Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-01
GrinnelI and Vicinity,

Special to Times-Republican.
Grinnell, Nov 1.-The fire whistle
called out the fire department on Sat
urday evening, the third call within
as many days, to the blazing barn II
Clarence Failor, on Center street, but
not in time to save the structure No
statement of the origin of the fire has
been made public.
Rev. William H Kent, pastor IT the
Congregational church at Whiting,
held the interest Of these present at
the morning service yesterday at the
| Congregational church in this city,
from start to finish. by his story OF
the evolution Of the Whiting church
into a veritable social, educational.
physical development, and religious
center for that town and its immediate
environment. For town of 500 peo-
! pie to put UP church costing $4,000
and add $4,000 to that as an endow-
ment for public library. with two
other competing churches to work the
credible. Yet larger things still are
expected by the pastor and the people
! Of that small town The starting of
this enterprising movement In the
| name of religion and from loyalty to
! the church and of the gradual develop
ment UP to the present stage is a her
aid of the age when the young men
shall see visions and the old men shall!
dream dreams" Mr.. Kent preached an
appealing sermon In the evening also.
Miss Jennie Eillman, of this city,
came home from her business position
| in Marshalltown for IN over-Sunday
visit at the parental home and was
accompanied by Miss Hope Hobbs, Of
! Marshalltown
| James St. John, the Grinnell Rhodes
scholarship student at Oxford. has
written of his safe arrival and that he
| is now deep in Oxford duties.
| The necessity OF a pastors study at
I the center 81 business in the city has
led the trustees OF the Congregational
church to authorize the addition OF
room for that purpose on the southeast
corner Of the present Congregational
church. The space is already rooted
| and has been used for many years as q
/ porch and a covering fo- a driveway
| in the days when people came from
considerable distances with teams. The
room will accomrn odate both the pas
| tor and the assistant pastor and be
much more comm odious and conven
| lent than the open room on the north
I Of the church that has heretofore heen
the only place at the church where
either pastor could meet those who de-
| sired a conference
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hall are enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Needham.
who are on their way home from
long visit on the western coast.
A ditching machine and a force OF
some twenty workmen are now en-
eyo ~,
the thing for the outlet on the south
sewer and also to take the east side
sewage as soon az the deep tunnel Is
Ecompleted and proper connections are
made. The ]. W. Turner Improvement
Company, of Des Moines. has the con-
tract for this outlet and the septic
tank and filter bed at the end of the
sewer some two miles or more from
the city limits.
Mrs William Dittmer. living near
the cemetery greenhouse is suffering
from a bad sprain to her right arm
received when she tripped on a loose
board in the yard and fell heavily IS
the ground.
Mr.. and Mrs William Allison, three
and half miles north of this city, an
nounce the birth OF son.
Mrs, Glare f. Hughes, Mrs. A. c.
Norris, Mrs. D. A. Shook and Mrs. E.
NJ. Whiting were representatives of the
Grinnell lodge Of the O. F. g at the
grand chapter meeting in Des Moines.
The members here and other friends
are congratulating Mrs. Hughes on her
reelection to the office of grand sec
rotary.
I Mrs. George B. critchett has had
/ the pieast1re OF visit from her sis
ter, Mrs. Belle Hansen. who has rome
to MarenSo to visit another sister and
goes from that place 10 her home IN
Ida Grove.
The Mexican who recently terror.
| lied some Bulgarians by entering their
4 abode and shooting thru the roof Of the
structure. had his trial before Justice
F. P. Marvin and. in default of bonds
to the extent OF $500. was sent to the
county Jail at Montezuma to await the
| action Of the grand jury.
The average height Of the land OF
Switzerland abova the sea level ID
1858 feet. -