The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-05-09

consecutive month of the present
school year with percentage of go
Tor April. The sixth grade, Miss Leona
! Clark, teacher, achieved the highest
attendance in the elementary school
with 96.9 per cent The high schools
average was 95.5 per cent while that
of the elementary school was only
seven-tenths of a percent lower.
Club Has Interesting Meeting
Mrs. Marshall Beachy was hostess
to the Women's Community club We'd
nesday afternoon. Miss Mildred Bar
ton, home demonstration, of Oakland.
spoke on Household Pests" and her
demonstration was on household sani-
tation and pest eradication. Miss
Broadwater, president, gave u report
on the executive board meeting held
recently at Oakland and also pre-
scented comprehensive study of "Our
Town-How Well is it Governed p
discussing finances, public works, law
enforcement, fire department and
public health. 1t was decided to as
sist the local health nurse in equip
ping the health clinic here.
Local Nine Wins Opener
The local baseball team, of the Tri-
County League, won its opening clash
with Rainsburg, Pa, 1912 Sunday
afternoon at Rainsburg. ,Hotchkiss,
Grantsville starting hurler, was re-
lieved in the third by Robinson, while
three pitchers, Miller, Diehl and Di-
shong the hurting chores for Rains
burg. Joe Diehl was behind the bat
for the locals. The locals scored
eight runs in the first inning
and was never headed the rest of the
game. Rainsburg's rally in the third
brought in seven runs. Lee Knecht,
of the Grantsville nine, hit homer in
the fourth with two on base.
Sixteen, men have signed up for the
Grantsville club. Thief newcomers
are: Verl Robson, Salisbury, Pa,
pitcher; Donald Holiday, Somerfeld,
Pa, catcher; P. Mort, Salisbury, Pa,
and Lee Knecht, West Salisbury, Pa.
Other pitchers are: Leroy Hotchkiss,
Coal Run, Pa; Roy Herring, Shaw
Mines, Pa, and Raymond Miller and
Clayton Edwards. Others on the
squad include Claude Critchfeld, of
Boynton, Pa; Paul Orendorf, Logan
Wengerd, William Grimm, Edward
Stowell, Dewey Yommer and Ivan Mil
Ter.
Minister'S Wives Visit Bridge
The monthly meeting of Methodist
ministers and their wives of the
Moorefeld district was held Monday
at the Grantsville Church. Rev. J. H.
Bean, pastor of st. Johns Methodist
Church, Piedmont, w. Va, spoke on
"The Ministry and Funerals" Follow
ing the worship service, the women
adjourned to the church school room
for their separate meeting. Mr.. Bean
presided over the pastors meeting,
during which routine business mat
ters were discussed.
Mrs. F. r. Barnes, Westernport,
was in charge Of the women's meet
ing. Following a brief business SEES
sion, Mrs. Harry Yommer, laywoman,
Grantsville, gave short history Of
Grantsville, after which the group
visited the historic stone arch bridge
at Little Crossings.
Luncheon was served at noon by the
local Ladies' Aid society at the par
sonage to the twenty pastors and
their wives who attended. A musical
program was rendered.
Church Societies Meet
Mrs. w. Harold Miller entertained
the Lutheran Missionary society on
Tuesday night at her home here. Miss
Iva Klotz was leader of the topic,
Lutheran Women and the Way in
Africa" Mrs. N. U. Broadwater gave
a report of the spring conference of
Missionary societies, at Davidsville,
Pa, which Mrs. Harvey Gortner and
Mrs. Lottie Quinn also attended. In
June, Mrs. l.. C. Morrison, Union
town, will be hostess to the society
at the church.
Instead of the regular meeting on
Wednesday, members of the Ladies