Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-04
Grinnsli and Vicinity.

Grinnell. April Aviator A. c.
Beach, who fell with the monoplane
some fifty feet on Sunday and was
stunned and bruised severely. is re-
ported as resting we'll and in fair
way to complete recovery. Physicians
report brain conclusion but that II
is not thought to be severe enough to
trouble him permanently. He was I'M
I conscious much of the day Of the ac-
cident and that night but has had In
: tervals OF clearness of mind since.
The monoplane was wreck except
the motor and was hauled down to the
factory on Commercial street yester-
| day Mrs. Beach was a witness of
the start. the brief flight Of couple
Of hundred yards, and the fall She
feared that he might be more liable to
serious injury from the fact of his
/ having recently come out of a hos
! pital in Florida where he met with an
accident while up in a British military
tractor biplane.
! Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Schiller, liv-
! ing some six miles east of Grinnell an
nounce the birth Of a daughter.
! The Grinnell Register has Just
secured the services of Frank Heating,
who comes here from Greene. Mrs.
Heating will join him in a few weeks.
T. J. Bray. OF the legal firm OF Bray
Shiflet & Wilkie. has decided to
change his residence from Grinneh to
Oskaloosa. The firm has maintained
an office al Oskaloosa for several
months and Mr. Wilk!e has been
resident OF that city for some time.
Mr.. Sh!Hiett Will be left in charge Of
the Grinnell office and Mr.. Bray will
be about as near 10 Montezuma. the
county seat OF Poweshiek. where he -
living in the county seat OF Mahaska
as he is when in Grinnel.
W. E Mackey. who is an extensive
land owner in Poweshiek county and
lives in Montezuma, has been in
Grinnen looking for a suitable resi-
dence for his family SO that he can
move here and send his children 10
college,
Funeral services were held this
afternoon al $50 at the home of Mr..
and Mrs, J. c. Goodrich. l221 Broad
street over the body Of Mrs. Frank
Porter, whose death at Longmont,
Colo was announced in this column
last week. She is survived by hus-
band, four sons and three daughters,
Mr.. and Mrs Porter have lived for
some years in Clark's Grove, near
Albert Lea, Mimi.
John Shoemaker was severely hurt
on Saturday at the Spaulding factory
when a board was thrown violently
from one Of the saws against his an
domen. Whether there was any In
ternal rupture Is not yet certain. but
there will be need for great care for
some time.
Mrs. J. G. Henry has been here with
her daughter Mary. from their home
in Des Moines- to make arrangements
for the entering Of Miss Mary into
college in the second semester.
Miss Marjorie Radsord. accompanied
by her friend. Miss Adelaide Sibley
has gone 10 Chicago to spend the
spring vacation at the home OF her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Radford-
! Mrs. Paul G. Norris is chairman OF
me committee TO prepare the April en-
tertainment for the members OF the
: Gr!nnell Country Club house north OF
the city. The other members OF the
committee are Mrs. N. 6. Wray. Mrs
8. J. Pooley. Mrs. L G. Lemley. Mrs.
Homer Richardson, Mrs Edna Philpott
and Mrs c. K. Eeedham-
! Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Gillespie started
last night on their return TO their
home in Big Sandy. Mont. They have
! been visiting relatives and friends in
GrinneIl and vicinity for several weeks.
+ Superintendent and Mrs. Eugene
Henely entertained over Sunday Hon.
and Mrs. a. ". Niles, Of Livingstone,
Mont.
! DR. and MIS-. j. P. Sprague, Of the
college here are having the pleasure
Of visit from Mrs. Sprague's parents.
STR. and Mrs. Franklin Maxim. who
come from their home in Paris, Ne.
Mr.. Maxim is a civil war veteran and
interested the veterans and the mem
bers Of the relief corps at the joint
meeting on Saturday by an account OF
post and corps conditions in the ex-
treme east.