The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-12-24
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Nixon on Wednesday, Dec. l6.

Christmas with Mr.. Cloutiers parents.
Harry Racicot came over last week
from Thompson Falls to spend the
Christmas holidays with his family
here
Mrs. Ray Wollaston and two children
are expected to arrive Friday from Sc
attic for a holiday vacation with her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Frank Pival.
Cole McDougall of Troy was trans
acting business in Libby, Saturday and
while here added his name to the rap
idly growing list of Western News
readers.
I The alumni association of the Libby
high school is making arrangements Tor
their annual dance to be given on
Tuesday night, Dec. %, in the junior
high auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Manicke are ex-
pected to come from Whitefish to spend
Christmas visiting with Mr.. Manicke's
mother here and with Mrs. Manicke's
parents near Troy.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Olson are ex-
pected to come to Libby this week from
] their home at Grangeville, Ida, TO
spend the holidays with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. ]. Olson.
Miss Agnese Orr arrived in Libby
Monday from Winifred, Mont, where
she has teaching position. She will
spend the holidays with her parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Orr.
Libby friends will be interested IN
the item that Miss Catherine Orr, who
is now in Minneapolis, will go to
Lincoln, Neb, to spend Christmas
with her grandmother and an aunt.
Palmer and Karl Knudson are ex-
pected home this week from their
studies at a university in Los Angeles,
and will visit with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Knudson, over the
holidays
Harold Taylor, Ed Holiday and Louis
Fuller arrived during the week from
the university at Missoula to spend the
Christmas holidays with their parents.
TAYLOR went on to Troy to visit at his
home there.
Bob Rusher, whose home is at Mel
bourne, N. j.. arrived in Libby Satur-
day to spend the holidays at the home
of his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. r. Rusher The young man is
student at Idaho state university.
Miss Dorothy Davidson is expected to
arrive January / TO be employed as
nurse in the Libby hospital. Miss
Davidson will be remembered as the
daughter of j. A. Davidson, former
manager of the Libby SafeWay store.
Miss Carol Wood is expected to ar
rive in Libby today to spend the holi-
DAYS with her parents Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. Wood. Miss Wood is teaching ir
East Helena She will be accompanied
: by friend Mr. Isadore Trygstad,
contractor from Minneapolis.
L. A. Schrubbe was in the city Mon
day from his ranch on the Kootena
river between Ural and Stonehill. Mr.
Schrubbe reports that the frost is al
out Of the ground and says the rains
, of the past week are all soaking into
5 the soil and doing worlds OF good.
AS an example Of how far the home
/ town paper travels and the many uses
! made of it, we cite letter received
. the past week from Butler University
at INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, which requests ;
! few copies of the Western News "fol
/ use in our community Journalism
/ classes
/. Mrs. Malcolm Peters is expected Z
arrive in the city today to spend Christ
4 mas with her parents, Mr.. and MRS
L. j. Olson. She comes from New
Orleans where she had spent the pas
: few weeks with Mr.. Peters, whose shil
had been held up there by the mari
time strike.
II Joe Fennessy, junior in the pre-1av
curriculum at Gonzaga university Spo
kane, is home to spend the Christina
holidays with his parents here. Fen
messy is prominent in campus activi
| ties. including membership in the So
dality, and the International Relation
club, of which he is secretary.
+ M. F. Gay returned to Libby Monda,
from business trip to Butte. He wen
to look after the estate of his brother
in-law, VIM. Barton, who recent.
passed away. While there he drov
| home q car which belonged to MI
/ Barton and employed a man to driv
another car to Libby, the auto Of til
late j. D. Harris, another brother-in
| law who also passed away recently. =
Postmaster WOLF reports tlrAt tn
/ first workers cards for the set-up Q
the new social security law have ar
| rived These give each worker mum
Der and he will be known on the rec
| ords in Washington by that number
Beginning January ! there will be tax
en- from the workers pay envelope on
per cent of his earnings for the frs
year increasing to three per cent in
few years The employer will be re
quired to contribute an equal tax 70
i the setting up of fund for the pay
= ment of old age pensions.