The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-09-16
Junior Club
Listens To
Travel Talks
Vacation Spent by Several
Members in Visiting Places
Far and Wide.
NEW COMMITTEES
NAMED BY PRESIDENT

The Libby Junior Woman's clul
opened its new winter series of meet
ings in the Community hall Tues
day evening. The room was prettil,
decorated with lovely garden flow
ers, some of which had been sen
by the Troy ladies from the dis
trict convention hall.
Mrs. Harold Thomson, president
presided and Mrs. Howard Turner
secretary, had her place at the table
A letter was read from the Lion.
Club thanking the Juniors for theil
cooperation in the Donkey Base
ball game and enclosing a substan
tial check. u
AS official delegates to the dis
trict convention, Mrs Harold Thorn
son, Mrs. Donald Hargreaves ane
Mrs. Henry Smith gave their report.
and Mrs. Ned Joughin, Miss Inei
Ratekin, Miss Eleanor Williams, ane
Miss Cecilia Liebe who attended al
or part time, gave their impressions
The chair appointed the follow
ing committees for the years work
Program: Mrs. Henry Smith
chairman, Mrs. Donald Hargreaves
Miss Beatrice Larson.
Year book: Miss Mildred Buck
chairman. Miss Margaret Sleizer.
Music department. Miss Ruth
Loucks, chairman, Miss Edna Reiger
Miss Rosetta Idso.
Press. Miss Inez Ratekin.
Courtesy: Miss Margaret Sleizer
chairman.
Membership: Miss viona Brown
chairman.
A committee was appointed at the
request of the Senior Club to mee1
with them to discuss the swimming
pool project. Those asked to serve
are Mrs. Howard Turner, chairman
Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Harold
Thomson
Mrs. Henry Smith, program chair
man, announced the program for the
evening to be Vacation Trails" in
charge of Miss Cecilia Liebe. Miss
Liebe introduced number of the
teachers who have had very interest
ing vacations, seeing many wonder
full places.
Miss Louise Carlson spent the
summer at Old Faithful Inn at Vel
lowstone National Park and besides
describing the beauties of the re
gion, its oddities, geysers that are
original as human beings, bears
and other animals, she defined some
of the park terms such as dudes
and dudettes" rotten logging
pack rats and 'tsavages. Miss
Carlson is Yellowstone enthusiast
and hopes to return to it many times
in the future.
Miss Vesta Knoke, accompanied
by Miss Lucille Olson, had mos
interesting trip to Chicago where
they visited such places as the Fielc
Museum, Planetarium, Zoo, Lincoln
Park, and rode on everything anC
got lost every day" They also
visited South Bend, Ind, from where
they went to Wisconsin and Mime
sofa before returning to Montana
Miss Knoke also visited Yellowstone
Park and left the park by way
of the Cooke City road which shs
describes as very beautiful and i'm
pressive.
Miss Virginia Eldrege, with three
companions, left Missoula in thu
early summer and drove to New
York City TO attend Columbia Uni
versiTy FOR the summer term. FL
route they attended the Nationa
Education Association in Detroit
visited the Mayo Clinic in Roches
ter, stopped at the Great Lakes Elk
position in Cleveland, and arrived
in New York City feeling lonl
way from home. The New Yorl
Times Building with its continue
flashing of the latest news on al
sides, Coney Island ON the Fourtl
of July, Statue of Liberty, Bron,
Zoo, Metropolitan Museum of Art
were some of the well-knoWn place
visited but Miss Eldredge said sh
was impressed most by the cottag
of Edgar Allan Poe and the Radi
City theatre.
Among the outstanding speaker
at the University that she was priv
ileged to hear was the Ambassado
from Spain who spoke on educatio
in Spain. The group were gone !
weeks.
Miss Gertrude ZaWadke joined
group of 20 others and made tn
popular trip to Alaska. The boa
trip was unique and full of interes
Stopping at Ketchikan, Wrangel
Petersburg, Juneau, Cordova, Colun
bia Glacier, Valdez and Seward the
saw many and varied scenes. Tt
totem poles were of great intere
and Miss Zawadke explained SON
of the history and meaning of Their
A visit to the Matanuska valley w;
made and the planned communal
asras shnuxfl to the travellers The