The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-09-02
EVANSVILLE
Flremen to Sponsor Carnival and
Parade

Elaine's Exposition, carnival fea
turing shows, rides, free acts, etc.
will come to Grantsville on Tuesday
September z, for five days under the
auspices of the Grantsville Volunteer
Fire Department. Thursday will be
Firemen's day and there will be g
Firemen's parade on that evening
Two other parades are being planned
a Mummer's parade for Wednesday
night and Farmers parade on Fri.
day night. All parades will start al
7:30 p. m. The carnival will be 10.
Gated at the Community park, north
of the Casselman Hotel.
Fire In Barn
About the time the towns fight
fans were settling at their radios
Monday evening to hear the Louis
Farr heavyweight match, blasts of
the fire siren sent interested fremer
to the property co-rented by Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Kahl and Mr.. and Mrs
Paul Miller where a barn was afame
Mr.. Kahl had been working late on a
tractor and had gone in the barn
where his automobile is kept to wash
his tools with gasoline. He had turned
on the lights of the car and was draw
ing out the liquid when sparks from
a short circuit ignited the gasoline
sending the flames into the hay loft
above. Checking the flames almost
Immediately upon their arrival, the
firemen were able to extinguish the
fire with little damage resulting. Mr..
Kahl got the car out before summon
ing aid. A damaged hay crop was
practically the only harm done.
Church Activities
Mrs. C. U. Edwards was hostess to
the Ladies Aid Society of the M. E.
church Thursday night. Members of
the junior aid, Mary Allender, Rita
Edwards and Mildred Frickey, gave a
program of hymns and readings. Mrs.
H. c. Edwards, president, led the
business meeting. Sixteen members
and the following visitors were pres
emit: Miss Almira Boucher, of Phila-
delphia; Mrs. Lille Ambell, of Pitts
burgh; Mrs. Ralph Whitlow, Buckeyes
town, Md; Mrs. Lucinda burst Miss
Elizabeth Collins and Miss Viola
Broadwater. Refreshments were
served. Mrs. Eta V. Engle will enter
tain in September.
"The dignity of honest work" was
the Senior c. E. topic Sunday night.
There will be no meeting Sunday
night. Members may attend the C. E.
Retreat at the Flintstone CCC camp.
Local Endeavorers are also planning
to attend the Sunrise service to be
held at Dams Rock Monday morning.
Twelve members of the Junior C. E..
society with Wendell Lohr, counselor,
G. W. Diefenbach and other guests
held their Sunday night meeting at
the farm of Edgar Michael. The topic
was "Aaron and the golden calf"
After the program, games, weiner
roast and ghost stories around camp
fire featured. The Junior meeting on
Sunday night will be conducted by
Mr.. Diefenbach.
"The Gay Pretenders," a comedy,
will be presented tonight Thursday
in the W. o. w. hall by the Young
Peoples club of the Brethren church
of Fort Hill, Pa, under the auspices
of the Helping Hand class of the local
Lutheran church.
Services in the local churches for
Sunday will be as follows: Catholic,
10 a. m. Lutheran, Sunday school
9:45 a. m. Methodist, Church school,
10 a. M, worship service, 7:45 p. m.
Reformed, Sabbath school, $3.50 a. M,
worship service, 1920 a. m. Jr. C. E.
services at Z p. m. in the Lutheran
church.
Mrs. Floyd C. Diehl will be hostess
to the Lutheran Missionary society
Tuesday night, September 7.
Social Events
Mrs. Ida Hershberger and daugh-
ter-in-law, Mrs. D. w. Hershberger,
entertained last Wednesday evening
at dinner in honor of the ffty-frst
birthday of the formers sister, Mrs.
Robert Butchers, of Lynn Haven, Fla.
The guests were: Mrs. Harvey Spell
cher, Jean and Allen Speicher, Acct
dent; Miss Nellie Briscoe and Cy
Cronin, Confluence, Pa; Mrs. C. A.
Bender, DR.. and Mrs. T. o. Broad
water, Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Bender,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Speicher, Misses
Ethel and Viola Broadwater. Cake
and ice cream were also served later
in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Bender enter
tanned at dinner Thursday evening,
their guests being Mrs. Robert Butch
ers, Mrs. C. A. Bender and Mrs. Ida
Hershberger. Mrs. Butchers accom-
panied by her brother, Daniel Yutzy,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Devore, of