The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-11
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Coffee Store Friday and Saturday.
Leonard Laid was down from
Bryant for the Hobo day celebration.
Annual Lutefsk supper at Lutheran
church, Thursday, Nov. Is. Serving
begins at $50. Tickets, rs cents.
Rev. r. c.. Keagy, pastor of the
Methodist church, was a guest at din
ner Sunday at the home of Rev. and
Mrs. j. j. Gardner.
The regular meeting Of the Civic
League will be held in the library on
Friday, November u, at 800 o'clock.
All members are urged to be present
as important matters will be discussed.
A fire alarm was turned in last Fri
day evening at 200 o'clock call NJ
The fire department to the residence
of D.. e. Crispin on Williams street.
The small blaze was extinguished,
however, before the fire department
arrived.
John Johnston, ST., left last Wednes
day evening for Long Beach. Cal, 10
spend the winter. He will make visits
on the way at Dunbar, Neb.. his old
home at Minden, Neb., and at Fort
Collins and Palisade, Colo, where he
has many old friends.
A. f. Grimm, president Of the Com
mercial club, that the club
meeting set for Friday evening has
been postponed until Monday even
ing, November Is, on account of the
American Legion play, Cherry Bios
SON." which will be given Friday even
ing.
C. e. Palmer left yesterday morning
for an extended trip through the
southern and western part Of the state.
Mr.. Palmer is grand master Of the
Odd Fellows lodge and will make Of
fetal visits at all of the lodges along
the route. He will be gone about two
weeks.
The Red Cross chapter held their
annual meeting last Thursday even
ing at the city hall. At this meet
ing it was decided that Mrs. Trooien,
county superintendent of schools, be
permitted to use funds of the Brook
ings Junior Red Cross for vaccinating
children in the city schools. 1t was
also decided that the county chapter
Of the Red Cross would give free vacci-
nation service to any person in the
county who is unable to have it done
for himself.
Flags on the federal building in
Bookings and on all similar buildings
in the United States and at all mill
tary posts, naval stations and IN yes
sells, will fly at half mast Sunday, No
vember IA, as a token of the nations
part cipation in the memorial services
held for the heroic American soldiers,
sailors and marines who gave their
lives to their country in the world
war according to a proclamation is.
sued by President Wilson making the
day a national memorial day.
For a play of absolute human APP
peal it is doubtful if the past ten
years has produced one that measures
up in interest with THE Brat" which
viii be the offering by Clint and Bes.
Sc Robbins company at the Grand
theatre Monday night. The story mar.
rates the whimsical of THE
Brat a nameless child of the charity
Institutions who drifts into the chorus
IF 4 cheap musical show, is insulted
and then hailed to the night court or
a trumped up charge. There an author
who is seated on the bench with the
Judge sees in her just the type" he
has been seeking as the heroine of
a new novel he is TO write and he takes
the bedraggled child woman to his
home shocking his aristcratic mother
and arousing the angry resentment of
Angel, his blue blooded fiancee. BY
reason of her simple faith the odd
little brat" eventually triumphs after
heart breaking experiences, heart
burnings and sacrifices that make for
one Of the most interesting plays OF
the decade.