The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-23
EVANSVILLE
Memorial Day Services

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burgh, will be the Memorial Day
speaker, Robert McKerahan, Spring.
Pa, post commander of Earl H. Opel
post No. 459, American Legion, Sails
bury, Pa, has announced. Services
will be held at Grantsville cemetery at
1890 Thursday morning, May 30. As
usual, the parade will form at the
school and march to the cemetery. IN
cluded in the line of march will be the
American Legion members, Salisbury
High school band, Grantsville and
Salisbury volunteer fire departments
and local school children.
This will be the third time that Rev
Price has addressed Memorial Day
gatherings locally. Back in 1885 when
he first spoke here, he was asked to
return every five years. He is a broth
er of Mrs. B. H. Hoke, Jr., of Sails.
bury, Pa.
Services will be held at Salisbury at
2:30 in the afternoon. On Sunday
afternoon, June 2, the American Lee
gion will conduct services at New
Germany.
Rites For Mrs. Mary O'Haver
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
O'Haver, aged sc, widow of the late
John O'Haver, who died Friday, were
conducted Sunday afternoon from the
home in Frankville in Garrett county,
near the site Of the Savage River dam.
Interment was made in the Wilt Gene
terry, in the Dry Run community.
Surviving are three sons, James A.
O'Haver, Swanton; Thomas R. OLA
yer, of Bloomington, and Cornelius L.
O'Haver, McColle; one sister, Mrs.
Anna C. Mclaughlin, Elk Garden, w.
Va, and ten grandchildren and nine
great-granndchildren.
Art Exhibits Scheduled
An art exhibit showing progress by
pupils under the new program insti-
tuted this past year will be held at
Grantsville school on Thursday after
noon, May 80 Miss Kate Bannatyne,
elementary supervisor, has arranged
the exhibit, which will have entries
from the Grantsville elementary and
sixteen rural schools in the Grants
vile vicinity Mediums represented
among the hundreds of specimens of
art to be entered will include oil.
water color, charcoal, crayon, pen and
pencil sketches and craft work. There
will be no admission charge. Instruc-
tors will bring their work to the
school on Wednesday evening, May
10Th.
Elementary teachers have met
weekly during the past year at the
Grantsville schools to receive special
instruction from Miss Jean Young,
high school art teacher. Teachers have
striven for original, not copied work,
and the exhibit will display the pu-
pills creative efforts in the interpre-
tation Of their environment, showing
the advance they have made since
September by representing work done
throughout the year.
Similar exhibitions are being plan
ned by Miss Bannatyne for Friends
vile on Monday night, May 27, and at
Accident, Tuesday night, May %.
Senior Play Is Successful
More than $40 was cleared at the
three performances of "Hobgoblin
House" the three-act mystery farce
presented as the annual senior class
play on Friday and Saturday nights
and at matinee Friday, at which
more than $50 school children were
present. Miss Mabel Schlossnagle di-
rected the play. Special lighting and
sound effects We're used. Thirty dol
lars of the proceeds will clear up the
balance due on the automatic phono-
graph, which the class is presenting
to the school. The remainder of the
money will be used in senior class ac-
tivities.
School Clinic Held
DIR. H. R. DuPuy, Oakland, Garrett
county health officer, assisted by Miss
Mary Louise Paynich, health nurse
located here, conducted clinic at
Grantnsville school yesterday morn
ing to immunze all pre-school age
children against diphtheria. Children
who are go enter school in September
were vaccinated against smallpox in
cases where parents requested this
service.
Students Handbook Prepared
The Grantsville High School Stu
dents Handbook" an official guide
book for students coming to the high |
school, was completed last week and
copies will be given to prospective
freshmen when members of the senior
class visit rural schools in the Grants
vile unit before the close of the term.
The handbook, ten-page booklet con-
tanning wealth of information for
the new student, was compiled under
the direct supervision of Principal F. |
j. Getty in collaboration with the vari-
Gus departments of the school.
Setting forth it's purpose and ten
rules that freshmen are expected to