Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-22
The Grinnell News.

The GrInnell News.
Special TO Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct. s2.-The many friends
Of Ray Van Evera- formerly of this
city, who has been for seven years with
the Kansas Milling and Export Com
pany as chief clerk and, later, as as
sistant manager, will be pleased to
know that he has been chosen to the
position of manager.
The Y. M c. A. of Iowa College has
for many years put on an extensive
lecture course for the benefit of the
students and the citizens. 1t has never
been intended as a money maker and
often has faced deficit at the close
OF the year This year the course has
been shortened 10 four productions Sc
lected with especial regard 10 the de-
sires of this community as shown by
past patronage. But in addition 10
these evening entertainments there are
10 be chapel talks OF an hour in length
from notable persons outside the col
lege which will be free to as many of
the citizens as the chapel will accom-
nodate after the students have places.
on Friday of this week Harvey Ing
ham, of Des Moines. will give the adj
dress which is announced 10 be along
the line OF CIVIC purity.
County Superintendent Estelle Coon
makes announcement of the regular
teachers examination TO be held in the
court house at Monrezuma on the 9th,
18th and 29th of this month, being
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday OF
next week
At the recent meeting of the English
Fiction Book Club the following were
YEAR: President. Mrs. G l.. Pierce: sec
Rotary and treasurer. Mrs L. D KEN
lnerer; librarian. Mrs. George AIcMur-
ray.
Rev. Robert Lincoln, president of the
Washington Township Sunday School
Association. announces that their
township convention win be held next
! Sunday at South Blue Point church be-
ginning at 1890
Ancient history of Grinnell was re-
/ vived the other day by the visit to this
city OF a man With his son and grand
son who was here in 1854 at the time
when this place was born. Gideon
Gardner and his son came that year
and lived for years at Gardner's Grove
some three miles northwest OF this
place. The elder Gardner was the first
ed the vi1in They removed in later
years and some wears ago the father
died. 1t is The son OF that early day
with his son and his sons son who have
just revisited the old scenes and looked
over the new Grinnell and to whom the
older residents gave an especially
warm welcome
Esquire Miles Chaffee, of this city,
has just passed his SSth birthday and
on Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. Chaffee
will have passed their sixty-sixth we'd
ding anniversary. Mr.. Chaffee gets
down to his office every day and still
transacts some business and Mrs.
Chaffee seems to be in as good health
as for most of the time for a good
many years.
Willard Stowe and Miss Edith
Brown. of this city, surprised their
many friends this week by the an
nouncement that. on the 18th of Octo-
Der, being Monday of this week, they
We're married at Boone this week, they
at home to friends at Gil South Broad
street. The Misses Blanche, Lille and
: kittie Stone were present at the we'd
ding
The college football team has beer
putting in some strenuous practice this
week to remedy some of the defects N
their last Saturdays showing for the
victory they are confident of winning
over Coe tomorrow.
O E. 3. Brande and Charles Rawsor
) have had two medals prepared ant
: placed on exhibition, one of gold ant
= one of silver to be given to the col.
q lege men who rank first and second
!, in general ability in handling the bal
= in a contest to be held in the last weel
of the football season. The kick is the
D thing to be developed and the three
? points for judges in that contest ar,
Z named as. distance, speed and accurac.
Of the kicks.
Musician John Thorpe came perilous
ly near closing his career in music an
- everything else earthly at the large
practice of Company K on Tuesday
He was by the bullet shield on the riff
- range and Gus Laros was firing tn
regulation army gun with the regula
ammunition when Thorpe raised up t
, adjust something about the target jus
as Laros fired. The bullet cut clea
hole thru Thorpe's hat and his hea
escaped by only I, narrow
The concrete for the base of the paw
ing is going down quite rapidly thes
days ana we are promised lldt III
bitulithc covering will be spreadin
the first of the coming week If tn
weather continues dry. The structur
for the manufacture of the bitulithi
material is about complete and is
surprise to those who have viewed
and watched its construction becaus
: of it's size and complexity, as the aver
age citizen had supposed it would b
T. very simple affair.
The pulpit of the Methodist churc
of this city will be occupied on Sunda
morning by the venerable Elder 7.
Hughes. He has announced his inten
ton of leaving soon to spend the win
ter in southern California.
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