The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-05-18

Bargain day specials repeated Sat
urday at the Corner Grocery.-Adyer-
tisement.
Geo. Duff returned last night from
Cherokee. Iowa, where he was taking
treatments. He is feeling somewhat
improved.
a. j.. Hiltz of Milbank. came over
from Volga Monday where he is visit
ing relatives and spent the day in
Bookings visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Bailey Of
Bruce, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Seth Thornton Sunday. Mr.. Bailey
is the editor Of the Bruce Herald.
The w. II. c. Birthday club will
meet next Wednesday, May "a, in
stead of this week. Something spe-
cial is planned for the neXt meeting.
Owing to bad weather on market
day, our market day bargains will be
on sale all week or until all sold. Rob-
erts and Waltz Observation-Disclosures.
Miss May Willis of Lafayette, Ind,
will arrive this evening for a visit at
the home Of Prof. and Mrs. A.. l..
Bushey. Miss Wallis is a sister Of
Mrs. Bushey.
Miss C%oughlan, violinist; Miss Ped
dicord, soprano, and Miss Riley, con-
tralto, are the soloistS for the Sym
phony concert, Friday evening at the
college Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. II. e. Beebe of Ipswich, is a
guest at The home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. H. Valentine today. She expects
to leave for her home tomorrow morn
ing. Mrs. Beebe is a sister Of Mr..
Valentine.
A large number of women delegates
from surrounding towns were in Brook
ings Tuesday to attend the convention
Of the Watertown district Of the Wom-
ans Home Missionary society Of the
Methodist church. A very interesting
meeting was held.
The junior high school and grades
Of the public schools will hold their
closing programs Thursday. The grade
children will hold their program in
the high school gymnasium in the
dlleIllOOu anu Tic JuliOl IlSu oCLlOOl
will hold theirs in the evening.
V. V. Varney, Y. NJ. c. A. secretary
at State college, left this morning for
a tour of the cities and towns in the
Black Hills for the purpose Of Undue
ing high school graduates to continue
their education at State college e
fall. He will be gone about two weeks.
People of this community had little
! cause for complaint Of the disagree
able weather last Thursday for on that
day the Black Hills district was being
inundated with two feet Of
When the snow melted, floods resulted
that did great damage in the region
of Belle Fourche and Spearfish.
Mrs. T. H. Jeffrey left yesterday
morning for Clearwater, Fla, where she
was called by the serious illness Of
her aged father. Mr.. Jeffrey took her
to Sioux Falls, where she caught the
train for Yankton, to be joined there
by her brothers and sisters, who will
accompany her on the long journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Breen left Mon
day evening for Albuquerque, n. NJ,
where they will stay in the hope that
the climate will help Mrs. Breen's
health. Mrs. Breen is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. KrOgh and has
been in poor health for some time.
Her many friends hope that she Will
have her health restored.
Albert Hume, son Of DR.. and Mrs.
A. N. Hume, won the five dollar prize
awarded by the city commissioners for
the best essay on Our Mutual Friend"
the motion picture which was shown
at the Fad some time ago for the
benefit Of the American Legion auxil-
larry. Mayor T. |. Flittie publicly pre-
sented the prize at the high school
this week.
Eleven business and professional
men of the city addressed the boys at
the public schools Monday in short
talks as a part of the boys week pro-
gram. Those who made talks were:
DR.. A. 7. Evans, Philo Hall, T. /.
Flittie, Prof. Geo. McCarty, Dr.. O.
II. Lawrence, Prof. E. B. Harding, r.
B. Breed, Geo. w. Roskie, Clyde Hink-
ley, Fred Cole and V. V. Varney.
Miss Ruby Olson, leader Of the Y.
w. c. A. team from the State college,
that visited F~landreau for the week
end, May 5, 6 and 7, had Miss Elsie
Nelson, Miss Edna Anderson and Miss
Marie Hanson with her, a strong
team of young women. The Elan.
dreau church put up a big banquet
for the mothers and daughters on Fri
day night, when the size Of the BAN
quet room only, limited the number
present. The men of the church got
the banquet and served it. The work
Of the young women for the young
women of the church was most sue
c~essful, and Of a very high grade. The
Y. w. G. A. may send another team
to Flandreau.
In a survey Of the boys and girls
of the Brookings high school to dis.
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