Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-19
GrirneiI and Vicinity.

| Special to Times Republican.
! Grinnelli Sept. 1s.-The ceremony OF
! ordination of Noel ]. Breed. of this
! city. as Congregational minister, last
! evening was worry impressive one
I and was witnessed by fair sized
! audience The churches of Chester
/ Center. Mentour, Marshaitown. Anita.
| and Of Lander. Wye. where Mr.. Breed
I has been called to the pastorate. were
= represented by ministers and delegates.
Rev s. F. Martin, of Marshalltown,
1 presided: Rev. J. B. Adkins, Of Mon
/ tour, read the scripture lesson; Rev.
$ Charles Noble of this city. gave the
! opening prayer. and the ordination ser
| mon was delivered by Prof E. A.
1 Steiner. The CONGREGATIONAL choir sang
/ familiar hymns and ". II. Tuttle rem
dered a fitting solo. In the closing SER
/ vice Rev. DR.. T. O. Douglass gave the
! ordination prayer. DR.. D. P. Breed.
/ father OF the candidate. gave the
charge to the minister. Rev. Mr.. Gray,
superintendent of the wyoming field,
save the right hand of fellowship and
the newly ordained minister pronounc-
ed the benediction. Mr.. Breed started
Off New York City last night and will
way back to his field of labor.
Harry keener. graduate of Iowa Col
lege. IS. has made his pans for taking
will go TO Chicago TO begin his studies
Oct. /.
H. A. Jackson. formerly of this city
but WHO has been for most of the pres
cnt year in charge OF 4 store in Tama,
has sold out there and has bought a
residence in this city on Main street.
giving his many friends the hope that
he may soon be again resident here.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell. pastor OF the Bap-
tbs, church OF this city. with Mrs.
Mitchell, Mrs. Isabella Brande, Mrs. H.
Morgan Mrs. Isaac Alexander. Mrs.
John Greene, Mrs. NJ. Brown, Miss
Mar jorie Brown. Mrs. D. Ditzler. Mrs.
y. Carter. and Mr.. and Mrs. c. Q. Par
nleley, were in attendance upon the
meetings OF the BAPTIST association in
Des Moines this week.
Mrs. n. NJ. BeIden is again at her
home in this city after several weeks
spent in the hospital al Iowa City with
much beneat to- her health.
The work OF tskfrS down the large
poles on Fourth avenue, formerly used
by the Interior Telephone Company, has
been completed and many expressions
of approval are heard from the people
at the apparent enlargement OF the
avenue II is understood that many
other potts are to come down and 1t
is runored that the Electric Light Com
pany win also place their wires in the
business SECTION OF the city in UNDER
ground conduits.
Mr.. and Mrs E. NJ McCray. who
live on Elm street have had the
pleasure of visit from Mrs. II. c. Nc
Cray. who returned TO her home at
Rolfe, yesterday.
/ Mrs George B. Critchett. who has
been for some months In Saskatchewan.
Canada. where her two sons, Bertram
and Chester. are engaged in farming,
has just returned - the home in this
city. She reports the crops as excellent
in that region.
Mr. and Mrs A. J. Blakely and their
daughter. Miss Margaret Blakely. par
ents and sister of the groom, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. B. Barr, Mrs. Margaret Sulser.
and Miss Edith Smith. went to Daven-
port on Wednesday to be present at
the marriage of Judson Blakely to Miss
Sarah McCord, of that city.
Miss Helen Lagrange, who has been
for long time an efficient helper In
the Merchants National bank, has CIV
en- up her position there to go to Boston
and take a course in the Boston School
of Domestic Science. She and Miss
Alma Proctor plan to go together about
together while there.
% no
Christian church, is away for the week
on a featuring tour. Winfield. Rich
mond and Ollie are some Of the places
where he speaks.
Thru the generosity Of one of her
graduates DR. Kessel 's3. Iowa Col
lege. has been able TO renovate and
tint the walls Of the halls. the office and
the reading rooms of the Carnegie IL
brary
To Report on Vocational Training.
Special TO Tim es Republican.
Des Moines. Sept 19.-At the meet
-! ing of the better Iowa schools commits
sion next week, Mrs. Anna Burdick, a
teacher in the West Des Moines high
school. will present report on her
observations during the past summer
while on a visit to Massachusetts and
other states regarding the teaching OF
agriculture and other vocations in the
schools. She had abundant opportunity
| for an investigation Of the subject. I:
is the plan Of the department Of pub
| lie instruction to have the committee
make report to the state teachers
association that will define the course
to pursue, not in securing other OF
more legislation, for that is distinctly
! not in view. but to make the best pos
sibIe use OF the legislation already Sc
cured for the improvement of iowa
schools. In this program there is to be
large place for the teaching Of agri-