The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-10

lish a list Of its members.
G. A. Perley, of Flandreau, who has
been visiting his daughter. Mrs. H. G.
Hauff, returned home Saturday morn
ing.
Remember the S. u. s. c. Military
Band concert at the College Audi
forum, Friday evening. January %,
1918.
w. s. Ray vas up from Aurora Mon
day morning getting his question
naire filled out and attending TO other
business.
Miss Matte Stoddart returned Sat
urday morning to her school duties at
Elgin, MINI, after spending the holi-
days at home.
Geo. w. Cobel Went to Onida Tues
day afternoon to attend a meeting of
the stockholders of a bank there. in
which he is interested.
Make your plans now to take in the
10th annual Concert OF the 5. ID. s. &.
Military Band on Friday evening 25.
1918. Admission. twenty-five cents.
The county commissioners have
been in session again all this week
and expect to be able to get through
their business and adjourn before the
end Of the week.
Miss Myrtle Gullick, who has been
spending a couple of weeks vacation
at the home of her father. Nels Gul-
lick. returned to Chicago Monday
morning. being called by telegram for
attendance OF a nursing case.
Mrs. NJ. s. Thaycr received a mes
a Q yesterday stating that her moth
er, Mrs. Hannah Gibbons, Of Early.
Ia, had just passed away. Mrs. Glib
hons was eiehty-seyen years Of age
and her end was peaceful and quiet.
4 son, c. l.. Gibbons. who lives in
Brookings, left at once to attend the
funeral.
John Roach has taken over the
Brookings Cafe, formerly owned by
him, on account of w. 4. Collins going
into the army service. During Mr..
Roach's visit to the city some disposal
of the business viii be made and A
frst-class restaurant man is expected
to take hold Of this long established
eating house.
Mrs. w. A. Collins and little daugh-
ter departed yesterday for Odebolt,
Iowa, where they will remain with her
parents while the husband End father
is in the war. Mrs. Collins has made
many friends in Brookings, and they
regret that circumstances make it
necessary for her and her little daugh-
ter to move from the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Farrankop vent
to Rochester, MINI. with their son,
Frank. last Friday evening, to place
him in the hospital for attention to a
knee that was hurt some little time
ago It is reported that they will have
u ifdNf MN lIICIt ~ III hiF'
that it will be months before he Will
be able to be on his feet again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback lett
Tuesday morning on the east bound
train for Florida. They 20 by way Of
Knoxville, Tenn. to visit Prof. c. a.
Refer. and by way of Jacksonville TO
Orlando. where they expected to spend
some little time. When they return
in the spring they will come by way
of Brooklyn and visit their %daughtei.
Mrs. Dreamer.
Louis c. Johnson and Milton No
knight. who have beer the grocery
end of the Cole Mercantile Co. for
some time, will sever their connection
with that establishment and engage
in the grocery business for them
selves. They have rented the bud
ing formerly occupied by the Orhrans
meat market, and are hoping to aef
their stock in time to open for hu
ness about February 1st.
Mrs. Inez Madden spent New Year
with her husband, Corporal Thoma
c., at Fort Smelling. She returned
last Thursday and reports that Tom
has been picked out of the regular
for special training and left last Sal
urday for Battle Creek, Mich. who
he goes through a special course for
promotion to a commission in the rec
ular army. He is now a corporal IN
the machine gun company Of the Seth
L. S, Infantry.
The money received by ]. II. Rot
erts from the sale Of tickets on a lot
in the east part Of town. and which
was intended for the mess fund
Company C. has been divided amon9
other funds as the splitting up Of th.
company made its original use impo
sible. Mr.. Roberts ave 800 to the
Red Cross. S64 10 the Y. NJ. G.. A. ana