The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-16

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Rev. B. A. Benson left Wednesday
morning for Sioux Falls to attend a
church meeting.
Bargain day special. 800 pairs Of
high grade shoes, $1.S5. The Boot
Shop. Advertisement.
Dennis Maher and Will Sayre will
sell 40 head of Duroc Jersey bred sows
at Brookings on Feb. "a. Don't miss
it. Advertisement.
Ladies' high grade shoes for Bar
gain day only, $1.S5. The Boot Shop.
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This community experienced the
longest, protracted cold spell of the
winter during the last week. Early
morning inspections of the thcrmo-
meter revealed temperatures varying
from 81 degrees below zero to more
milder readings of IS and 20 below.
Brookings topped the list of South
Dakota cities in putting on the best
all Presbyterian day conference, &C
corning to the report of DR.. Harshaw
of Minneapolis, Mimi, who lead the
%eam which was here last Thursday
FOR the event. In his report to DR..
Bullock, chairman of the South Da-
kota conference, he stated that Brook
;A-, yaol1Al al Aha Ntla ,;tto1 nf
the state in which he held conferences.
The body of T.. X. Wilson, promin-
ent business man Of Volga, and
brother of j. ID. Wilson of this city,
was brought to ~Brookings Wednesday
morning following the funeral serv-
ices which were held in Volga, and in
terment was made in Greenwood ceme-
terry. The Odd Fellows lodge escorted
the body to it's final resting place. Mr..
Wilson passed away at his home in
Volga on Monday afternoon after an
illness of about a ear. Friends OF
the family extend their deepest SYM
pathy in their bereavement.
News of the sudden death Of Darwin
S. Smith Of Pasadena, Cal, will be OF
interest to man. Brookings people,
who remember him as a former resi-
dent. His son-in-law, Frank Saum, had
charge Of the |. X. l.. grocery for sew
eral years and Mr.. Smith made his
home with them. His death was due
to injuries received when a street car
ran into him, f%racturing his skull and
breaking his leg. He had been a resi-
dent of Pasadena since 1920. He leaves
a son, Charles Smith OF Alhambra, Cal,
and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Saum of
Pasadena.
Brookings will again step out in
a class by itself, among South Dakota
towns when it entertains Miss Irene
Williams, a noted soprano singer of
grand opera fame. Next Sunday she
will sing in Minneapolis and the Rot
airy club has made arrangements to
bring her to Brookings to sing a con-
cert with the State college symphony
orchestra. Because of the excellence
Of the State college orchestra, cOmpar-
ing favorably with the Minneapolis
symphony orchestra, Brookings is
about the only town in the state where
a musical entertainment Of this quality
could be given, SO Miss Williams con
scented to come. The program is di-
vided into six parts, two Of which will
be supplied by the orchestra and four
by Miss Williams. Miss Williams will
be accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
f.. II. SeXauer of this city.
Honor was paid to Abraham Lincoln
at the Rotary club luncheon Tuesday
noon when Philo Hall gave a short
address in tribute to the Great
Emancipation, after which the club
arose and sang two stanZas Of Amer
lea. o. A. Rofelty, manager Of the
Northern States Power company of
Sioux Falls and president of the
Sioux Falls Rotary club, was A guest
and spoke of the plans for the coming
district Rotary convention which is to
be held at Sioux Falls on March 20 end
81. Seven special trains with 1900
delegates from clubs in Iowa, Ne
braska and South Dakota are eX-
pected to attend. The seven South
Dakota clubs will be the hosts. Aaron
Stuckeman, superintendent of the
children's home at Sioux Falls, was
another guest and gave IN inspiring
address on the PHILOSOPHY of Serv-
ice"