The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-02-01

Louis Wexler left Monday for Cleve-
land, Ohio, to spend several weeks
visiting relatives.
The state board Of regents were here
last Saturday and made an official
visit to State College.
The regular meeting of the Civic
League will be held at the public
library Friday, February 8 at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. r. r. Stamp, who lives near
White, is enjoying a visit from her
brother, Chas. F~arnsworth. of San
born, Iowa.
A. Glidden has received word of the
death of a niece. Mrs. Luella Wing. at
Britt, Iowa, a week ago. The lady was
sixty years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. p. Sexauer left
Tuesday evening for Lacrosse, Wis. to
visit relatives and look after business
for a few days.
Prof. Garrett Hedge left Monday
evening for Chicago on business, and
expects to return the last of the week
by the way of Minneapolis.
"Crocus Hill" school, Sherman No.
4, had eight pupils who were neither
absent nor tardy and received certifi-
Gates for the month ending January
Goth.
The Register received greetings this
week from the f. C. Olson family who
are now Quartered at the Hotel Ponce
DeLeon, st. Augustine, Florida. They
say 1T is an interesting old city and
the climate fine"
Mrs. A. l.. Davis extends a cordial in.
v~itation to all ladies interested in the
hospital to attend the regular meeting
of the Deaconess Aid Society at her
home on Tuesday, February 9Th, at 8
o'clock. SIG Williams st.
II. G.. Skinner returned from Mitchell
Friday morning and reports a big sale
down there. Best they ever had. He
took down ten head of sheep and sold
them at good prices, $35 to $50 per
head, and is we'll satisfied.
Dallas Leavy was down from Estel-
line Tuesday to see his father who has
been at the hospital for several weeks.
Mr.. Leavy expects to go home 500
for a few weeks but will return when
stronger for another operation.
The Military Band concert last Fri
do, A,ynyir,, y-nc u-n11 ranInrAl -, fhn
presence of a very large and apprecia-
tive audience. 1t was the fifteenth an
nual concert, the feature being "Our
Commandant," a new march by Prof.
Carl Christensen.
A. Glidden received word the first Of
the week of the death of his brother
in-law, j. B. Devine, residing near
Worthwhile, Sphinx county. The funeral
was held Monday. Owing to Mr.. Gid
den's condition at the present time he
was unable to attend.
Adelbert Jones and Miss Mabel o.
trander were married at the NJ. e. par
sonage Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
by the pastor, Rev. |. M. Hargett. They
are both Wisconsin people and We're
visiting at the Ward home in the city.
They have returned to their home.
The State College basketball team
left today for st. Peter, Mimi, to play
Gustavus college. This will be follow
ed tomorrow by a game with st. Cloud
Normal and the next night at College
Vile with st. Johns University. Mon-
day night they play Carleton at North
field.
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, the noted
English poet who is 70 appear here on
the Y. NJ. c.. A. Lecture Course next
month, recently landed in New York.
lie is receiving much favorable press
comment in the metropolitan papers
and is a valuable asset to the course
here.
Paul butcher, of the Register, has
been invited to deliver an address be
fore the winter meeting of the South
Dakota Press Association being hell
at Yankton this week. Owing to sick
ness in the family and the very uncer-
tain condition of the roads Mr.. butcher
will be unable to attend.
Miss Anna Knutson, who has been
the very efficient assistant in the bust
ness office of the Register Publishing
Co, for many years, is enjoying a well
earned vacation and with her sister,
Miss Hulda, will depart this week for
the Pacific coast. They will go by the
way of Denver and Salt Lake City to
California where they will spend some
time. On leaving California they will
visit at points in Oregon and stop at
different points enroute east. Miss
Knutson will be greatly missed by the
Register force.
Professor Wilson was reelected sec
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