Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-13
GrinnelI and Vicinity.


Grinnell. Sept. l3.-Announcement
has reached Grinnell of the marriage
of DR.. ]. r. Lewis of this city, to Miss
Harriet Kemp. at Denver, Colo. late
last week.
Miss Lodema Clements. daughter of
]. L. Clements, of New Sharon, is in
the GrinneIl city hospital seriously i'll
of typhoid fever.
Public school opened Monday with a
decided increase in attendance on high
school, there being SIS enrolled with
probably a dozen more in sight Fol-
lowing is a list of teachers in high
school and grades: Superintendent,
Eugene Hene.y; high school-Princi-
pal, Charles B. Bell: manual training,
Guy II. Nichols; home economics, Je2-
ME V. Weber: writing and drawing.
Hazel McLeland: music, Helen Thorn
son: commercial work, Frank A.
Urice: debating, E. D. Strong; Eliza
beth Fisher. lone Hutchinson, GeorS
lana Holloway. Hester Sanders, Lucille
Warner. Mary Taylor, Rose Rule, Han
nah McIlrath. Bessie Replogle, T. T.
Granny, Helen Trip. Maude Cessna,
and Miriam Taylor Cooper school
Edna Davis. principal; Edith Olauson,
Ruth Paine. Emma Frahm. Myrtle
Parks. Ethel Trimble. kindergarten.
Center school-Vera NJ. Snyder. Maude
Bortell Nettie Bayley, Daisy Bestor.
Emma Bobzin, Sara Warner, Ada
Swezey. Lillian Bray. Parker school
Kate Zimmerman, principal; Winifred
Jamison, Clara l. Smith. Ada B.
Smith. Merle Worth, Ida Woods. kin
dergarten. South school-Lizzie Davis.
principal; Lulu Baird, Ina Sprague.
Bertha Smith, kindergarten.
Prof. and Mrs H. w. Norris are
again at their home in this city after
a summer spent in Estes Park. Colo
Miss Ada Anderson left yesterday 20
take up for another year her work as
high school teacher in Wichita Falls
Tex.
The poultry display At the fair had
440 entries and eighty varieties Of
chickens were shown and the quality
is not often or easily surpassed. Grin
nell is continually improving, on her
poultry and pet stock shows.
Mrs. Edna Phiupott and Mis- Har-
riett Crabb, Grinnell's two leading
china painters. having made excellent
exhibits at the home fair. have gone
to Marshalltown to enter exhibits at
the Marshall county fair.
At the twenty seventh annual fair to
be held at Victor on the 18th. 18th and
14th of this month the races are all to
be local and much fun is expected.
There is 10 be also something entirely
new for that town. baby show, FOR
which elaborate plans are made and
in which prizes figure largely
AS a result Of the meeting held at
the Grinnell Savings Bank the other
evening it has been definitely deter
mined that health survey of Powe-
shiek county will De begun by a sur
vey Of Grinnel Immediately after
Christmas next. A trained nurse is
to be sent here, one who has had ex-
perience in detecting symptoms of
tuberculosis, and, in connection with
the local physicians, will make tabu-
lated statement Of her findings. Dr.
John H. Peck, of Des Moines. was here
at the meeting and threw much light
on the methods Of work for the better
ing of the health conditions of the
community.
A checking up OF the Books shows
more accurately the results of the five
day fair closed last week in Grinnell.
The total attendance was over 1900
paid entrances which. with the chill
dren added, will make well towards
$4,000 in all. The receipts from tickets
were s5,36s, and the total receipts were
over $500 There were more than
paid on 1910 exhibits.
IT ~ H. g. l..
on large amount Of grading in the
city. On Washington avenue there is
some 1900 cubic yards needed to fill in
around the new concrete bridge and
some 5000 cubic yards OF grading is
needed in other streets. Bids will be
opened on the 25th instant.
The Reliance Oil Refining Company,
Of Chicago, has bought out the stock,
business and good will of the Grinnell
Chemical Company from F. J. Martin,
the proprietor, and will name it The
Reliance Chemical Company. After
complete invoice the stock will be
shipped from this city to the sub
station of the company at Dubuque.
Mr.. Martin Is retained by the COM
pany and is to have headquarters at
Cedar Rapids.
The opening Of the graded schools
of the city on Monday morning and
the additional entries up to date make
showing Of s53 grade pupils. There
were also 37s high school pupils and
forty teachers 10 begin the years
work in education.
Local veterinarians report hog
cholera as again epidemic and raging,
though not as bad as 1t was some
years ago. DR.. Weaver, the govern
ment veterinarian, and DR.. Underwood,
Of Des Moines. were investigating in
this region on Saturday last and were
taken by Veterinarian March Green Of
this city to some farms near here
where the disease Is in prog ress.
c. o. Macy, Of Lynnville, has re-
Gently bought what has been known
for many years as the William Prosser
farm, Of $50 acres, several miles south
Of Grinnell. the price paid being $500
an acre. This is one Of the finest
farms in Poweshiek county. Mr.. Pros
ser's death some years ago left his
aged widow unable to care for the
place and 50 It has now come upon the
market.
The members Of the city council in