The Republican., 1940-12-05
Fire False Alarm

Grantsville telephone operator Tues.
day evening to report fire. Firemer
and others hurried out the Grantsville-
Bittinger road only to find that it was
a false alarm.
Brief Mention
Next Friday, December 13, the ele-
mentary schools three-act operetta
"The Galloping Ghost" will be pre-
sented, matinee and night, in the audi
torium of the school. Night perform
ance is o'clock and admission is Ii
and 25 cents.
The sophomore liza section, Miss
Catherine Speicher, home room
teacher, won possession of the at
tendance banner for November at the
local school with a percentage of 98.5
The juniors came in second with GIG
percent. The sixth grade, having 96.3e
percent, and the sophomore lib
group, with 95.2 percent, were third
and fourth, respectively.
DR.. N. R. Davis, Grantsville physi-
clan, was elected president of the AL
legany and Garrett County Medical
Society Friday evening at the regular
monthly meeting at the Nurses Home
at Memorial hospital Cumberland
DR.. Davis succeeds DR.. Howard l..
Tolson, Cumberland.
Mrs. Milton Younkin returned home
this week from Allegany hospital,
Cumberland, where she underwent a
major operation.
Mrs. Anthony Lewis, ill of pneu-
monia, is improving.
Sylvan burst, local restaurant own
er, contributed to saving a life last
Wednesday when he gave a pint and
a half of his blood for two transfu-
sions given his cousin, Mrs. Martha
Garlitz Boettner, of Avilton, a pa
tient at Allegany hospital, Cumber-
land. She has undergone fifteen blood
transfusions within the past five
years.
The lowest temperature this fall
was recorded here yesterday morning
Wednesday, when the thermometer
officially registered three degrees be-
low zero. Tuesday morning the mer-
curry sank to six above.
Harry L. Yommer and B. H. Bender
left Saturday for Lopez, Sullivan
county, Pa, where they will spend
this week hunting deer.
A large number of deer hunters
came to the Grantsville section seek
ing lodging while the five-day deer
hunting season is in progress. Among
those here this week were Walter
Beachy, Pittsburgh, at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joel A.
Beachy; Frank Beachy, Pittsburgh, at
the home of his sister, Mrs. H. J.
Bender, and Blair Bucket, of Bati-
more.
Mrs: P; A. Connolly returned to
New York last week after visiting
Clyde Miller.
Mrs. M. c. Thompson and Mrs. AL
fred Coug henour and daughter Shir-
ley, Rowe's Run, Pa, were weekend
guests of Mrs. Thompson's daughter,
Mrs. George D. Edwards.
Emmons Younkin, Pittsburgh, was
a guest at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Younkin, over the
weekend.
Forrest Simpson, Bedford, Pa, Wis
tied his wife here during the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester A. Henry
were guests on Sunday of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Henry, at
New Centerville, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Miller and fam
lily, LaVale, visited his mother, Mrs.
Catherine Miller, Sunday at the home
of Mrs. c. C. Beachy.
Marshall Broadwater, Bedford, Pa,
was weekend guest of his brother
in-Iaw and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Frickey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert O. Ross, Will
kinsburg, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Beachy, Friday, enroute
home from visiting Mr.. Ross brother,
DR.. James Ross, of the medical corps
at Walter Reed hospital, Washington,
D. C.
Mrs. D. Claude Adkins, Brandy
wine, was visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Stephen, near here,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Klotz and
family this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olen Yoder and
daughters were Sunday guests of her
father, A. c. Jeffreys, Addison, Pa.
Mrs. Yoder's niece, Miss Maude Tur-
ney, who had visited here, returned to
Addison with them. Mr.. and Mrs. O..
G. Brown and son, McKeesport, Pa,
returned home Friday after visiting
the Yoders.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mosser and son
Wayne, of Cleveland, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rex
rode and other relatives. Mrs. Rexrode
had as guests Saturday Mrs. Harold
kahl and Mrs. Benz Calls, Accident.
Rev. and Mrs. Roy L. Kinsinger and
children visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
W. Clark at Bedford on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Klotz, Accident,
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Klotz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Baker and
two children, Greenville, Pa, were
visiting with Adam A. Hanft on Sun
day.
Mrs. Adam A. Hanft, with Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Krause and daughter
Polly and Mrs. Elizabeth Krause ac-
companied by Mrs. Hanft's father.
Lewis Smearman, and Miss Anna
Opel, of Meyersdale, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Smear
man, Uniontown.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Warwick, of
Cleveland, were weekend guests of
Mrs. Anna j. Warwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Beiler an
nounce the birth of a son, Ronald Mel
win, born Saturday at their home near
here. Mrs. Beiler is the former Miss
Ruth Beachy.
Named Chairman of Junior
Board