The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-05-22
WORK ON SOLDIERS AND SAIL.
oRs' BOOK PROGRESSING
NICELY

Well known st. Paul firm OF Buck
bee Mears Co, are affiliated with the
Universal Supply Co., and will attend
to the publishing and engraving enc
of the business, with Offices at Siou,
Falls.
1t was but a short while ago thar
the brave lads from your county wend
ed their way to the station and donnet
he khaki and blue to take part in the
great world war. Some will never re
turn, but the majority are back or or
their way home to doff their uniforms
and again take up their civilian pur
suits. Surely we are not willing that
the services of these gallant men be
so easily forgotten that no permanent
record of their part in the war be pre-
pared; and in what better way could
we erect a lasting monument to com,
memorate their deeds and preserve
their memories than by preparing q
beautiful book containing all their pic.
lures and service records?
That is exactly the purpose of the
HONOR ROLL OF YOUR COUNTY,
which we are compiling. But this can.
not be accomplished without your help
We find there are members of your
family or friends of yours who have
been in the service, and whose pic.
lures are yet lacking in our files. We
wish you would send in these pictures
at once, giving each mans full name,
his rank, the unit he belonged to and
where he served, with further partic-
ulars if he has been gassed, wounded,
decorated for bravery, or if he has
died in the service.
Every soldier, sailor and Red Cross
nurse who represented this county in
the great conflict is entitled to a place
in this permanent history, and it is
your duty to them to see that their
pictures and records are placed in this
work. Frankly, what would any of
the boys think should he return and
find his picture left out of the honor
roll of his county because Of negli-
gence on your part?
There is absolutely no charge made
for placing these pictures in the book,
and you are obligated to us in no way
whatever. All the pictures will be
carefully preserved and returned to
their owners in perfect condition.
We are sparing no pains in making
this record thorough, elaborate and ar
tistic. Are you willing to do your part
by sending in the pictures and data
at once? You are delaying the book
if you hold back your pictures, so rush
them to us at once with the informa-
ton we need. Let us all cooperate to
make this record 1000 complete and
authentic-an Honor Roll that we a
proudly place in the public libraries
and in the archives of the State Histor-
ical Society.
In 81 the flower of American
hood marched away to war. Some Of
them never returned, others came back
and interested themselves in civil ac-
t~ivities, saying little of their deeds for
the cause. No Honor Roll containing
the pictures and records of these brave
lads was compiled. How proud the
children and grandchildren of these
boys would be to have such a rec
ord in their home today to show what
their granddaddy did in 81. Can you
imagine the JOY it would give the old
veterans who are still living if they
had such a book containing their pic
lures and pictures of the boys from
their community who stood with them
during those memorable days? Then
YOU can realize what the VA His
tory wi, mean to our boys in the
years to come.
The War History Will contain the
pictures of all the boys from this coun-
ty who have been or who are now in
the service, with pictures OF the prln-
cipal amp sthey went to, and camp
scenes taken both in this country and
over there"
II will contain the pictures OF the
women from this county who gave
their time and strength for service
with the Red Cross.
1t will have the pictures and text
describing the activities of the men
and women who could not go to war,
but nobly did their part in the nome
war organizations.
The book will be a beautiful volume,
deliberately prepared with pages OF
highly artistic colored designs espec-
tally made for US by a well known ar
fist. Every page will be printed on
heavy enameled paper in artistic de-
signs and il will be handsomely bound
in an embossed cover, also IN a reg
ular leather cover stamped in gold.
South Dakota Var History Co.,
90 Paulton Block, Sioux Falls, S. ID.
Associated with Universal Supply co.