The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-02-20
EVANSVILLE
Locals Defeat Fort Ashby For
Caeoud Time

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Second Time
The hardest-fought basketball game
this season was played here Tuesday
night with Fort Ashby cagers when
the local lads came from behind to
win 1915 in an extra period. The
Grantsville girls easily defeated the
Fort Ashby sextet 26-9. These wins
gave Grantsville clean sweep Of the
two-game series.
Grantsville was ahead 5-3 at the
quarter. Fort Ashby was on top 7-5
at the intermission and remained in
the lead the next period, which ended
1910 In the fourth quarter, Fort
Ashby tailed a field goal and a foul
for its last points of the game, bring
ing the score to 1910. Then Gordon
Mckenzie, local center, scored two
field goals and Joe Blocher, guard,
tied the score 1915 with free throw,
which ended the regular game In the
extra period Mckenzie converted a
foul for the locals to give Grantsville
the victory. Fort Ashby had chance
to deadlock the score again afterward
but missed at the charity stripe. Nc
Kenzie was high scorer with seven
points. GrantsVille's remaining points
were made by Belmont Miller, four;
Blocher, three, and Jack Stowell, two.
Grantsville led throughout the girls
game, period scores being 1871, 1873
and 21-5, and limited the visitors to
two field goals. Betty Beachy and
Elizabeth Yommer paced Grantsville.
This Friday night, Oakland teams
will play here.
Entertain Three Societies
Mrs C. A. Bender and daughters,
Mrs. 7. 0. Broadwater and Mrs. j. r.
Gnagey, jointly entertained the Wo-
mems Missionary society of st. Johns
Reformed church Wednesday night at
the church with members of the Luth-
eran Missionary society and the
Methodist Women's Christian Service
society as special guests.
Mrs. Hobart Speicher, president of
the Reformed society, was in charge.
Mrs. B. F. Epstein gave the lesson,
"The Genesis of the Exodus" Mrs.
A. E. Warwick spoke on "Should !
Expect My Child to Attend Church ?"
with remarks by Rev. S. d. Sigler and
Rev. A. j. Forty, Lutheran and Re
Refreshments were served to sixty
in the church social room.
Mrs Ella B. Keller will entertain
the Reformed society at her home in
March with Mrs. B. I. Keller, joint
| hostess.
Other Church Activities
The World Day of Prayer, occur
ring on Friday, February %, will be
observed here with a union service in
the Methodist church at 1870 p. m.
The school of missions opened at
the Methodist church Monday night
and will close tonight Thursday
Mrs. B. F. Epstein is conducting the
lessons.
The Maple Grove church of the
Brethren Sunday school elected Gil
bert Green, superintendent; Fentor
Platter and Blaine Beachy, assistants;
Alverta Ringer, secretary treasurer
and Norma Resi-, chorister.
James Beachy was leader of the
topic, ancient China Lives On" Sun
day night at Epworth League in the
Methodist church.
Rev. v R. Gillum, Methodist min.
lister, and II. C. Edwards, district
steward of the Grantsville charge
attended the second quarterly zone
conference at Oakland Wednesday
night at st. Paul's Methodist church
Rev. M. B. Miller and Rev. Roy l.
Kinsinger attended a meeting of the
Southwestern Pennsylvania confer
ence last week at the Stahl Mennon
lite church, near Johnstown,t Pa. Rev
Kinsinger spoke on "Opportunitie!
and responsibilities Of Sunday Schoo
| Teachers"
Services in local churches for Sun
day will be: Catholic, Mass, 8 a. m.
Lutheran, Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
worship service, II a. M; Methodist
church school, 10 a. M, and Epwortl
League, 6:45 p. m., with Miss Ethe
Simpson, leader; Reformed, Sabbath
school, $3.50 a. m.
Second Grade Assembly
The second grade presented the as
sembly program Friday morning be
fore elementary pupils, with Mrs. w
E. Tarbell, substitute teacher, direct
ing.
A one-act play, "Peter Rabbit" b!
Dickie Bender, Helen Wilburn, Teri.
Lohr, Frank Stahl, Frank Diehl, Dan
iel Dunn, Mile Bittinger, Donal'
Failinger, Eugene Miner and Free
Rroadwater, was the main attraction
Songs by the grade, a group of chora
poems, and exercises by groups o
boys and girls We're included. TIL
concluding number was a demonstra
ton, Glow a Policeman Helps Us"
Boys Win and Lose Last Week
Grantsville High boys trounced tn
Garrett (Pa.) High outfit 28-7 her
last Wednesday night to sweep TIL
two-game series. Grantsville limite
the visitors to a field goal in each o
the last three periods. Coach Bill
Grimm used fourteen players. Gordo1
Mckenzie accounted for a doze
Grantsville points with Clark Hetric
and Belmont Miller getting fou
apiece. In the preliminary, the JUNO
class team, paced by Charles Bende
with nine points, defeated the fresh
man quint 14-2.
The local cagers were nosed out Is
II by Meyersdale High basketeers o
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