The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-01-04

uoOH, JANUARY lIln, al InS AVA -
church.
Big Star sale at the Variety Store,
Further announcement next week.
J.. l.. Blote and children of Estel-
line, visited last week at the home
of c. A. Palmer.
A marriage license vas granted last
week to Perry p. Heath and Edna e.
Colburn of Elkton.
Rev. Shaw of Sioux Falls, was the
guest of DR.. Horace w. Tilden Tues
day on his way to Elkton.
The young people of the city en-
joyed an informal dance at Company
c hall New Years evening.
Andrew Colliton of Elkton, visited
over New Years with his daughter,
Mrs. John Culhane, Jr.
Mrs. G. F.. Thayer went to Aurora
Tuesday and acted as installing Of
ficer for the Degree of Honor.
r. A. butcher returned to Columbia,
Mo, Monday after spending the holi-
days with his parents and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bogenrief, from
north of the city, left Tuesday morn
ing for a visit at Cherokee, Iowa.
Willie Swanson, from northeast Of
the city, had an operation at the hos
pital for appendicitis Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Head of Let
cher, visited over the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Lob
an.
Miss Mary Wright of De Smet, is
visiting Misses Ruth and Ada Erwin
Inc other friends for a couple of
weeks.
Miss Kate Mcnamara returned to
st. Paul Monday after spending the
holidays with her parents, MI. and
Mrs. John Mcnamara.
Miss Iva Evans, who is teaching
at Mitchellville, Iowa, arrived Satur-
day evening and visited over New
Years at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. e. F. Evans.
Miss Bess Fridley returned to her
duties as teacher in the Dundee, H.,
high school Tuesday after spend
ing a couple of weeks with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. X. Fridley.
Harry Beach, Of Sioux Falls, who
visits nearly every county seat in the
state, says that the new court house
Of Brookings county will, when COM
pleted, be the finest in South Dakota.
Mr.. and rms. Manley Champlin ar
rived home the last of the week from
Washington, d. c., where Mr.. Cham
plin spent a few weeks in special
work in the Department Of Agricul-
ture.
Miss Leila Skinner, who spent ten
days at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Skinner, departed
Tuesday morning for Chicago to re-
sumo her studies at the American
Conservatory of Music.
Two Brookings families received
very nice New Years gifts, a daugh-
ter arriving at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. Amundson. and a son at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Norby
on the first day of the year.
The New Year was ushered in dur.
ing the coolest weather of the win
ter, the thermometer registering TWEEN
ty-three below on New Years morn
ing. Considerable snow fell Satur.
day and Sunday and the sleighing is
excellent.
Mrs. e. E. Hovden and little daugh.
ter departed Tuesday morning for
Los Angeles, Cal, where they will
spend the winter. The little girls
health has not been good and it is
thought that the change to a warmer
climate will be beneficial.
F. E. Youngburg reports fine sue
cess with his clearance sale at the
Hub, the opening day on Tuesday be
ing n of the best sales days in the
history of the store. There's a rea,
SOM" The Hub sale was advertised
exclusively in the Register.
The kids in the east end of town
have fixed up quite a toboggan slide
on the vacant lots east of the resi-
dence of Prof. Starring and JOY reigns
supreme there all day. The start is
made from an elevation of about TWEEN
ty-five feet and the slide is nearly a
block long.
The State college %re-opened Tues.
day after the holiday vacation, but the
students were slow in getting back
and not much was accomplished un
til yesterday. The enrolment in the
various short courses is reported tc
he largo ar DreSent and more will