Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-20
GrinneII and Vicinity.

special 10 ZINES RepuDIcdn.
Grinnell, Feb. 20.-The following Off
GERS have been elected for the new
1916 annual board of Iowa College:
Waldo Norris, editor in chief: Ebert
Ross, business manager: Edith Buck
on the central committee.
The Women's Athletic Association
will put on the usual colonial ball at
the Rand gymnasium tomorrow eve
ming. The college men. being debarred
from participation or even observation
are preparing through the Mems Ath-
letic Association to put on some rival
stunts in the mems gymnasium.
Prof. Z. B. T. Spencer, Of the coll
self and the college by appointment of
secretary of the Iowa society of the
Archaeological Institute of America
The college Y. w. c. A.. has elected
Miss Hazel Whitney as president for
the year 1915: Beta Wagner, vice
president; Sibyl Thomas, secretary and
Josephine King. treasurer.
The funeral services over the body
Of County Engineer George A. Pruden,
who dropped dead suddenly on Tues
day afternoon while on his way to the
railroad station at Guernsey to take
the train for his home, were held from
the w. S. Leisure home on Main street
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. His
daughter and her husband, Nh. and
Mrs. Walter Weaver. were here from
their home in Iowa Falls.
H. c. Sample of Chicago, has so
fallen in love with Grinnell during the
long time he has been here as fore
man Of the Miller Artesian Well Com
panv that he has decided to move his
family here and establish this city as
their future home. They will get set
tied here about March l. and he will
have charge of the job of cleaning out
deep we'll No. 4.
Charles Kimball, nephew Of Mrs. A.
B. Goss and son-in-law of Mrs. Halsey
Onthank, was disappointed in the posi-
ton offered TO take charge of a farm
near Mason City and has rented the
farm of w. NJ. Miller near Searsboro
the family going to their new home
yesterday.
The proposition Of the Grinnell Elec-
trio and Heating Company to
pump the city water for the next ten
years at cost not to exceed $1,000 as
against the average running expense
of operation heretofore Of some s1O,-
500 is receiving the serious considera :
ton by the mayor and council as we'll
as by the business men Of the city,
The official board of the Methodist
church have recently closed up a con-
tract for the installation Of tubular
pneumatic pipe organ in their church,
a matter that has been under advise
ment for some months.
The marrying business seemed to
have become epidemic in this city on
Wednesday last when the following
couples We're united: On Wednesday
morning at 7:45 Mr. Herbert w. Peters
and Miss Hulda Thompson were mar
ried at the Christian parsonage by
Pastor w. B. Wilson. The newly we'd
ded pair took the S.36 train east for
a visit with Rock Island relatives and
will make their home on a farm near
here after their return. In the after
noon Mr.. Will Sulzer, of Des Moines
and Miss May Johnson appeared be
fore Pastor j. NJ. Brown, of the Metho-
dist church, at the home Of the bride
and were made husband and wife
Their future home together is to he in
Des Moines. On the same evening ap-
peared at the Baptist parsonage Mr.
Elmer A. Mitchell and Miss Grace L
Ontank and Pastor Frank H.. Webster
pronounced the words that sealed their
union. The bride is daughter Of Mrs
Halsey Onthank The young couple
will make their home on a farm near
| Kellogg At 8 o'clock the same eve
ming Rev. Joseph Sopher Of the Friends
church was called upon at the par.
sonage to perform the marriage cere-
mony for Mr.. H. A. White and Miss
Edna Schooley, the parents on both
sides being the witnesses. This couple
will begin married life on farm NORTH
Of this city.