Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-24
GrinneIl and Vicinity.

Grinneil and Vicinity.
Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. Jan. 24-The first meet ing
held here in connection with the lay
mans missionary conference in DeS
Moines next month, will be on Thurs
day evening next. when Rev. H. A.
Maynard, recently missionary in Tur-
key, and President w. T. Holmes. of
TougalOo University, Mississippi, will
speak in the Congregational church.
The meeting is attracting considerable
outside attention and delegations are
looked for from surrounding towns.
On Friday evening of this week the
people OF Grinnell Will have the pleas
ure of listening to DR. s. Parkes Cad
man, of the Central congregational
church of Brooklyn. \. Y. on the sub
jeCt William T.. Gladstone, the Chris
tian Statesman" DR.. Cadman is spec
ial lecturer ar Yale, Harvard. Amherst
and other noted universities and COL
leges over the country and the COL
lege and citizens here consider them
selves especially fortunate in being
able to hear him here
Invitations are out to the favored
800 today 70 attend the sophomore
senior banquet to be given in TIE
Quadrangle aquarium" on Saturday
evening of this week. The affair is in
the hands of the 1918 committee as
follows: Ftber Palmer. chairman: Earl
kilgoro. Robert Aborn. Harold Fouke
Ray Bohlman. Anne Jones. Toinette
Swan. Helen Richter. Dorothy McCune
and Jeanette Thompson. Eber Palmer
Will be POSTMASTER and there will be
responses from the following persons:
Professors ]. 2. Ryan and II. w. Nor
ris will speak for the faculty; Maurice
frldlund and Margaret Hunt will rep
resent the Sophomores; Fred Little and
Grace Waters will represent the SEN
iors.
There was an attendance of about a
hundred at the annual meeting of the
Baptist church and the reports of the
various branches of church work wers
quite encouraging. There has been an
encouraging gain in, general member
ship, an increased average Sunday
school attendance. and a marked in =.
crease in the attendance upon the mid
week meetings of the church. There
was slight deficit in the general fl
nancial fund Of the church but all other
funds have substantial balances on
hand. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Trustees,
F. P. Marvin, George l. Brown, O. j.
Worchester: dsacons. c. f. Decatur,
Ellis Kinnan, A. c. Norris: treasurer,
w. r. Scandrett: missionary treasurer.
Miss Annie Sanders: clerk. G. +.
Kicker; Sunday school superintendent,
NJ. L. Norris, pastor Of the church,
Frank H. Webster
The good reports made by Grinnell
pet stock men at the mid-winter show
here were verified and repeated at the
Chicago show, where silver cups We're
won by Ernest Alley. who won the
special prize on senior Belgian hares
and on New Zealand, and by Fred Rose
who won special on his junior Belgians
The 18th of February has been an
nounced as the day for the second an
nual college chess tournament at Grin
nell, which will last but one day and
is designated a knock out tourna-
ment." The prize is to be a loving cup
donated by Prof. A f. Buck, of the
college, and any student or member
of the faculty or resident of the city
I may enter the competition. Contest
ants will be chosen by lot Play viii
until noon. 1t will be resumed at 9
O'Clock and continue until the victor
is announced. Fred s. Hazard. who
won last years trophy cup. is chair
man Of the tournament committee this
year.
| Arrangements are in progress for the
usual observance by the members OF
/ Gordon Granger Post, G. A. R.. and the
Woman's Relief Corps of Lincoln s
ary Appropriate singing, readings and
an address will make up the program
which will probably be held in the G.
| A. r. hall.
There Is a rumor of Washington
! birthday Joint celebration to be staged
! by the united efforts of the Sons and
J the Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton. Plans are not yet definite. but
| it is hoped that the Sons may by that
time have a perfected organization as
chapter and that Elbridge D. Hadley
secretary of the Iowa society, may be
with us for an address.
| Thomas Cessna and Miss Mildred
Feeble, both of this city, were mar.
ried in Des Moines recently as a sur.
prise to their many friends here TIL.
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jol,r
T. Cessna Of this city. The bride ha.
been private secretary for Mr.. z. II
Spaulding. A reception was held at tn.
Yeager apartment at Hotel Monroe lag
evening. The groom is in the office O
Marvin and Cessna.