Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-14
Rexford News Items


Gated Wednesday, July 6, by Bishop
George Finnegan of Helena. Others
participating in the ceremonies were
Father M ]. Burke of Eureka; Father
Rooney of Mount St. Charles; Father
O'Shea of Whitefish. and two Semin-
arians of st. Paul.
C. C. Smart supervisor of work
equipment on the Great Northern,
made an official visit here Thursday
and Friday.
Robert and Vase Robertson of Kali
ispell are guests at the Lem Collar
home.
F.P. Carey of Eureka was business
visitor here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Fleming have
moved to Rexford for the summer and
are living in the Clyde Smith house
Mrs. Frank Cochran and son Billy
spent the weekend in the Yakt, guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
johnson.
Mrs. o. G. Johnson, accompanied by
Mrs. Archie Thompson, motored TO
Whitefish and Kalispell Friday. Ardath
Burpee of Whitefish returned with
them for visit at the Thompson
home.
L. H. Kent of Whitefish is reliev-
ing Otis Thompson for a few days on
the Fernie passenger.
Mr.. O. C. johnson left Monday on
a business trip to Spokane. He ex-
poets to be gone several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Madden motored
to Kalispell Sunday to bring back their
daughter Ester Ann who has been
visiting there at the Robertson home.
Beulah Robertson accompanied them
home.
]. Mcpherson of Stonehill was a
business caller here Saturday.
George Blackwell of Libby was here
campaigning last week.
Ross La Dyer took Mrs. L. Collar to
the hospital at Fernie Monday.
Miss Genevieve Nicholson left Mon
day for Whitefish where she will visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. String
land.
Winters and Holland of Great Falls
were here on official business Satur-
day.
Sam Carpenter Of Gateway was a
business visitor in Rexford Tuesday.
Sam Bottorf and ALT Hunsinger were
fishing in the Yakt Sunday and re-
port a very fine catch.
Mr. Anderson, Goodrich tire sales
man, Les La Dyer and Archie Thomp-
son were fishing in Tobacco river FRI
day.
Bea Taggart of Eureka is a guest
at the @. G.. johnson home.
Mrs Brock Martin, who underwent
an operation at Spokane hospital
several weeks ago. returned home
Saturday and is recovering nicely.
j. c. Friend Of Libby was here on
business Saturday.
The Rexford ball club played Libby
on their grounds last Sunday and de-
feated them Sd. Libby had the lead
for 7 innings 3-2 but two runs in the
7th, 2 in the 9Th, and | in the 9th for
Rexford and | run for Libby in the
9th made the game close and inter-
esting Nelson and Fetterly for Rexford
and Burpee and Allen for Libby were
the batteries. Both of the pitchers did
their stuff to perfection and had EN-
guessing A travelling man who saw
the game remarked that it was one
Of the best games he had seen this
year and was wondering why the peo-
pie of Libby didn't get behind the
ball players with all their support. It
surely isn't like in the good old day.
when the fans were ten deep on the
side lines
Neither the Rexford nor Libby
players are paid men, but play ball
for the sport of it.
Fishing, hunting and camping arc
fine recreations, but good ball game
such as was played Sunday will bring
back the old community spirit and q
better understanding.
The folks from the northend of the
county enjoyed the Moose band, bu,
guess Libby folks don't care for bands
or baseball games.
Mrs. Fred Marvel and daughter Pa
tricia are visiting friends and relatives
in Libby.
Mrs. Matt Griffith left for Spokane
Tuesday.
e. N. Child of Kalispell and Ray
Payne of Troy were campaigning in
Rexford and vicinity Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Nevers and chill
dren Richard and Robert Of Half
Moon, who were guests at. the Otis
Thompson home over the 4th, returned
to their home Thursday
Mrs. Preston of Eureka is herr visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Hun
singer
The Waldo ball team will play Rex
ford team on the Rexford diamond
Sunday. 4
Grin Farr has the contract for haul
ing the children of Sheldon and Iowa
Flats schools to Eureka.
Fred Marks is laying off for a few
days to visit his mother. who lives
at Hamilton. Mont Frank Hammond
will relieve him at the roundhouse dur
ing his absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Heath and Mrs.
Sage Heath returned from their vaca-
ton Tuesday. They were accompanied