Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-29
Grinnell and Vicinity.

Roscoe Macy finished their visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Blair and then
went on to Creston to attend the we'd
ding OF Mr. Mays brother Earl to
Miss Ehelwyn Ours,
Harold Evans. % the heavy art.i-
lery, has come back from overseas, re-
! ceived his discharge ut Camp Grant,
H., and reached his home here on
! Thursday.
MIR. and Ms. j. = Miller have had
a furlough visit from their son, Ensign
Joseph Miller, who has now gone back
TO his ship at New York.
Mrs. Ellen Whaling, whose home is
in Osceola but who has been living
in this city with her niece, Mrs. K. h.
Taylor, is in u serious condition from
| heart trouble
Charles Eerneau, whose home is on
farm north OF Montezuma, is suffer
! ing from two broken ribs and bruises
from a kick in the chest by a refrac-
tory horse,
Rev. Edmund March Vittum, who has
been the acting pastor Of the Congre-
gational church of this city for the
past year and a half in the absence OF
Rev. Z. w. Cross in France, will preach
his closing sermons on Sunday, March
30. His morning subject will be Play
ing the Game and viii be an earnest
exhortation TO the congregation to re-
affirm their loyalty and devotion TO
Pastor Cross and the church activities
and the cause for which, the church
stands. His evening topic is to be
Shakespeare and the Tempest, the
Prophecy OF a Better Earth
The Grinnell odd Fellows are plan
ming to give their own and the visiting
members "a memorable time on the
Goth of April, the special occasion be-
ing the observance Of the Tooth ami
versary of the birth Of odd Fellow
ship, and this being the annual district
meeting. The committees have been
appointed and the general program has
been outlined. The morning will be de-
voted 10 registering and visiting. The
afternoon program will open with a
parade of all present who belong TO
the order. a mass meeting open to
everybody will be held in the Colonial
theater in the afternoon. Past Grand
Master II. +. Wagner, of Sigourney,
being the principal speaker. The
evening will bring the eliminating en-
tertainmert in seeing the performance
of the Odd Fellow orphans from the
home at Mason City and the secret
work of the order in the initiatory and
first degree exemplified by the New
ton degree staff. all Of which Will be
followed by a general reception.
II. F. Lanphere, who has been spend
ing a short furlough in Grinnell, went
back last, evening TO his work for the
TNd Cross at Camp Mcclellan. Be-
fore going he sold his insurance bust
ness TO Dawson Brande, who VIII &C.
cupy the same office room as used be-
fore by Lanphere & Cessna on Main
street.
AT a recent meeting of the teams
Claude Carter vas elected captain OF
the basketball team and Edwin Ped
crson of the football team OF the high
school.
Following is the high school track
meet schedula as Just given out:
April 10, Drake relays; Des Molnes'
April %, home meet. Grinnell; May 3,
invitation meet, Iowa City; May "a,
state meet. Des Moines; May II,
uuadransular meet, Grinnell. The
Marshalltown, Grinhell, Ottrmwa ana
Newton managers met in Newton to-
day to settle "Details Tor this meet.
Charles Bags. formerly of Grinneii,
stopped on his return trip from Chi
cago to his home at Colorado Springs
for brief visit with his mother, Mrs.
G. T. Baggs, and his sister, Miss Clara
Bags, in this city.
The two-story brick building fac
Ing Commercial street and having the
rear adjoining the Rock Island side
| track, which belonged to the Easy Fit
Manufacturing Company, has been sold
10 W. T. Moyle, S. j. Pooley and NJ
W. Swisher, all prominent business
men of this city. The new purchasers
have not made public their plans re-
garding the property. The Easy Fit
Company has practically given up the
business formerly carried on In the
building. A part OF it was for time
! used as the factory Of the old Grin
neil Aviation Company.