The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-10
Local and Personal

William Mix of WATERFOWL, visited
at the home of his parents here on
Hobo day.
Christmas sentiments are best OK
pressed by Oyloe's Photographs.-Ad-
vertisement.
The better quality women's coats
and suits at a saving at Cole's.-Ad-
vertisement.
A few high class coats and suits at
Coles at big mid-winter savings
Advertisement.
Palmer Johnson, who is employed
by the highway commission at Pierre,
came home for the celebration Satur-
day.
Fred Wright, editor of the De Smet
Independent, dropped his cares and
worries and spent Hobo day in Brook
ings.
John E. Reedy of Beresford, was one
of the alumni who came back for Hobo
day and visited among his Brookings
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Pickett of Pierre,
arrived last Friday night to take in
the Hobo day celebration and visit
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Walseth and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Walseth, and
Russell Walseth of Clear Lake, were
Hobo day visitors.
Miss Mabel O. Woods, superintend-
ent of the Dakota Deaconess hospital,
spent a few days in Minneapolis, Mimi,
on business last week.
X. E. Jacobson and George Hockin-
stad of Canton, arrived Saturday morn
ing and visited until Sunday evening
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. O.. II.
Lawrence.
DR.. C. A. Butler and family of Lake
Preston, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Perley and
j. E. Perley of Flandreau, were Hobo
day guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Hauff.
Ray Bunday, who teaches in the high
school at Letcher, drove up for Hobo
day and made his usual appearance
with the ditty band. Harold Triton
accompanied him.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Weise left for
Minneapolis, Mimi, last week where
Mrs. Weise expected to enter the hos,
pital to find relief from illness which
has bothered her for some time.
The building formerly occupied by
the Cornell Electric company is being
remodeled and decorated preparatory
to the opening Of a new women's ap-
parel shop by Mrs. T. C. Akin and Mrs
Ella Evans.
James Natesta, the well known
pioneer Brookings merchant, left last
Thursday for Los Angeles, Cal, to
spend the winter in accordance with
his usual custom. In former years
he has usually made the trip by auto
but this year he travelled by rail.
Edith Sloan of Aberdeen, home dem
onstration agent of Brown county, and
Grace Sloan, teacher of home conOm
les at Clark, arrived Friday night TO
spend the week end visiting at the
home Of their parents, and enjoying
the annual student frolic of their alma
mater.
T. J. Ryan closed a transaction last
week in which he sold the Nelson
house. the large rooming and boarding
house on Eighth street, to John Lind
Of Bancroft. The change in posses
sion took place Immediately. Mr.. Lind
traded his hardware store at Bancroft
in on the deal and Mr.. Ryan with his
family left for Bancroft to operate the
store.
E. H. Beatty is e%nlarging the open
ing between his jewelry store and the
rooms formerly occupied by the
Williams Piano Co., and is e%quipping
these rooms with shelving and ta-
bles preparatory to opening a gift
shop. This shop will make a spe-
cialty of unusual gifts ranging in
price from so cents up to s5.00.-Ad-
vertisement.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Rudolph attended
the Joint anniversary celebration at
Huron last Wednesday evening held
by the James River lodge and the Col
fax Rebekah lodge, l. o. o. F., which
marked the fortieth milestone since
the organization Of the Odd Fellow
lodge in Huron. Six men organized
the lodge there forty years ago and
two of those men were present at the
celebration. Mrs. Rudolph was o
ored at the meeting by having the
decoration Of chivalry conferred upon