The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-04-25
EVANSVILLE
To Present Musical Comedy

act operetta, will be presented next
Friday and Saturday nights, May 3
and 4. by the Junior and Senior class
es of the local high school in the
school auditorium. Mrs. w. j. Glenn,
music instructor, is directing. The
cast includes Robert Folk, Jane Hum
mel. Asa Stanton, Margaret Jane
Gortner. Rheba Wilburn, Wayne
burst Vivian Burdock, Claudia Paul,
Bayard Keller, Elwood Bevans, Jose
phine Resi-. Grace Otto, Edith Edgar,
Mary Carey, John Menges, Harry
Patton, Cecil Fike and Mark Schaefer.
About fifty students will have part
in the presentation. Negro mammies
will feature one of the girls choruses.
Other School Notes
The Senior class will hold a dance
this Friday night, 8 to II o'clock, in
the school auditorium, open to the
alumni, faculty, and high school stu
dents. Miss Mabel Schlossnagle is in
charge. A nominal admission fee will
be charged.
The first grade of the elementary
school, Mrs. B. F. Epstein, teacher,
presented the assembly program
Tuesday afternoon. The program, in
the form of an original play, "The
Secret in the Woods" with Dickie
Bender, the Big Brown Bear, as mas
ter of ceremonies, was a review of the
work done during the year.
Principal Frank J. Getty attended
a meeting for principals at Hagers-
town Wednesday of this week.
A schedule of events for the re-
mainder of the year has been an
nounced 1t includes: Freshman Ia
assembly, Wednesday morning, II to
IL o'clock, May s; athletic meet for
Senior boys at Frostburg, Saturday, |
May H. music festival, school audi
forum, p. M, Tuesday, May IA;
Senior class play, two performances,
at 2 and 8 p. M, Friday, May II;
county athletic meet at Accident, Fri
day, May "a; Memorial Day, Thurs
day, May 30; Junior-Senior prom,
$3.50 to IL p, M, Friday, May 81;
Senior class night, Monday, June 10,
and high school graduation, Thursday,
June 10.
Church Activities
Rev. David C. Trimble, rector of st. |
Matthew's parish, Oakland, conducted
special Episcopal services here at the
Holmes Wallace studios on Tuesday |!
evening. Holy Communion was adj
ministered.
About twenty-five persons attended
the C. Els taffy-pulling party last
Wednesday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd burst.
Audra Speicher was leader of the
topic at C. E. Sunday night in the Re-
formed church. Mrs. H. Speicher,.
Mrs F. burst, Betty Beachy, and Bus
ter and Tommy Bender gave reports
on the evenings theme, showing the
health hazards of smoking Rev. A |
J. Forty, pastor, and Robert Speicher |
also had part.
Rev. A. j. Forty and a number of |
local Endeavorers attended a youth |
conference at Frostburg on Sunday !
afternoon. Rev. Forty brought back
a report of the meeting and presented |
it to the C. E. society here Sunday |
evening.
The monthly cabinet meeting of the |
Epworth League was held Friday
night at the home of Mrs. Emmons
Warwick. 1t was announced that Mrs. |
VIM. E. Tarbell will meet with the
senior choir on the first and third
Mondays at the Methodist church at
1880 p. M, and that Mrs. L. B. Schae-
fer will rehearse the junior choir at
7 p. M, on the first and third Thurs
days at the parsonage. Mrs. Warn
lex served light refreshments at the
close of the meeting.
John Tarbell was leader of the
topic, Getting acquainted with God"
at Epworth League Sunday night The
junior choir sang and Ruth Houck
and Betty Carder rendered vocal
duet Mrs. Warwick conducted a
Bible quiz.
The blues, piloted by Milton Railey,
were the winners in a membership
campaign of the League which closed
Sunday night The losers, led by Lee
Carder, will entertain the winning
side with a party next week. The
present membership of the League is
more than fifty.
Services in local churches for Sun
day, April %, will be Catholic, Mass,
8. a. m. Lutheran, Sunday school,
945 a. M: Methodist, Church school,
10 a. M, Epworth League, 6:45 p. M,
and worship, 7:45 p. m. Reformed,
Sabbath school, $3.50 a. NJ, worship
service, 1890 a. M, and C. F, 1880
p. m.
An all-day meeting of the Ladies'
Aid society of the Mt. Zion Methodist
church will be held next Wednesday
at the church.
Social Events
The Teachers Bridge club was
entertained by Mrs. w. J. Glenn and
Miss Jean Young at the latters apart