The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-05-26

Mrs. A. NJ. Pultz. Mr.. Waby is their
son-in-law.
Mrs. George Lang who has been
spending the last two months at the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Slocum, left last week for Nc
Laughlin to visit her husband who is
spending the summer on the ranch.
A. NJ. Pultz and Ed. Waby will leave
this evening for Minneapolis, Mimi,
to be present at the graduation eX-
e~rcises of Mr.. Pultz's daughter, Miss
Mabel Pultz, who has completed her
curse at the Minneapolis general hos
pital.
Father F. X. Dooley and C. B. kaer-
Cher attended the meeting of the
state council Of the Knights of Co
lumbus at Huron Monday. The oun
ell donated $3.50 from their funds to
the vocational men at State college
to purchase recreational equipment,
a very generous act worthy of COM
mendatiOn.
Marriage licenses were issued to the
following named couples by Clerk of
Courts II. S. Johnson during the week;
Lon MINER of Bookings, Miss Myrtle
Hartley of White; N. Schouweiler and
Kathryn Gazeley of White. Both of
these couples called on the clerk of
courts in the dark of the night to Sc
cure the coveted document.
Nearly every seat in the college
auditorium was filled last Sunday
evening when the Rev. f. V. Pierce
delivered the baccalaureate sermon
for the graduating class of the Brook
ings high school. The Rev. j. A. G..
Waits was in charge of the program,
the Rev. r. C. Keagy offered the
prayer. A special choir under the di
~rection Of Miss Pearl Johnson fur
nished several fine musical numbers.
DR.. Pierce's was splendid and
greatly appreciated by the entire audi
ence as well as by the graduating
class.
About one hundred vocational train
INK SluuculS IIOm oldlt tOllcSt, lndIlS
of them with their wives, enjoyed the
~fve-course banquet served to them by
the ladies of st. Thomas guild at the
G.. A. r. hall Tuesday evening. The
banquet made a great hit with the
boys and they said it was the finest
thing that they had attended since
coming to ~BrOOkings. Miss Harriet
Peterson and Miss Esther Bairey fur
nished musical numbers. Short talks
were made by Father F. X. Dooley,
DR.. G.. L. Brown, Prof. II. B. Mathews,
DR.. B. T. Green and G. b. Kaercher,
The hall was beautifully decorated for
the occasion and every detail of the
banquet was carefully prepared. Great
credit is due the ladies of the guild
especially their president, Miss Mae
Murphy.
Lon Miner, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Fred S. Miner of B%rookings, and Miss
Myrtle Hartley Of White, surprised
their friends by slipping off and get
ting married a week before the wed
ding was scheduled to take place.
They were given a ~rousing send off
Monday morning when they left or
a short honeymoon trip by a large
group of friends supplied with liberal
quantities of rice. The groom is well
known in Brookings and has a good
position in the Haywood Hardware
Co. He is an Industrious, dependable
young man of good habits and exec.
lent character. The bride is a young
lady of ability as well as beauty and
IS held in high respect in her com.
munity. The community extends the
best wishes for future happiness and
prosperity.
Georgia Peck, seven-year-old grand
daughter of Mrs. w. V. Duggan, mar
rowly escaped serious injury or death.
yesterday afternoon about 500 O'Clock
on Sixth street while she was return
ing home alone from a school picnic.
Unaware of an approaching automo-
bile she walked into it's path and the
driver, doing his best to avert an
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not quickly enough to avoid striking
the child, throwing her down and
bruising her quite severely, Her dress
was torn off. The driver of the auto
mobile, Mr.. Silver, a commercial trav-
eler of Minneapolis, Mimi, jumped out
Immediately and picked the child up.
After the physician had made an ex'
animation it was found that no bones
were broken and no serious conse,
quences seem likely to develop, which
is especially fortunate. Mrs. Duggan
says neither the child nor the driver