The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-01-11

Gillespie & Rogers. Foottitters.
G.. w. Austin made a business trip to
Bruce the fore part of the week.
j. M. Stewart spent several days the
past week at Delhi, Mimi, on business
The Choral Union is working on
the Elijah" All members r re
quested to be present Monday evening
Mrs. Siberts, who makes her home
with her mother, Mrs. f. G. Mont
gomery, has been quite i'll the past
week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Warn
stead, yesterday morning, Jauary
10th, twin girls. These happy people
reside on a farm south of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wright, who had
been here visiting their daughter, Mrs.
j. NJ. Stewart, for two weeks, have
returned to their home at lreton. Iowa.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. II. n.
Jerome will ~sympathize with them in
the death of their infant son who pass"
ed away at their home at Falkland,
Oklahoma, on Jan. 5.
Mrs. /. Seney, of Wibaux, Mont, is
here this week visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Anderson, south of the city and
other relatives in the city. Her daugh-
ter Celia is with her.
The ]. p. Alexander family moved
the past week to the Fred Cole farm,
now owned by Mrs. Rufe Ames, and
will farm it next year. This family re-
Gently came here from Illinois to make
their home.
Miss Dorothy Sherwood came down
from Clark Friday and spent the week
end with her sister, Miss Carlton, an
instructor at State College. Sunday
evening she returned to Minneapolis
where she is taking kindergarten work.
The following gentlemen were ad-
mitted to citizenship by Judge Sher-
wood at this term of court: John Algra,
Hans A. Ness, Cornelius Van Der
WAL, Manirus Meyer, Peter Meyer,
Aund j. Bjorge and Nels Christensen.
Clerk of Courts John A. Lunden fur
nished the Register the following vital
statistics for the year 1916: births in
Brookings county 364, deaths 10, mar
riages 143, divorces Is, naturalized
citizens 6, declarations for citizenship
81.
The many friends of Mrs. Genevieve
Johnson, who for a long time was in
charge of the Western Union office,
will be pleased to learn that she is inn
proving in health and may soon be able
to resume her duties in the New Cen
tury block.
1t will pay every merchant in Brook
ings to attend every session of the
Merchants Short Course at Sioux
Falls next Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. There will be a
program on each day that no live mer-
chant should miss, ending UP Friday
evening with a banquet given by the
travelling men of the territory. MGR
chants and their clerks are all invited,
and the live ones will all be there.
Sibyl Sammis-M acDermid who ap-
pears in concert at the college auditor
ium next Tuesday evening was former
ly a South Dakota girl. She has b
come renowned as a dramatic soprano.
Her husband plays her accompaniment
and is himself a first class compose.
The second part Of the program viii
be devoted to Mr.. MacDermid's own
compositions with him at the piano.
playing his W music to his wife
singing.
List of officers Of the S. V. were in
Quoted into Office, T. S. Sharp acting
as installing officer, last Saturday
evening: Commander, J. II. Hubbard
Sr. Vice, II. B. Mathews; Jr. Vice, d.
S. Kingman; Secretary. II. II. Hoy:
Council, T. S. LeFevre, o. W. SloGuul
and w. r. Palmer; Treasurer. ". ii.
Leighty: Patriotic Instructor, j. 6.
Hutton; Guide. w. r. Vinegar; Color
Bearer, Ray Slocum; Inside Guard, J..
w. sutton; outside Guard, 0. w. $50
cum; Press Reporter, O. G. Slocum.
The First National Bank held its an
nual meeting of stockholders Tuesday
and the following officers We're elect.
ed: Aylmer Cole, president; O. Q.
Olson. vice-president; Geo. w. Cobel
cashier; Ivan L. Cobel, assistant cash.
Ter; Ward B. Spatz, assistant cashier;
A. jobs Biorge, assistant cashier. The
directors elected are: Aylmer Cole, O
O.. Olson, Geo. w. Cobel, Ward b
Spatz and Ivan l.. Cobel. The stock
holders found the bank to be in ex.
cellent condition, and Were extremely
well pleased with the remarkable
growth shown in the past year.
Az tho annual meeting of the stock.