Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-18
GrinneII and Vicinity.

Grinnell. Nov. lS.-The second high
school declamatory contest humorous
division. held on Friday evening, re-
suited in giving first place to Murl
Lynch in the delivery OF Piazza La
dies" with second to Mary Bromwell
on her rendition Of THE Mourning
Veil" The entire contest was very
creditable to the participants.
Mrs. A. E. Ditzler is visiting for a
week at the home Of her sister. Mrs.
II. T. Mcknight, in Valley Junction.
Councilman and Mrs. W. II. McCul-
loch, 1926 West street, are having the
pleasure of a visit from their grandson,
Ralph NJ. Ballard. Of the 504th aero
squadron. and his wife. who are also
visiting Mr.. Billiards. mother, Mrs.
Rowe.
Mrs. w. f. Taplin is visiting for a
few days at the home Of her nephew.
Fred Taplin. at Fearing.
Mrs. L. s. Viets and her daughter,
Miss Sara. have gone to Long Beach.
Cal. to spend the winter. as they did
last year.
Just as Mrs. Arson Moxley was leav-
ing the home of Henry Frahm after
making a social call she made a mis-
step and fell. breaking one Of the bones
OF her arm between the wrist and the
elbow.
Prof. c. n. Smiley sends back word
to his wife that he has arrived in safe
ty on the other side the big water and
is ready for work.
Mrs. ]. A. Bangham has had a visit
from his sister. Mrs. A. Tilford,. who
has now gone back to her home at
Waterloo She also visited her niece,
Mrs. c. L. McNally.
A. NJ, NJ. Dornon and his wife and
their son John, Of Des Moines. have
been visiting here at the home Of MI
Demons daughter, Mrs. Ross Work.
At the regular meeting Of the Won
ems Christian Temperance Union to-
morrow at the Congregational church
a barrel Of fruit and clothing will be
packed for the Benedict Home in Des
Moines.
Irving J. Davis. an old Grinnell boy
and q graduate, of Grinnell College in
the class OF 1905, is engaged in Y. NJ
c. A work in France. Miss Elizabeth
Drott went from the college here to
France last summer at about the same
time as Professor Millerd, to engage In
the same line Of wrok. The news he's
just come back to her friends that she
and Mr.. Davis are married. Mr.. Davis
has been living, before the war. in
Spokane, Wash.
County Superintendent Estelle Coon
has given public notice Of a study cen.
ter meeting at Brooklyn on Saturday
Of this week.
The Congregational church Of this
city takes a reasonable pride and salts
faction in the fact that out OF the 132
represented by stars on the church fiag
not one has died by either wounds OF
disease. Not gold star as yet on the
flag. Professors Frank F. Amy and H
W. Matlack have just been added tc
the list.
Mrs. Harriet Wadsworth died on Fl;
day last at the home Of Mrs. Ed Gold
en-. 1915 Elm street, from the inf1rmities
of age, having passed her eightiett
birthday on the goth of October last
She was the mother of e. A. Wads-
worth of HOS Park street, who wa
away from home in Dakota. Funera
services are expected tomorrow. being
deferred awaiting the arrival OF thu
son and other relatives.
Fred Reynolds, who has been EN-
ployed as a meat cutter in the Ramse,
market, went home i'll Wednesday moor
last week. He grew worse and diet
on Saturday night from pneumonia
He leaves wife and two children
besides his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ney H. Reynolds. 605 Spring street. ant
two brothers. His brother Benjamin II
in the service at Camp Dodge. F'unera
will be at o'clock tomorrow from thu
Methodist church.