Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-31

! Grinnell, Dec. 31.-The annual din
ner, which it is the custom of the Nor
rison- Kicker Glove Company, of this
city, to give to their travelling statesmen,
took place Wednesday evening at Hotel
Monroe. Some twenty-five statesmen
We're present. After the feast Mr.. Pres
bit and Mr.. John Lee Mahin, of Chi
cago, gave talks on the subject of adj
vertising, and the statesmen for the
house held an experience meeting and
asked questions with view to getting
the best start for the coming years.
On Wednesday evening, a the home
of the parents of the bride, on Seventh
avenue, this city, were united in mar
riage Mr.. Milton NJ. Dickens, of He'd
rick and Miss May A. Warder of Grin
nell The Warder family moved here
recently from Wapello county. The
wedding was quiet home affair with
Rev. Elias Handy of the Methodist
church of this city officiating, The
newly welded pair will be at home on
farm near Ottumwa in the vicinity
from which they came.
| Out-of-town guests at the Clarke
Miles wedding Wednesday afternoon
were: The Clarke family, of Des
Moines; Mr.. and Mrs. West, of In
dianola; Mr.. H. H. Priestly and Mr..
Forrest Gibbs, of Princeton, ILL.,; Mr..
and Mrs c. Chiddicks, of Des Moines;
Mr.. Morton Mccartney, of the state of
| Washington; Francis Parmelee, of
Iowa Falls; and Miss Hazel Wilson, OF
Knoxville. The bridal party started on
the evening train for their future home
in Aledo, Ill.
| The ceremony at the Ivins-Bump
wedding Wednesday evening, when
Miss Bessie Bump, of this city, and Mr..
Clarence WINS, of Grundy Center were
made husband and wife, was performed
by the brother-in-law of the bride, Rev.
Ernest Starr. of Mt. Pleasant. About
was formerly employed here in the
but is now in successful business in
the same line at Grundy Center.
Mr. and Mrs. w. n. futile of this
city, passed their golden wedding so
very quietly this week that only few
of their most intimate friends and
neighbors knew anything about it. They
are the parents of Rev. H. w. futile,
Sunday school missionary for the state
and are we'll beloved by those who
know them and who would have been
glad to give them much more prom
inent golden wedding.
Ralph Ballard of Newburg, spent the
summer in Dakota but has now re-
turned to his home in Newburg, where
he plans to remain.
Mr. and Mrs j. NJ. Woodwork of
this city, formerly living in Perry, plan
to spend the Saturday and Sunday of
the new year in Chicago with the
mother and sister of Mrs. Woodwork.
There was very enjoyable reunion
of the Grinnell high school class of 'O6
Wednesday evening, at the home of j.
D. Boyack some three miles south
east of the city The sleighing was
fine and was followed by good cheer
and an oyster supper. Claude Peters
furnished the team and bob sled and
the mercury was creeping fast down
to the fifteen below point. One unique
feature of the meet was the making
up of a letter by the class to George
Steaks, of Iowa City. who is the first
one of the class to break into the BEN
edict ranks. The following partici-
pated: Maize Reagan, of Des Moines;
Ina Will. Marshalltown; Mary and
Flora McGuin, Hazel Porter, Stella
Kicker, Helen Field, Dawley Arm
strong, Ivyl Wetmore, Peoria, H.;
Harley Booknau, Claude Peters, Breeze
Boyack, Glenn Anderson and Walter
MAR.
A. P. Pierce is back from Texas and
Oklahoma, where he has been in the
interest of the Grinnell Buggy Com
, pany, and w. T. Fuller is also home
, from trip thru the south for thu
Spaulding company.
Miss Helen Carter, who has beer
spending her vacation here at the home
of her parents, Hon. and Mrs. c. w
Carter, returns this week to her posi-
ton of dean of women and director
of physical culture in Bates College
) Lewiston, Maine.
Chester Davis, who has been thu
D business manager of the Scarlet ant
7 Black this year, is to take charge of {
!, newspaper in Woonsocket. IS. D.. mex
: month and expects to remain there the
rest of the year until the opening o.
, Iowa College next year, when he plan!
to come back and finish his course
. here.
The annual meeting of the Congre
gational church for the hearing of re
n ports and election Of officers is helt
this evening, with a free supper a
6:15, and business session at 7:15.
{ Ice Three Feet Thick.
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