The Republican., 1935-02-07
GORTNER

A miscellaneous shower was givel
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Spoerlein last Wed
nesday evening. 1t will be remem
bered that Mr.. and Mrs. Spoerlein los
the greater part of their personal be
longings in fire which recently de
stroyed their home at Monte Vista
/ The following named contributed use
full gifts to the young people: Mrs
Anna Bittinger, Mr.. and Mrs. D. w
Dodge, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dewitt
Leota Arnold, Amelia Yoder, Lels
Mosser, Lena Slabach, D. L. Swart
zentruber, Harvey Swartzentruber
Jacob Swartzentruber and their fam
lilies; Mr.. and Mrs. Artie Dodge, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Biser, Mr.. and Lee
Fike, Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Moon, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Yoder, Mrs. B. F. iSelby
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Porter, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Albert Sisk, Elwood Beckman
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Swiger, Mr. anc
Mrs. Roy Lee, Mr.. and Mrs. I. l.
Beckman, Mrs. Hervey Roth, members
of the Lichty family, S. W. Slabach
Mr.. and Mrs. Eliza Biser, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Hamilton. At the affair
refreshments were served.
The marriage ceremony for Miss
Anna Wenger, Of Meyersdale, Pa,
and Mr.. Jacob Petersheim, of this
community, was performed by Bishop
L. M. Beachy at the home of the
groom's uncle, Joel Slabach on Sun
day. The bridesmaids were Misses
Anna Beachy and Elizabeth Yoder,
and the groom was attended by Noah
Yoder, of Gortner, and Eli Brenne-
man, of near Meyersdale, Pa. A din
ner was served the guests, which in
cluded the entir membership Of the
local Amish church and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stutzman, of Ohio; John Wen
ger and family and Miss Mary Kin
singer, of near Springs, Pa.
Jonas Lichty and Ray Yoder re-
turned to Salisbury, Pa, after spend
ing the weekend here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Slabach and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred. Slabach, of Eglon, W.
Va, who attended the funeral of the
late Galen Fike on Thursday, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. W. Sla-
bach.
Joseph Feathers returned to his
home here after spending several
months at the home of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Dodge, near Kingwood.
Mrs. Amanda Hoff is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Owen Martin and
Mrs. Ray Taylor, this week.
Harry Beeghley has been confined
to his home with an attack of quinsy
during the past week.
Miss Hazel Lee, who was spending
Sunday with her home folks, was
called to the home of John Shaffer on
account of the illness of Miss Minnie
Shaffer.
Miss Anna Lichty and her mother
and D. L. Swartzentruber and men,
bers of his family visited Miss Grace
Mason, whose condition remains crit
ical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk recently
visited Mr.. Sisk's nephew, Carl Calls,
at Loeb Lynn, who is confined to his
bed with fractured leg which he sus-
tanned at the Loeb Lynn school one
day last week while at play with a
school companion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
children, of Grantsville, were guests
of Mr.. Gortner's home folks on Sun
day.
Mrs. DELPHI Matheney, Terra Alta,
is spending this week at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Welch.
Mrs. Paul Welch spent Sunday and
Monday at her home in Accident.
Pearl Hamstead and Mr.. and Mrs
Al Fike and children, Of Eglon, were
guests at Charles Arnold's on Thurs
day.
Simon Swartzentruber has been
razing the abandoned colored church
in Oakland and conveying the mater
ial to his home here where he will re-
construct it and use the building as a
repair shop.