The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1939-09-07
EVANSVILLE
Church Activities

Loechel boys mother, Mrs. Ollie
Loechel. Miss Iva Klotz, president, was
in charge of the brief business session
when it was decided to sponsor the
sale of Christmas greeting cards. AT
ter social evening of games and
when refreshments had been served,
the class surprised Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Loechel with a miscellaneous
shower. Others present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Miller and daughter Mar
tina, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Glotfelty,
Misses Daisy Shumaker, Efiie Klotz
and Ruth Younkin, Frank Klotz, Guy
Hardesty and Lois Reynolds.
SiXty-fve persons attended the corn
and weiner roast of the st. Johns Re-
formed Sunday school Thursday night
at the farm of Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
burst, near here. Games provided di-
version for the evening, and Wayne
burst and Kenneth Wilburn, guitar
lists, furnished entertainment.
Mrs. Glenn Ashby was hostess to
the Ladies' Aid society of the Method
ist Church Thursday night at Ashby
Tavern, west of town. The meeting
was followed by corn roast. Rev. D.
R. Carder led the devotions. Others at
tending were: VIM. j. Tawney, Nc
keesport, Pa; Mrs. Susan burst, of
Frostburg; Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Ed
wards, and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Frickey and daughter, Mrs. D.
R. Carder and children, Mrs. Eta V.
Engle, Mrs. Melissa Boucher Mrs.
John Hanft, Mrs. L. B. Schaefer, Miss
Ida Engle, Misses Ethel and Viola
Broadwater and Rosie Broadwater.
Mrs. D. R. Carder, counselor, was
leader of the topic, "Those Who
Work." at Epworth League Sunday
night. Mary Martha Jenkins gave the
Scripture reading.
Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Carder and Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Edwards left this
Wednesday morning for Fairmont, W.
Va, where they will attend the an
nual Methodist conference. Mr.. Ed
wards is the delegate from the Grants
vile charge.
Services in local churches for Sun
day, September 10, will be: Catholic,
Mass at 8 a. M; Lutheran, Sunday
school, 9:45 a. M, worship service,
II a. NJ; Methodist, Church school,
10 a. M, Epworth League, 6:45 p. M;
Reformed, Sabbath school, $50 a. m.
Injured in Baseball Game
George Bender, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. W. Bender, of Springs, is recovering
from an accident sustained in a base
ball game at Springs in which four
others were injured although much
less seriously. Mr.. Bender was sliding
into home plate and severely fractured
his ankle
Miss Edith Bittinger is convalesc-
ing at her home following an opera
ton at Hazel McGilvery hospital, in
Meyersdale.
Otis Kamp, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Austin Kamp, broke his right arm
below the elbow Wednesday night
while doing some work along the
road
Almira Hummel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Hummel, underwent
tonsilectomy at Wenzell hospital,
Meyersdale.
Magistrates Cases
Five boys, Harold Resh, Woodrow
Butler, George Brabson, Wendell
burst and Heyford Hutzel, all of the
surrounding community, were fined
$2.75 each by Magistrate C. S. Zeller
at a hearing Tuesday night of last
week for tampering with motor We
hicles. The youths had lacked up two
cars in front of Stewart Stahl's store
at Casselman, two miles south of
Grantsville, and were apprehended
near there by police Monday night.
They were taken to the Cumberland
Jail where they were held for the
night.
T. O. Martin, Massillon, O., arrested
Thursday by Officer Thomas Currie.
State police, for speeding, was fined
SIS and costs by Magistrate Zeller.
Moving Time
Vernon Beachy, who has purchased
the Blocher house, previously owned
by the First State Bank, took possess
sion on Monday. He has leased part of
the house to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Doerr
who also moved in on Monday. J. j.
Bender, who has been renting the
house, has moved into the Galen
Beachy house at extreme east end of
town. Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Tarbell
and family, who were tenants in the
Beachy house, moved into the prop
erty of A. J. Miller, of Kent, O., who
recently purchased it from Glen L.
Miller, who with his family are occu-
plying their new home at west end of
town. Mrs. G. c. Beachy has sold her
farm near here to Elmer Bethel, of
Bittinger, and will move to Grants
vile about the middle of October
where she has purchased the Gortner
residence. The new home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Gortner is of modern de-
sign and is located at the east end of