The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-26
EVANSVILLE
Mother-Daughter Danquet

held at the school building Wednes-
day evening, May IS, with sixty-five
guests present. Attractive decorations
of red, white and blue were used. A
| three-course dinner was served and an
| interesting program, consisting of
speech by Miss Amery, State super
visor of home economies, solos, duets
and choruses by the girls, with Miss
Ruth Conley as accompanist, was rem
| dered.
Later in the evening the guests
visited the class room where exhibits
of needle work and baked goods were
on display. Demonstrations in re-
moving stains, an emergency cup
board and frst-aid treatment were
conducted by the students of the de-
partment.
Studio Entertainment
"Music and literature in the United
States before 1850" was the subject
of an enjoyable meeting of the Choral
and Dramatic Association at the Wal
lace and Holmes studios on Tuesday
evening, May II. Piano numbers were
by Mrs. G. w. Diefenbach, an arrange
ment of "Long, Long Ago.; and by
Miss Mabel Younkin, "The Spark" by
Gottschalk. Clyde Miller sang 1--WE
Stood by the Window" popular love
song of the forties. The Choral Club
sang "The Blue Juanita" and "Gaily
the Trobadour," and everyone joined
in old favorites as "Home, Sweet
Home" The Old Oaken Bucket" and
a number of other old-time favorites.
Mrs. Nevin Broadwater read Sc
lection from Washington Irving; Miss
Ruth Keller gave reading from
Cooper's "Deerslayer"; Miss Wallace
read Poe's Raven" and Bryant's
"Giadness of Nature" was read by
Mrs. Harry Edwards, Mrs. P. c. Bou-
cher, Miss Tena Winterberg, Miss
Dorothy Younkin and Mrs. Stewart
Rodamer. Four of the studio juniors,
Florence Davis, Rhoda Shumaker, Ed
gar Bender and Bayard Keller, Jr.,
costumed as children were in the for
ties, gave a dialogue which was pub
lished in 1887.
An interesting feature of the even
ing was an exhibit of relics and heir
looms of the years preceding 1850.
Road Work to Begin
The various contractors are moving
their machinery and other equipment
into town preparatory to rebuilding
the National Highway east and west
of Grantsville.
Memorial Day Service
The Earl H. Opel post of the Amer
lean Legion will hold its Memorial
Day service in Grantsville Monday
morning, May 80. The Salisbury band
will furnish the music. A parade will
form in front of the school building
at $3.50 and will march to the ceme-
terry where the Memorial Day service
will be conducted. The public is in
vited to attend this service.
Community Club To Meet
Mrs. ]. U. Stanton will entertain
the Grantsville Community Club at
her home Wednesday afternoon, June
l. All are invited to attend.
Baseball Game
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school played its first game of the sea-
son with the Oakland high school
boys, Friday afternoon, May 20, on
the school playground. The game was
an interesting one, but the Oakland
boys won by two points, the score be-
ing 10 to 8 in their favor.
Vacation Bible School
A vacation Bible school will be con-
Quoted at the Oak Grove church be-
ginning on June 20 and continuing
until July 1. Glasses will be held five
days each week from till II o'clock.
All children are invited to attend.
Home Destroyed By Fire
The home of Owen Grove, near New
Germany, was completely destroyed
by fire last Saturday morning about
$3.50 o'clock. 1t is supposed that a
spark from the chimney fell into the
attic and caught in the pine floor. All
members of the family were out of the
house when Mrs. Grove heard some
thing fall and went to investigate.
She found the second story of the
house ablaze. The other members of
the family were called and neighbors
came to their assistance, but they
were unable to save the house or to
remove any items from the building.
Within half an hour the structure and
its contents were reduced to ashes.
Birthday Party
A party was given in honor of Ros-
allie Hanft's twelfth birthday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hanft on
Friday evening, May 20. The even
ing was spent in playing games, etc.
Refreshments were served. The guests
were Vera Miller, Pauline Glotfelty,
Florence Broadwater, Florence Davis,
Grace Folk, Rhoda Shumaker, Grace