Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-22
GrinnelI and Vicinity,
Special to Times Republican.

special TO Times RepuDlCan.
/ Grinnell. Aug. 22-Further news re-
/ garding The sudden death of Mrs w.
( o, Willard at the home of ner son.
! DR.. Harry Willard, at Deer Lodge,
Mont, Is that she had a stroke of
apoplexy. from which she did not rally.
/ She had been as well as usual and had
/ made all her plans to go from Deer
/ Lodge TO Spokane on the next Monday
! TO visit brother. Her death came
J on "Wednesday evening. she being Ill
| less than two days. Mr. Willard and
MS daughter, Miss Ruth, started from
| here as soon as the telegram telling of
the illness was received bur turned
back al Aberdeen on receipt of an
other telegram telling OF the death. DR..
/ Harry Willard will reach Grinnell
with the body of his mother today and
I funeral services will be held from the
home. e15 High street, at $50 o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
| The funeral of Miss Sadie Mcdonald
took place from the home of the two
sisters on South Park street al 1870
! O'Clock yesterday afternoon. Rev. J.
". Brown. pastor of the Methodist
church of this city. having charge Of
! the services The singing was by
( Miss FToy Korns and the pail bearers
we're the members of the clerking force
at the Ramsey store, where the sur
viving sister fs bookkeeper The two
sisters we're all that We're left of the
Mcdonald family and they were very
closely attached TO each other. Miss
Sadie was less than 81 years Of age.
The reports at the annual meeting of
! the Women's Christian Temperance
/ Union of this city show a prosperous
and helpful year passed with money
! left in the treasury. The following
officers were elected for the next year:
| President, Mrs. Robert Lincoln; first
vice president. Mrs. Isabella Brande:
| second vice president, Mrs. D. p. Breed .
third vice president Mrs G. O. Wat
land; secretary. Mrs. Effie Stocks:
| treasurer. Miss Jennie Bailey: super
intendent, Mrs. Frank Lewis, Mrs.
Mary Meacham, Mrs. Emma Bailey,
and Mrs. T. K GARRISON.
1 Eight years ago two young Ger
| mans with their wives came to Grinnell
direct from the heart of Germany All
| four were hard working thrifty and
| frugal and began at once TO make
! homes for themselves. Last spring.
having prospered as thrifty foreigners
| do in this land Of high price for labor.
| they determined to take steamer for
/ the old home on a visit OF three
t months. In the midst of their visit TO
/ the old home the war cloud comes up
| quickly and the storm bursts before
| they can escape its fury. And SO
Henry and Willy Martens and their
wives and one little son are held in
J n l.
uralization papers and may be able
ing out o, the papers Of the other
i been completed and it is rumored here
/ that he has been forced into the army,
/ though this has not been verified
/ Mrs. ]. o. Robinson. aged nearly 80
years, died Thursday morning. at her
home nearly two miles west on the ex-
tension of Sixth avenue. Funeral ser
vices were held at the home this after
! noon at 2 o'clock.
Grinnell high school opens up a new
| department this fall in commercial
lines which will include Two years
course in English, bookkeeping, PEN
mansfip, shorthand, typewriting. COM
nercial arithmetic, geography and law.
, r. c. Trumbo, a graduate Of the com
mercial course at Simpson College, has
engaged to take charge Of this depart
ment for the coming year. A normal
training course will also be furnished.
]. c. Pierce, whose home has been in
Iowa City, resolved 20 change the resi-
dence Of himself and family to Grin
nell and has bought the residence at
14Is Third avenue, Of Mrs. j. II.
Alexander and is making preparations
to occupy il at once.
Roy Freeman has bought the resi-
dence property at 1917 Third avenue
Of Samuel B jenkins and Will occupy
it Sept /. jenkins goes east to visit
indefinitely with relatives.