Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-30
erinnell and Vicinity.

Special 20 Tim eS-Repupllcan.
Grinnell. May 30-Mrs. E. R. Towle
started on Saturday for Chicago. from
which place she goes on TO New York
and sails on the 31st for Edinburgh
Scotland to attend the worlds mis-
siorary conference. From there she
goes To see the Passion play and then
on thru Italy, Greece and Egypt on
visiting tour 10 the various mission
airy stations in those countries. The
tourist party of which she Is mem
Der is guided by Mr.. Bert Towle, for
merly of Grinnell and Iowa College,
and the trip ends at New York on the
9Th Of September, There are seventy
Eve of a select party that take the
cruise together.
Miss Emma BobZin and Miss lnez
Powers. both of Kellogg. have been
elected 70 places in the grades Of the
GrinnelI schools Both have had nor
NAL training and several years OF ex-
perience and are said to be exception
ally well fitted for the work for which
they have been selected
The sixty-three members of the
senior class of the high school here are
TO be entertained at the high school
building by the juniors on Thursday
evening Of this week and will also be
entertained al the home OF Superin-
tendent and Mrs. Eugene Henely on
Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Goodrich. Of
Malcolm. announce the birth to them at
their home of fine ten pound boy.
Jacob Hull, a former resident OF the
vicinity of Brooklyn, but who has been
for several months in the hospital at
Moline, Ill. died there quite recently
and his body was taken 10 rest beside
his parents in their old home town in
Illinois.
Dr. and Mrs. Q. F. Parish are having
the pleasure Of a, visit from Rev. and
Mrs. Breckenridge, of Fond du Lac.
/ Wis.
Next in interest. to the general pub
lie as we'll as to college students of both
sexes, to the H. W. Spaulding prize
for most effective speaking in public is
| that Mrs. H. W. spaulding for good oral
reading This contest will be held
on Wednesday evening of this week at
! the Colonial Theater. There will be
eight contestants out of preliminaries
| il which some forty young women OF
the college entered. Each contestant is
limited in time to four minutes and
Will have two trials, one on selected
piece with ample preparation, the other
on sight reading from some book OF
magazine. The selections for previous
preparation may be anything that the
judgment or fancy of the reader die
tates. This contest is confined to the
women of the college and is intended tc
bring out in them the principal quail
tiles that the speaking contest does fol
the men. The prizes are s25 for the
first. SIS for the second, and $40 fol
third places.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Kane of Brook.
lyn have but recently celebrated theil
golden wedding with large number
of friends present to offer coneratula.
tions. They came to this country from
County Down in ireland in 1869 and
have lived in Iowa since 1882. They are
the parents of eleven children of whom
four boys and five girls are still living
Following is a list of the relatives pres
ent at the golden wedding: MIR. ant
Mrs William Kane from Iowa Falls
Mrs Closson from Mason City; Mrs. r
L. Garrett from Cedar Falls: Mrs
Cooper, sister of Mr.. Kane, from Rocl
Island, I'LL: John F. Kane, George Kane
Mrs. c. H. Gilmore, and Mrs. Rya1
, from the near vicinity of Brooklyn.
District Superintendent c. L. Stat
: ford of this city preached the mem oria
/ sermon at the Methodist church a
Searsboro yesterday and held quarter
ly conference there on Saturday an
Sunday.