Carbon County news., 1937-12-24
Around the County

ior Woman's Club on Dec. 21 a
the home of Mrs. E. A. Anderson
Mary Eversen acted as hostess. A
very short business meeting wa'
held, then games were played anc
Xmas gifts exchanged.
Miss Nellie Grant of Juneau
Alaska arrived in Bearcreek Mon
day to visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Irvine and family. Mis-
Grant is Mrs. Irvine's sister.
Anthony Oberbauer and daugh,
ter, Miss Anna Oberbauer, left
from Edgar for Los Angeles, Cal.
where they will spend the winter
Election of officers was a feat,
ure of the business meeting o1
Cornelius Hedges chapter, o. t.
S. at Bridger. Mrs. Justine Reese
was elected worthy nlatron; w
H. Bunney, worthy patron; Mrs
Edith Mondt, associate matron;
M. G. Levander, associate patron;
Mrs. Grace Wood, secretary; Mrs.
Joseph Heslop, treas; Mrs. Mura
Marshall; conductress; Mrs. Esther
Mitchell, associate conductress.
During the social hour which fol-
lowed Mrs. Olga OVERLY and. Mrs.
Hilma Dowdle were the hostess
es.
Members of the Bearcreek Wom-
ans club held their annual Christ
mas party at the home of Mrs. Will
liam Becklen Saturday evening,
with Mrs. Martin Kane as assist
ing hostess. A Christmas package
was sent to the Veterans hospi-
tai at Fort Harrison. During the
meeting Mrs. William Noble gave
a report on cancer followed by ma
terial on infantile paralysis given
by Mrs. Frank Johnston. Mrs. Alex
Hawthorne read poem.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carr We're
guests at birthday dinner at the
Curtis Pattison home in Roberts. :
The Junior Woman's club of
Joliet was guest at the home of
Mrs. Raymond F. Klampe with
Miss Evlyn Balgord as hostess.
The George Mahr chapter, A
merican War Mothers of Bridger
met at the home of Mrs. Paul
Hoffman for it's Christmas party.
Each member brought a gift for
the veterans hospital. The men,
bers present were Mrs. R. B. Tees
dale, Mrs. E. j. aScoins, Mrs. Mar
garet Mahr, Mrs. William Cheva-
lier, Mrs. Herman Hendricks, Mrs.
C. w Woods, Mrs. Clara Osberne,
Mrs. Carrie Vickery, Mrs. M. Tru-
han and the hostess.
Following the usual custom, can
dy will be give naway to the chill
dren at Bearcreek Christmas eve
at the community tree. Miners of
the Bearcreek unions have donated |
a sum Of money to help in making
up the treats which include candy,
nuts. and fruit. The, committees
that were in charge of the Labor |
Day program will arrange the af-
fair. |
Anton Benson, son of DR.. T. j..
Benson of Fromberg, who enlist
ed in the United States navy
through the local recruiting sta
lion two years ago is visiting his
parents. Benson is attached to the
corps of the U. S. S. Colo
'ado, the ship which steamed from
San Diego to the south seas last
summer to participate in the
search for Amelia Earhart, avi-
atrix who disappeared with her
mechanic near Rowland island /
while on trip around the world. 1
The youth has 81 days leave. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Tinsley and 4
family of Cut Bank are making an
visit at the John Tunni-
,liff home north of Roberts. Mr..
Cinsley is Mrs. Tunnicliff's broth
er. The Tinsleys plan to go to
California soon. Il
A group of friends gathered at
he Pokarney ranch near. From
'erg to help Mrs. Hazel Christen- &
on celebrate her birth anniver-
sary. Present were Mrs. C. E.
smith, Mrs. Eva Reynolds, Mrs.
'ames Beers, Mrs. F. w. Stark,
Grs. Charles Phillips, Mrs. Dave
ohnson, Mrs. C.. G. Reed, Mrs.
;larence Reynolds, Mrs. Ruthetta
rink, Clarence Johnson and Joe
'okarney.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bunney left
Ionday for New York City and
last Lansing, Mich, where they
7ill spend Christmas holidays with
heir SON, DR.. Edward Bunney and
amily.
During the week students from
everal schools returned to Bridg-
r to spend the holidays at home.
hey are; from Montana state col
ege at Bozeman, Ivan Gebo and
louise Pierce; from the Montana
tate university at Missoula, Eliza
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