The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-09
EVANSVILLE
Mrs. Mary BENDER Rites


Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
(Yoder) Bender, 80, who died Tuesday
morning, April 80, We're held Thurs
dav afternoon, May 2, from the Maple
Glen Amish Mennonite church, of
which she was a lifelong member.
Rev. Ivan j. Miller and Rev. Noah
Brenneman were the officiating min
isters. Rev. C. w. Bender, Salisbury,
Pa. conducted services at the home
preceding. Interment was in the
church cemetery. Pallbearers were
irwin Yoder, Enos Maust and Lee
ScheffeI, near Meyersdale; Edward
Bethel, Bittinger, and Floyd Miller,
and Allen Maust, Grantsville.
Among the five hundred persons at
tending were: Mr.. and Mrs. Noah
Yoder. Simon and Norman Yoder and
Peter Kinsinger, Norfolk, Va; Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Eichorn and daugh-
ters, Clara and Salome Eichorn, and
Ernest Bender, Clarence, N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. Ezra Peachy and children,
Viola, Ezra and Raymond Peachy, of
Bellevile, Pa; Rev. and Mrs. Eli
Swartzentruber and Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Swartzentruber and son, of
Greenwood, Delaware.
Natal Notes
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Edwards an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Donna
Rae, born Sunday morning. Mrs. Ed
wards is the former Miss Stella Di-
Valentino, of Meyersdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Spiker an
nounce the birth Of a son, Friday.
Senior Class Play is Mystery Farce
The annual senior class play, Hob
goblin House," a mystery farce in
three acts, will be presented Friday
and Saturday nights, May II and 49,
in Grantsville school auditorium. Miss
Mabel Schlossnagle, senior class
faculty sponsor, is directing. The cast
of characters includes Elmer Lewis
Jane Hummel, Helen Broderick, Clau-
dia Paul, Harry Patton, Bayard KEEL
Ter, Grace Otto, John Menges, Mary
Burdock, Roy Kurtz, Allen Broad
water and Margaret Jane Gortner
The scene is laid in a haunted house
in the Ozark foothills, and llidnap.
ing figures prominently. A matinee
Friday for the school children will
be the final dress rehearsal. Admis-
sion to the two nightly performances
is Is and rs cents.
Other School News
The following members of the local
schoolboy safety patrol will partici-
pate in a parade Saturday morning a!
Washington, D. c.: Robert Folk, cap
tain; Cecil Fike, William Martin,
James Michael, Emroy Glotfelty,
Tommy Bender, Homer Reichenbech-
er and Harry Huff. Other patrols
from schools in Garrett and Allegany
counties will participate. Safety
patrols from all over the State will
attend the meet. ~ 27'.'' =,
Senior boys of the local high school
who will participate in the track meet
at State Teachers College, F'rostburg,
Saturday, include Bayard Keller,
Charles Croft, Elmer Lewis, Wayne
burst, Harry Patton, Mark Schaefer,
and j. Billmeyer.
Six members Of the Senior Glass
will participate in a spelling bee with
another Senior Class on Sunday, May
y, at 2:30 p. M, over Radio station
WMBS, Uniontown. They are: Rheba
Wilbu1n, Harry Patton, Bayard KEEL
ler Allen Broadwater, Elmer Lewis
and Roy Kurtz, They will be accom-
panied by Miss Mabel Schlossnagle,
class sponsor
A motion picture showing the pos
sibilities in the field of beauty cul-
ture was shown at the local school on
Tuesday afternoon, open to the public.
It was given primarily for the Sen
iors in connection with the course in
occupations which is taught by Princi-
pal F. j. Getty.
The Sophomore ia section, Abel
Dewitt, home room teacher, retained
the attendance banner for the eighth