The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-06-03


r. w. Smithberger plans 10 leave
on June IL for Minnesota for a visit
with relatives.
Mrs Dorothy Hough arrived last
Thursday for a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w w. Blew.
Betty Anne Smithberger left last
Saturday noon for Minnesota where I
she will visit with relatives.
Miss Cecilia Liebe left last Sat
urday to spend the summer vaca-
ton at her home in Owatonna,
Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hayes and
children left the first of the week
to spend the summer vacation at
Hamilton.
Mrs. George DeYoung is here
from Creston visiting with her
daughter and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. N. Whitefield
Grasshoppers are reported in
creasing in Pleasant Valley and in
the Big Draw, and ranchers are
setting out poison to eradicate the
pests while they are young and easy
to kill.-Kalispell Times.
/ Mrs. Winchester arrived in Libby
this week from her home at Oak |
land, Calf, and will conduct her |
regular summer class in voice at |
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter |
Neils.
Mr.. and Mrs Hugo Anderson were
at Newport, Wash, last week to at |
tend the funeral of Kenneth w.
Ford, who died in the Libby hos
pital. Mr.. Anderson was one of the
pallbearers.
Miss Virginia Eldredge left the
first of the week for her home in
the Bitter Root section. Later she
and four young lady friends plan
to attend summer school at Column
bia university. in New York city.
Mrs. E. .. Kinney of Helena ar
| rived In Libby the first of the week
| for visit with Mrs. Emlen Dugan
and other friends. Mrs Kinney will
/ be remembered as the former Miss
Mary Barnes.
| Miss Genevieve Veldman came
over from Kahspell, where she is
employed, to spend the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
| r. Veldman. She was accompanied
| by two friends, Miss Margaret For
kun and Miss Margaret Nichols,
teachers in the Kalispell schools
| Bishop Gilmore arrived from Hell
ena last week. accompanied by sew
eral Catholic priests, and Thursday
evening administered the sacrament
of confirmation at St Matthew's
church to class of 10 grade and
high school children. Kalispell
Times.
Miss Helen Brindley is expected
to arrive in Libby today from Port
land, Ore, where she has been in
a hospital for several weeks taking
/ treatment for a serious rheumatic
ailment. She is now fully recovered
and will visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. T.. Brindley, before re-
Stunning her nurses training in
Spokane.
Buzz Baker came over from Con-
rad last week for short visit with
his parents, Senator and Mrs. F. Z.
Baker. The first Of the week he and
/ Senator Baker left for Spokane,
from which city they planned to
take an airplane for trip to Cali
fornia, where they will visit rela-
tives
DR.. and Mrs. Chas. ]. Martin,
daughters Helen and Tiny, drove
| to Missoula Friday to visit their
two sons, Charles and Harold, and
to attend a recital in which Harold
appeared. Miss Helen remained in
Missoula for visit with her brother
Charles and his wife.
Parties who arrived here from
Miles City and vicinity report that
last week some heavy dust storms
We're encountered in that section. 1t
was necessary to keep car lights on
during the day while blowing
! through these dust storms. Dust in
many places drifted like snow in
/, the winter, making highways al
most impossible. Eastern Montana
is in very bad shape and there is
little hope of crop Unless rain
comes soon there will be no pasture,
according to the report-Kalispell
2 Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Barkee and
son Jimmie left on an auto trip to
! the west Saturday, returning home
Tuesday They stopped for short
? visit with the j. c. Penney Co. man
: ager at Boomers Ferry and took one
2 of his daughters with them to Mos
COW to visit her sister, student al
d the Idaho university. They tner
G drove to Pullman, Wash, for visit
! with their daughter Jean, who Is =
|. student at the State College there
r, visit which they much enjoyed ir
IS and about the college. The schoo
y year will not close at Pullman fol
another week, after which Miss Jear
e will come home for weeks visi
It and then will return to Pullman Il
IS attend summer school.
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