The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-10-24

evening at the National Hotel. Five
tables were in play. Guests were Mrs.
r. E. Siger, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Elias,
Miss Ruth Stanton, F. J. Getty, Scott
Holiday, Harley Spoerlein, and Benny
Epstein. The guest prizes were won by
Miss Ruth Stanton and Mr.. Holiday.
The club prize was won by Miss Ida
Engle. Refreshments were served in
the dining room at long table deco
rated with ferns and pink roses, each
guest receiving a rose favor. Refresh
ments consisted of chicken salad, hot
rolls, sherbet, coffee, minis and nuts.
Mrs. B. T. Keller entertained her
bridge club and friends at her home
Monday night. There were four tables
in play. In the club Mrs. N. R. Davis
was high and Miss Ethel Broadwater,
low. The guests were Miss Tena Win
terberg, who won high; Mrs. Harvey
Gortner, Mrs. Macon Williams, Mrs. R.
E. Sliger, Miss Ruth Keller and Miss
Beulah Engle, who won the consolation
prize. Miss Lena Bender will be hostess
next Thursday evening.
A card party held in w. o. w. Hall
Tuesday night by the First Aid girls,
was a success. The seventeen prizes do
mated by various business places had
been on display in the Keller drug
store. The hall was seasonably deco
rated in orange and black with corn
shocks and streamers of yellow jack
planters, adding much to the touch of
the Halloween spirit. There were thir-
teen tables in all, seven of bridge and
6 of 500. Mrs. L. B. Schaefer won high
in 500 and had her choice of the prizes.
Miss Lena Custer, Mrs. B. T. Keller
and William Winterberg tied for high
in bridge. Refreshments were served
by members of the club.
Officers of the club are Rosetta
Hanft, president; Grace Hanft, vice
president; Helen Miller, secretary;
Grace Swauger, treasurer; Florence
Broadwater, leader. Other members
are Mary Helen Gnagey, Claudia Paul,
Betty Jane Beachy, Mary Schaefer,
Mildred, Mary Jane and Grace Beachy.
Students in Grantsville school spon-
sored Halloween parade and social
Thursday night. Prizes were awarded
to the smallest child in the parade, the
best dressed couple, the most comic
couple, the best dressed person and
the funniest dressed person. The
parade formed at the school building
at about 7:30so'clock. Admission to the
social was ten cents and was accepted
in payment for refreshments or games.
Sandwiches, cake, pie, ice cream, cof-
fee, candy, and soft drinks were on
sale. An orchestra furnished music for
round and square dancing and for a
cake walk. Prizes were also awarded
for the best posters made by the stu
dents. Miss Helen Houck received first
prize; Miss Florence Broadwater, sec
ond, and Cecil Edwards, third.
A masquerade dance will be held at
the Meshack Browning club for club
members and their friends on Tuesday,
October 20.
School Notes
Miss Bannatyne, supervisor of ele-
mentary schools of this section, con-
Quoted an all-day teachers meeting in
the local school building on Tuesday.
F. J. Getty, principal of the school,
will attend a meeting of all the high
school principals of the county in the
Oakland high school building on Mon
day morning. Miss Emma Caulk will
attend a meeting of English teachers
on the afternoon of the same day.
Cheese Making School
The community school for making
American cheese, which had been err
roneously stated at having occurred,
will be held at the home of Mrs. Irwin
Baker on Tuesday, October 20, starting
at ten o'clock. 1t will be joint meet
ing of the Grantsville and Mars Hill
Homemakers clubs. Mr.. Conover, State
Extension dairy specialist, from the