The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-02
Local and Personal
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f. G. Trotzig, Associate and News Editor, Phone Ii

Mrs. Clark Martin returned last
week from her visit in Iowa.
DR.. c. J. Engelson returned Tuesday
from a visit with his brother at Sioux
City.
Mrs. p. G.. Estee returned Tuesday
night from Salem where she has been
visiting relatives and friends for two
weeks.
About September 1st l will open a
pocket billiard hall in the Cheeyel
building, now occupied by the Candy
Kitchen. VIM. Cameron.
Mrs. Glare West of Lake Preston
was in the city Tuesday in attendance
upon the social function held at the
home of Mrs. Z. H. Sexauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sparks OF
Mitchell, are spending the week in
Bookings. Mr.. Sparks is the super
intcndent of paving for the Atkinson
Paving Co.
st. Thomas Guild (Catholic) will
serve cafeteria lunches in the agri.
cultural building on the fair grounds,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Come in and be served to the best
of home cooking.
Deane F. Brooke returned Saturday
night from Bottineau, n. d., after a
brief visit in that state, and will visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F
Brooke, a week or ten days before re
turning to Washington, d. c.
The Misses Sadie Anderson, Hanna
Peterson, and Femicha Klinefelter mo
tored to Madison Tuesday to visit the
Red Cross chapter at that place which
is generally recognized as the best in
South Dakota. 1t is under the super
vision of Miss Ora Kelley.
Station Agent A. j. Kendall informs
the Register that there will be re.
duced fares to Minneapolis during fair
week. Round trip tickets will be sold
at a fare and one-third from Septem-
Der 8 to II. To be valid the holders
must return by September IS. Rates
for the state fair at Huron will be an.
nounced later.
Prof. and Mrs. Il. X. Laursen and
daughter left Monday night for Col
lege Station, Texas, where they will
make their future home. Prof. Laur.
sen has resigned his position as in.
%structor in woodworking at State col,
lege and has accepted a position in the
Texas school. During the summer he
taught at Stout Institute at Menono,
ME, Wis.
Mrs. A. A. Poole left Tuesday night
for New Ulm, Mimi, where she ex-
poets to visit a few days with her son,
Ray, who is there this week with a
show company at the fair. Ray Poole
is a contortionist of considerable abil.
ity. Following the New Ulm fair he
will go to Minneapolis to the Mime
sofa state fair. He also had a splen,
did record in France in the recent war
in the 18th field artillery.
Sixty-one new members is the rec
ord made by the ladies of the Young
Womans' Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist church in their one
week membership contest which
closed Monday. That evening the
event was celebrated at the regular
meeting of the society which met at
the home of Miss Mae Austin. Fol
lowing a delightful program the cap
tains Of opposing sides gave their re-
ports and dainty refreshments were
served by the ~hostesses, Mrs. o. S,
Caldwell and Miss Mae Austin.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Chappell arrived
in the city this week for a visit with
Mr.. Chappells parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
T. L. Chappell, but found that they
were on their way to California. They
are now visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. w. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson
being a sister Of Mr.. Chappell. Mr.
Chappell is a chief electrician in the
U. S. navy and is attached to one OF
the submarines at Pearl Harbor near
Honolulu in the Hawaiian islands,
Mr.. Chappell recently re-enlisted and
at the completion of his present leave
Of absence will return to Honolulu
where the family will make their home
for the next four years.