The Republican., 1939-02-16
EVANSVILLE
Firemen's Card Party

card party. There will be refreshments
and prizes.
Boys Sweep Series with FriendsviIIe
Grantsville High school cagers de-
feated the Friendsville High five 35-13
Tuesday night on the local court to
sweep the series, and the girls tussle
ended in a deadlock, 14-14.
Grantsville took both ends of the
doubleheader played at Friendsvil!e
last week, the local boys winning 49,
16 and the home girls, 1924.
Church League Games
Methodist and Reformed basketeers
copped the Grantsville Inter Church
School Recreation league boys clash
es Thursday night, the Methodists
topping the Lutherans 1873 and Re-
formed nosing out the Catholics 1918.
In the Methodist-Lutheran tussle,
both teams went scoreless the first
quarter with the winners trailing by
one point 80 at the half and 5-4 at the
close of the third period. Sonny Patton
and Bobby Zeller accounted for all
the Lutheran points while Guy Har-
desty and Lee Carder each rang up
two baskets for the Methodists.
Reformed led the Catholics Ga at
the quarter and 9-5 at the half, while
the score was knotted I'LL at the
end of the third session. Gordon Nc
Kenzie Tailed ten markers for the
Catholics while Belmont Miller and
Bayard Keller made all of Reformed
points.
Hosts to Turkey Raisers
About seventy persons attended a
meeting for turkey raisers of the COM
munity at w. o. w. Hall Thursday
night, sponsored by Stanton's Mill, of
Little Crossings, in conjunction with
milling company. w. Dewes, of De-
troit, Mich, delivered the chief ad-
dress of the evening and other talks
were made by w. Ward, of Johnstown,
Pa, Frank Howard, Pittsburgh, and
Robert Lohr, operator of large tur-
key farm near Johnstown. Motion
pictures in color taken on a tour of
turkey raisers in the Johnstown vi
cinity and at a research farm at De-
troit featured. Refreshments were
served at the close of the evening.
Dramatic Evening
A dramatic evening, honoring six
events in February, was presented at
Holmes Wallace studios on Thursday
night. An original skit, "Look at the
Calendar First" written by Miss
Holmes was given by Miss Rhoda
Bender. Miss Miriam Peck and Mrs.
Cleman Folk, of Springs, Pa, in honor
of Grounding Day. Miss Mary Schaef-
er, Mrs. Emmons Warwick and Mrs.
Stewart Rodamer gave a dramatiza-
tion arranged by Miss Holmes from
Dickens novel, edwin Drood," in
celebration of the anniversary of this
authors birth. Another skit, young
Lincoln" was given by Miss Iva Klotz
and Clyde Bender. In honor of st.
Valentines Day, Mrs. Wendell Lohr
sang "My Lady's Bower" with picture
posed by Mrs. Ralph Glotfelty and
Mrs. L. B. Schaefer. "Scene at Ferry
Farm" with Irwin Miller as George
Washington, had the following cast:
G. w. Diefenbach, Evelyn Spiker,
Ruth Klotz and Carrie Jane Bender.
A piano duet was then rendered by
little Miss Bender with Miss Holmes.
The Longfellow section included three
vocal solos by Miss Ruth Beachy,
Irwin Miller and Mrs. H. J. Bender;
two of his beloved characters, EVAN
geline", posed by Mrs. Bender, and
"Minnehaha," posed by Miss Peck, and
a quartet, "Stars of the Summer
Night" by Mrs. Bender, Miss Wallace,
Mr.. Diefenbach and Mr.. Miller.
Hold Annual Initiation
The Woodmen of the World, Camp
No. Al, held its annual initiation Mon
day night. Sovereign E. A. Olsen,
district manager, of Washington, D.
c., and officers and degree team of
the Crellin camp conducted the cere-
monies. A class of ten was admitted
into the lodge. One hundred members,
Including several from Friendsville
camp, attended. Refreshments eli
NAKED an enthusiastic meeting.
Church Activities
The monthly cabinet meeting of the
Epworth League will be held Friday
night at the home of Mrs. Sylvan
burst, recreation adviser.
Rev. S. D. Sigler, pastor of the
Lutheran church, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gort-
ner, Miss Christena Winterberg, Mrs.
Adam A. Hanft, Mrs. c. S. Zeller, Mrs,
N. U. Broadwater, Mrs. Ollie Loechel
and Mrs. Emerson Sebold motored to
Hagerstown Wednesday to inspect
certain types of pipe organs. The
church is contemplating the purchase
of new organ, and they hope to have
one installed before Easter.
Bayard Keller was leader at Ep-