The Republican., 1939-10-19
Lease PIaninU Mill

Chester A. Henry, New Lexington,
Pa, and Gene A. Ruttkay, Johnstown,
Pa, have leased the Olen l.. Miller
planning mill and will conduct business
under the name, the Grantsville Lum-
Der company. The sawmill will be in
operation in about three weeks, and
they also contemplate installing a
planer. Both of these young men have
had experience in the lumber business,
Mr.. Ruttgay having conducted a
wholesale lumber business in Johns
town for the past three years. Two
local men have already been employed
and plans are to employ other men of
this community in driving trucks. Mr..
Henry and Mr.. Ruttage are residing
at the home of Norman Patton.
Brief Mention
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
family have moved into their new and
modern home at the east end of town
while Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Beachy have
moved into the former Gortner resi-
dence. Mrs. Beachy purchased the
Gortner house when she sold her farm,
which had been in her husbands fam
lily for 100 years, to Elmer Bethel She
had public sale at the farm Thursday
and moved to Grantsville Saturday. 1t
has been reported that fire broke out
at the farm in a small summer house,
where the Beitzels are residing, and
considerable damage DONE The local
fire department was not summoned
however.
Edward StoweIl sustained a broken
rib Thursday while working in a local
coal mine.
John Brown, formerly of Salisbury,
Pa, has moved to this community and
for the present is residing at the
National hotel.
Mrs. Grace Jenkins and children
have moved to Shade Mills, east of
here, from where they had lived near
the corporation limits north of the
Casselman hotel.
Mrs. P. A. Connolly was called Mon
day to New York City by the illness of
her husband, Col. Connolly. The ex-
act seriousness of his condition is not
known.
Attending the annual rural-urban
meeting and dinner of the Frostburg
Rotary club Monday night at the Gun
ter hotel, Frostburg, from here were:
Mayor William Winterberg, H. C. Ed
wards and c. 0. Bender, of the Town
Council; F. j. Getty, Harvey Gortner
and ]. R. Gnagey.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank J. Getty, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. F. Fahey, Mrs. J. C. Rem
ninger, Miss Zeola Layman, H. C.
Edwards and daughter Rita and Irwin
Miller attended the opening program
in the all-star concert course at Frost
burg State Teachers College, Monday
night.
The statewide English tests were
given at the local high school Tues
day by Misses Emma Caulk and Ma
bel Schlossnagle, English teachers.
Membership in the Farm Mechanics
class at the local high school farm
shop has increased to twenty-one, ac-
cording to VIM. E. Tarbell, leader of
the group.
Invitations have been issued to a
masquerade ball at the Meshack
Browning club here at Grantsville on
Thursday, October 26.
Natal Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Mckenzie an
nounce the birth of daughter, Patty
Lou, born Tuesday, October g. This is
their fourth child and second daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harman Ryman an
nounced the birth of a daughter on
October 8. Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. C. U. Edwards visited
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. James c. Frame, Kingwood, W.
Va, last week and attended the Buck
wheat Festival held there.
Mrs. Fred Livengood returned Sun
day from Washington, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor, Alex
andria, Va. Mrs. Marshall Beachy and
Fred Livengood had accompanied Mr..
LivengOod's son, Paul Livengood, to
Washington, returning here with him
earlier in the week. Mrs. Livengood
left on Tuesday of last week when her
son returned to Washington, where
she visited until Sunday.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert A. Mar
shall and two young sons, Philadel-
phia, returned home Thursday after
spending ten days with Mrs. Mar
shalls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Zehner.
Postmaster and Mrs. A. Emmons
Warwick and daughter Elizabeth Anne
returned Friday from Washington
where Mr.. Warwick attended the an
nual national postmasters' convention.
Jack Hobitzel, Jewett, Pa, former
ly of Meyersdale, Pa, was guest of
Daniel W. Hershberger Thursday.
Mrs. Ella B. Keller left Saturday
for Wilmington, Del, where she will
visit her son and daughter-in-law,
Attorney and Mrs. VIM. G. Keller,
and family.
Mrs. G. A. Lininger, Waterloo, Iowa,
has arrived to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. ]. U. Stanton, Mrs. c..
C. Beachy and Mrs. Ollie Loechel, and
other relatives. Another sister, Mrs
Harvey Parsons, of Baltimore, who