Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-12
The GrinneIl Letter.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnel. Jan. 12-At the annual
meeting of the Methodist Sunday
school on Monday evening the follow
ing officers were elected TO serve for
the present year: Superintendent. ].
W. Harpster, assistants, r. G. Coutts
and Ada Reiter; secretary, Miss Min
ME Mason. assistant, Miss Ina Sprague;
treasurer, Frank Black librarian.
Wendell Lewis: organists. Miss May
Harpster and Mrs. Edwin Bump; Choir
lister. w. D. Barnett; superintendent of
missions, Louisa Borten; home depart
ment Mrs. Frances Walker; primary
and cradle roll. Mrs. Lena Armen-
trout. The Sunday school reports a
look for an equally good or even a
better one
c. L. Mason. of this city. is now in
Oklahoma looking after the interests
of the buggy business in which he is
engaged
After few days of visiting at the
parental home of Mr. and Mrs James
S. Rollins. of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
James L. Rollins have returned to their
home in Des Moines.
Mrs. Stella Mason Cox. youngest
daughter of Mrs. L. F. Mason. of this
city. is at her mothers home here for
brief visit while her husband is in
Waterloo looking after his railroad in
terests Mrs Cox has been for some
time with her husband in the west.
Frank P Day, who has bought a
fruit farm near Nampa. Idaho. has re-
Gently gone there to make his home.
The brothers. T. 3. and F. p Brecht-
bill have recently bought the feed
sheds at the corner of Center and
Church streets in Marshalltown and
have already taken possession. T. B.
| Brechtbill was formerly in business in
Garland and now takes charge of the
new business. His brother is a resident
of Grinnell.
At the home of County Attorney and
Mrs II. E. Boyd, of Malcolm. occurred
the wedding of their daughter Vera
BOYD to Mr. Grover Eisele. of tina
place Rev. David Phillips, of Lone
Tree former pastor at Malcom. per
forming the ceremony Only the inn
MEDIATE relatives and a very few init
mate friends were present The newly
married pair took the evening train for
chicago, but will return to make their
nome IN Malcom after Jan. 81.
T. c. Halsey of Toledo. is on the eve
OF moving to Mason City to take the
position of cashier of the Commercial
savings Bank of that city, in which ha
has recently acquired a financial in
terest. Mr. Halsey is we'll known in
Grlnnell as a graduate of Iowa Col
! lege, class of 1900, and Mrs Halsey is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Goodfellow. of this city
At the St. Paul's Episcopal church
1 of this city on Thursday evening Of
this week the Right Rev. T. n. Morrf
son. d. D., bishop of Iowa, will preach
and the public is invited.
The meeting of the CONGREGATIONAL
Brotherhood at the church last evening
was an intensely interesting one. bv
reason of the lecture by Prof Jesse
Macy, on the topic. "Californa's Poll
tics" about which he is well informed.
from having made a special study of
the subject at first hand during a stav
Of six months or more in that state
for that purpose while delivering lee
lures in Leland Stanford University.
While relating much that writer's of
national note have so wildly pictured
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took on a new meaning and was quick
ened into life thru the personality of
the speaker with his we'll known ability
for studying details and sitting out the
truth.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Robbins, who were for so MANY
years prominent residents of Grinnell,
viii be greatly pleased To hear fron.
them in their home at Everett, Wash,
and to know that Mr.. Robbins is very
much improved in health by his res
idence on the Pacific coast.
The stockholders of the Powesfiek
County Farmers Mutual Insurance AS
ISOLATION held their annual meeting
yesterday in the superior court room,
with good attendance and the usual
enthusiasm. The affairs of the asso-
citation are pronounced in good con-
dition. The past year has been a more
than usually successful one. some
100000 of gain in insurance in force
having been made. While the treasury
is overdrawn some $1,000. it is not be-
cause of heavy losses but of an as
sessment too light for the ordinary
losses. w. J. Rapson, president; Henry
Banstian. vice president; John Evans
Jr, secretary, and N. w. Cessna, treas
urer, are the reelected officers.