The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-02

Seventy-fve persons attended
district meeting of the Young PEOPLES
department of the church of the
Brethren Sunday at the Maple Grove
church. Westernport, Frostburg, and
Accident churches were represented.
The meeting was held in the form of a
round-table discussion.
Rev. j. c. Beahm will preach in the
Maple Grove church every other Sun
day, alternating with the Rev. J. E.
| Walls, pastor. Services will be held
there each Sunday morning at 11:00.
Rev. Beahm will conduct the services
this coming Sunday
Services in local churches for Sun
day will be: Catholic, Mass, 10 a. m.
Lutheran, Sunday school, 9:45 a. M,
worship, II a. m. Methodist, church
school, 10 a. M, Epworth League,
Gas p. m. Reformed, Sabbath school,
$50 a. M, c. E., 1880 p. m.
The Monday night club, inter-
UNCONVENTIONAL, for boys and girls ten
to sixteen, which had been conducted
weekly in the social room of the Luth-
eran church, will meet twice monthly
during the summer, Rev. S. D. Sigler
has announced. The next meeting will
be Monday night, May 6.
Mrs. Harold Miller will be hostess
to the Lutheran Missionary society at
her home here Tuesday night. Miss
Iva Klotz will be leader of the even
ing's topic.
Mrs. j. H. Folk and daughter, Mrs.
B. F. Epstein, will jointly entertain
the Women's Missionary society of
st. Johns Reformed church Wednes-
day evening at their home.
Social Events
Mrs. Edwin w. Elias, Jr., enter
tanned with dinner party Thursday
night in honor of her husbands birth
day anniversary, at their apartment
above Motor Service. The guests
were Mr.. Elias's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin w, Elias, Sr., Mrs. Ed
ward Grimm and James Elias, Frost
burg, and Miss Kate Bannatyne, of
Grantsville.
The dance, sponsored Friday night
in the school auditorium by the senior
class, was attended by seventy stu
dents, members of the faculty and
alumni. Miss Mabel Schlossnagle,
senior class sponsor, was in charge.
The amount cleared will go toward
the automatic monograph which the
class is purchasing for the school.
Mrs. Ralph Glotfelty was hostess to
her 500 club Friday night.
Betty 10. burst, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan C. burst,
celebrated her thirteenth birthday on
Friday night with a party. Guests
were Betty Carder, Mildred Frickey,
Betty and Junior Mckenzie, Ruth
Klotz, James Edwards, Sue, Peggy
and Billy burst.
Mrs. Harper Kelley entertained in
honor of the seventh birthday Of her
son, Cecil, from 2 to o'clock Satur
day afternoon at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.. Miller.
Children present were Neil and Don
ma Yommer, Charles Wright, Martha
Miller, Martha and Mary johnson,
Donald Failinger, Mile Bittinger,
Eileen Layman, Billy Beachy, Donald
Swauger, Jeanie Lohr, Raymond
Stark, James Yoder, Dickie Bender,
Donnie Hershberger, Terry Lohr, and
Margie Kelley. Mrs. Kelley was as
sisted by her sister, Miss Margaret
Miller
Approximately ninety couples at
tended the benefit dance for the local
health clinic Saturday night at Mesh
ack Browning Club. Miss Mary
Louise Paynich, R. NJ, county health
nurse located here, who was in charge
of arrangements, reports that more
than $50 was cleared. The clinic is
held here each Wednesday afternoon
in the office adjoining the Mrs. Ella
B. Keller home, by DR.. H. R. DuPuy,
county health officer, assisted by Miss
, Paynich.
| Literary Club Meets
Studying the lives and works of
two of the most prominent American
writers of the Seventies, the Literary
club met Tuesday night at the Holmes
! Wallace studios. After discussing
events of national prominence in the
Seventies, charter sketches of Mark
| Twain and Bret Harte were presented
by Miss Rachel Holmes and Miss
| Carolyn Wallace, respectively. Mrs
+ H. F. burst gave reading from the
) formers Life on the Mississippi,
e while the latter's works were repre-
: scented by dramatic poem, Ramon,
. given by Lee Roy Shumaker, and q
. part of "The Luck of Roaring Camp,
one of his short stories, by Clyde
e Bender. Other writers of the Seven
e ties will be discussed at the next
? meeting to be held in May.
Seventeen GrantSville firemen at