Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-03
Grinnsll and Vicinity.

Grinnell, March S.-Weather OBJ
server D. w. Brainard reports Febru-
airy as follows: Mean maximum. 80;
mean minimum, s; mean average, IS;
highest, on the 25th, 81; lowest, on the
I'd, % below zero; snowfall, " inches;
clear days ~; partly cloudy, "A;
cloudy, 2. ca
Digging recently thru the frozen soil
to the depth of four and a half feet
has been the experience of superin-
tendent Of the water department Of
this city, Richard Thackeray, which. he
says, is the greatest depth of freezing
ne has found in the seven years Of his
experience in his present work.
A bricklayer on the new building Of
the electric plant reports that few
days of mild weather will see all the
brick work done there and part of that
force will be ready to put in their best
Hicks on the new dormitories for men
that have been slowly growing even
thru this most unusually severe
February.
Many citizens of Grinnell who have
for several years been familiar with
the name of the Grinnell Electric, and
Heating Company have looked with
some ssurprise upon, the front Of the
new plant just south Of the Rock
Island tracks, on Main street to read
the name in permanent built-in letters
iowa Heat, Light and Power Com
pany." The explanation has been
made recently that the Grinnell COM
pany, which was the first in long
10; Nf rtv 1ar 70 ha IN
Iowa, loses it's individuality and is
merged into the larger organization.
Landscape Architect Ray F. Weirick.
of Des Moines, who has been doing eX-
tensive work for the college here, will
give an educational as we'll as intense
" interesting illustrated lecture be-
fore the members OF tho Civic League
and visitors at their meeting on Mon
day afternoon at $3.50, in Blair hall.
The subject of the lecture is to be "The
Beauty Spots Of Our City; Their Pos
sfbilities.'
l.. w. Satchell has been planning for
some months to start on an overland
trip by auto to Los Angeles this spring.
He has now set the date as next Tues
day, March 6. Phil Strecle, also o citi-
zen here for many years, goes with
him. Mr.. tSatchell has two cars and
will\dri one while w. H. Beck drives
the other. Mr.. 'Satchelrs wife and
daughter have been in southern Cali
fornia for the past two years or more
and he will now settle there as the
permanent home Of the family. as he Is
to have charge Of all the western ter
ritory for his company.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Sylvester have
had q visit from their son, DR.. r. H.
Sylvester. who stopped on his way
from his home in Iowa City to Kansas
City, where he went to attend the ma
tinnal- convention cf :choo. saperin-
tendents.
Mrs. C. A. Ivans daughter OF ,Mr. and
Mrs. E. Hale Bump, Of this city, whom
she has been visiting for some weeks
started today TO 30 to her husband at
their new home in Sault ste Marie,
Mich. Mr.. Bump formerly was in
business in Sioux City but has moved
his jewelry stock to northern Michigan.
Mrs. Bump will visit briefly on her
way with her sister, Mrs. e. J. Starr, in
Plymouth.
Several months ago Frank Sickle q
Grinnell boy, sold out here and bought
a farm near Cambridge Springs, Pa.
Mrs Mary Sickle, of this city, his
mother, has Just left her home here to
make him and his family an extended
visit. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Powers and
their daughter, of Marshalltown: have
peen called to Grinnell by the critical
ifIneas Of the mother OF Mrs. Powers.
Mrs. Charles Bookneau.