Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-19
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Special TO Times Republican.
Grinnell, Feb. 19.-The plans for the
new Sunday school building for the
congregational church of this city are
nearly completed and will be submitted
to the inspection of the church mem :
bership and congregation In mover
way on Sunday morning next. The
auditorium Will be darkened and the
enlarged plans flashed upon a screen.
The floor plans and elevations have
been approved by the committee ana
are now i'm the hands of the architects
for estimates of the cost of building.
The whole business will be ready for
the final action of the church next
week. q
Prof. James Hardy Ropes announces
three special lectures this week to
which the general public is invited. the
general topic being, "The Application
of the New Testament Teaching OF
Sociology" The first one will be given
at chapel on Tuesday morning, the
other two in the auditorium of the new
alumni recitation building at 81 on
the afternoons OF Wednesday and Fiji
day
The Womens Relief Corps at their
regular meeting on Saturday afternoon
arranged to change their usual Tuesday
afternoon social TO Thursday afternoon,
with a picnic supper to follow the
Washington birthday program. which
the members of Gordon Granger post
are asked to arrange.
The college has dismissed classes for
Washingtons birthday and will hold a
combination Lincoln's and Washing
tons birthday celebration. DR.. John
Gardner pastor of the Union church or
Chicago, a personal friend OF President
Main. has been invited to speak in the
chapel at 10 O'Clock in the morning
and there will be special music both
then and later and social meetings APP
propriate TO the occasion. Invitations
have been extended to the members OF
the Grand Army post, the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Women
Relief Corps to come in force t" the
morning meeting in the chapel,
The competition of the Southern
Iowa Fair organized in Oskaloosa has
proved so great, even in the short time
it las been in existence, that the di-
citation have voted not to try to have
another fair and to sell the fair
grounds.
Rev. Joseph Sopher, pastor of the
Friends church Of this city, will speak
tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock, at the
Congregational church, before the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
on the topic, Present Day Reformers.
Mrs Fowler will sing.
In what at first seemed to be very
serious case in superior court on Fri
day afternoon, IN which William Went
zell appeared as the plaintiff against
Frank and John Mcdonald accused. Of
beating him up seriously, Judge Rob
ison dismissed the accused on the
ground that the elder Mcdonald took
no part in the ARRAY and that the com
plainant Wentzel was the aggressor
and the physician pronounced his in
juries only superficial. The cause of
the difficulty was a difference Of opin-
ion over the dividing of some hay
- Clint HefsirNan, of Grinneit'. has
traded qsartA section farm in Ches-
ter township to W. G. Bair, of Malcolm,
and taken over Mr.. BARS lumber and
grain business, possession to be given
March |. Mr.. Bair has not told his
friends Of his future plans,
Mrs. NJ. J. Hurdle is having visit
of some weeks from her cousin, Mrs
G. e. Webster, of Medical Lake, Wash.
Mrs. +, f. Talbot has had two
weeks v!sit from her mother. Mrs. L.
c. Griffin who has now gone to visit
her son at Big Sandy, Tex.
The Ottumwad Grinnell high school
game OF basketball played in the
armory in this city on Friday evening
resulted in % to s score In favor OF
the visitors The game Is pronounced
a much better one than the look at the
score board would indicate. Grnnel
fought we'll against superior skill.