Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-22
Grinnell and Vicinity.
Al to Ttmes-Republican.

Grinnell, Aug. 22.-The Grinnell BOY
Scouts have been making good progress
under the general guidance OF Scout
masters f. f. Amy and w. r. kinZer.
The two troops are recruited nearly up
to full strength and they have been
enrolled in the national organization OF
the BOY Scouts of America. Troop /
has Professor Almy as scoutmaster ana
A. d. Talbot, c. A. Blair, and A. T..
Cross as troop council. Troop has
Dr. Kinzer as scoutmaster and V. u.
Preston, II. /. Yeager, and Rev. j. M.
Brown as troop council. The scouts are
preparing to take week OF camping
at Clear Lake as soon as the necessary
preparations can be made and the
funds are in sight
Theodore Crosby, II years Of age, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Crosby, mas
been i'll for a week or more. AT first
he was thought to be threatened with
typhoid. A day or two ago 1t was de-
cided that he was having an attack
of the new malady, infantile paralysis
1t attacked the face but not the limbs
and he is reported today as apparently
recovering. Medical men here are
watching closely the symptoms IN at
least one other case but 1t Is hoped
there will be no spread of the dis
ease.
The Grinnell aviator, o. w. Timm
has contract with the state fair man
agement to do some fancy air stunts
at Des Moines during the state fair. IL
is announced that he will do all tho
wonderful things that have been done
there before and then some. Mr. Timm
Is but 90 years old and looks even less
than that, but he has been In the game
for several years and is an expert
mechanician as well as a cool headed
manipulation of his machine. which has
been made by himself and under his
immediate supervision for just such
daring deeds as he is now undertake
ing.
DR.. and Mrs c. j. Turner have been
visiting for some weeks at the home OF
Mrs. Turner's father Mr.. VIII Fl. Alley
in this city. They have just now moved
to Charter Oak, where Dr. Turner will
open an office for the practice of dem
tistry.
c. r. Bean is to leave Grinnell the
first Of next month to study osteopathy
in Des Moines. Mr.. Bean is a good
musician and will be missed from the
band and orchestra Of this city. His
family will go to the old home at Mar
engo for the present. He expects to
spend about three years in completing
his osteopathic studies
The Grinnell Commercial Club has
arranged with the ladies of Chester
Center church to bring a hungry crowd
Of Grinnellites there on Thursday even
ing to make way with the supper OF
the kind they always furnish and which
the people of Grinnell have sampled on
many different occasions, 1t Is expected
that large crowd will be present.
Other social centers in this vicinity will
be visited in the same way later.
Sunday last was the 37th birthday
Of Mr.. Arthur Fleener, living south OF
Grinnell. and also the Attn birthday OF
George Arment, a brother law OF
Mr.. F'leener. SO the members of the
clan to the number of thirty-five came
together to the joint celebration. Each
of the men was presented with a fine
easy chair as perpetual reminder OF
the occasion. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. John O. Fleener and family,
Of Searsboro: H. Fl. Fleener and wife,
of Grinnell; Mr.. and Mrs. S l.. Fleener
and daughter Margery, OF New Sharon;
Clifford Fleener and family, of Blue
Point; Eu Davidson and family. OF Blue
Point; George Arment and family, OF
Lynnville: Robinson Reeves. of Des
Moincs; Earl Longaker and family.
mother and brother. of Taintor.
Announcements are out of the coming
marriage of two Of Iowa Colleges grad
yates, Miss Pearl Kelsey, of the class
of 1915, and Mr.. Harry Gross. of the
class of 1916, on the 30th of this month.
at Monticello. the home Of the brideto
be. Mr.. Cross will be assistant to Pro-
fessor Conrad. of the botany depart
ment in the college here next year,
rooms being engaged at the l.. NJ. Smith
home, 1014 East street.