Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-22
GrinneIl and Vicinity.

| Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell Nov. 21.--A meeting of I'M
usual interest was held by the mems
| bible class of the Methodist church on
! Tuesday evening. The class has over
eighty members. After a supper In
the church dining room the men ad-
| journed to the class room. where the
| leader, r. C. Coutts, gave brief DEM
| onstration of the methods of seareh-
! Ing for truth used in the regular class
work. This was followed by live
! address by Rev. DR. Bovard. Of Chi
| cago, on methods and spirit of, the
| work in bringing in recruits to the
| Sunday school. Rev. DIR. Minear, sup
| erintendcnt of the Oskaloosa district.
was present and added to the interest
| Of the occasion. Pastors from Monte
yuma and Malcolm were there. This was
one Of a series of meetings Of the COM
mittpe for the county, held at the most
! important Centers to put and keep the
| machinery in operation to secure the
general increase Of Is per cent at least
! in SUNDAY school mem bership and at
| tendance.
The Grinnel chapter Of the Red
| Cross is making strong effort to have
| ready the fvo DdSS Loi S-iN
| soldiers fixed as their quota
Alice Smith was arrested by the local
| officers here and turned over to the
custody of Deputy Sheriff E. A. Allen
| der, of Mahaska county, wher she was
wanted on charge of shoplifting.
A new volume is promised the pub
! lie from the pen of Prof. Jesse Macy
| OF Grinneu College. 1t is to be entitled
The Crusade Against Slavery and Is
| to be part Of a series OF fifty volumes
that are to revise the records and
| bring United States history up to the
| line of modern thought.
With an army Y NJ. c. A. quota OF
| $500 assigned Malcolm has over sub
scribed practically 100 per cent. The
sum of 5000 was raised in less than
! half an hour at one mass meeting.
Grinnell is to have a Red Cross sale
! extraordinary on Saturday OF this
| week, all the animals and articles sold
being donated and the time and talent
| of the auctioneers being also given to
| the humanitarian cause. There will be
| a sale Of all kinds OF live stock and
| fowls and pet stock at the j. W. Norris
| barn on Fourth avenue. This Will be
| miscellaneous articles OF all descrip-
| tons. This is not confined to the city
| as surrounding farmers are giving
| farm products of all kinds. Every
| dollar taken in goes into the Golfers OF
the Red Cross.
George Berry, son of w. w. Berry,
sends word and photos from Camp
| Cody. showing that the Grinnen con-
| tinzent down there have put Grinnell
| on that map by making the name
| "Grinnelr" in stones in front Of their
| tent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Van Ausdeil, who
| have been in Grinnell for a year or
two while Mr. Van Ausdall was taxi
| ing work in the college. have gone on
| a visit at the homes of their respective
parents. Mrs. Van Ausdell was Miss
| Wissler, of Chester.
The many friends OF Prof John S.
| Nollen, formerly OF Iowa College in
| Grinnell but for some years president
Of Lake Forest University. will be in
| terested to learn that he has gone to
France to engage in army Y. NJ. c. A.
| work.
Harry Elliott and Miss Esther Bell,
accompanied by Vincent Hotchkin and
Miss Edna Brooke. went to Des Moines
| and were united in marriage by Rev.
Mr.. Smith, of the Methodist church.
! The young couple are at home on the
| Elliott farm west of Grinnell. with the
| grooms mother.
! The Red Cross and the army Y. NJ.
| C. A benefited sl4363 each by the
third presentation o fthe County Fair"
| by the Grinnell Country Club.
| Miss Edna Sherman plans to return
| to her Colorado home this week after
a visit with her sister, Mrs. George
Thomson, of Chester.