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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Report of Accomplishments
Made for County, National
Groups

At the annual dinner meeting Of
the Washtenaw County Chapter of
the American Red Cross in Ann
Arbor Thursday evening those
elected to the board of directors to
serve three years were Mrs. Will
liam F. Angel. Ann Arbor; Mrs.
James w. Beach, Ypsilanti Mrs.
r. Bishop Garfield. Ann Arbor;
Mrs. Frederick A. Collier. Ann Ar
Dor; Mrs Elton ]. Rynearson, Ypsi.
lanti, and Mrs. H. Stanley Vaughn,
Dexter.
Directors elected for two years
were Mrs. r. T. Dobson, Jr., Ann
Arbor; Mrs. Joseph c. Hooper, Ann
Arbor; Gilbert w. Fletcher, Ann
Arbor; Louis E. Ayres, Ann Arbor;
Mrs. A. E. White, Ann Arbor, and
Maynard Richardson, Ypsilanti.
Members having one year to serve
are John w. Edwards, Ann Arbor;
Creston Meyers, Ypsilanti; Mrs.
A. c. Furstenberg, Ann Arbor; Otto
w. Haisley. Ann Arbor; Rudolf
Reichert, Ann Arbor and Mrs. Ray
Z. Spokes, Ann Arbor.
Mrs. Lillian Tracy, field repre-
sentative of the American Red
Cross. presented resume of the
word done by the national organiza-
ton the past year in keeping pace
with the national policy of pre-
paredness; $4,000 persons have
been trained in life saving; $4,000
in first aid 10000 victims have
been given assistance in 102 domes-
tic disasters; $4,000 nurses are in
reserve with we'll over one mil
lion visits made to the sick; s.
100000 school children active in
welfare programs under the Junior
Red Cross; $4,000 service men and
100000 veterans were aided; 35.-
100000 pounds of relief supplies
were sent TO war victims while vol
unteers produced 100000 garments
and 100000 surgical dressings.
OF the S2l 100000 contributed for
war relief Sl6,690.0OO has been
spent in aiding Great Britain,
Co DL,n CDnCc Dor Q
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Briefs Filed i'm
Suit OnPensiOn

Final briefs were filed today in
the friendly suit OF the Ypsilantl
Fire Department vs. the City Of
Ypsilanti for a writ OF mandamus
to reconsider the result OF the
fall balloting on the fire and police
pension plan. The firemen main
tain only a simple majority and
not Co. three-fifths. Is necessary to
place the plan in operation.
Judge George W. Sample said
today he would take the briefs IN
der sdyisement before rendering
a decision. This is a unique case
in the state, he said. and will
blaze a trail establishing the rul-
ing In such elections.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Tight Lace Nearly
Results in Death


Minneapolis, Jan. - APP
Dave Severson likes 10 lace his
shoes up tight Thursday he'd
have laughed II anyone had told
him that might kill him. But to-
day
Dave. working in a grain eleya.
tor, climbed into a bin TO see II
the grain were flowing smooth
ly through a floor chute to the
big storage tank below. Suddenly
his face hardened. He was caught
in the undertow. II he went
through the chute. II was death.
Holding his shovel against one
side OF the chute he checked mis-
slide. A fellow workman yelled for
help. Others came bringing boards
to build a dam about the struggl-
ing mans body.
Still the grain flowed down
from the sides OF the great bin.
Now 1t was up TO Severson's neck.
Like mad the men shoveled. They
tied a rope around Severson's
chest but they could not bulge
Fireman came with tarpaulin
to reinforce the boards and tied
more ropes about Severson's
chest. They pulled and yanked.
The dust OF the grain stirred up
by the shovelers YVES almost I'M
bearable.
Nearly an hour had passed,
Back and forth. like a great stake,
the men jerked Severson. Sudden
Iy he tore free.
All the doctors could find
wrong was strained right leg.
Cheap enough. thought Dave as
he looked at his shoe and reflect
ed that a tight lace. which had
held the foot secure In its boot,
might really XIII a man.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE HAS
SECRET SESSION
Testimony Of Top-ranking
Military Men Prohibited
by Chairman Bloom
APPEARANCE MIGHT
BE EMBARRASSING
Fish to Fight For Original
Program on Lease, Lend
Measure

(Rv International News Servicel
Washington, Jan. 24-INS-Testi-
mony Of Gen. George c. Marshall.
Army chief OF staff, and Admiral
Harold r. stark, chief OF naval OPP
erations. before the House Foreign
Affairs Committee on the historic
lease, lend bill, was summarily
prohibited today by Chairman Sol
Bloom Cd n. Y.
The action created a row in the
committee with the result that a
secret session was ordered to
thrash out matters and finally de-
termine whether the nations top
ranking military men would appear.
Rep. Fish. n. Y, ranking Republi-
can. protested vigorously. aud an
nounced that he would stage a
fight in secret session to force the
committee to carry out its orig
inal program.
Administration forces. temporar-
lily at least. took the position that
the top ranking officers might be
embarrassed IL called upon to dis.
80 4a-1aN
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ADMITS CAUSING FIRE

Hastings, Mich, Jan. 24-UP-
Leslie verrill, 80 year old former
Allegan County convict. today ad-
mitted responsibility for a barn
fire that killed Is head Of cattle,
officers said. Purlette Hinckley. a
member OF the state police fire
marshalis division, said Nerrill has
given no reason for igniting hay
in a barn on the Howard Wood
farm near Otsego Jan. Il.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Medal A,carded
Young Scientist

Detroit. Jan. ZAP Robert A.
Boyer 81 who is credited With dis
covery Of the formula TO develop
plastics from soybean products,
Thursday night received the dia-
mond key awarded annually by the
National l.. S. Junior Chamber Of
Commerce for outstanding achieve
ment by a young man IN 1870.
Boyer. who Is head OF the Ford
Motor Go. research laboratory. said
the award really means that this
nation IL still the land Of unlimited
opportunity, especially for young
men
Dr David y. Henry. executive
vice president Of Wayne University
presented the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce achievement award FOR
Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
CHARGED WITH ROBBERY

Detroit Jan. 24-AINS -- Harold
Duensing. 2l-year-old son Of Pa
trolman Herman Duensing. today
was held on a charg3 Of armed rob
berry. He was spprehended when
he cashed four checks allegedly
taken during a holdup.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Nation Nearer to
Var Than Before

Philadelphia, Jan. 94-AP-U. S.
Senator Gerald p. Nye (R.ND)
says this nation is closer TO war
today than It was a month before
II entered the World War.
Nye, a leading isolationIst, told
a mems club here:
In a matterof very few weeks.
II certain things we're allowed to
happen. American sons will fgain
be sent TO European battlefields.
We want to know first what is Eng
lands purpose in this war. What
does she intend to do II she wins
IL? We don't even know that. and
yet we're nearer 10 entering the
war today than we we're 30 days be.
fore entering the last one"
He did not elaborate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Iron Guard Rebellion in
Rumania Smashed, Blood
Purge May SlUeep Nation
Thousands Caught
Likely to Face
Firing Squad
British Drive on
Derna, Bengazi
to be Next

(By International Nsws Service)
Budapest Jan. 24--lNS-Smash
ing a radical Iron Guardst rebel.
lion after nghting that cost thou
sands OF lives, the government OF
Rumanian Premier Ion Antonescu
today was reported pushing a ma
tion-wide purge in which thousands
Of extremists were arrested.
1t was assumed that many OF the
arrested rebels were doomed to
face firing squads.
While the Rumanian government
appeared TO be in control OF the
situation in most sections OF the
strife-torn nation, die-hard bands
OF rebels we. still reported re-
sisting at some points.
British Advance
With the British Imperial Army
at Tobruk. Jan. 2i--INS-Anglo
Australian mechanical forces that
rushed across the Llbyan desert
with lightning speed today were re-
ported probing Italian defenses at
Derna. 100 miles west OF captured
Tobruk
The New British imperial drive
threatened not only Derna. where
the Italians may offer stin battle,
but faroff Benvazi. 225 miles west
Of this conquered Fascist strong
hold, where an amaze hat now rests
in triumph atop Tobruk's city hall
flagpole instead OF the Italian
banner.
While some advance British tank
and srmored car units are recon-
noitering and testing the Derna de-
lenses. others have reached the
town OF Mekill. about so miles south
OF Derna
There is no reliable information
that Mekili as yet is in British
hands. but British advices indicate
that Italian forces have been with
drawing from desert outposts.
Thus II is possible that Mekili
already may have been occupied
by the hard-bitten Australians
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Today in 1916

(Bv Associated pressl
Jan. -, 1916-AP-Heavy mine
explosions and trench fighting along
Western Front near Neuville'St
Vast
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Big BattIeship
Brings Halifax

(By international News Service)
Washington, Jan. Rims
A strong possibility developed
today that President Roosevelt
would make a dramatic motor
ride TO Annapolis this afternoon
70 personally greet Lord Hall
fax. Britain's new ambassador.
when he steps from the new
English battleship, King
George v. simultaneously, Il
became virtually certain that
the appointment Of former Gov
ernor John G. Winsnt Of New
Hampshire as American am
basssdor 10 London, succeeding
Joseph p. Kennedy. will be an.
nounced shortly.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

Lutheran Bean and Bread Sale.
Sat, Jan. %. Hovard's Market.
ADV. 124'
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

London. Jan. 24-AP-Lord Hall.
fax, Britain's new ambassador 20
Washington. arrived I'm Washing
ton today aboard the new battle
ship George V with Lady Halifax,
II was announced officially today.
This vas the first official init.
nation that the King George V. 35.-
900 tons. is in commission. II Is
one OF a class OF the five largest
and most powerfully armed battle
ships In the world
The King Geo~ge Y was launched
on Feb. q. 1899.
Word was received from London
last April that the King George V
and four new sister ships we're
undergoing trial runs. but the ship
had not been mentioned In official
dispatches since that time.
The floating fortress. described
by the London Press at the time
~ her launching as one OF the
lcrgest battleshiDs ever built in
this country" mounts 10 Il inch
guns IN two quadruple turrets and
one twin tnrret. IS SOS inch guns
and many lighter ones The ship
vas designed 70 carry three air
planes an 1900 officers and men.
II has a speed OF about 80 knots.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Saturday:
Light Snow

DUBLIN AP- 4 two-hour
fire in Dublin castle destroyed the
offices Of lrelands ministry Of
commerce before it was brought
under control early today. The
government censorship offices al.
so are located in the castle and
n newspaper messenger taxing
copy to the censor for approval
discovered the blaze.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

HORTA, Azores lslands-UP-
Wendell L. Willkie, on his way to
London, took off in Il clipper plane
for Lisbon at S:35 a. NJ. today
(5:35 a. II, EST.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

WASHINGTON up Hugmes
lie Calais, Luxembourg minister
to the United States, said Thurs
day night that German officials
and gestapo German secret po-
lice) agents are exerting moral
and economic" pressure on his
countrymen to sign documents ad-
yocating a union Of Germany and
Luxembourg.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

ee STATE WELFARE Page 3
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

LONDON-AP- The Cheshire
Cheese-once the favorite eating
place OF DR.. Samuel Johnson
more recently a mecca for Ameri.
can tourists-was destroyed by
fire Thursday. Cause of the blaze
was undetermined.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

NEW YORK-INS-Plans for i'm
mediate construction OF a S5,000,-
900 aircraft plant at Hatboro Pa,
about Is miles from Philadelphia
to speed up fulhllment Of its $l25.-
100000 in war and defense orders
was announced here today by the
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

See IRON GUARD-Page 8
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

ALLEGAN, Mich. Inns
Dale barrow, % year old NoVl
mechanic, today was sentenced
to life Imprisonment for the
second degree murder OF his
II year old bride. Sentence
was imposed by Circuit Court
Judge Fred 7. Miles and was
the maximum that could be
melted out under the law.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

VATICAN CITY-INS- Bishop
Robert f. Lucey Of Amarillo to-
day was appointed archbishop OF
San Antonio, Tex.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

LONDON AP Bad weather
Thursday prevented any major
Royal Air force operations over
Germany Thursday night, inform
ed sources reported today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

CHELSEA. Mass ms Major
General Henry n. Arnold. Deputy
Chief Of the Army Air Corps. TO-
day disclosed that the aim Of the
Army and Navy was combined
force Of 10000 combat airplanes.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

BERNIE. Switzer and-INS-Ger.
many has made a formal demand
upon France for tn use Of Tunisla
as an AXIS naval, military and air
base for operations against British
forces In north Africa. il was re.
ported in Berne today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

DETROIT Mieh.-UP-C. M.
kaltwasser was appointed gen.
eral manager Of the Stlnson
Aircraft division Of the Vultee
Aircraft, Inc, at Wayne plant
according to an announcement
made today by r. w. Millar,
president Of Vultee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

BERLIN-INS - Authoritative
German quarters indicated today
that the Reich will be satisfied and
consider the case closed when two
American sailors who tore down
swastika banner from the German
consulate in San Francisco are
turned over to court martial. They
said that so far official verification
had not yet reached Berlin OF dis
patches from San Francisco stat
ing the sailors were given suspend
ed sentences of 80 days each since
they probably faced additional
Navy charges.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

LONDON-INS- Exchange Tele-
graph british news agency. to-
day quoted Greek soldiers as say
ing they found Italian soldiers in
Albania tied to guns to keep them
from running away. while some
infantrymen were compelled TO
keep their positions by machine
guns aimed at their backs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

VICHY, France -AP -Havas
French news agency. reported to-
day the official journal would pub
lish a new law creating a ma
tional council for France and
naming its members. Observers
believed the council would be part
OF a new consultative assembly
for France, plans for which were
announced in December by Chief
OF State Philippe Petain.
GAN pEnP0 Cal ms. Rear
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See RED CROss-Page s
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

SAN PEDRO. Cal.-lNS1 Rear
Admiral Russell Wilson, unit
Thursday in command Of battleship
division one. United States Navy,
today was preparing to leave for
Annapolis to become superintend'
ent of the United States Naval AGA
deny.
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Continued on Page Eighu
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

LONDON ms The British
submarine Pathian sank a heavily
laden 1000 ton Italian supply ship
south of Italy the Admiralty an
nounced today. The ship presum
ably was carrying supplies to the
Fascist Army in Libya.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-24

ROME-INS-Newspapers today
carried no accounts of Col. Charles
A. Lindgergh's testimony in Wash
ington Thursday Although a full
report on his statements was car
lied by Stefani. the official ltal-
ian news agency, later it,was killed
and newspapers were forbidden to
publish IL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-11-13

dral-it is more or less museum and
it not used for any other purpose. Old
Russian guns still remain upon higher
points of the village and one espec-
tally noticed is mounted in the center
of the village square. There is a beau
tiful home for old Alaskan pioneers
and it is filled to the rafters at all
times.
Photographic communication can be
had "a hours a day, but there are no
telephone lines, no railroad lines, no
roads out of town.
"There is quite bit of new build
ing being done here, but if you want
an apartment, you have to be on the
spot when the ground is broken.
"Fishing is of course one of the
main industries. The fishermen gather
here through the fishing season and
make this their home and when the
season begins to die away they shuttle
by. boat back to their homes up and
down the coast.
"The Indians keep entirely to them
selves and it is almost unheard of to
hear of an Indian speaking to a white
unless first spoken to. The Indians also
fish, hunt and make small trinkets
to SELL
81 think practically all of the men
here are very well pleased with the OPP
portunity to see so much country, in
Guiding myself.
81 want to go hunting and do some
more fishing while here if l have the
opportunity. Deer overrun this place
They swim from island to island and
wander around our quarters just like
puppy dogs or kittens. Bear are very
plentiful and come almost to the edge
of the village. Everyone is urged to go
armed when he leaves the outskirts of
the village.
"Swamps on some of the more level
stretches are fairly dangerous. A ferny
substance called muskeg cover the
swamps and quicksand.
"The winters here are very mild,
understand. Civilians have informed
me that the coolest it got last win
ter was around 20 degrees above, SO
that is not so terribly bad. Though
there is supposed to be quite a bit
of rain and fog, we've only had about
a couple of days of fog and sprinkle
or two. So this is considered a
drought"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-11-13

to Baltimore, where they will remain
for visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Swartzentruber
with their daughter and sons and Ray
Yoder were in Camp Grottoes and the
Endless Caverns of Virginia on Sat
urday and Sunday.
Some of the people of this COM
munity attended the house warming
for Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jackson on
Monday evening. They recently moved
into their new brick bungalow on the
Pleasant Valley road.
Mrs. Emma Conneway, of Bayard,
was a guest at the Gortner home on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fulk spent
Friday with Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo
Hardesty in Grantsville.
Mrs. Arthur Fulk, of Fairmont, W.
Va, is here for the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Sanders.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Yoder and son
Irwin and Ross and Noah Lichty were
in Williamsport, Md, recently where
they purchased apples and flour.
Mrs. Charles Wright, of McHenry:
Miss Ruth Glotfelty, Addison, Pa,
and Paul Burkholder, of Brandon
vile, were guests of S. W. Slabach
on Sunday
Noah Slabach is engaged in painting
the Pleasant Valley church.
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lAAV4LTON

Those who attended the husking bee
at the O. S. Fike farm Saturday night
were Mr.. and Mrs. George Fike, Eileen
Shuck, Mrs. Oscar CLANCY and chit
dren, Cecil Fike, Lily Dreese, Twila
May Wilhelm, George Grove, Willie
Robson, Ellis Grove, julius Wilhelm
and daughters Beatrice and Agnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Wilhelm, Mildred,
Harold and Ray Fike.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill spent
the weekend with his sister, Mrs.
Anna Kelly and family, of Masontown,
Penna
Rev. C. D. Brendlinger, who has
been pastor at Cherry Grove church
for two years or mare, preached his
farewell sermon Sunday and on Mon
day he and Mrs. Brendlinger departed
for a point in Pennsylvania to visit
their children and to take up a new
territory to carry on the work. Mem
bers of the Cherry Grove church all
wish them well in their new field of
labor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill, Mr.. ana
Mrs. William Merrill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ohio Fike, Of this community, at
tended the Farm Bureau banquet held
at Grantsville last Thursday night.
Mildred Fike, of Washington, D.
c., spent the weekend with her par
ents.
Bane burst, of Grantsville, spent
Saturday night and Sunday here witch
Harold and Ray Fike.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robson Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. William Mer-
rill on Sunday.
Vernon Robson, student at Frost
burg State Teachers College, spent
the weekend here with his parents.
Mrs. Ohio Fike and son Cecil and
Mrs. Fannie Weitzell attended the
funeral of the late Mrs. Lydia Shaw
Martin, which was conducted at Mey-
ersdale Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Wilhelm and
members of their family, of Lonacon-
ing, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Asa Wilhelm.
Owen Lewis and members Of his
family, from Homecoming, were visit
ing Mrs Lewis's father, Bert Broao-
water on Saturday.
There will be preaching service
at Cherry Grove church on Sunday ev
ening, November 16, at 1880. The scr
mon will be delivered by the Rev. Ar-
thur Scrogum, of Accident. Everybody
will find a cordial welcome.
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GORTNER

Dr. Miller, of Eglon, preached in
the Union church on Sunday, using as
his text, "If the Son hath made you
free, then are We free indeed" Dr.
Miller was assisted in the service by
Mr. Milton Miller, of Grantsville, who
with his wife, spent the day visiting
here.
W. C. Dunson preached in the eveE-
ing using as his text Launch out into
the deep" Both these services We're
attended by large number of per-
sons from this and surrounding COM
munities.
On Thursday as Mr.. and Mrs. W..
lard Swartzentruber, Noah Schrock
and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lichty were en-
route to Meyersdale a collision oc-
Cured with another car near Grants
vile damaging the Swartzentluber
car to such an extent that it was left
in a garage at Grantsville for repairs
and the party returned to their homes
in truck which is being driven from
here for the purpose of collecting milk
daily by Irwin Yoder
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Petersheim on Friday.
Misses Ellen Brubaker and Nova
Hoover, accompanied by Ronald Bru-
baker, Of Altoona, Pa, and Miss Emma
Calls, of Loeb Lynn, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sisk over the
weekend.
Mrs. Harry Beeghley will entertain
the Brethren Ladies' Aid Society on
/ Thursday, November 9th.
MIR. and Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein and
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Spoerlein spent
Sunday with relatives in Accident.
Miss Leona Dodge was home from
Bridgewater, Va, over the Weekend.
A party honoring Misses Ellen Bru-
baker, Novan Hoover and Ronald Bru-
! baker was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Fulk on Saturday
evening with the following guests
present; Richard and Elsie Hesse,
George Lohr, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Beckman, Emma Calls, Betty and
Louella Swartzentruber, Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Slabach, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Sisk, Robert, Claude and Walter Beck
man, Gertrude and Cecil Slabach, MIR.
and Mrs. Ed Hesse and members Of
the Fulk family. Contests and games
were the diversion of the evening. Re
freshnents were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Hershberger,
Mrs. Lydia Beachy and daughter Fan
ME and Mr.. and Mrs Noah Hershber-
ger, of Grantsville, were visiting with
friends here on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Yoder and child,
of Dover, Del, came here on Friday
to remain indefinitely because of the
i'll health Of Mr. Yoder. Mr.. Yoder
spent his boyhood days on the Schloss-
nagle farm. then owned by Mr.,
Yoder's father, the late Dan Yoder
Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein are
leaving for motor trip to Pittsburgh
and other points in Pennsylvania and