The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01

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Elliott Freeman, of the Merchants
National Bank force, went to Bel
field the first Of the week to relieve
for a few days Cashier C.. J. Parker
of the Farmers State Bank of Bel
field, who is i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Greene and
Miss Rose Flanagan were expected
back the middle Of the week from
Fairview, Mont, where they were
holiday guests of Mrs. Greene's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Nyles.
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Miss Hazel Kennedy returned the
middle of the week to her studies at
a business college in Detroit, MINI.
A friend, Harry Christensen, also of
Detroit, who has been a guest at
the Kennedy home, accompanied her
down.
Vernon McCutchan, who was
spending part of his vacation at home,
left the early part of the week for
the state University to be present
for basketball practice as he expects
to make the Varsity team. The other
state University people expect to
leave the coming Monday.
The Dickinson high school boys won
their first real practice game Tues
day at the armory by defeating the
Wisconsin teachers by the one sided
score of "a to S. Both teams featured
by much poor basket shooting, while
the teachers were handicapped by
lack of practice. Following the game
the crowd enjoyed dancing until mid
night.
Mrs. Harry Beidler had as her
guest for over Saturday and Sunday
her niece, Miss Marion Howe, who is
employed in the office of the North
! west Abstract Co. of Manning. Mrs.
Beidler also had as her visitors re-
Gently another niece, Mrs. Eugene
Sweet, of Hettinger and Miss Flor
ence Hougton, who teaches school at
Reeder.
Miss Lille Boeh1ke, who is en-
ployed at the telephone exchange at
Bismarck, is spending a months va
cation at her home in the city, having
arrived in time for Christmas. Her
sister, Miss Esther, who was substi-
tuting at the Bismarck exchange for
a while, returned with her and has
resumed her regular work in the local
telephone office.
Misses Mayme Brodie and Eleanor
Davis entertained about twenty guests
Saturday evening, the guests being
first taken to the movies and later en-
joying music at the Brodie home. The
house looked very pretty in Christ
mas attire and the hostesses proved
themselves delightful entertainers.
The affair wound up very pleasantly
with a fine luncheon.
Frank Kirby, brakeman on the N.
P. road, sustained quite a serious &C.
cident on Sunday when he had his
foot badly hurt while on duty. He
was taken to the Glendive hospital
and it will probably be several weeks
before he can be up and around.
His father, VIM. Kirby, who is also
at the hospital, shows marked i'm
provement, and was able to be
wheeled into his sons room the first
of the week.
Our high school boys play their first
real game tonight (Friday) when
they meet the fast alumni team, ON
sisting of Llewellyn Roquette, Crosby
Richards, Dewey Wiley, James Soules,
William McCutchan and Harold Rase.
Sidney Morrison and Paul Erb made
special effort to get in from the Erb
farm, where they were spending the
vacation, for the game, and the other
members of the high school team will
be chosen from Frank Richards, Geo.
Brodie, Joe Brodie, Geo. Butler and
Frederick lessen. Admission is Is
cents and Is cents.
Mrs. Margaret Roberts spent a
delightful Christmas with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Pelissier, at Belfield.
Mrs. P%elissier's daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Otto, was there with her
daughter, making four generations
present for the Christmas dinner,
with Mrs. Roberts the oldest, and not
very old at that. Mrs. Roberts moth
er, who raised a family of eleven chill
dren, is still living at the age of
eighty-six, and able to, get around.
Upon her return from Belield Mrs.
Roberts received bad news Of her
youngest sister, who resides with
their mother at Manchester, Iowa,
and who visited in Dickinson a week
last season on her way home from
San Francisco. This sister became
quite suddenly i'll and was operated
upon at Rochester last week hut the