Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-22
Grinnell and Vicinity.

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Grinnell. May 2o-Mr. Asa Turner of
Farrar, came to this city on the invita-
ton Of President Main to give a chapel
talk this morning. He visited with old
| time Denmark friends while in the city
over Sunday and spoke at college YES
pers at o'clock Sunday evening. He
has recently rented his large farm and
sold off several carloads of fat stock
and he and Mrs. Turner contemplate
spending some time in southern Cali
fornia. His association with the pres
idency Of the Corn Growers Associa-
ton have given him a very wide and
| favorable acquaintance over the state.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. D. Lane, with their
9-months-old son, arrived on Satur-
day last at the home Of Mrs. Lanes
father, Superintendent T L. Triplett,
for a visit of indefinite length Mrs.
Lane was Miss Avis Triplett
Mr. and Mrs. r. H. Gray, of this city,
are now on a visit to the locality of
their former homes in Ohio, planning
! to be gone a couple of weeks 1t is
said to be possible that Mr.. Gray may
also become poSsessor of some resi-
dence property there.
Pastor P. F. Marston, Of the Con-
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sermon before the graduating class of
ffty-one members of the high school
on next Sunday evening.
| The large Sunday school class in the
Congregational church taught by Mrs
D. P. Breed pledged some time ago $50
for the support of Miss Emma Ware
who is a student in Talladega College
in Alabama, and have just completed
| the raising of that sum.
Rev. L. D. Weyand. pastor of the
Baptist church of this city, will preach
| the Memorial sermon this year at the
Baptist church on next Sunday.
Miss Elsie Baechtold, who is at
tending college here and will graduate
in June, is happy in having her mother
! from their home in Talladega, Ala.
| here with her for visit until after
! commencement
Mrs. George Koebel, of Castana, for
merly Miss Ruby Parish of this city, is
| here for visit of some weeks with pa
rents and other relatives and will be
joined by her husband, who is superin.
tendent of the Castana schools, after
the schools there have closed
A very satisfactory job of painting
| has been done under the supervision o.
! the city fathers to the inside and the
outside of the water tower 10 feet high
and to the flag pole that surmounts it
The discovery last year that the upper
three courses of sheet steel at the tor
Of the tower had rusted thru and thu
consequent cost Of renewing that mucf
| Of il. has led to resolution to pre-
serve the material by frequent thor
ough coatings of paint.
! Friends Of Claire Barber, formerly
Of this city and graduate of lowe
College with an extra fine baseball rec.
ord in addition to a general record o.
excellence, will be pleased to learn OF
hsi appointment as deputy assessor ir
his new home in Dewey county, South
Oak ota.
The day was perfect and the space
for spectators crowded on Saturday af-
| ternoon to witness the charming exer.
cises connected with the browning o.
| the May queen. The procession was
headed by the grave seniors in cap:
and gowns of sober black, the maid Of
honor and the crown bearer attended
the queen under the canopy of roses
with two tiny tots, mere babies, te
carry the gauzy train, and the bright
colors and quaint costumes of the
Swedish, Norwegian and Scottish
| groups filled out the line that circleG
thru the campus timing its movements
to the music of the college orchestra
The browning of the queen, the grace.
| full movements OF the different dances
the winding of the May pole and the
pleasing strains of the orchestra made
the afternoon hour one OF the most in
teresting and pleasing of all the many
lcollege events OF the springtme.