The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-07
NORTHUMBERLAND

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Stranksy
a daughter Wednesday, May Goth.
George Etting left Monday night
for Waukesha, Wis, where he will
enter the sanitarium for treatment.
Henry Harstan has been assisting
his brother August build a barn for
Coleman Mcdonnell.
Albert Gust and son Ernest are
building a new barn for August Oh.
pellt.
Mrs. George Etting and son Walter
autoed over to Brookings Tuesday
afternoon. They were unable to re-
turn the same day On account of the
lard rain.
Mrs. A. B. Davier returned home
one day the past week from Fland-
reau, where she has been with her
son Roy, who underwent an operation
He is improving but was unable to re-
turn home yet for another week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner who have been
here On a short visit, returned to their
home in North Dakota Monday. They
expect to be back in time to attend the
wedding of their son Hugh to Miss
Celia Brown, which takes place Wed
nesday, June 6.
Misses Martha and Katie Harstan
visited at George Clausen's Sunday at.
ternoon.
Lydia Soden visited Vera Giem a
few days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Honan and two
sons, autoed over to Elkton Monday
evening and were guests of the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. Alvin Quinn.
Between thirty-five and forty friends
and n%eighbors gathered at the M. c..
Nc Rae home Saturday evening and
spent the time in music and dancing.
Refreshments were served and all re-
turned home in the early hours of
the morning.
U. r. Mills and family and Earl
McKeown and family were Sunday
guests Of the Guy Washburn home
near Aurora.
Mrs. George Etting returned to the
farm Sunday, after spending a few
days in Brookings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Curwen came out
Saturday evening and accompanied
the l%atter's parents to the lake on
Sunday.
Henry Karstan, Will Heesch and
NJ. C. Nc Rae marketed hogs in Aur-
ora Friday.
Mrs. Henry Karstan and son Eddie
were Aurora shoppers Friday.
A number from here autoed over
to Bookings t take in the circus
Saturday.
Miss Vera Giem entertained the
tatting club Thursday afternoon. Mrs.
Charlie Heinrich and Mrs. Nc Rae
were guests of the club and a fine
lunch was served.
Master Emerson Honan visited his
grandmother in Brookings Saturday
and Sunday.
The rain and hail of Tuesday did
quite a bit of damage to the crops in
some places in these two townships.
Some report not a bit of hail.
Misses Winifred Kinney, Margaret
Torvey and Clara Heck gave their
pupils a picnic in their school during
the past week.
Elmer Honan had a heifer killed by
lightning during Tuesdays storm.
Miss Vera Seifert returned to her
home near Elkton last Sunday after
finishing a nine months term cf
school in the FELTON, district
William Heesch, assisted by Lester
McRae drove cattle Monday to pasture
for the season, near Aurora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rose Wilkinson, daugh-
ter Katie, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chilson
we're motoring thru here Sunday, call
ing on friends.
Ernie Johnson came out Sunday to
spend a few days of his vacation with
Walter Etting.
A number of culverts and small
bridges were damaged by the storm
of last Tuesday.
Some of the farmers are complain
ing of the wise worms taking their
corn. Some have had to replant.