Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-20
Grinnell and Vicinity.
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Special to Times Republican.
Gr'nneli. March 20.--Mr. and Mrs
Cullen upchurch. whose farm home
has been a short distance north of
Chester Center. We're made homeless
on Thursday afternoon by fire that
destroyed both their dwelling and its
contents. Mr.. Upchurch, working for
Ralph sherman, had been away from
the house but about twenty minutes.
Mrs. Cpchurch passing by discover
ed the smoke coming from numerous
openings and gave the alarm but too
late to save anything to speak of.
Four years ago, while living on the
Andy Rinefort farm, this family were
| the victims Of similar fire destruc-
| ton.
Max Herriott. of Des Moines. Mary
Bragingtou. Of Manson Helen Bur
ling. of Des Moines. and Linn Smith,
uf Sioux City, received yesterday
morning at the hands Of President
w. G. Pay, Of the Phi Beta chapter
here. their badges of membership in
the order. having been given that
honor by reason of their rank in
scholarship in GrinnelI College.
Ed Hadley. of Grinnell, L. s. A..
and Miss Marguerite Feys. of Dix
nude, Belgium. were married in Tiff
lin. Russia. on the 10th of February
last. and are now on their way to the
United States and to the home Of
the sroom's parents Mr.. and Mrs. f.
]. Hadley. of this city. The bride
was in the near east relief service
work in the war time near General
Pershing's headquarters and has six
gold service stripes TO her credit.
She has been with Colonel Haskers
mission in southern Russia for the
past year. She has a mother in
Paris. since the DiXmude home wa {
destroyed. married sister in New
York and another in San Francisco
The young couple is expected at the
Hadley home here about the middle
OF April.
Mrs. Vcrn McDermott has received
the news of the marriage of her
niece. Miss Norma c. Walters, who
formerly lived in Malcolm. to Frank
E. Weston. of Chicago, on the 10th
Of this month. The bride is gradu
ate of Ann Arbor and of Northwest
ern and fitted herself for the career
of nurse.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
P. Kimball. 1888 Pearl street funeral
services took place this afternoon
over the body OF their little daugh-
ter, Esther Louise, who died on
Thursday evening. She would have
been two years old on the 3lst Of
this month. Rev. Robert Lincoln
conducted the funeral services and
intnrTaent was in Lakewood.
The public is privileged to be pres
ent in the audi. orium of alumni
recitation hall of the college at 4
o'clock on Monday evening of next
week to listen to a lecture by Mr.
Weirick, college landscape architect,
or the subject of Campus Planning
The lecture will be illustrated by
lantern slides. Mr.. Weir!ck is to
give lectures before college classes
on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day.
The Grinnell Elks that went to the
billiard and pool tournament at
Newton on Thursday evening can
not say too much in praise Of the
hospitality of their neighbors on the
west but failed to determine which
set Of players can claim the cham
pionship in the games. as the result
was the same as in the contest here.
Grinnell winning in billiards and
Newton in pool. There is talk of put
ting up a silver trophy to be retained
permanently by the lodge that wins
it three successive times.
L. r. Terpstra stepped upon a nail
in the basement Of his home, with
such force as TO drive 1t thru the
shoe and into the foot to the bone.
All precautions were taken to pre-
vent infection of the blood but he
suffers considerable pain and has the
medical dictum that he must remain
quiet for three weeks.
Word comes from the northwest
ern coast that Miss Edith Hope, for
merly Of this city, where she was in
the office of the J. w. Fowler cream
cry, was married to Earl Morris. at
the First Presbyterian church in Ia
coma, Wash. The newly welded pair
will live in Seattle.
Miss Gretchen Bayer came to
Grinnell yesterday morning to re-
main and visit with many friends
until Tuesday next, when she goes
on to Denver, where she Is to be
married on Wednesday to Howard
George, the attachment tracing back
to college days in Grinnell. Miss
Bayer has Just resigned position
she had in Chira0n