Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-08
GrinneiI and Vicinity.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Grianell. Dec. S.-The election OF
officers of Gordon Granger Post. G..
A. r.. took place at the regular meet
Ing on Tuesday afternoon with the
following results Commander, ]. NJ.
Kirk; senior vice commander, b. A.
Stowe; junior vice commander, J. S.
Rollins: chaplain, T. j. Noll: quar-
termaster. Henry A. Field: surgeon.
]. IA. kellenbarger; officer Of the day.
William Bortell: officer of the guard,
j. A. Kirkpatrick. The conference
committee interviewed the officers Of
the corps and 1t was decided to have
joint installation OF officers ION the
afternoon OF the first Tuesday in
January.
Prof. G. L. Pierce. Of the school Of
music Of Grinnell College. will con-
duct the presentation Of "The Mes
siah" by the Grinnell Oratorio Society
and the full college orchestra. Elias
Blum will be the tenor soloist, Miss
Jean Currie the soprano, Miss Faye
Wilkins the contralto, and Arthur
Faguy-Cote the bass. Five Of the
great choruses are to be presented,
four solos, and the overture and pas
toral symphony by the orchestra.
There will be two presentations. one
at the vespers hour at 4:45 on Sun
day afternoon, and another for the
general public at In the evening,
Dec. IL.
The following officials OF the
Pythian Sisters were recently elected
for the next year: Past chief Mar
garet Scott; M. e. c., Viola speth;
e. S.. Lola Connolly; Manager. Mary
Hoffstatter; M. Of F., Belle Alley:
guard, Clara Slater; protector, Hazel
Ritter; trustees, Anona Slater, Sylvia
Crafty. Nellie Martin; installing 9TH
Ger. Lena Porter: delegate to district
convention, Margaret Scott; alternate,
Belle Alley: staff captain, Ed Speth
Mrs. HOWE Lang has recovered
sufficiently to be able to leave the
Community hospital and is conva-
lescing at tho home Of her sister,
Mrs. Allen Lang, in Madison town
ship.
Much interest Is shown in high
school circles over the close approach
OF the big Nine" contest In declam-
atory work, to take place in Grinnell
on Friday evening OF this week. No
public announcement has yet been
made Of the one who is to stand for
the honor Of C;rinnell high.
Thursday at o'clock in the after
noon, the Cooper School Parent
Teachers Association will hold a
meeting at the school building where
Mrs. Matlack will give talk on
Christmas Giving" and Mrs. Conard
on What to Teach the Children
About Santa Claus" and Mrs. E. B.
T. Spencer will render Christmas
carols.
doors again after ten or more siren
uous weeks, during part OF which
it was q serious question whether he
remained here or went west
Miss Emma Edelbute Is suffering
from a fractured thigh bone by rea-
son Of q slip and q fall recently on
the walk.
w. v. Davies. who went to Chicago
to visit his daughter. is reported as
in a hospital there seriously i'll.
Ralph Stamford tried to manage q
kicking Ford and now suffers from q
fractured wrist.
Farm and stock sales are reported
as seeming to increase in number and
to bring in more money than they
had been doing in the near past. The
H. M. Arment sale footed up $500,
which was considered good for what
was offered.
Bob Gregson is taking q vacation
from his duties on the M. & st. l.
road and visiting In Grinnell with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Greg
son. with the possible outlook in the
near future of q berth al deputy
sheriff of Poweshiek county under
his recently elected father.