The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-19
EVANSVILLE
Christmas Services In Churches


Christmas will be celebrated in all
of the churches here.
Heralding the Yuletide season will
be the service in the Reformed church
Sunday morning at 1920 o'clock.
Sunday evening at GAS the Epworth
League will present a candlelight ser
vice, There's a Song in the Air" in
the Methodist church, with E. f. Gun
bingham as leader, to which young
people of the Reformed, Lutheran and
Brethren churches are invited. Fol
lowing this, the Rev. V. r. Gillum.
pastor, will deliver a Christmas ser
mon.
The Methodist church's Christmas
program, featuring recitations and
exercises by the church school pupils,
carols by the intermediate and junior
classes and songs by the church choir,
will be presented on Monday night at
1880 o'clock. Mrs. II. c.. Edwards is
in charge of the children and Mrs.
Betty Keller, music.
On Christmas Eve, as a feature of
its Yuletide program, the c. f. Soci-
ETY. of st. Johns Reformed church will
present pageant, "Street Of Hearts. 3"
Rev. A. j. Forty, pastor, is direct
ing the affair
Mass will be said at and o'clock
Christmas morning in St. Stephens
Catholic church with the pastor, Rev.
Hilary Liehr, celebrant. Midnight
Mass on Christmas Eve will be said in
st. Anne's Catholic church, Avilton
The Christmas story in its en-
tirety will be presented in song and
readings at the Lutheran church on
Christmas night with Mrs. Harold
Miller in charge. The church choir
will be augmented by young people
The pastor, Rev. S. D. Sigler, will
give an appropriate talk.
In observing Christmas at the Ma
pie Grove Church of the Brethren,
the B. Y. P. D. will present a play,
unto Bethlehem" in three scenes,
on Christmas night. REGULATIONS and
songs will be included in the program.
Sunday school sessions will be held
in the local church Sunday as follows:
Lutheran, 9:45 a. M; Methodist, 10
a. M; Reformed, $3.50 a. m.
Rites For Mrs. Amy BOwser
Funeral services for Mrs. Amy Ell
len (Bittinger) Bowser, 70 years old,
widow of the late Perry Bowser, who
died at her home near Grantsville,
were conducted Saturday afternoon
from the home by the Rev. B. w.
Smith, Church Of the Brethren min
lister, Burlington, West Va. Interment
was in the Bowser cemetery.
Basketball Teams Victorious
The high school boys and girls
basketball teams opened their cam
paigns here last Wednesday night
with. victories over alumni combina-
tons The high school boys defeated
a stubborn alumni quint 22-15. Period
scores were 4-2, GO and 1873. Mark
Schaefer, with six points, and Rodney
Patton, with five, paced the grads,
while Belmont Miller was leading
scorer for the winners with eight
points to his credit
The high school girls had little
trouble in defeating an alumni seXtet
37-10. Banking their opponents 10
in the first quarter, the high school
ed 21-4 at the half and 1926 at the end
of the third quarter. Mary Houck,
scoring seven field goals, and Eliza
beth Yommer, with II points, were
outstanding for the school team, while
Lucille Patton made seven points for
the ahmnae.
Topping the boys list are Gordon
Mckenzie and Jack Stowell, regulars
from last years team. Others include
Joe Blocher, Edgar Bender, Belmont
Miller, Robert Davis, Dale Miller,
Robert Gnagey, Sonny Patton, Walter
Kamp, Robert Zeller, William Wright,
Richard Bucket, Clark Hetrick and
Hoye Stanton.
The girls team includes Elizabeth
Ycmmer, Mary Houck, Betty Beachy,
Wilma Rodeheaver, Corlista Murphy,
Dorothy Mckenzie, Lottie Patton,
Ruth Curran, NJ Mckenzie, Margje
Reichenbecher, Leona Miller and
Helen Noel.
Grantsville's schedule will consist
Of about 25 games. Home-and-home
tussels have been arranged for both
boys and girls with Beall Hi, Frost
burg; Fort Ashby, w. Va; Barton Hi
and Oakland, with games with Bruce
High of Westernport and Friendsville
pending. The boys alone will meet
lockwood, Meyersdale and Garrett
High schools of Pennsylvania in
ome-and-home games, with single
games with Stoneycreek Township,
Pa, and Elk Garden, w. Va.
The first game after the holidays
will be with lockwood here on Tues
day, January 7.
Local Mine ReOpens
Norman Patton and his SON Henry