Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-15
GrinnelI and Vicinity.

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Grinnell March 15.-Lewis Williams
and RAYMOND Norris, both of this city,
enlisted in the navy last fall Williams
has Just received his orders to report at
Camp Dodge on Friday, the END IN
slant. Norris is expecting his call each
day. Williams is the son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. George 7. Williams and has been
clerking in his fathers store.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Clifford and their
daughter Miss Winifred, are visiting
in Waterloo.
The home talent of the membership
of the Eastern Star organization OF
Grinnell is to be shown in the near
future in the presentation of Fiji OF
the Toy Shop" at the Colonial theater
Pastor A. c. stowe, of the Church OF
Christ with A. kingsland and Mrs
W. B. Wilson, attended the tri-state
missionary conference of the men ana
millions movement, held in Des Holmes.
Joe Dreamer left his home here on
| Wednesday night for Hot Springs, Ark
to spend several weeks in trying to
relieve himself of rheumatism which
caused his discharge from the army
some weeks ago.
Word comes from Orval Haines TO
his mother and brother here, from
England, where he has been for some
months perfecting himself as an avia-
tor that he is doing well and has re-
| covered completely from his few
scratches and bruises when his ma
chine landed him in a tree some time
ago, and IS flying and hopes to be on
| the fighting line soon.
| B. ]. Kicker, chairman OF the board
of city hospital trustees. reports sIN,-
| 900 in pledges for the erection of the
new city hospital. The board has In
structed him not to turn over these
pledges to the city treasurer until the
legal status of the proposed hospital
is settled. City Attorney H. L. Boyer
has been consulted, as have other local
attorneys, and it Is expected that
decision upon which action may be
based will be forthcoming soon.
| County Agent J. p Ewes is now at
his headquarters at Malcolm ready for
business and requests all who are in
terested to bring their problems to
him for cooperative solution. He is
just now exceedingly urgent upon the
seed corn question and says that there
is much Of the 1916 crop on hand that
will give good results as seed.
Hon. E. D. Rayburn, Of Montezuma,
has been made chairman Of
Poweshiek county in the organization
for putting over the third liberty loan
and he has appointed Clyde McFarlin
of MonteZuma, as vice chairman and
secretary Mrs. C. X. Needham, of
Grinnen has been appointed by State
Chairman Mrs w. w. Marsh, of the
woman's liberty loan committee, as
chairman OF Poweshiek county. Mr..
Rayburn has appointed a man in each
township of the county as township
chairman and will hold him responsible
fog his township. Mrs. Needham is
planning to do practically the same for
the woman's organization.
F. L. Armstrong held a successful
farm sale recently and has now moved
on the William Keenan, place near to
this city.
Proctor K. Osborn formerly Of the
firm of Binegar & Osborn has sent to
his friends cablegram telling Of his
safe arrival IN France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Clifford have
gone back TO their Chicago home after
some weeks spent at the home Of their
daughter, Mrs. George II. Hiser, whose
little daughter has been i'll for some
time.
Leslie Wilson, who enlisted in the
service of the country as a veterinary
has been ordered to report soon at Fort
Riley, Kan. He has been an instructor
In animal husbandry in the University
Of Minnesota but left there before get
ting his masters degree to get into
active service.
MFR. and Mrs. Grant Inman have had
word from their son John r. and his
chum, Richard Berguland, telling Of
their safe arrival in France. They
were mechanics together when here.