Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-13
GrinnelI and Vicinity.

Special TO the Times Republican.
Grinnell, Feb. 13.-Funeral SER
vices for ]. H. Skeels, at the home
on Fifth avenue, were conducted by
Pastor w. c. Wasser, Of the Metho-
dist church, the local lodge of Ma
sons taking the body in charge at
the cemetery. The three surviving
children with their families were
present at the funeral: W. r.
Skeels, of Chicago: Mrs. w. L.
Cooley, OF Abba, and Earl Skeels. of
Grinnell.
Mrs. Libby BudwelI died on Tues
day night at the home of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Atkinson.
l22 Pearl street after some days of
prostration from pneumonia She
was nearly 81 years OF age and
leaves two small children, one S
years old and one but years. Fu-
neral services were held at the home
Thursday afternoon. conducted by
Rev. w. W. Woodburn. pastor of the
United Presbyterian church, and in
torment was made in Hardwood.
Two of the Community hospitals
nurses, Miss Rhea Gagnon and Miss
Anderson, have given up their po-
sitions here to become enlisted
nurses in the United States navy,
and have been sent for special
training to the Great Lakes school.
Prof. and Mrs. G. P. Wyckoff have
been for several months doing Red
Cross work in Philadelphia, but have
taar <~sz
their appointment to attend the
League of Red Cross Societies OF the
World, which opens ON March in
Geneva, Switzerland. They take
steamer On Feb. 81. Their location
following that meeting is unknown
to them, but they expect to be in
Red Cross work in some Of the needy
places in Europe.
Katherine Knapp passed safely
thru an operation for relief from ap-
pendicitis at the Community hos
pital Thursday. She is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Knapp.
The birth of a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Wandell. of Mount
Vernon, caused the grandmother of
the little Miss, Mrs. George Wood
ard. of Grinnell, to go to Mount
Vernon Thursday.
E. S. Morrison is travelling in the
states farther west and Mrs. Nor
rison goes on Saturday to meet him
at Fremont, Neb., and to spend the
rest of next week in going with HIM
| over his territory, after which she
will visit her cousin, Mrs. c. E.
Keefer, in Lincoln.
Announcement is made here of the
| coming marriage Of Miss Ethel
Towne to Stanley W. Holmes. of
Escondido, Calf. on the 25th. of this
month. The bride to-be is sister
Of Mrs. f. H. Spaulding, of Grin
nell, and has visited here SO that
she has circle OF personal friends.
| On Wednesday Miss Florence
Evans and Everett Tew were mar
ried, as were also Miss Lottie
Brownie and Ralph Simmons. The
first named groom is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. B. Tew, Of this city,
and the second the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Simmons, also of this
city
Many friends of Rev. and Mrs. A.
c. Stowe, formerly OF this city,
where Mr.. Stowe was pastor Of tho
Church of Christ will be interested
In the news Of the birth to them re-
Gently of twin boys. at their home in
Clinton. The boys have been named
Carl Henry and Charles Howard.
H. II. Ahrens will move on March
to his own farm, five miles east of
Grinnell on the River-to- River road.
On the same date H. A Ahrens will
move from Chester to Conroy, leav-
ing farming to accept tho position of
4 mana ger of a. general storA.