Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-26
Grinneii and Vicinity.
10 Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell. June GA fire on the
farm of John Poots, one mile west
OF Bethel, on Thursday, destroyed
his barn. two horses a crib of 500
bushels OF corn and other material
of value in the barn. There was no
insurance and the loss is a serious
one to Mr.. Poots. He had driven
to Lynnville and Mrs. Poots was
alone at the home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Hamlin
have returned to their Grinnen home
after spending some months in Cali
fornia, the last two weeks of their
stay having been at the hospitable
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Proctor,
former Grinnell citizens, at San Ra-
fael.
VIII H. Alley received yesterday the
sad news of the death OF Nj. w.
Pierce, a former we'll known Griunell
resident, at the home of his daugh-
ter in Kalispel, Mont, on the 23rd
instant. The body is expected here
today.
Improvements are continuously
outing parties gathering there are
more and more numerous and in
creasing in size. A slide for the
children has arrived, q string of lights
has been placed along the semi -circu-
lar drive on the east shore of the
lake, and the grove and bath house
are well lighted, and the building is
about completed. There Is talk OF
putting In q merry go-round. but
nothing decisive has yet been pro-
mulgated.
Rev. s. Walton Fay has accepted
the unanimous call to the pastorate
of the Church Of Christ in Grinnell
and will begin his pastorate on the
18th OF July. He has been pastor. Of
the church at Montezuma and tho
people there express much regret at
his loss to them. Rev. and Mrs. Fay
have q daughter in, Drake University.
q boy In Chicago, and son and
daughter In England. Miss Hilda.
the sophomore daughter In Drake.
will come to live in Grinnell with her
parents. Mrs. Fay Is also an or
dained minister and this daughter Isl
one OF ! the church's evangelistit
singers. The members of the church
here consider themselves very for.
tunate to be able to add so largely
to the intellectual and spiritual
power OF the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McKeas are
having visit from their daughters,
Mrs. Edna Ditzler, Of Marshalltown,
and Mrs. Lizzie Mcknight, OF Valley
Junction, who are also here to attend
the DonnoA- Miller wedding near
Ewart this evening.
Mrs. w. S.. Kearney has returned
to the family home here after q six
weeks stay in Rochester and con-
tinuous satisfactory Improvement fol-
lowing an operation there.
William Bath. who works on the
farm for Ben Buck, north Of Grin
nell, forgot that Broad street north is
not out of the city and was arrested
by Charles Shockley for speeding.
Judge Robinson assessed him $25 and
costs.
Miss Elizabeth Crownover, on her
way from California to her own
home In Princeton, ILL.,, stopped in
Grinnell to visit Mrs. John GoodfeI-
low.
William Wrage, formerly resident
here but for some years at Franklin
Neb., Is here for a visit with old
friends and making headquarters at
the r. G. Coutts home. After his re-
turn to his home the plan is that
Mrs. WraEe shall also visit the old
friends here.
The gates at the crossings of the
Rock Island at Broad and Main
streets III this city have proved con-
siderably unreliable under the con-
pressed air service and a change is
In progress to use electricity, the
crossings being guarded by flagmen
while the change is going on.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Wallace were in
Marshalltown yesterday to attend the
funeral Of Mr.. Wallace's sister, Mrs.
E. E. Craver.
The Fox patrol Of Boy Scouts of
this city, under the recently appoint
ed scoutmaster, Ferd Kiesel, are
planning a camping trip on the banks
OF Skunk river next week. S
Summer manual training classes
are to be organized in the high school
building under g. H. Nichols, Of the
faculty, but the time OF beginning 10
yet indefinite. Last years experience
seemed to indicate that, on the play
grounds. the boys like quite well to
supervise Themselves and also that
they can originate their games, and
no supervisor of sports has been ap-
pointed for this season.