Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
GILMAN ODD FELLOWS PuR.
CHASE BUILDING TO REMop.
Ell INTO LODGE HOME.
NEW SCHOOL HOUSE
IS TO BE BUILT SOON
Literary Club Of LsGrand and WON.
ans Club Of Liscomb Close Sea-
sons Work - Many From Smaller
Towns Attend Tabernacle Meetings,
and More Would If Train Service.

Regular correspondents OF the
Times-Republican cover the county
news field quite fully this week.
At Gilman contracts have been
awarded fot building and heating a
new school house and work will be
commenced at once.
Gilman Odd Fellows have purchased
the Farmers Home" building and will
remodel it for lodge purposes.
The Literary and Musical Club of
Palmer College, LeGrand, and the
Woman's Club Of Liscomb, held their
final sessions Of the season this week.
Large numbers from various parts
of the county are attending the Sun
day tabernacle meetings and many
others would come from outside towns
were railroad service more favorable.
Other county news follows:
GILMAN.
May 6-Work will soon be COM
menced on the foundation for the new
school house. The contract for build
ing has been awarded to J.HEastman,
Of Newton, for $12,95O. The heating
and plumbing contract was landed by
g. w. Ensley for 1890.
A surveyor came from Marshalltown
yesterday to do some surveying pre-
liminary to commencing the work. Ac-
cording to the terms Of the contract
the building is to be completed on or
before Oct. /.
Mrs. Gerna Van De WORT Kierulff,
who was born in Gilman and who
when only years Of age, went with
her parents to Los Angeles, CAL, where
they have ever since resided, dropped
in on her relatives as a genuine sur
prise Sunday evening. Mrs. Van De
WORT continued her visit here until
Wednesday evening. when she left for
Chicago. where she exected to meet
her husband and they will celebrate
their first wedding anniversary today.
DIR. C. S. Dunkle is in attendance
at the State Dental Association.
j. A. Ward went to Chicago on q
few days business trip last evening.
Eden Lodge, No. 316, I. o. o. F., has,
after making many plans in that d.
rection, finally secured home of its
own, and has purchased of John Siev-
ers the building on Church and Neill
streets, long known as the Farmers
home. The purchase price was $3.50 and
after remodeling the building to suit
it's purposes, will fit up the hall in
the second story as lodge room.
The Gilman Canning Company has
notified the users Of the spring water,
which for years has been pumped in
from a reservoir two miles north OF
town, that the pumping plant will be
shut down May Is and the water sup
ply will be cut off, consequently after
that date. A scheme is being consid-
cred for taking over the plant and fur
nishing the wsster to consumers on
some equitable basis, but the plans are
not perfected.
C. p. Hite, former Gilman resident
and at one time landlord of the old
Alexander House, died at his home
near Estherville, Of consumption and
was buried Tuesday. Much sympathy is
felt here for his mother, Mrs. Rebecca
Hite, as she is in attendance at the
bedside of another son, j. A. Hite, who
is very low with the same disease.
Miss Fanny vosburg will teach in the
school at Union next year.
An agricultural course, six weeks II
duration, for the benefit Of the boys
and girls in this community and to be
taught by Instructors from the Iowa
State Agricultural College. is ANNOUNCE
ed by Principal Kinzer. A meeting at
the M. e. church Saturday evening
will be addressed by Prof. A. v. Storms
Of Ames. in the interest Of more
practical course Of study along agri-
cultural lines and on Saturday morn
ing round tabio will be conducted by
City Superintendent Palmer, OF Mar
shalltown.
Mrs. w. M. Green is IN Des Moines
in attendance on her daughter, Mrs.
Effie Hesson, Of Newburg, who Is re-
covering from an operation at the
Methodist hospital in, that. city on Sat-
urday.
The. Junior Endeavor Society of the
g Congregational church will serve sup
per at G.. A. r Hall Saturday even
ing.
The graduating class Tor the high
school this year will consist of five
girls and one hoy; Grace Wynn, Tina
Chindlund, Kate Weland, Inez Vos-
burg and Harold Wynn. The gradual
ing exercises and the baccalaureate
sermon will be at the M. e. church,
Rev. q. e. Chapman. pastor Of the
Congregational church, preaching the
sermon. in the evening Of sunday, May
80.
L1scoMB.
May CDR. and Mrs. p. L. Marble
went to Raymon, Wednesday, for a
short visit with Mrs. Marbles parents.
Mrs. Roy Hauser Of Marshalltown. is
spending the week with her father and