The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-04-03
Local and Personal
J. F. Brooke, Local and News Editor. Phone LII

Garage.
John Lawson of Lake Preston, was
in the city Monday to pay his taxes
Mrs. Nels Larson went to Coltor
Saturday to attend the funeral of hel
mother.
Jake Stransky was over from Rich
land Friday and brought his little son
along for treatment.
Mr.. 0. c. Nessen of Sioux City
was an over Sunday guest at the home
of H. O. Tufty and family.
John Jesme and family returned
from their winters s~ojourn at Long
Beach, Calf, the first of the week.
II. G. DeWalt went to Bryant on
business Monday morning, returning
on the Wednesday morning train.
Opportunity is knocking at that
rented door. Own your own home,
See j. II. Roberts, The Home Build.
er's friend.
The local war board has closed its
work and has ceased to exist. We
anticipate that it's membership is cor.
~respondingly happy.
The DIST Division that arrived from
overseas on Monday, in the port of
New York, contains several thousand
South Dakota troops.
The Register has put in a supply of
the l and 2 inch tape for the machines
recently sold to merchants by the Star
Gumved Products Co.
Victor Vincent and Miss Pearl Stan
ley, both Of Huron were united il
marriage in this city yesterday after
noon by Justice d. Sharp.
Pete Bentson of McAllen, Texas,
and a former resident Of this county,
was visiting friends here last week.
He returned home Friday.
Mrs. Frank GilBride and children
came up from Verdi and visited over
Sunday at the home of her husbands
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank GilBride,
Sr.
The April meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association will be held
Thursday evening, April 10th, at 500
p. m. Prof. Scarbro will speak on
Boys and Girls Interests"
The Register is advised that Sena-
tor Thomas Sterling will be making
a tour of the state in a short time and
that he is expected to speak in Brook
ings some time next week or the week
after.
A letter from G. F. Knappen. who
with Mrs. Knappen, have been visit
ing at Mimai, Fla, leads us to be-
time as Mr.. Knappen has ordered his
Register to be left in Brookings this
week.
Mrs. C. o. Quail was called to
Rochester Sunday evening to attend
the funeral of her brother-in-law,
Frank Pagel. Mr.. Pagel has been i'll
for some time and his death was not
unexpected. Mrs. Quail will return the
last of this week.
West Babcock of Sioux Falls, state
agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Ins.
I w., was III liz SlIy SuiiuuS
the funeral services for the late H. l..
Button. Mr.. Button had been for a
number of years the local representa-
tive of this company.
Ed. Heffernan writes us from Elk
ton and in renewing his subscription
paws the Register the following COM
pliment: Its news is always the lat
est. fresh and clean, and interesting.
1t is one of the first papers sought
for and read by all the members Of
the family"
who's Who in America" lists prom
inently the many achievements of
Prof. Wood who appears in the Y. M.
C. A. Lecture Course April 9Th. In
the early days he was closely associ-
ated with Thomas A. Edison and in
1899 was appointed district engineer
of the Edison Co. for the Pacific coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. B. O'Hair have re-
ceived word from their on, Carl, who
is attending high school in Green
castle. Ind, hat he has won the or
atory contests both of the school and
the county held there this spring.
This news is very agreeable to his
many friends in Brookings and to his
former associates in the Brookings
high school.
There is some talk that Mrs. L. n
Natwick of Sioux Falls, owner of the
corner occupied by the Connolly Gro
Gerry, is considering the proposition
of erecting a fine business block on
this most prominent corner. Such an
investment would certainly be a pay
ing one and there would be no lack
of tenants as soon as the building
was completed,
Prof. H. B. Mathews tells the Reg
lister that his son, Hubert, can be
found by any of the returning soldiers
who visit New York, at the Herald
offca an Wednesday and THURSDAY