The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-04-01
EVANSVILLE
Church Notes

The following were received into the
Lutheran church at the Communion
service Sunday morning: Florence Da-
Wis, Mary Louise and Mae Winter,
Rhoda Shumaker, Claudia Paul, Marga-
ret Jane Gortner, Blaine Edgar Bit
finger, Mark Schaefer and Lue Lager.
More than 100 received the Holy Sacra
ment.
The Christian Endeavor society rem
dered an Easter program in the
Lutheran Sunday school dedicated the
following taking part: Mrs. j. Beachy,
Lucille and Sonny Patton, Mary
Louise Winter, Mae Winter, Mrs. w.
Lohr and G. w. Diefenbach.
The young peoples class of the
Lutheran Sunday school, dedicated the
new lighting system Thursday night.
Rev. S. D. Sigler officiated. Miss Iva
Klotz, president of the Helping Hand
class, presented the ligths to the
church. Acceptance was by George w.
Diefenbach. Six lights in the church
auditorium and one in the upper Sun
day school room, with an outside light
at the entrance, purchased by Harvey
Gortner, complete the new system. The
total cost of the young peoples project
is $3.50. Ralph Shockey, Of Greenville
Township, Pa, a student at Gettys-
burg Theological Seminary, spoke on
"The Young Peoples Society and the
Church of Today" A quartet, Mrs. W.
Lohr, Mabel Younkin, Evelyn and
Grace Swauger, sang.
A union Good Friday service was
held in the Lutheran church at p.
M, with Rev. Sigler in charge. Rev.
C. j. Allender, Methodist pastor, gave
the address.
Services in the local churches for
Sunday will be as follows: Catholic, 10
a. m. Lutheran, Sunday school, 9:45
a. m. Reformed, Sunday school, $3.50
a. M, worship service, 1890 a. m.
c. E. at p. m. in the Methodist
church.
During the month of April the C. E.
meeting will be held in the Methodist
church.
The Lutheran Missionary Society
will meet in the social room of the
church on Tuesday night.
A meeting of the officers of the G.
E. society was held Tuesday night at
the home of the president, Mrs. w.
Lohr, when plans were made for
socials to be held this coming week,
the juniors on Wednesday night and
the seniors on Thursday. Misses Iva
Klotz and Mary Louise Winter were
appointed senior committee chairmen.
The w. M. S. convention will be
held at Somerset on Saturday, April
10, instead of April 3 as had been an
nounced, to which Mrs. M. Beachy and
Mrs. F. burst, of the local w. M. S. of
the Reformed church, are delegates.
Social Events
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Frickey enter
tanned the following in honor of Mrs.
Frickey's birthday: Ida Without, and
Arthur Whitlock, Belle Vernon, Pa;
Carl Miller, Accident; Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Schaefer, Misses Dorothy and Mabel
Younkin, Ralph Glotfelty and Marshall
Broadwater. Miss Dorothy Younkin
and Ralph Glotfelty won high prizes
at 500
Mrs. Raymond Smith entertained
in honor of her daughter, Dorothy's
eighth birthday. The guests were Bet
ty Beachy, Rita Edwards, Joyce Bea-
chy, Marjorie and Louise Gortner,
Ruth Klotz, Dolly Layman, Rosetta
Miller, Mary Kathryn Miller, Betty
Mckenzie, Lottie and Lorna Patton,
Audra Speicher and Dorothy Shu-
maker.
Mrs. Lena Bender was hostess to
the ladies' Monday night bridge club.
Three tables of contract were in play.
Guests in addition to club members
were Mrs. B. F. Epstein, Mrs. F. P.
Smith and Miss Ruth Keller. The
club prize for high score was won by
Mrs. C. O. Bender. Mrs. Epstein re-
ceived guest prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Yoder enter
tanned at $500" Tuesday night. Mrs.
Marshall Lands received the prize.
Brief Mention
Each home room in the Grantsville
school observed Maryland Day and
Easter with special programs Thurs
day morning before being dismissed
for the holiday which extended until
Tuesday.
An Easter Monday night dance was
held at the Meshack Browning club.
The Women's Community club will
be entertained Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Richard Younkin.
Luther Miller, of Washington, D. c.,
was a visitor here recently.
Ida Without and Arthur Whitlock,