Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-01
GrinnelI and Vicinity.


Grinnell. June Miss Rada Paw
Iowa. a returned missionary from Bull
garia, is the guest of Rev, Mr.. and
Mrs. Welles. of Chester Center. and
will give an address on Sunday morn
| ing next at the Congregational church
there, of which Mr.. Welles Is pastor.
Miss Pavlova has been associated in
her missionary labors with sister OF
Mrs. Welles, with headquarters at
| Monastir. Serbia.
The army Y. NJ. c. A. soliciting cam
paign has been broken into somewhat
| by the attention given to Memorial
day but the fund has already risen to
$3.50 with the almost certainty OF
| bringing it up to $500 In this city.
| D. w. Yates, the oblisng ticket
agent at this point for the Rock Island
road, goes today to Chicago with the
expectation of being a part Of the mill
tary contingent to go to France under
General Pershing.
Some friends, in his boyhood. Of
Charles Mckay Saltzman of Panora
who now live in this city, are pleased
| to learn that he has just been pro-
| NOTED to a colOnelcy In the signal
corps of the regular army Of the Unit
| ed States. Colonel Saltzman gradual
| ed from the public school of Panora
into the Guthrie county high school
and then spent year in Iowa College
| in Grinnell. While here he was init
mately connected with W. G.. Ray, who
| was formerly for some years principal
of the Guthrie county high school!
| Colonel Saltzman has been located in
y, 1cr M
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Hopkins. with
their little daughter. came last eve
| ming from Chicago for visit at the
parental D. A. Hopkins home in this
city. They We're accompanied by, Mrs
Mary Harrington. who has been spend
| ing the winter in Chicago.
| The graduating class of the high
school raised a monument to them
selves, their school and the city when
they raised the sum of So for the
army Y. NJ. c. A. fund.
William Grub left Grnnell about a
month ago to visit his daughter in De-
troit, Mich. The sad news has just
come back to Grinnell relatives and
friends of his death in that city, after
an illness Of only about a week. The
body Is to be brought to Grinnell and
funeral services held at the home OF
his daughter. Mrs Mitchell, at 1914
Center street but the details have not
yet been arranged.
| The Grinnell Ministerial Association
! will hold the last meeting of the sea
son at the Congregational church on
Monday next at 1880 o'clock II has
been decided to hold the union meet
;ngs during the months of July and
August in the Methodist church.
| Mr. and Mrs. j. L. Nicely are plan
ming to start next week on a journey
back to the old home scenes of Mrs.
Neely's childhood. They will visit her
birthplace in Jerusalem, y. Y. and
| then. go to her later home at Antioch,
o.
| A union meeting of the four parent
| teachers associations of this city will
be held next Monday afternoon at 1
O'Clock. at the high school building.
Plans will be discussed for enlarging
the scope Of usefulness Of these orga-
niZations. Some speaker who has been
trained in such work will address the
gathering and Miss Helen Thomson.
who has charge Of the public school
music, will furnish music.
| Corporal Johnson, who is here on re-
cruiting detail for the regular army, Is
making an appeal to the bakers Of the
country to come to the help Of Uncle
Sam and offering excellent compensa =
ton to stimulate any patriotism that
may be latent
Miss Winifred Gates is again at the
family home in this city after a year
spent in the Chicago Normal School of
Physical Training. She plans to spend
| the summer here.
Contractors are complaining that la
Dor is scarce here and the statement is
made that there are not more than
one fourth as many available laborer;
today as there were month ago. No
valid reason seems to have been Of
| fered for this condition and il seems