Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-07
Grinnell and Vicinity.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Grinnell. April THE old city coun-
Gil met in regular session on Monday
night, passed the resolution Of neces-
sity for some miles of bitulithic paw
ing, the bids to be opened on the 3rd
of June, then dissolved and the new
mayor and council were sworn in. The
new mayor made the following appoint
ments: City health physician. Dr.. E.
E. Harris; street commissioner. 7. R.
Phipps; marshal, John A. Lee; deputy
marshal, Hugh Jacobs; engineer for
city water works, W. A. Hendry: Gus
todian of Forbes fund, e. j. Hadley.
The council elected A. G. Hartman to
succeed himself as city clerk and in
creased his salary from 5000 to $1,000
per year. H. l.. Boyer was elected
to succeed himself as city solicitor.
A resolution ordering in several blocks
Of sidewalk in various locations was
introduced by Councilman Hunt and
passed. A much needed street light
just north Of the Rock Island tracks
at the Park street crossing was Or
dered in. Some bad pieces of sidewalk.
on the south side of Commercial street.
on Broad street in front Of the Barber
Lumber Company's building, and IN
West street were ordered brought to
grade. The pay Of workmen on the
new booster water pipe work was
raised from 81 to $125 per rod for six
inch pipe.
At the meeting Of the woman's Civic
League on Monday afternoon, the same
being in charge of the parent-teachers'
association OF Cooper school, the prin-
cipal interest centered in the necessity
of a nurse to look after the health
of the children, taking care of chill
dren when the first symptoms of any
disease are discernible and thus pre-
venting the spread Of communicable
diseases. Miss Bortell threw much
light on the subject by the relation
Of her experience in the schools OF
Everett, Wash. a resolution was
passed by the league asking the school
board to employ a school nurse and a
petition to that effect was very gen.
orally signed by those at the meeting.
The annual meeting of the Ladies
Cemetery Association of Chester was
held recently and the following officers
We're elected for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. George Hafky; vice
president, Mrs. Ralph Sherman: sec
rotary and treasurer, Mrs. John J.
Dempster; director (for three years.
Mrs. E. D. Forehand; flower commit
tee, Mrs. Frank Wesco. The financial
report showed q balance of cash on
hand of $390.21.
Tomorrow is the date for the meet
ing in this city of the seventh district
branch Of the Iowa Osteopathic Asso-
citation There will be an afternoon
session for business and banquet at
the Monroe hotel in the evening. The
business session will be at the office
Of DR. U. NJ. Hibbetts. Some twenty
osteopaths are expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. e. Wright, 1903
Sixth avenue, announce the birth Of a
daughter.
Mrs. F. G. Lewis has been so critic
ally i'll that her son Ben has been
called from his home in Texas to be
with her.
Samuel Nelson, Jr.. is again at the
family home here after a month spent
, in the south at Hot Springs and other
points in Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Myers were called
to Battle Creek, Mich, very recently
because Of the death Of Mrs. Myers
father, Dr.. A. W. Alvord. While there
their little son David developed ap-
pendicitis and was compelled to under
go an operation and he and his mother
will be obliged to remain there for
some weeks longer.