The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-12-26
Local and Personal Paragraphs

Mrs. H. L.. Bryant and two sons
Of Aberdeen and Mrs. C. P. Covert
of Cherokee. Iowa. r visiting at
the D. O.. Nelson home. Both
aides are sisters of Mrs. Nelson.
County Judge S. S. Lockhart
spent a couple Of DAYS at Sisseton
last week attending circuit court in
Roberts county.
Mrs. John Geiger of Ortonville
stopped off in Milbank for a days
visit with friends. while on her way
home from . visit to friends near
Wilmot.
Miss Jessie Sutcli fife, who has
been attending business school in
Minneapolis. is spending the hoDi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Sutcliffe.
Andrew Cahr, about 60 years Of
age and a re sident of East Alban,
was a~djudged insane and was or
deled taken to the hospital at Yank
tor by the board of insanity the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seide, who had
been on a visit to their daughter,
Mrs. Prell, at Anderson, Ind, for
the past month, returned home the
first of the week.
Ralph Alderman. who has been
attending school in Minneapolis.
arrived home last week to spend
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soefker Of Twin
Brooks, spent Sunday last with the
K. L. Nichol family.
j. ID. Smull of Summit was in
town Monday on his way to Sisseton
to attend the county convention of
proposal men in Roberts county.
Francis Michigan went up to
Summit the first of the week to help
on the survey work on the Yellow
stone trail.
Mrs. F. E. Bracht left during the
week for LaMoure. N. d., where
she will spend Christmas with her
sister, Mrs. j. II. komrs who was
known here as Mrs. Mae Rogers.
The almanac says we have passed
the shortest day of the year, and
from now on the days begin to
lengthen and the cold begins to
strengthen
The local lodge of Rebekahs,
played the part of Santa Claus
to the children at the Odd Eel
lows home at Dell Rapids by for
warding S5.75 to the little folks
in the institution.
Miss Della Hall, who has been at
tending Dakota university at
Mitchell arrived home last week to
spend the holidays with her Mil
bank friends.
A recent communication from the
Peabody hospital at Webster states
that Chas. McWaters. is not i'm
proving as rapidly as was anticipat-
ed, and is still confined to his bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pawson left
the first of the week for Benton
Harbor, Mich, the former home of
Mrs. Pawson, where they expect to
spend the winter. and If they dis
pose of some property they have in
that locality they will probably
come west again. Harry is one of
the old timers, and will be missed
by Milbank people.
Miss Maud Farnham, who has
been teaching at the Moosehart
school in Illinois. arrived home last
week to spend the holidays. The
Moosehart school is one Of the
benevolences OF the great Moose
fraternity, which is there caring
for some 800 orphan children.
They have very fine location and
comfortable buildings and equip
ment, and are doing a great benev-
client work in caring for and edu-
eating these children, and giving
them as nearly as possible the
benefits Of q family home. and send
ing them out eq uipped to meet the
responsibilities of life when they
arrive at their majority. The &C.
commodations are continually be-
ing enlarged. but it is q difficult
matter to keep up with the increas-
ing number Of children that are be-
ing brought to the institution.