Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-29
house and barn on his farm four miles
north OF town. This will make three
sets of new buildings on this 300 acre
farm
GrinnelI and Vicinity.

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Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, July 2s.-Rev. DIR. d. P.
Breed, whose severance of relations as
financial agent for Iowa college was
noted in these columns recently, has
accepted the call of the Paulina Street
| CONGREGATIONAL church in Chicago and
goes to his new passionate on Sept. l.
Mr.. Breed has been financial secretary
of the college here for the past nine
years and has been very successful.
For seven years before that date he
was in charge of the field work of the
Iowa Congregational Home Missionary
Society. Mrs. Breed. too, has been
largely identified s.. vita missionary
work both locally, and over the state.
Both will be greatly missed from
Grinnen College and. church circles.
Rev. A. c. Hacks. is TO come to make
Grinnell his home about Sept. l, from
his present home in Dickinson, n d.
He is to.take the position in the state
at large recently vacated by Rev. II.
W. futile when be became financial
secretary OF Iowa College, that of di-
rector of religious education for the
CONGREGATIONAL conference OF Iowa.
Mr.. Hacke has bought for his home
the residence at 91of Elm street,
formerly owned by John Eighme. Mr..
HaCke has hc en- for the past. six years
pastor of the First congregational
church of Dickinson and comes to
Gr!nneu with an enviable record in
that place.
j. D. HUnlhert, a former resident OF
this city for some years, has returned
and entered the service of the Spauld-
ing company but Nil probably be on
the road most Of the time. going Tor
the present TO Waco Tex.
After the election by the city council
Of e NJ Nicely for fire chief and Ed
Jones as assistant fire chief of the
Grirnell fire department the men got
together and elected the following ad-
d.tioaai officers: Will Jones. foreman;
Clarence Rose, assistant foreman;
Cedric Barnes. president; Will Lay
miller. vice president: Mike Garrisan;
secretary; Bud Stowe, treasurer.
The Gr!nneu school board met in
business session yesterday afternoon
and canvassed the bids on the
projected new grade building 10 take
the place of the old South school. AS
the lowest bid submitted was s2o.oev
higher than the sum voted by the
people for the building all bids were
rejected and there seems TO be nothing
to do but modify the plans Of the
structure.
The two story brick business build
ing on the north side Of Fourth avenue
and next west of the Swisher brothers
clothing store, occupied for many
years as a meat market by the Grin
nell Provision Company, and owned
for some time by Cashier S. J. Poo!ey,
Of the Savings Bank, has been sofa 10
Warder H Steaks, who buys II as an
investment and has no intention OF
making any change in the occupancy
a, present. The present occupants have
a four year lease still before them.
Charles l.. Gardner. who is here
from his home in Coronado, CAL on
visit at the home Of his son, William
finds this excessively heated season
pretty trying on the nerves and plans
TO go to visit his daughter, Mrs. I. T..
Franklin. in the cooler climate OF the
tall timber near Duluth. MINI.
President and Mrs. J. H. Main nave
started on their summer vacation, go
ing TO Chicago. thence to New YORK
then to some restful location on the
New England coast
Arthur Marvin has returned 10 MS
home in Portland, Ore, having oeeh
called from there to GrinneH lass
week by the death Of his father, Rev
John T. Marvin.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. 3. Work and their
little son. and DR.. and Mrs. .. r
Parish went by auto Yesterday after
noon 10 Pella 10 be present al the De-
Ham home for a farewell cnicken
dinner to Rev. and Mrs. 4. B. DeHaah'
before they start on their long journey
70 the missionary field Of China.
DR.. and Mrs. S. G. Puck have been
en- loving a visit from Mr.. and Mrs. h
NJ Child. OF York, Neb., and Mr.. ana
Mrs. H. ". DAWSON. Of Central Point
Ore. all Of whom came by auto from
York early this week. Today all three
families started for the Frank ITiss
home at Rockford, Iowa. The three
women Of the party are sisters OF Mr..
Trigg.
Mr.. and Mrs George W. Cowden
have been enjoying visit from MT
and Mrs. D. ]. Cowden, who have now
returned to their home in Adair. The
men are brothers.
The city council has before il the
inportant work Of electing mayor TO
succeed Mayor A c. Norris, resigned;
a city attorney TO succeed Will G..
Ravburu. resigned, and a councilman
to succeed F. E. Mintle, OF the Fourth
ward deceased.