The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-01-07
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Mrs. Wellington Nelson of Troy is
patient at the Libby hospital.
Miss Alice Frederickson came in from
Spokane to spend New Years in Libby
as the guest of Marvin Kessel
William Baxter arrived in Libby
Monday evening from Shelby called
here by the illness of his father, DR.
F. Baxter.
Miss Letha Williamson and mother,
Mrs. l. D. Williamson, moved during
the week into one of the Martin cot
tages, the one recently occupied by
Chas. Martin.
Mrs. Mary Hargreaves and daughters,
the Misses Helen and Betty, moved
during the past week into the house
on Mineral avenue formerly occupied
by M. <. Schouweiler.
Mrs. George Blackwell was called to
Wallace, Ida, last week by the death
of a close friend, Mrs. May Melroy
Mrs. Melroy visited in Libby last sum-
mer, when she was a guest at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. w. Blew.
The fire department was called out
Sunday morning by chimney fire in
the George Blackwell house, the former
Vim. Herbert property. Mr.. and Mrs
Blackwell bought the house. and have
been residing there for about month
Work is being started on the complete
renovating Of the interior of the Cath
olic church The walls will be refin-
ished and the wood work repainted and
vanished The work is being done by
Office Maize. In the spring the ex-
terror will also be painted.
Ollo Agather and Arthur Neils, ac-
companied by Miss Jean Kienitz and
Miss Betty Mann, motored to Kalispell
New Years eve The young men Wis
tied at the Agather home while the
young ladies were guests of Kalispell
friends. The party returned to Libby
Saturday.
Yesterday morning about $50 o'clock
the fire department was called out by
a chimney fire in building at the rear
of the Star rooming house. In spite Of
the sub-zero weather, there was a good
turnout of firemen, says Chief Hoff-
man. They were glad it was not nee
essary to use any water.
| The highway to Kalispell by way Of
Happy's Inn was closed to traffic the
first of the week, travellers having to
turn back Tuesday after having driven
as far as the county line. The county
snow pillow went out as far as the coun-
ty line, but between that point and
Kalispell the highway was blocked by
drifting snow Reports were to the eff
feet that considerable wind was blow
ing in that district.
Two of Libby's teachers, Miss Edna
Reiger and Miss Eleanor Williams, were
detained while en- route by storms and
failed to return to the city in time for
the opening of schools Monday morn
ing. They were one day late. The
ladies spent the holidays in Nebraska
and after starting back to Libby their
train passed through a middle wesi
blizzard and was delayed several hours
thereby failing to make connections al
Billings. This threw them one day lats
in arriving here.
MIR. and Mrs. H. c. Lower were
called to Kansas City last Saturda,
by telegram bringing the sad new
that their son, Bob Jacobson, had dice
there that morning, death being du'
to pneumonia. The young man wa
about 20 years old He had been her
during the summer but had gone cas-
the first of December to spend the win
ter He had stopped in St. Paul for
few weeks and had gone to Kansa
City to spend Christmas where he wa
stricken with the illness that prove
fatal