The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-01-14
EVANSVILLE
Community Club Meets

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Mildred Barton, Home Demonstration
Agent, lectured on arrangement Of
dining unit in kitchen and units in
living ROOM" Roll call was Family
needs not satisfied by my home fur
nishings." The recently elected officers
were in charge with the exception of
the president, Mrs. Fred. Livengood,
whose absence was unavoidable. Mrs.
w. Harold Miller, vice-president, pre-
sided. Others attending were Mrs. H.
P. Miller and a friend from Sails
bury, Pa; Mrs. Jonas Beachy, Mrs. L.
B. Schaefer, Mrs. Lee Beachy, Mrs
Richard Younkin, Mrs. ]. U. Stan
ton, Mrs. W. c. Loechel, Mrs. Albert
Swauger, Mrs. Frank P. Smith, Miss
Ethel Broadwater, Miss Cora Hook
man, Miss Jennie Stanton. The Feb
ruary meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. W. C. Loechel.
Church Activities
The Women's Missionary Society of
st. Johns Reformed church, which
was scheduled to meet at the home of
Mrs. Hobart Speicher Wednesday ev-
ening, was postponed until next We'd
nesday night.
The meeting of the women of the
Episcopal Guild at the Holmes Wal
lace studios, which was scheduled for
Tuesday evening, has been postponed
until some time in February.
At the annual congregational meet
ing of the Lutheran church, w. Har-
old Miller was reelected elder and
Edgar Michael was chosen as a dea-
con.
At recently held consistory meet
ing of the Reformed church, Rev. C. L.
Bash, pastor, Fred. Livengood was
elected vice-president and treasurer;
Paul Kinsinger, secretary, and Harry
Murray, financial secretary.
The Reformed Sunday school has
chosen the following as officers for
the coming year: C. o. Bender, super
intendent; Mrs. Hobart Speicher, as
sistant superintendent; John Beachy,
secretary; Harold Setter, assistant
secretary; Fred. Livengood, treasurer.
Union prayer services are being held
this week in Grantsville. On Wednes-
day night in the Lutheran church, Rev.
c. L. Bash, pastor of the Reformed
church, brought the first message. In
the Reformed church Thursday night,
Rev. C. L. Allender, Methodist pastor,
was the speaker. Rev. S. D. Sigler,
pastor of the Lutheran church, will
preach at the final service on Friday
evening in the Methodist church.
Services in the local churches for
Sunday, January II, will be as fol-
lows: Catholic, 10 a. M; Lutheran,
Sunday school, 9:45 a. M, worship SER
vice, HOO a. M; Methodist, church
school, 1000 am; Reformed, Sunday
school, 1870 p. M, worship service,
2:3O p. M; c. E., at TOO p. M, in the
Methodist church.
Miss Grace Swauger was leader at
the Christian Endeavor meeting Sum-
day night in the Methodist church.
The topic was "Joseph." There was a
Scripture reading; duet, Living for
Jesus" by Mae Winter and Claudia
Paul; stories and tellers as follows:
''The Rich Mans Son Sold AS Slave"
Sonny Patton; "From the Prison to the
Palace" Mary Jane Beachy, and GLOW
Joseph's Dream Came True; ques-
tions and answers and discussion.
Sugar-Ladened Truck Burns
The local fire department answered
the third call last week when on We'd
nesday evening about eight o'clock
the company went to Negro Mountain
four miles west Of Grantsville on the
National Road where a truck loaded
with seven tons of sugar had caught
fire and was burning. The fremen
succeeded in saving approximately
half of the sugar, but the truck was
practically ruined. The direct cause
of the fire is unknown, but it origi-
mated just back of the cab. The driver
was from Brownsville, Pa, and was
transporting the sugar to Pittsburgh
from Baltimore.
Receivership of Bank Changes
Thomas B. Finan, receiver for the
Citizens National Bank and the First
National Bank of Froostburg, and
the First National Bank of Midland,
has been appointed receiver for the
First National Bank of Grantsville,
succeeding R. E. Sliger, who has been
in charge here for the past three
years. All business will be transacted
at Mr.. Finan's headquarters in the
First National Bank building at
Frostburg. Mr.. and Mrs. Sliger will
probably reside at Frostburg with the
possibility of Mr.. Sliger's associating
himself with Mr.. Finan at that place.
Social Events
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph, Steinburg
entertained at a spaghetti dinner DR..
and Mrs. T. o. Broadwater, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayward F. Broadwater, and Mr..