The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-10-13
EVANSVILLE

members of the local fire department
decided to sponsor three activities. A
benefit dance will be held at the Me-
shack Browning club next Wednes-
day night, October 10. Around the 10th
of November the department will
sponsor a card party in w. o. w. Hall
and on Thanksgiving Day shooting
match will be held at the Community
Park and at night at w. o. w. Hall.
Attend Good Will Dinner
The Civic Club at its meeting We'd
nesday night named representatives
to the Good Will Dinner given by the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce for
business men of the Allegany Table
land at Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh
this Thursday. Harry C. Edwards and
Mayor William Winterberg were
chosen. George w. Diefenbach has
prepared an article on the industrial
progress of the community for the
Chamber of Commerce magazine.
Renninger Speaks at Meeting
Mrs. N. U. Broadwater was hostess
to the Women's Community Club We'd
nesday night. Mrs. Harold Miller pre-
sided. Julius C. Renninger, Oakland,
spoke on the Relationship of the Law
and the Home" taking up marriage
and inheritance laws, deeds, mort
cages and wills and property rights of
women in Maryland. A discussion fol-
lowed. On cold Homes in the Com
munity," Mrs. Miller gave report on
one of the oldest homes in this area
and the oldest land grant in this Sec
tion-the colorful old Stone House
property-three miles east of town,
the construction of which started in
1916 and completed in 1918. In her re-
port, Mrs. Miller brought out some of
the fascinating and historically-true
stories about the old house. Miss Mil
bred Barton, Home Demonstration Of
Oakland, was present. Mrs. Raymond
Klotz will entertain in November.
Dinner For Mr.. Shields
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Weise enter
tanned Wednesday night with a fare
well dinner at the Victoria Hotel in
honor of George Shields, employed
for some time by the local headquar-
tiers of the Bureau of Agriculture Ec-
onomics, who left Friday for Harris
burg, Pa, after which he will take up
employment in one of the Southern
States. Other guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles McKerahan, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bumgarten, DR.. and Mrs.
w. T. Riley, Miss Leona Clark, Miss
Martha Engle, H. L. Porter, Maurice
Brookhart, Lawrence Bittinger and
Roy Workman.
G. H. S. Teams Divide
Grantsville and Accident High
schools divided in a soccer and field
ball twin bill Wednesday at Accident,
the Grantsville hooters winning 81
and the Accident girls, Ga. Rodney
Patton scored for Grantsville. Grants
vile defeated Friendsville outfits here
Friday, the local boys winning 1910
and the girls 6-2.
Christmas Dance Planned
The Alumni Association of the To-
cal high school met Tuesday night.
Officers reelected were Clyde Miller,
president; Clyde Bender, secretary,
and Miss Rhoda Shumaker, treasurer.
Miss Zeola Layman was named vice
president. Five new members were en-
rolled, they being Misses Zeola Lay
man, Betty Patton, Iretha Edgar,
Helen Miller and Florence Broadwa-
ter. Definite plans were made for the
annual Christmas holiday dance to be
held this year on Wednesday, Deem
Der %, in the school auditorium.
Death of John Leighton
Funeral services for John J. Leigh
ton, of LaVale, formerly of Garrett
county, were conducted in the Mount
Zion Methodist church, Long Stretch,
Monday afternoon with the pastor,
Rev. D. R. Carder, officiating. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery,
where about seventy-fve years ago
his father, John J. Leighton, Sr., was
the first person to be buried there. A
brother survives.
Methodist Church Notes
The first quarterly conference of the
Grantsville charge will convene Sun
day at 1920 at the Jennings church. A
piano, recently acquired by the Jen-
nings congregation, will be dedicated.
Mrs. Eta V. Engle was hostess to
the Ladies' Aid Society Wednesday
night at her home, "Englewood." Of
ficers of the society were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. H. c. Ed
wards; vice-president, Miss Ethel
Broadwater; secretary, Mrs. Glen Yo-
der; treasurer, Mrs. L. B. Schaefer.
More than thirty persons attended, the
guests being Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Tar
bell, H. C. Edwards, Mrs. G. A. Bender,
Mrs. T. o. Broadwater and Mrs. Wes
ley Hottenstein. The society will be
entertained Thursday, October 81, by
Mrs. Marshall Beachy.
Mrs. Betty Keller, teacher, enter
tanned the intermediate class of the
Sunday school with weiner roast on
Friday night at the fire tower on Ne
gro Mountain. Mrs. Marshall Lands
was a guest. Others present were Ray
mond, Juanita and Lee Carder, Vir
ginia and Margaret Younkin, Bonnie
Jane Bills, Louise and Ruth Weimer,
Cecil and Varyl Edwards, Wayne
burst, Milton Railey, Elizabeth Yom-
mer, Catherine Stark, Kenneth Will
burn and Guy Hardesty.
Rev. G. Houtz, Sunbury, Pa, spoke
on the topic, "The Eyes of the World,
a study of the motion pictures, at Ep-
worth League Sunday night. Milton
Railey was leader. Mrs. Emmons
Warwick and Clyde Bender conducted
discussions, while Betty Beachy and
Virginia Younkin gave readings.
A cabinet meeting of the league was
held Tuesday night at the parsonage.
Sunday, October &c. members of the
Salisbury League will visit the local
society. Miss Betty Tarbell will be