Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-27
GrinnsIl and Vicinity.

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Grinnsll and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. Dec. 27.-The body Of Mr..
George T. Bags, who died in hos
pital at Rochester, Mimi. on Sunday
last, was brought here Monday evening
! and funeral services were held at the
home a mile west Of the city. at 2
/ o'clock this afternoon. conducted by
Rev P. F. Marston, Of the Congre-
gational church, of which deceased was
member The singing was by Miss
Stella Bartlett. The pail bearers were
! his old neighbors, Messrs. w. r. Ruth
/, erford. T. S. Mason, A. A. Foster. L.
+, S. Bailey, Jr., and R. ]. Hadiey Inter-
ments was in HaZelwood cemetery. De-
ceased leaves wife and several grown
children.
Mrs. George Bateham. who has been
resident Of Grinnell since 1866 died
on Sunday last at the home Of her son.
Milton S. Bateham, in Des Moines. and
the body was brought to this city for
| interment yesterday morning, accom-
panied by the son named and a daugh-
= y
Another son survives the mother, Ben
| jamin F. Bateham, but his home is in
Los Angeles Cal and he could not be
present Mrs. Bateham was born in
| Spaulding, England, in 1910. came to
Grinnell in 1866 and was married here
the next year She was a member of
the Church of England. Brief funeral
services were held at the cemetery.
conducted by Rev. Elias Handy. Of the
Methodist church here.
| The citizens of Victor voted the nee
essary bonds last week to build the
new school house. the majority being
231 to 10.
! The Vienna cafe on Fourth avenue,
which has been vacant for several
| weeks since the retirement from busi-
ness of it's late proprietor. is again to
| be occupied. as Mr.. H. G. Davis, OF
Ame,s. is now refiting the building and
will be ready for business next week.
Associated with him is Mr.. NJ. eC!a Little,
who will have immediate charge OF the
business here while Mr.. Davis con-
tinues to conduct the restaurant at
Ames, where he is said to have been
very successful. O.
| At the annual meeting Of the PoWe-
shiek County Trainers Institute at
! Deep River the following named mem
bers were elected as officers for the
coming year: President, W. n. Nor
! gan: vice president D. T. Fahrney:
secretary. A P. Hughes: treasurer. J.
r. Morris. The following were aMo
elected as officers of the Boys and
Girls Club. auxiliary to the parent
body: President. Mrs. William Hull;
vice president. Mrs. w. n. Morgan:
secretary. Mrs w. E. Saffield; treasur-
er. Fred Malcolm The healthy condi-
/ ton Of the treasury was shown by the
balance on hand of s105.43.
! The heavy storm of yesterday left
fairly even depth Of about six inches
of snow on the landscape and the mer-
curry began to slide. towards night.
till it got down to; two degrees above
zero last night.
The H. r. Ritter Hardware Com
pany has secured the services Of H. 3.
Gale. an expert timer and plumber,
who comes from Traer.
| Mrs. Pat Clynch seems to have
solved to some extent the problem OF
the high cost Of living. having sold in
the past three years 500 worth OF
turkeys as the product of fifteen turkey
hens. Her latest sale was $50 for
i 5000.
Miss Ellen A. Price, who has been
teaching in the high school at Charles
city. has resigned her position there
and come home to keep house for her
father while her mother is in California
| in search of lost health.
Prof. and Mrs. Charles Noble went
for a Christmas vacation visit at the
home of their son, Stedman Noble. In
Charles City.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. n. McCulloch are
visiting a son and a daughter In
Steamboat Rock.
In spite Of the raging storm and
the drifting snow the G-innell Poul-
try Association did business yester.
day at the armory where the lust,
crow Of the competing chanticleers
made an effective advertisement that
the poultry show was on. The entries
are good ones and the number is yer,
'creditable considering the weather
I With good weather for the rest Of ths
week the officers are sure Of a sue
cessful exhibition.
A very pleasant meeting in reunion
of the state champion football team O.
'o9 was held on Friday evening a
which Captain David Sutherland wal
toastmaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Emit, whose HON,
is on East street, this city, report theil
pleasure in the birth OF a son.
4 Miss Clara Johnson, Iowa College
'0s, and Warren Noll. II, both engage,
in teaching in Gayville, 8. D., are a
home for the holidays.
Miss Vera Pottle, IL. u 1T nom
from her high school work in Ochey
edan and Miss Gretta Smith, also o
Iowa College. is here from her worl
in high school at Orange City.
J, A letter 20 friends in this city fror
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Happy, who re
Gently left here for 4 new home 4
; Cottage Grove, Ore. states that the
. are nicely settled there and are mrcl
. in love with the new situation. Mi
Happy has a good position in
printing Office in that city.
! The many friends Of Mr.. Georse I
j Bags were greatly surprised an
: shocked to hear on Sunday evening O
: his sudden death in the hospital d
! Rochester, Mimi, where he had bee
: for some weeks after undergoing a pc
r we're surgical operation. Previous re