The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-04

center table and reed baby buggy.
Phone r sol.
Ladies call at the opening Of the
srookinss Flower Shop Hobo Day and
get a free bouquet of flowers.
Fred Steinback and Miss Ruth WI
laby of White, We're united in marriage
by Judge Geo. p. Hall at the court
house last Thursday.
Carl II. Ahnberg and Miss Lille
Hagen. both of Volga, were married
at the Lutheran parsonage by Rev. B.
A. Benson last Friday.
Miss NJ. Woods, superintendent Of
the hospital. was called to Plankin-
ton on Friday by the death of her
father and has not yet returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Maryland are
expecting to leave for California this
week to make a permanent home.
They have purchased a small fruit
ranch near Los Angeles.
Mrs. Flora A. Mitchell returned last
Saturday from the Black Hills where
she has been making a speaking tour
in the interests of the South Dakota
w. C. 7. L. of which she is the presi-
dent.
Clerk of Courts II. S. Johnson issued
marriage licenses this week to the fol-
lowing named couples: Ole Skordahl
and Miss Evelyn Borsvold of Sinai;
Homer ]. Simmons and Miss Riila
Haber Of White.
r. y. AFFORD of Castlewood, arrived
last Saturday to take up his work as
school of agriculture at State college.
Prof. AFFORD will instruct in history
and civics. He was formerly county
superintendent of schools of Brown
county.
Mayor T. !. Flittie has received word
that his election TO the board of trus-
tees of Wesleyan university at Mitchell
has been confirmed. Mr.. Flittie will
make a valuable addition to its mem
bership. II will be remembered that
Mrs. Flittie was a graduate of this
institution.
Word from Geo. f. Thayer to the
Register the last of the week tells
us that the weather in California has
been somewhat cool for that usually
salubrious climate. Must be even
worse since election. This is a warn
ing to our friends who are trying so
hard to get away from Brookings for
the winter.
Rev. r. C. Keagy delivered his open
ing sermon at the Methodist church
last Sunday morning and made a fine
impression upon all who heard him.
Rev. Keagy went to Sioux Falls Tues
day to vote and returned again
Wednesday evening. He expects his
household goods TO arrive 500 and
his family will be here next week.
Election returns were received over
special wires at two different places
in Brookings on Tuesday night. The
Commercial club rooms had one wire
and tabulated the returns as they came
in. A good sized crowd remained on
watch there until the early hours Of
morning. The Fad theater had an
other wire and announced the returns
as they came in, and entertaining the
crowd with moving pictures during the
waits. The returns were very slow in
coming in this year, and the reports
received up to midnight were o en-
tirely conclusive.
A person would have to hunt a long
while in this state to find a city where
the windows of the stores are as pref
tily trimmed as they are in ~BrookingS.
That is the case the year around, but
this week the store windows of Brook
ings offer such a display of originality
and beauty as cannot be equalled in
many of the cities of the United
States. In preparation for Hobo day
the window trimmerS have racked
their brains for clever ideas and the
success is at once apparent when you
glance at the windows. Some of the
best that deserve special mention are,
Cole Mercantile Co. Gillespie x
Rogers, The Toggery, Hauff Dry Goods
store, Olson-Graves, and the Haywood
Hardware Co,
Lieut.. Welcome Waltz, a few weeks
ago a student at State college and full
back on the State team, has been de.
tailed to take charge of the r.. o. T
c. unit at the college and has already
entered Upon his new duties. Shortly
after entering school this fall he re-
ceived his commission and was ordered
to Fort Smelling and later to Camp
Benning, Georgia. He returned here
from the southern camp. During the
war Lieut.. Waltz served overseas IS
captain OF a machine gun company in
which capacity he made a brilliant
record for himself. The new com
mandant succeeds Captain Omar y
Bradley, who is now an instructor at