The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-05-06
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morning from a business trip TO Wes-
sington.
Mrs. Dan Norton and children are
here from Redfield visiting relatives
and friends.
Mrs. A. B. Hendricks and daughter
from Aurora, were shopping irf the city
Saturday.
H. |. Olston of Lake Preston, was
here on business matters and visiting
relatives last Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Jennings left
Friday for Estellne for visit at the
home of NJ. and Mrs. G. f. Hopkins.
Norma TaImadge in "The Woman
Gives" 1.-THE Gumps," ANDY and
Min Monday and Tuesday, at the
Pleasant Hour 15c and SOC.
Mrs. S F. Arthur returned Sunday
! evening from Mineral Point, Wis,
where she was called two weeks aso
by the serious illness of her aged
mother.
! F. B. Olson has resigned his position
as manager of the Geo. p. Sexauer
& Sons elevator at Arlington, taking
place May l. Mr.. and Mrs. Olson will
now make their home in this city.
Albert Johnson, son of President
Willis Z. Johnson has been elected as
agricultural instructor in the Water
town high school for the term 1920-21.
He will take up the work there
August l.
A. n. Hume, j. G.. Hutton and G. J.
Graves, all agricultural experts at
State college, were at GrotOn last week
installing new soil experiment field
in connection with the South Dakota
soil survey.
A sailor, Earl b. Cleveland. ships
cook second class, visited IN the city
last Thursday on his ICY to spend
ten-day furlough at his home at Es-
telline. He is stationed at the Great
Lakes Naval Training station.
DR.. ]. c. Gedstead, who has been
practicing dentistry in Mitchell, S. d.,
for several years is having rooms
equipped for dentist office over the
First National bank He expects to
locate permanently in Brookings.
The seat sale for the big home talent
'musical comedy, "Forty-tive Minutes
From Broadway put on by the Girls
Business club will open Saturday
morning, May 18th, at tht usual place.
Be there early and be sure of good
! seat
BroOkings Commandery, Knights
Templar. held another special conclave
Friday conferring the degrees of
knighthood upon Manley Champlin,
Rufus Ames and Ivan Cobel. After
the ceremonies a special supper was
served
Herbert c. Hawley and Miss Mabel
Pollard, both of Estellne. were mar
ried at the Methodist parsonage in
this city Wednesday evening by Rev.
G.. II. Zentz. They will make their
home in Estelline, where the groom is
farming.
Mrs. Geo. A. Starring and children
left Friday morning for Chicago 70
Join Mr.. Starring who recently ac-
cepted an important position with the
Agricultural Publishers Association in
rhat city where they will now make
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Johnson returned
from their southern trip Friday morn
ing. They spent most of the winter
in different parts of Florida with head
quarters at Jacksonville. On their way
home they went to Hot Springs, Ark,
where they spent three weeks.
A scholarship for student research
in medicinal and poisonous plants IS
recent gift of the school Of pharmacy
of State college from ID. F. Jones OF
Watertown. Mr.. Jones was for tf-
teen years member Of the state board
of pharmacy and at one time was act
ing head of the state school of phar-
macy. The conditions of award are
to be worked out and announced later
The officers of the South Dakota
Pharmaceutical association who held
a meeting here last week, announced
that the next annual convention OF the
association would be held at State
college August II, IL and 13. Since
it is to be in the nature of home
coming for graduates Of the school OF
pharmacy of State college, it is
thought that the attendance will be
unusually large. The association is
the one Of the strongest in the coun-
try, having a membership of almost
: thousand
Under the head, "Curbstone Opin-
IONS" the following appeared in the
Argus-Leader last week: Prof Kerr
State college, Brookings: I am about
completing long stretch of jury duty
: in the federal court. This will be my
; last spell at this jury work. Durine
{ the past week | have passed my !otH
> milestone and as a consequence | am
now exempt from jury duty. ! woulo
: not so much object to the jury duly
\ but believe that younger men car
t stand the hardships which are bount
e to come to one doing jury duty MI
t Kerr takes exception to this statemen
hot