The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-03
EVANSVILLE
Admit Glasses at School

week. Inc only requirement Is IIldL
persons attending must be over 16
years old and out of school. A class
will consist of at least ten and not
more than Is students. Each course
will range from II to "a weekly meet
ings.
The home mechanics class, for both
men and women, under the direction
of VIM E. Tarbell, was organized on
Monday evening. The course will in
clude painting, furniture refinishing,
making small articles for home, re-
modelling electric lamps and convert
ing old lamps into new I.E.S.-type.
There is no expense for materials
used. Twenty-one persons enrolled in
the class Monday with more expected
to enter, and as there can be only 25
in one class the group will probably
be divided. Meetings are to be held
twice weekly-on Monday and Thurs
day nights.
Plans are also underway for
course in clothing construction to be
supervised by Mrs. j. c. Renninger,
and one in written and oral English,
having Miss Emma Caulk, head of the
English department, in charge. The
latter will include diction, sentence
structure, punctuation, pronunciation
and enunciation, with letterwriting be-
ing one of the features.
Locals Defeated By Beall
The local soccer team was defeated
ga here Thursday afternoon by Beall
High, FrOstburg, in practice game,
which was postponed from Wednesday
because of wet weather. Grantsville's
lineup included Lee Carder, goal; Joe
Blocher and Luther Beachy, full
backs; Edgar Bender, Jack Stowell
and Norman Patton, half backs; Cor
don Mckenzie, Elmer Billmeyer, Rich
ard Bucket, Carl Lewis and Walter
Ramp, forewards, and Donald and
Burton Glotfelty and Eldred Stahl,
substitutes.
Killing Frost Strikes
For three consecutive days last
week the mercury plunged below
freezing with the first heavy damag-
ing frost since fall arrived striking
this community on Thursday morning
when the temperature was officially
recorded here at % degrees and in one
outlaying section it was reported at
&c degrees. This initial frost froze
flowers, corn and buckwheat, and re-
naming garden vegetables. After a
heavy rainfall-1.68 inches-Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning, the
weather became increasingly colder.
Friday morning the temperature sank
to rs degrees with the maximum for
that day reaching only 81 degrees.
Saturday, too, there was a heavy
frost with the thermometer register
ing 27 degrees.
Confirms Class of Forty
The Right Rev. John M. Mcnamara,
auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and
Washington, administered the sacra-
ment of confirmation yesterday at 3
p. m. at St. AIMS Catholic church,
Avilton, Rev. FIR. Hilary Liehr, pastor.
A class of forty, "a children and 6
adults, was confirmed, this number
including four boys from St. Stephens
Catholic church here Billy Blocher,
James Keefe, Hubert Baker and broth
err.
Society Has All-Day Quilting
Mrs. George Oester entertained
members of the Lutheran Missionary
society Tuesday at an all-day quilt
ing at her home at DEVILS Half acre.
The hostess served dinner to Mrs.
Harry Harmon and Mrs. Jacob Oester,
guests, and the nine members attend
ing. The regular monthly meeting was
held in the afternoon with Mrs. N. U.
Broadwater, as leader of the topic,
"Thy Kingdom Come" the motto of
the Lutheran Tri-ennial convention to
be held this month at DesMoines, Ia.
Mrs. Harold Miller and Mrs. Jonas
Beachy are delegates to the Mission
airy society convention at Trinity
Lutheran church, Johnstown, October
% and "a.
Hostess to w. S. c. S.
The Women's Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist church met
Thursday night at the home of Mrs.
John Hanft. The president, Mrs. H. C.
Edwards, led the topic, "Our Herr
tage," with Mrs. George Murphy and
Miss Ethel Broadwater having part.
c. E. Activities
"Christians Are Different" was the
topic at C. E. Monday night in st.
Johns Reformed church with Rev. A.
j. Forty, pastor, as leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Hershberger,
Betty Beachy, Charles and Tommy
Bender and Audra Specher attended
the meeting of the Garrett and Allie
gany C. E. Union at Cumberland Fri
day night.
Other Church Notes
Rev. A. J. Forty conducted prepare
tory services Friday evening in st.
Johns Reformed church, followed by
Holy Communion on Sunday morning.
Communion services will be held in
the Lutheran Church Sunday at II a.
M, by the pastor, Rev. S. D. Sigler.
Sunday school will be at 9:45 a. m.
Services in other local churches
for Sunday, October 6, will be: Cath
Ollie, Mass at 10 a. M; Methodist,
Church school, 10 a. M; Reformed,
Sabbath school, $3.50 a. M, C. E. at
7:45 p. m.
Mrs. C. O. Bender will entertain the
Reformed Missionary Society Wednes-
day night.
Harvey Gortner is one Of the five
lay delegates from the Allegany con-
ference, Central Pennsylvania synod,
to the United Lutheran Church con-
vention, to be held October 9 to 16 at
Omaha, Neb.
Guests at Springs p. T. A.
About so school people from here
were guests at meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Association at Chestnut
Springs Monday night. Principal F. J.
Getty was the featured speaker, his
topic being "Public Education in
Maryland" The Elementary Choral
8 group, wearing vestments, under the
direction of Miss Margaret Renstrom,
sang, as did the G. H. S. Glee club
with Mrs w 7 Glenn in charCp