81 ladies from the coun-
ties who received certificates for 4
years of interest in the course ami
continued faithful attendance.
To Attend Summer School
The following persons left Tuesday
to attend summer school at the Uni
versity of Maryland: Miss Vivian
Powers, Frank Getty, Paul Custer
and Emerson Bishoff, Agriculture in
structor of the high school,
Rural Women's Course
The annual Rural Women's Short
Course will be given at the University
of Maryland, College Park, June Is
to %, for the members of the various
clubs throughout the state.
The Grantsville Women's Club will
be represented by the following
ladies: Misses Cora Opel, Christina
Winterberg, Mrs. c. c. Beachy and
Mrs. j. U. Stanton.
Mrs. Stanton and Miss Winterberg
will graduate with a class of fifty
some ladies, who have attended and
completed the four-year short
courses. They are the only ones to
graduate from Garrett county.
The Grantsville club has been well
represented at the University since
the opening of the short courses. The
courses given are very instructive and
beneficial to the home makers thru
out the state, and any member who
can spend the week there will be well
repaid.
Defamation Contest
A defamation contest was held
Thursday evening in the M. E. church.
A pupil from each school was entered.
The features of the program were:
Promotion exercises, The Gate of
Progress, Grantsville pupils; Decla-
nation, "The Ruling Passion" Elva
Wilburn; song, Jennings pupils;
defamation, Spreading the News,
Ethel Rosenberger; Song, Grantsville
pupils; defamation, The Cremation Of
Sam MCGEE, Edgar Poleman; decla-
nation, The Wreck of the Hesperus,
Helen Kamp; song, Finzel pupils;
defamation, "The Second Election"
Lena Custer; defamation, Kentucky
Philosophy, Velma Brown; accordion
solo; defamation, Entertaining Miss
Graggins, Pauline Patton; declama-
ton, Birds Christmas Carol, Leota
Broadwater; song, Grantsville pupils;
play, "Who Am II" Mars Hill pupils;
awarding of diplomas.
Miss Lena Custer, Mars Hill, won
first place, and Pauline Patton,
Grantsville, second. Miss Custer rep
resented Grantsville in the declama-
ton contest held at Accident.
Mennonite Bible Conference
The annual Bible and Sunday school
conference of the Amish Mennonite
church was held at Maple Glen, near
Grantsville, the past week. The
meetings were held in tent and over
eight hundred were present each day.
A large number of visitors from al
most every part of the United States
were present.
The residents of this section who
attended were: Valentine, Nevin and
Pauline Bender, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S.
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Yoder,
Alvin and Solomon Beachy, David
Yoder, Mrs. John Ash, Mr.. and Mrs.
L. J. Schrock, Milton and Ed Swart-
zentruber and John Embleto.
Social Events
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Zeller enter
tanned with a birthday party in honor
of their niece, Ruth Osborne, Wednes-
day evening. Games and music were
, enjoyed during the evening. Refresh
ments were served.
Bridge Club
Mrs. A. C. Stanton was hostes to
the bridge club Tuesday evening.
Honors were won by Mrs. c. o. KEEL
Ter.
Pupils Entertained
The elementary teachers of the
Grantsville school, Miss Hamburg,
Miss Friese and Frank Getty enter
tanned their pupils with a picnic dur
ing the week.
Ladies Aid Society
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