The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-08-01
Nonagenarian's Birthday

hef lnlety-1ourth birthday anniver-
sary today Thursday. Retaining
possession of almost all her faculties.
this aged lady is remarkably healthy.
She is able to get around unassisted
and does simple household work. She
spends a great deal of the time read
ing the newspapers and quilting or
other forms of sewing. Mrs Messer-
smith was in church on Sunday and
that afternoon attended the Yommer
reunion Her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
Livengood, with whom she makes her
home, is entertaining with a birthday
dinner in her honor at noon today.
She came to Grantsville about four
teen years ago.
Social Events
Mrs. E. X. McCauley, Baltimore,
residing at the National hotel, enter
tanned with bridge luncheon Wed
nesday afternoon. Her guests were
Mrs. j. f. Fahey, Mrs. j. r. Gnagey,
and Misses Ethel and Viola Broad
water. Mrs. McCauley presented each
of her guests with a gift. Mrs. Fahey
won high honors.
Brief Mention
Twelve local fremen, with truck.
paraded at the jubilee at Wesernport
Wednesday evening. Grantsville fire
men will attend jubilee at Midland
tonight
John |. Clark and James A. Hor-
rell, Blairsville, Pa, have been here
on business connected with the es-
tablishing of the cheese factory at
west end Of town. Work on extending
the sewer line to the plant site has
been in progress the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. W. Hershberger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Speicher, Mrs.
Ida M. Hershberger and Mrs. C. A.
Bender attended the funeral of Miss
Evangeline Briscoe at Addison Thurs
day. She was niece of Mrs. Ida
Hershberger and Mrs. Bender.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. j. Wright and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hickman and son,
Glenn Hickman, attended the Bowser
reunion Sunday at the Cove.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Gnagey and Dr.
and Mrs. 7. O. Broadwater were camp
ing on the South Branch of the Po-
tomac, near Greenspring.
Mrs. Harvey Gortner and daugh-
ters returned Sunday to viii % che
Wisp camp, Deep Creek Lake, to
spend another week camping. Ruth
Houck was a guest of the two younger
Gortner children, Louise and Mar
jorie, for several days. Miss Betty
Sites, Elkins, w. Va, and Mrs. Lena
Bender are guests there of Mrs. Gort-
ner.
l., Miss Mary Thomas has been en-
rolled in a siX-week tipping course at
Catherman's Business school, Cum
berland. Miss Thomas, who is spend
ing the summer here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Thomas, is
an instructor at Grafton, w. Va,
High school.
Billy Bender, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. o. Bender, underwent tonsilec-
tony at Miners Hospital, Frostburg,
Wednesday morning.
David Broadwater has secured en-
ployment in an airplane factory in
Baltimore. Young Broadwater is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. u. Broadwater.
He graduated from the local high
school in June.
Personals
Mrs. Nettie Bill returned Sunday
from Rockford, Mich, where she had
visited her sister, Mrs. Minnie Peter
son, following the death of Mr..
Peterson. Mrs. Bill was accompanied
here from Pittsburgh by Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Zehner, who visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Zehner.
DR.. and Mrs. H. j. Bostetter, Mt.
Savage are spending several weeks at
the Casselman hotel. Miss Elizabeth
Threscher, Cumberland, came Satur
day night for several days visit
here, during which she was a guest
at the Casselman.
N. U. Bond and son Junior, Ash
land, KY, enroute home from Florida,
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan burst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Messersmith,
Miss Cora Younkin and James Evans,
Lester, Pa, arrived Saturday for a
weeks visit with relatives.
Mrs. Della Minick and Mrs. Eliza
Gnagey, Pasadena, Calf, visited their
cousin, Gideon j. Gnagey.
Mrs. Samuel Mackey, her daughter,
Miss Julia Mackey, her son, Charles
H. Mackey, and his two sons, Charles
and Thomas, and Mrs. Mackey's niece,
Mrs. Arthur Green, of Pittsburgh,
were Sunday guests of Miss Rachel
Holmes and Miss Carolyn Wallace.
Mrs. Mackey is a sister of Miss Hol-
mes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wagner and
daughter, Brentwood, Md, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Jonas E. Beachy last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mealey Lesnett and
daughters, Phoenix, Ariz., left Mon
dav for their home after visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. A. Folk,
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