The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-07-11
Local and Personal

day morning to spend a day or two.
Ben Lawshe of st. Paul, is spend
ing the week visiting his many friends
here.
Mrs. Boyd and Miss Mary returned
Monday morning from a few days
stay at Estelline.
Mrs. Mary Smith of Pocahontas, H.,
is visiting at the home of her daughter
Mrs. A. E. Swift.
The Baptists are painting their
church and improving the appearance
of the grounds about it.
1t is expected that the city band
will hold an outdoor practice at the
school house grounds tonight.
Rudolph Grudem returned home
Sunday evening from Minneapolis,
where he has been for the past year.
Mrs. NJ. r. Hoffman and daughter
drove over from Bruce on Tuesday to
have some dental work done by our
local dentists.
Miss Christine Severson arrived
from Minneapolis Sunday morning for
a couple of weeks visit with her
mother and other relatives.
Carl Trygstad returned home Mon
day evening from a several days
visit at Heron Lake, MINI.
On Sabbath July 14th, regular
morning services at the NJ. E. church,
preaching at 1O:30-for probable sub
ject see Mark 5:1-20. Followed by
Sabbath school.
Guy Marchant, who graduated from
the college in June, was here Tues
day on his way to Pittsburg, where
he takes a position with a large cleo
trical company.
The Woman's Home Missionary
society of the Methodist church will
meet with Mrs. Beals on Friday after
noon, July 18th, at three o'clock. Mrs.
Mcknight, secretary.
Mrs. Johnson Of Mortified, Mimi,
and Mrs. Elkins of Poplar Bluff, Mo,
aunt and cousin Of Mrs. Jesse Farren-
kop, arrived Monday and are visiting
at the Farrenkop home.
Frank Skiffington and wife of
Spokane, Wash, spent the Fourth at
the home of her uncle, S. c. Cornell.
Mr.. Skiffington is a passenger con-
ductor on the Great Northern road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Huntbury, of
Redwood Falls, Mimi, visited this
week at the home of his %brother-in.
law, S. ]. Rudolph. Mr.. and Mrs,
Huntsbury formerly conducted a res.
taurant and bakery here.
The Woman's Christian Temper.
ance Union will meet in regular ses.
sion Thursday afternoon July 18th, at
three O'Clock at the home of Mrs
Swift on Medary Avenue. A large
attendance is desired.
Father Shean departed yesterday
morning for his annual vacation and
will visit his parents at Boston while
in the east. He will make the trip
by auto and was accompanied by DR.
Stoll, who will go as far as Chicago,
Conductor Claude Hinman, who
runs between Redfield and Brookings,
departed the last of the week for
Grand Rapids, Mimi, to enjoy some
fishing with Charley Aiken, who was
an early resident of Brookings.
L. J.. Kendall returned home Mon
day morning from a months vacation
which he spent at Illinois, Wisconsin
and Minnesota points. He was at
Chicago during the republican con
vention and saw Teddy and all the
other ~notables.
Will Grinols and Prof. Shepard
have joined the good roads movement
and they are practical MEMBERSHIP
best kind any movement can have,
They have just completed grading
the mile of road past their farms, just
east Of the city, and the highway will
now compare favorably with any in
the county. The farmers of Brookings
county seem to be getting the good
roads fever, and their assistance will
be the most important factor in build
ing Of a system Of good highways in
this county.
Frank Sherwin returned home Fri
day night from a business trip to the
northern part Of the state. He says
that the crops look fine in that section
and on his return he observed that
the rains were a big help to the grain
in the vicinity of Huron.
The county commissioners met at
the court house Monday for the regu'
lar July meeting. This is the semi
annual meeting and there is consider
able business to be disposed OF, in
Guiding the checking up af the county
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