The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-09-05
EVANSVILLE
Miller Reunion Largely Attended

lily reunion, held Monday at the Memo
E. Hershberger grove, near town, was
attended by 42O persons from six
states. An address, THE Conflict Be
tween Pagansm and Christianity in
Germany" delivered by Prof. Alvin J.
Miller, of Kent State University, Kent,
o., who spent several years abroad,
featured in the afternoon. Prefacing
his talk, MIR. Miller spoke briefly on
the origin of the Pennsylvania-Ger-
man language which is widely spoken
here, especially among the Amish.
Rev. Jonas B. Miller had charge of
the memorial service. There were four
deaths during the past two year, Mr..
and Mrs. S. NJ. Yoder. Roy Miller and
Orpha Schrock. There were q births
within the last year.
Election Of officers resulted Harry
f. Miller, Springs, Pa, president;
Samuel d. Beachy. Salisbury, Pa,
vice-prisident; Evan j. Miller, Grants
vile, secretary, and Memo j. Miller,
Salisbury, treasurer.
Among those attending were: Owen
SwartzentTuber, Wellman, Iowa; Mr..
and Mus Donald Miller Newton Falls,
o.; Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Miller and fam-A
lily, Lisbon, o.; W. D. Miller, Salem,
o.; Mrs. Ray Haning and daughter,
Mansfield o.; Catherine and Verna
Mae Tice, Harrisonbudg, Va; Alverta
and Fred Miller, Portsmouth, Va; Mr..
and Mrs. Ira Miller and son, Fortress,
Va; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Yoder and
children, Rose Bender and Mark
Schrock, Greenwood, Del; Alma
Troyer, Bridgeville, Del; Mrs. Mary
Schrock, Pennington, Del; Mr.. and
Mrs Edward Yoder and son, Ralph
Bender and Ben Cutrell Scottdale,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Miller and
son Bayard and Beatrice Anderson,
Elizabeth, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Miller, Belleville, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Rupp, Lancaster, Pa, and Mr..
and Mrs. Nevin Rupp, Reading, Pa.
Kamp Family Reunion
About 100 descendants of the late
Henry and Henrietta Kamp and their
friends attended the 18th annual
Kamp family reunion Sunday at New
Germany recreation center. Games
featured the entertainment and bas-
ket dinner was consumed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Kamp, both in
their seventies, were the oldest mem
bers Of the Kamp clan present. Six Of
their seven living children attended,
all but three of their So grandchildren
and all ten Of their REORGANIZATION
were also present. Those attending
from a distance included Norman
Kamp, Detroit, Mich; Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Kamp and mother, Almira, N.
Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Schaefer, Cass,
w. Va; Mrs. John Cole, Morgantown;
Bernce Otto Baltimore; Odell Otto,
Akron, o.; Robert and Joseph Nom,
Chambersburg, Pa; Elmer Kamp and
family, Elizabeth, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Kamp, Pittsburgh; Mr.. and
Mrs. Forrest Felix and daughter, of
Johnstown, Pa; Colt Speicher and
family and Audrey Beechley and fam
lily, Cumberland; and Jonas Kamp and
family, Somerfield, Pa. The next re-
union will be held in July, 1871, at
Accident.
Miss Hilda Wiley WEEDS Wilbur Miller
A simple wedding ceremony was
performed at 3 o'clock Friday after
noon at the Bethesda Church of the
Brethren when Miss Hilda Virginia
Wiley became the bride of Wilbur
Cecil Bowser. & The Rev. Howard
Whiteacre, Flintstone, dictated. Mrs.
Lawrence Georg, Marwood, Pa, the
former Miss Effie Klotz was matron
of honor and Russell Bowser, brother
of the bridegroom, was best man.
The bride was attired in white while
Mrs. Georg wore a wine-colored frock.
Mrs. Bowser is the youngest daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ellen Wiley, Grantsville,
and the late Milton Wiley. For some
time she was employed at Casselman
hotel here and recently worked at
Long, Nd. Mr.. Bowser is the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bowser,
of near Bittinger. He is engaged in
farming with his father.
A wedding dinner was held at the
home of the bridegrooms parents. At
ter a short honeymoon trip, the couple
will reside with his parents.
Funeral Services Conducted
Funeral services were conducted for
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Spiker) Pearce,
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Casselman Mennonite church with the
Rev. Roy L. Kinsinger, officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. NJ B, Miller. Burial
was in the Grantsville Cemetery
Mrs. Pearce died Thursday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Guerney Spiker, near here, following
an illness of about a year. She was
born August "a, 1873, the eldest
daughter of the late Thomas and Anna
(Matthews) Spiker, and was 81 years
of age. She was divorced from John
Pearce, Of Huntsville, 0.
Among the survivors are a son,
James Pearce, Gary Pa; two brothers,
VIM. Spiker, Cumberland, and Fred
Spiker Jennings; six sisters, Mrs.
Thomas Mckenzie and Mrs. VIM.
Swauger, Grantsville; Mrs. Lewis
Hoover and Mrs. Jacob Platter, Jen-
nings; Mrs. James Spiker, near
Uniontown, and Mrs. Geo Legeer, Ac-
cident, and eleven grandchildren.
All Girl Celebrates Birthday
Audra Speicher entertained the
Girls All club Wednesday evening on
her thirteenth birthday anniversary
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobart Speicher. Singing of
many songs was a feature. The young
hostess followed plan of the club, in
that she baked her own birthday cake.
Betty Beachy, president, was in
charge Of the business session, and
will be hostess at the next meeting of
the club.
Aid Society Meets
Mrs. Marshall Beachy was hostess
to the Ladies' Aid society of the
Methodist church Thursday night at
her home here. Readings were given
by Mrs. C. U. Edwards, Mrs. d. r.
Carder, Mrs. L. B. Schaefer, Mrs.
Marshall Beachy and Misses Ethel and
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