The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-27
DR.. B. H. Sayre, local veterinarian.


Miss Daisy Nord arrived in the city
Friday and spent part Of the holidays
with friends here.
VIM. Finnerty. of Aurora. was 4
Brookings visitor Friday and did not
forget the Register.
Mrs. Geo. Coulter was down from
Eureka on Saturday and called to re-
new their Register.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Swenson well
coined the arrival of a nine pound
baby boy at their home on Monday.
DR.. L. c. Perisho left last evening
for Springfield, H., where he will
make two addresses before the state
educational association of Illinois.
Rev. and Mrs. /. NJ. Hargett were
the recipients of a fine big turkey for
their Christmas dinner, sem them by
a friend at washington Springs, their
old home.
r. a. Mark, of the Void Construc-
ton Co., went to Minneapolis Tuesday
to spend the Christmas season with
his wife and baby, who are visiting
relatives there.
Dr.. L. A. Lentz has a letter from
former Lieut.. Philip Peyton. comman-
dant at State college some years ago.
He is o located at San Francisco
and has been promoted to Major.
Brookings Commandery, knights
Templar, held their annual Christmas
Observance at the temple at HOO a.
m. Christmas day. twenty-five dol
lars was appropriated for the Chill
dren's Home at Sioux Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Borst, who have
been visiting their son, DR.. l.. G..
Borst, left last Friday for ST. Peters
burg, Florida, where they will spend
the balance {. the winter. They will
return in the spring and perhaps make
this city their home.
w. ). Warren, who has been visit
ing his brother, j. w. Warren, for a
week past, left Friday for Massachu-
sets to make a further visit before
returning to Canada. He enjoyed the
time spent in Brookings and likes the
looks Of the country extremely well.
w. II. Thompson, a competent and
skilled horseman lately of Salem, will
move to the city in a short time and
live on the DR.. B. II. Sayre farm west
Of town. He has been engaged by Dr..
Sayre to look after the registered Per
cheron stock that the doctor now is
breeding from the many fine speci-
mems that he now owns.
Miss Ada Erwin left last evening
for Boise, Idaho, where she will enter
the employ OF the ~government as an
emergency food expert. She will work
through the state with Miss Amy Kel-
ly, another BrOokings girl, who is the
food administrator for Idaho. Miss En-
win is thoroughly equipped for the
work as she has made it her life work.
and with the experience she has had
in the college and with the extension
sistant for the work in Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. p. Nelson, father
and mother Of Mrs. S. f. IIargis, are
visiting at their daughters home and
will be here most of the winter. They
MINI, and have only lately broken
up their home there. Mr.. Nelson was
for many years one of the prominent
citizens of tn town and has been ono
of those WHO were instrumental In
starting some of the business enter
prises, including a large m~erchandisc
business and the First National BAN.
Bookings will be glad to have them
decide to make this their permanent
home.
The Red Cross benefit at the Fad
on Christmas was very well attended
One of tle reels, cover Here" failed
to arrive and that was no fault of M.
Cornell as it was ordered in plenty Of
time. The other big reel, "The Heart
of a Haro," based on the life of Ma
than Tale, the revolutionary hero.
gave Splendid satisfaction. Through
the git Of the house for the day, the
Red Cross chapter realized s5145 and
the oicers speaking through II. b
MATHEWS, chairman of the finance
committee. wish to publicly acknowr
edge their thanks to Mr.. Cornell TO-
his generosity and public s%piritedncss.
A nine pound salmon, dressed, wa
) one Of the Christmas presents to the
publisher of the Register from tn
Ocen Fisheries Co, Seattle, Wash. 1t
was carefully packed in ice and ar
rivd in prime condition. From a let
: ter We received from p. J. Hegeman,