Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-20

| this week as iieing again wounded but
no particulars have been reveiced
here.
Prof. G. P. Wyckoff Of this city and
Grinnell College, starts Monday OF
| next week for New Orleans. acconpa-
MED by Mrs. Wyckoff. His position
there is to be that of education di-
rector for the gulf division Of the
civilian relief work of the Red Cross.
1t is uncertain whether he will con-
tinue this or similar government work
thru the next year or will be released
to come back to his position as head
of the economic department.
f. o. Miller has gone to Washing
ton, where ne is to be used by the
government as cost accountant at
some munition factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warder II. Steaks and
children, VINO have been taking an
outing by auto thru Minnesota, are
expected home today or toforrow.
The children who planned and man
aged a lawn festival on the H. w.
,Matlack lawn on Thursday afternoon,
enriched the Golfers of the Red Cross
to the amount Of S11 by this effort.
Mrs. John Wylie, who has just re-
turned to her home here from visit
to her daughter. Mrs. Effie Wylie
Hocum, at Mason City, has been called
by the illness Of her brother, back to
Wheeling W. Va She plans to visit
other eastern points before coming
back to Grinnell.
Mrs. c. E. Hayes has finished her
visit here with Mrs. Perry Howard
and has gone to7visit relatives in Des
Moines before going back to her home
in Fort Dodge. -'-"
Mr.. and Mrs c. L. McNally are
having the pleasure Of visit from
Mrs. A. Te,ford and her daughter,
Mrs. l. Brix, from Iowa Falls Before
going back to their home they will
also visit at the J A Bengham home
in Montezuma
Miss Lizzie Davis is having visit
from a former teacher in the GrinnelH
schools, Miss Gertrude Rev, for
week
DR.. C. e. Harris, formerly of this
city but now of Woodman, Colo, re-
| turned to his home last night after
a visit here for some days.
Mrs. 3. j. Carney. accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Kathleen, has gone
to Fort Sill where the daughter is to
be married today to First Lieut.. Fran
els J. Denvir, Of St. Louis, commits
. stoned in the field artillery.
Mr.. and Mrs. r a. Barr, of this
city, who have been travelling and
visiting in the west for several
months writes from Sanger, Cal, that
they shall be in Portland, Ore, by the
first of August and remain there thru
the national encampment of the q. "A.
r. beginning Aug. is. The intimation
is that they will move then to Omaha
to visit the new grandson, son Of MI
and Mrs William Barr, Of Omaha, and
then return to their home on Third
avenue, this city.
A. L. Frisoie. junior member Of the
firm of Ray & F'risbie of the Herald in
this city, has Just received his COM
mission as assistant director Of civil
Jan relief at Camp Custer, Batte
Creek, Mich, with orders to report at
his post on Aug. II.
Mrs. Henry w. Spaulding, OF this
city, has been appointed Vice-chalr-
man of the war work council OF the
Y. w. C. A.. Of which Mrs. Charles
n Morris, Of Des Mo!nes, is chair
! man. This body is to coordinate with
the Y. NJ. C. 4. in a combination drive
for the needed finances.
Grinnell July 19.-The news has
come from Seattle, Wash, of the mar
rage of two couples there of Grinnell,
Iowa, people-Harry Armstrong and
Miss Mabel Policy and Jack Martin and
Miss Esther Sparks. Both men are in
the street railway employ and both
couples were married at the same time
and will make their homes there. Both
women are relatives of Mrs. Nellie
Prosser, of this city. Mrs. Martin came
to Grinnell from Collegeport. Tex,
about a year ago and taught school In
Sheridan township where she met Mr.
Martin.
Sherman Peters and Worley Pearce,
who left yesterday noon for Davenport
and go from there to Jefferson Bar
racks, had a. happy surprise On Wed
nesday evening when some forty OF
their relatives gathered at the VIII
Peters home, 40S High street, for
farewell social time. Each boy was
given a wrist watch and other things
Indispensable in camp and the evening
passed with games, hilarity and re-
freshments. Both boys enlisted in the
uuartermaster's department. A large
crowd babe them goodbye at the train.
| Maurice Fridlund, of the latest grad
uatins class Of Grinnell College. stopped
here for brief time to visit friends
on his way from Camp Dodge to camp
in Florida to which he has recently
been transferred.
A happy Red Cross evening wal
spent last night on the lawn at the H
w. Matlack home in northeast Grinnell
IAN the children of the neighborfloot
were in the scheme and have been plan.
ming and working for it's success fol
days running into weeks. All the ap'
proved ways of gathering in the nlckel'
and dimes so we'll known to church
fairs were prepared and the incremen
of the whole goes to the Red Cross.
The Grinnell Commercial Club Il
planning the biggest sendoff yet 10
the 11S boys that are to leave here OF
Wednesday, July "a. They are to gath
err in Montezuma at 8 o'clock in tn
1 morning of that day. come to Grinnel
in the afternoon and take specia
train on the NJ. & st. L. at o'cioc'
that evening for ST. Louis and then O
to Camp Pike Little Rock, Arr
Thirty one Of these are Grinnell boys.
| Harry critchctt, OF Des Moines, ma