Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-14
GrinneII and Vicinity.
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| GrinneIl and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. Aug. IA. The Sheridan
Methodist Episcopal church begins to-
morrow full week Of celebration of
the forty eighth anniversary of the or
ganization of that church The morn
ing sermon will be preached by Rev.
DR.. I. N. Busby, who reorganized the
firstc lass there in 1867. Morning SER
vices are at IL o'clock. At IL there
will be- a sociable basket dinner. At
2 o'clock there will be "reminiscences
led by c. F. Randall. Rev. DR.. ]. M.
Brown, pastor of the Methodist church
at Grinnell, will preach at 3. At In
the evening the Union Epworth
League will have charge Of the service.
the leader being j. A. Current, OF
Tracy. There will be services each
evening thru the week. On Monday
evening the sermon will be by Rev.
Mr.. Gleworth, Of Tama. On Tuesday
evening Rev. w. S. Right, OF Des
Moines, will preach. On Wednesday
evening the Grinnell gospel team OF the
Methodist church will have charge OF
the services. Rev. c. II. Montgomery.
Of Kirksville, will preach to his old
parishioners on Thursday evening.
Rev. w. B. Wilson, former pastor of
the Christian church OF Grinnell, will
give the Friday evening sermon. On
Saturday evening the sermon will be
by Rev. H. L. Wissler. OF Chester Cen.
ter. On the closing day, Sunday. Aug.
%, there will be baptism and recep-
ton Of members into the church AT
b in the afternoon there will be a spe-
cial Sunday school rally. At in the
evening the closing service will be held
with sermon by the pastor Miss
Suzanna Gardner. Of Wellman, Will
| take the lead in tho singing.
| An important business change has
l. Just been contaminated by the pur-
chase of the interest of w. c. Hastings
in the grain and coal business here
tofore conducted under the firm name
of Wilson & Hastings. by N. Mayo
Harris, OF this city. Mr.. Harris was i'll
the grain business for many years In
Montezuma. He moved to Grinnel
some fifteen years ago or more for the
sake Of school and college advantages.
He Ia interested in the banking BUSH
ness here and elsewhere. His friends
and acquaintance supposed he had
gone out Of active mercantile business
for the rest Of his life and to take
things easy. The new firm will be
Wilson & Harris. Mr.. Hastings has
not made public his intentions for the
future.
| S. H. Crosby, who some time ago
| bought the two story brick building at
S11 Fourth avenue, now occupied by
the meat market Of the Grinnell Pro-
vision Company, has sold the same to
s. J. Pooley. cashier Of the Grinnel!
Savings Bank. 1t is not expected that
| there will be any change In the occu-
pancy os the building which has beer
for many years used as a meat mar
ket below and offices above.
Grinnelrs bitulithic paving still con-
tinues to be Of interest to the officials
of other towns and cities contem-
plating paving. The last Of such Of
! ficials to visit Grinnell and critically
examine the paving that has had five
| or six years Of hard service was the
entire city council Of Valley Junction.
who were here on Thursday and
opened bids for paving in their own
town that evening.
| Allan r. Hawley, president Of the
Aero Club Of America, has given Pres
ident T.. B. Brande, of the Grinnell
Aeroplane Company, his sanction Of
The plan of forming an Iowa Aero
Club and assured him that Grinnell
shall be the headquarters Of such state
club when formed. All arrangements
are being made for the formation OF
a state organization Of this city and
soon another big boost will have been
given in this part Of the country to the
air navigation development.
! Mrs. Amy A. Price and her daugh-
ter Miss Ellen Price. started this
morning for Davenport, from which
place they embark this afternoon on
the Mississippi steamer for Minneapo-
zig. From, that point Mrs. Price plans
to return direct by rail to their home
while Miss Price may go to Milwaukee
and thence to Chicago before coming
home. ~
/ Mr.. John c. Manly. who fell some
months ago and injured anew the right
hip in which he had been crippled for
some years, has just had x-ray treat
ment at Iowa City and discovered that
the hip bone was broken by his fall.
just at the socket. 1t is hoped that
he may be able to get considerable re-
| lief from q brace that is being devised
to At the injured part.