Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-16
GrinnelI and Vicinity.
Times Republican.

Grinnell March l6.-I Il. Goodrich
| has let the contract for modern resi-
dence to be built on his lot on East
street near the homo OF DR.. II. b.
| Brock.
G. w. Young has let the contract for
a new residence for himself at the
corner Of Center street and Fourth
avenue.
George Failor has traded two vacant
| lots on Prince street to Ben Workman
for his residence property on Summer
street suth.
Phil Streck some time ago sold his
residence on Broad street south TO
John Kelley, who has just taken
possession and the Strecks have just
moved into the residence they recently
bought of George Fraser.
Investigations regarding d new deep
we'll for Grinnell are still in progress
and on Thursday night. the committee
appointed several weeks ago for that
purpose left for Chicago to make an
examination Of some wells IN that
vicinity and get cost figures. The com
mittee is composed Of Cedric Barnes,
chairman Of the water committee. Dr..
L. NJ Adkins, member of the same
committee and w. H. McCulloch, men,
Der of the finance committee.
Mr.. and Mrs Wallace d. Child have
moved from Nevada to their new home
in Grinnell and are occupying the
George II. Walker home as Mr.. Chlld
takes Mr.. Walkers place in the savings
bank.
4 mass meeting of the college girls
was held on Thursday evening and the
enthusiasm ran high. over hundred
enlisting in the ranks of the war gar
den division. Miss Anderson developed
plans of relief work in which the young
women may take the places of men
at home in the summer and thus re-
lease the men for agricultural work.
The work done here in the garden plan
is to be credited by points.
Mrs Robert ASKING has had visit
of considera BILE length from her mother,
Mrs. NJ. Fl. Howe, who has now gone
back to her home in Eagle Grove.
Miss Winifred Jamison. teacher in
the public schools of Mason City. has
come to Grinnell for visit with her
sister, Mrs. h. o. Brown.
Mrs. Bessie S. Williamson left this
week for New York City, where she
will remain for some weeks to perfect
herself in knowledge Of Red Cross re-
quirements, in the New York City mill
tary hospital, before going to the front
to assist in operations in the base hos
pital near the front in France. Mrs.
Williamson has been the nurse at the
women's quadrangle Of Grinnell Col
lego.
Charles Radford is at the home Of
his parents in this city waiting for
orders that will take him to the aviation
squadron for which work he has been
accepted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hammond, both
former Grinnel residents, now Of
Berkeley. Cal. report to relatives in
this city the birth Of daughter to
them. Mrs. Hammond was Miss Ruth
Andrews.
William f. Saunders enlisted here
this week in the coast artillery corps
and was given transportation to Jeffer-
son Barracks, Mo. He is from Lewis
ton, ILL.,, but has been working near here
for several months.
Ralph Ballard. q brother of Mrs.
Robert ASKING and himself a graduate
OF Grinnell high school in the class Of
1907. but with recent residence at AL
coma enlisted in the aviation section OF
the signal corps and was sent to camp
at San Antonio, Tex.
Charles Owens of the medical corps
OF the army in camp at Camp Pike.
Ark, writes to his mother, Mrs C. r.
Owens, Of this city, that on the Stn OF
this month he married Miss Virginia
Hawkins at Little Rock, Ark. His bride
is the daughter Of the sheriff of Little
Rock. Charles is eXpectant of fur.
Tough to enable him to bring his bride
home about the last of May.