The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-17
Local and Personal
f.. G. Trotzig, Local and News Editor, Phone Ii

! Fresh flowers at the Brookings
Greenhouse
Mrs. Annie L. Pratt returned last
Friday from a four months sojourn in
various parts Of California.
Jos. Bergeim returned home from
Mandan, n. OAK, Tuesday, and will
remain here for the summer
Five dollars for one is what you get
when you buy carbon remover of A.
j. Sanders. Try it and be convinced.
The furniture sale Of Shelden-Cal-
lahan will be held at the residence of
E. c. Sheldon on Williams street,
Saturday, June 10, at 1:30 o'clock
The heavy rainstorm Monday night
played havoc with the fresh concrete
paving on Medary avenue washing off
a large amount of the surface ma
terial
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Fowlds Of
Austin, Mimi, returned home Tues
day after a short visit III this city at
the home of Mr.. Fowlds brother, Prof.
NJ. Fowlds of State college.
Miss Lenora Pier arrived from
Huron to take part in the college
Homecoming. She was graduated in
voice from State college in 1918 and
has studied since in Chicago. She
sang a very beautiful solo at the com
mencement exercises yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Valleau and
! daughter of Albert Lea, Mimi, are
/ here attending the Homecoming. Mr..
the class of 81 and is now a prosper
Gus business man Of Albert Lea,
owning string Of movie picture
theaters in Minnesota.
The fourth annual picnic Of the
Wisconsin picnic association will he
held in the college grove Friday
June 25. Dinner will be served
promptly at noon. The committee on
arrangements are making special ef-
fort to have a good program. All Wis
consin people are cordially invited to
come and bring well-filled baskets.
In one of the most closely contested
elections ever held in this city, G. j.
Flittie won the race for school treas
urer Tuesday afternoon, by a narrow
margin of eight votes over jobs
Bjerge, the other candidate The
final unofficial count stood, 512 for
Flittie, 5O4 for Bjorge. Mrs. e f.
Mcknight was elected member of the
board of education, there being no
opposition.
The Watertown train last Monday
evening got down as far as Castle
wood and was stalled by washOut
at Stray Horse creek just south of
that city. The train and the passen-
gers stayed in Castlewood all night
but started out for Brookings early
in the morning. When the train came
to the washout all of the passengers
and the conductor got off the train
and walked over the bad place while
the engineer successfully got the
train over it without mishap.
Major w. S. Bentley arrived in
Brookings Monday evening on his re-
turn from Europe where he has been
for the past two years and half,
The doctor, who was assigned to the
Medical staff and left with the first
South Dakota troops for overseas
service, was with the boys in the
drive on Chateau Thierry and on thru
the Argonne When the troops were
returned to the States he was as
signed to the Red Cross service and
for some time has been studying con-
! ditions in Roumania. He reports
conditions in that country much i'm
proved as we'll as in France and 9th
er contiguous territory. The doctor
was in New York when he got word
of the Homecoming at State and ar
ranged to meet his daughter VINO
graduated a year ago, in Brookings
before going on to his home at Rapid
City DR.. Bentley was graduate
from State College with the class of
81 and Is thoroughly enjoying the
visit with a number of his former
classmates who are here attending the