The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-05-19
LOCAL

Mrs. O. II. Lawrence returned last
Friday from Canton where she spent
a couple weeks visiting at the home
of her parents.
Mrs. w. d. Borst of Hemit, Cal, ar.
rived last Friday night for a visit of
a month or so at the home Of her son,
DR.. l.. G. Borst.
The Sorosis Club was delightfully."-
entertained at the pleasant home of
Mrs. G.. j. Flittie last evening. An in
teresting program vas followed by an
auction sale and refreshments.
The A. NJ. Wold-Mark Construction
company of Bookings, was awarded
the contract for the construction Of
the new high school building at Mo
bridge last week. Their bid of $96,442
being the lowest and best bid,
Rev. and Mrs. II. w. Fulweiler and
daughter, left this morning for Cham
berlain where Mrs. Fuweiler will visit
for several days while Rev. Fulweiler
will go on to Lead to attend the
district convocatiOn Of Episcopal
churches.
Bookings Lodge. A. +. & A. NJ,
to the number Of thirty or more mo-
tored to White Tuesday and put on
the third degree work for their neigh
bors. A fine supper was served by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church.
All report a nice trip and a very en-
joyable time.
Bad weather and muddy roads
slowed up the activity of Dan Cupid
this week, only two licenses being is
sued by Clerk of Courts II. S. John
son during the week, to the following
couples: Clarence Fallon and Helen
Clark of Brookings; William Terry
of %Troquois, and Alice Larson of
Bookings.
The infant daughter of Prof. and
Mrs. Anton Hogstad died suddenly last
Thursday morning after a short i'll
ness. Funeral services were held at
the home Friday afternoon at $50
and interment was made in Green
wood cemetery. The students in the
school of pharmacy attended the fun
eral in a body. The deepest sympathy
OF the community is extended to the
sorrowing parents.
Miss Sadie Anderson, county Red
Cross nurse, has issued Knights Ban
neret buttons to 10 pupils of the
county schools who have completed
the fifteen months course of health
crusade work. Miss Anderson noted
that the health Of the pupils and the
sanitary conditions Of the schools
where the modern health crusade was
being carried on We're much better
than in the schools where the work
had not been started.
Lloyd Schrader received word last
week that his brother, Frank, age 20.
of Ell Paso. Texas, formerly Of Brook
ings, met with a painful accident while
working in a gasoline filling station.
in some manner the gas was turned
on full force and he received the
stream in his face and on his lungs.
For two days the doctors gave no
covering now although there is a pos
sibility hat his lungs may be affected.
The annual grand encampment of
the Odd Fellow lodge in session this
week at Aberdeen attracted a good
sized delegation Of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs from Bookings. Grand Mas
ter G. E. Palmer, at the head of the
/. o. o. F. lodge in South Dakota, of
course is in attendance and taking a
leading part in the ceremonies. Mrs.
Palmer is also in attendance and is a
candidate for the degree of chivalry
along with Mesdames Rio Miner, Frank
Simmons and Halga Wilson. Carl
Grossman, Al Jermstad and T. J.. Lee
Fevre of the local lodge of Odd Eel
lows are attending the encampment.
The Brookings Sunday school ath-
letic league was formed last Thursday
at a meeting held at the Baptist church
attended by Is representatives from
the various Sunday schools. The fol
lowing officers were elected: l. B..
Johnson, president: Philip Hanson,
.vice-president; c. S. Metzger, secre-
tary; and Van Fishback, treasurer.
The first activity of the league will
be baseball but other athletics are be-
ing contemplated. The opening league
game will be played Saturday after.
noon at the fair grounds between the
Lutheran and Methodist Sunday
schools. The Presbyterian team and
the Methodist second team may also
cross bats at the same time. The pur-
poses of the league are to create a
stronger sentiment for clean athletics,
to create high standards of Christian
character, promote clean speech, and
to develop a spirit of Christion COM