Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-04
Grinneli and Vicinity.

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Grinnell. Oct. 4.-On Saturday Of
next week. being the 1ith Of October,
mass picnic meeting Is to be held
at the Malcolm fair grounds, where
plans for the general good Of the peo-
pie Of the county are to be given and
discussed. 1t Is in the fullest sense
free -for-all and there will be good
games and eating as well as argument
an appeal. Hon. W. A. Finley. OF
Mount Pleasant is slated for an ad-
dress at 1 o'clock. The farm bureau
has charge Of the affair and this will
interest farmers and their wives.
Tho Young Woman's Fellowship
Club announce their next regular meet
ing to be held in the Congregational
church on Monday evening next The
S:l5 supper is to DO followed by a
business meeting.
Mrs. N. N. Haynes. Of this city. has
heard recently from her son Orval,
who was severely hurt recently In an
aviation accident near Scranton, Pa,
but has recovered and Is an aviator In
the regular army service, that he Is
to be one Of those selected for the
across continent trip from New York
to San Francisco. The party rs to
make a stop at Rock Island and an
other at Des Noines. Orval sails the
air In a silver King and plans to pass
over Grinnell and to drop special
message here for his mother.
Focht- Tenant post OF the American
Legion. Of this city. has honored its
membership az we'll as nurse Nora
Barnes. when it elected her to MEN,
bership. She has been private. hos
pital and school nurse in this city for
several years, and in August, 1918,
took up army nursing and was sta
toned at Camp Custer. from which
camp she was discharged last January,
There are other nurses In this vicinity
eligible to membership in the legion
Snyder Brothers of this city. having
Mr.. Whyle, who moved to what Cheer.
have secured in his place Harry
Barkelew, formerly Of Guthrie
Center. but more recently Of Huron, s.
D., who with his wife, has Just arrived
in Grinnell
Waldo Norris. a Grinnell boy, son OF
Prot. and Mrs. W. II. Norris. has given
UP his position with the Des Moines
News as sports editor and has gone
to Greedy, Colorado, as chemist for
the Great Western Sugar Company.
Miss FToy Meacham started this
| week for Boston, where she plans to
| take a course in domestic science.
Miss Helen Taylor reached the fam
lily home in Grinnen early this week
after taking a course in the training
school for army nurses, at a hospital
| in San Francisco.
| c. B. Chambers, Of this city, who
has been kept from his usual occupa'
| ton since July II by reason OF
| broken leg, is back again today on thu
rural route.
Mrs. Samuel Mcaose u back in he1
old home on Third avenue, after sew
eral weeks spent in Montana, wher'
she visited at the home OF her sol
Harry and with a niece in another par
Of the state. She reports that Harry
who has an irrigated ranch. has
wonderful crop Of vegetables and sell
them at a surprising price as com
pared with prices here, while portion
Of the state that have no irrigation hat
the vegetation practically burned out
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Barr are enter
tanning at their homo Mrs. Floyd, VIII
has been visiting in Cedar Rapids, bu
whose home Is at Eureka Springs, Arb
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Nicely have gon
to visit Mr.. Neelys brother In Perry
O.. after which they plan To visit q
Herkimer. N. Y.
Mrs. Charles Sparks, who como
home in good spirits from Rocheste,
Mimi, after an operation giving relic
from a troublesome soiter, vhite
briefly here at the homo Of her uncl'
H. M. Cove, and went yesterday TO he
home IN sully.
Some time ago w. L. Weaver wen
to Chattanooga, Tenn, n geners
manager for company Of Crime
} men, Of q coal mining proposition. IN
J position promises to be permanent an
J Mrs Weaver and her mother, MT
George Pruden, have just gone I
make their home there. -
. Rev. r. NJ. Mcbride, pastor Of tn
Church Of Christ IN this city. has re
, Gently brought Mrs, Mcbride froT
Carson, Iowa, where she has been viz
. ...ngg. e The parsonage Hssrss. Sire va
accompanied by her mother and he
1aaAnR Mr8 J.. "a Miller. and MI