The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-07-09
EVANSVILLE
III Club Entertains

Swimming and boating were the di-
versions climaEed by a picnic supper
including wicners and marshmallows
toasted over an outdoor fireplace.
Attending were Home Demonstra-
ton Agent Miss Mariana Lee Long,
Bittnger club members. Miss Harriet
Glotfelty, Miss Betty Lou Glotfelty,
Miss Mary Jane Emory, and Miss AL
bclta Glotfelty, and Grantsville Club
members. Miss Louise and Miss Mar
iolic Gortner Miss Ray Houck, Miss
Betty 10 burst, Miss Audra Speicher,
Miss Joyce Beachy and Miss Ruth
Klotz, and their leaders, Mrs. Harvey
Gortner and Mrs. D. w. Hershberger
Musical Program Given
A vocal and instrumental musical
program of religious nature, spon-
sorcd by the Christian Endeavor So
ciety. was given by Lee Moore and his
Radio Entertainers, last Thursday
night on the stage in the Sunday
school room Of st. Johns Evangelical
and Reformed church. The program
was well attended and the Society
Melted approximately $25.
Names USO Chairman
Charles Briner, Oakland, Garrett
county chairman of the USO, has APP
pointed Miss Viola Broadwater chair
man Of the USO drive in the Grants
Vile area which will close July Is. A
committee of three. Miss Rita Ed
wards, Miss Mildred Frickey and Miss
Betty 10 burst, will assist Miss
Broadwater.
Will Sponsor Carnival
Nevin t. Broadwater, president of
the GrantsviIIe Fire Company, has
announced that there will be a car
nival each evening beginning July 10,
on the Community park grounds,
sponsored by the firemen. On Thurs
day night, July IS, there will be a
fmcmcn's parade at 1880 o'clock
Plan Bible Schools
Two Vacation Bible Schools are
being held on the GrantsvilIe Meth
odist charges this week and will end
Friday, July 10. They are at State
Line and Emmanuel.
Miss Blanche Schwinabart, grad
uate of Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing, and junior student in Ash
bury College, WiImore, Kentucky, is
supervising the work in each of these
schools. The other instructors are Mrs.
Jack Prince and Miss Marie Wicklow,
at State Line; Frank Grove, Raymond
Grove, and Miss Leota Cation, at
Emmanuel.
H0memakers Meet
The Grantsville Homemakers Club
met last Thursday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs c. c. Beachy. A demon
stration, Food Preservation" was
given by Miss Mariana Lee Long,
county home demonstration agent and
Reports were given by Mrs. Roy Pat
ton. reading chairman, and Mrs Car
lie Bcachy, clothing chairman.
A report of Homemakers day at
the University of Maryland was given
by Mrs. c. c. Beachy, delegate Miss
Long gave an outline of the program
for Homemakers weekend camp
which will be held at the state recre-
ational area in Bittinger, July II
and II.
William Smith Dies
Mrs. c. c. Beachy, Grantsville, re-
ceived word of the death of William
Smith, 50, Bellevue, Pa.
Mr. Smith is known here and at Bit
finger. He first came here as a stone
cutter and assisted in surveying
large tract of land at Bittinger about
thirty years ago. For the past several
years he has been a travelling sales
man.
Mn Smith with his wife and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, habitually spent their
summer vacation at the farm home of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Beachy in Bit
finger.
Funeral services were conducted last
Thursday afternoon at Bellevue, Pa.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stanton, Akron,
Ohio, visited Miss Christina Winter
berg, and Mrs. William Winterberg.
Miss Grace Swauger, Johnstown,
Pa, visited her father Albert Swaug-
en-, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Bittinger.
The Rev and Mrs V. R. Gillum at
tended a family reunion at the home
of the formers father j. B. Gillum,
and brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall T. Virts, Keyser, w.
Va Other members of the family,
Mrs. Harry Lang and daughter, Bal
timore, and MIR. and Mrs. Ernest D.
Gillum, Battlecreek, Mich, attended
Miss Wilma Davies, Akron, Ohio, is
spending the summer with her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs H. F. burst
Mrs. Catherine Miller has returned
after spending several days with her
sister-in-law, Mrs Ruth Oester,
Springs, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Stanton, Balti-
more, are spending a weeks vacation
here at the home of the formers par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Stanton.
Miss Ethel Broadwater was APP