The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-01-27
NINA WOOD AND
MAE JOHNSON
WIN FIRST HoNORS IN THE BIG
PIANO CONTEST.
CONTEST A GREAT SUCCESS
vICTORS WIN BY MERIT OF HARD
WORK AND HUSTLING.

The Registers big piano contest,
which has been in progress the past
ten weeks. came to a close at six
o'clock on Saturday evening. The
judges got busy Immediately after sup
per and after several hours of hard
work they announced the following
result: District No. miss Nina Wood
first; Miss Alma Glindeman, second;
Miss Louise Magistad, third. District
No. miss Mae Johnson, first; Miss
Ethel Garfield, second; Miss Florence
Hubbard, third.
The contest was the most successful
one ever held in this vicinity and it is
a source of pride to the Register from
every STANDPOINT. We are proud of the
fine class of young ladies entered in
the contest; they all labored to the
utmost to win, yet were fair with each
other and with the Register, and we
endeavored to the best of our ability
to give each and everyone fair and
honest treatment and N equal show
to win. We are proud of the big list
of new readers added to the Register
family. an increase that will be of
substantial benefit to the merchants
who use our advertising columns, and
will help us to make the Register a
better paper than it has been in the
past.
The last days of the contest, espec-
tally Saturday, were exciting ones, and
nearly every person in the city and
most of those in the county were in
terested in the outcome. The contest.
ants and their friends were busy
rounding up new subscribers from,
early in the morning until late at
night, and the secret ~balloting added
to the interest.
The work of counting the ballots
was done at the Bank of Bookings
and the three judges, Mayor Leighty,
County Treasurer Van Dyke and l. e.
Lees, labore6- until nearly eleven
o'clock before the final count was
completed. During all this time an
interested crowd of friends of the
young . ladies were present.
Miss Nina Wood, winner of the pi.
ano in District No. 1, is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o, Wood of this city,
and Miss Mae T.. Johnson, winner OF
a similar prize in District No. 2, is
a daughter of Thos. N. Johnson, the
we'll known farmer Of Sterling town
ship. We extend our congratulations
tn the fortunate young ladies and trust
they will have many years of pleasure
and service from their prizes. The
Register wishes to extend it's thanks
to all of the contestants for their eff
orts in making the contest such a sue
cess, also the Western Music company
for courtesies and assistance extended
and to the three gentlemen who so
kindly acted as judges.
There are still two prizes to be
given away in the contest. AS we
announced at the beginning of the
contest, the persons nominating the
winners in the two districts will each
be presented with a SIS glove box. 1t
was announced in case more than one
person should nominate the winner
the prize would go to the first making
the nomination, and j. L.. Jarvis wins
the glove box in District No. l and
Joseph Sampson in District No. 2.
When the judges completed the count
the votes of each contestant were tied
up in separate packages, and anyone
OF the young ladies interested may call
at this Office and examine the votes.
The judges gave out the following
statement:
We, the undersigned judges of the
Register piano contest, certify that
we have counted the votes of the sew
eral contestants and find that Miss
Nina Wood had the highest number
in District No. 1. and Miss Mae T.
Johnson in District No. 2.
W. H. Leighty.
E. L. Van Dyke.
/. E. Lees.