Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-29
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per share and some $4,000 10 already In
sight. II succeessful in their plans the
new company -Willhs be known as the
LEARNERS, EleyatoE Company.
David Jones; OF sPoweshiek county,
raised last season eighty-one bushels
Of. excellent corn on an acre OF ground
at a. cost Of % cents bushel and
thereby gets flee trip to. Washington.
". E. KenduHn While this IL not the
best record. made by boys in the state
In that contest It y close to.it. and the
corn raiseraaof P6weshiek are con-
graduating the;boy on his good work
and its reward <sl - .
At the adtanTned4 annual meeting of
| the GrinnellitBTtuik. and Tile Company
the following persons were elected as
directors for the ensuing year: DIR. U.
n. Hibbetts, II. w. 'Spaulding. r. g.
Coutts. Paul Essler, G. A. Smith. w. F.
vogt, H. F.. Lanphere, Grant Ramsey
and Judge J.sP..Lyman. The directors
met, later and elected the. following Of
eicers:, President, r. g. Coutts; vice
lpresident7 and general manager, IN.
Hsbbetts; yecretary c. A. Smith;
treasurer HE. Lanphere. The out
look for the Year now at hand is said
to he very Encouraging. ~
At the business meeting recently
held by the Chester Center Congrega-
tional church, with some forty mem
fbers present, q deficit OF over $3.50 in
the running expenses was promptly
wiped out and $3.50 raised toward
paying for the new piano that they
decided they need.
The browning event of the short
lIcourse in this city took place when
some eighty contestants from the
rural schools Of the. county stood for
the spelling match on the stage OF the
L Colonial theater. sAfelviHeS Sizes, OF Bear
iCreek townslfiH carried off the first
prize. having the e~omati's prerosative,
the last word. Gladys Petted, Of War
rem township, took second honors. and
William Roudabush, Of scott township,
was third in the race. High School
lsPrincipal George A.tHBrown. Grade
Principal Miss ZimnAernan, Superin-
|tendent Eugene Herefey and County
supertntendents MiSS sarah A. Cars
|'penter Of Poweshiek county and Miss
;nstes j t sszes sseS nss f.
Davis, principal of Cooper school OF
l this city, pronounced the words. The
Colonial was filled, az it always is for
lthis annual event, and the crowd was
enthusiastic AS a money proposition
the entertainment committee Of the
short course pronounced this event the
winner as it always leaves a surplus
over it's own expenses for the treasury.
other lesser prizes were awarded and
BIT is generally conceded: that the bene.
fits arising froh2 sthis annual contest
spread over. the. entire county to stimu-
late excellence in. thist indispensable
branch Of common school education.
Mr.. and Mrs. w F. Beard, former
residents 81 this city. where Mr.. Beard
was city engineer, have been called
back from California. where they were
spending the winter, by the death OF
Mrs, Boards father in Rose Hill, east
[of Oskaloosa.
Mrs. E. e. Mcbride who, with her
little son, has been in Colorado for the
past. three months, has returned to
her home in this city.
C. w. Reed, iowa College ex-'11, now
manager for Louisiana pecan COM
pany. is here for a brief visit at the
Mrs. A. b. Goss and o. T. Frisbie
homes
Mrs.,C. A. Miller, wife Of the editor
of the Grinnell Register. who fell on
the sidewalk near her home on High
street ON Friday last, and broke one
bone and fractured slightly the larger
one in the right arm lust above the
wrist, Is on the road to good recov-
cry.
/; High school, Principal George A.
Brown was called on Saturday evening
last to the southwestern part Of the
state to attend the funeral OF an aged
friend, expecting to be back here in
the school room today.
J. NJ. Hanson. Iowa College, '93, Of
Youngstown, O., expects to be in this
city on wednesday next and will meet
with the associated charities organi-
zation Of this city to plan with the re-
manning members Tor. reorganization
Of the body into an active working