The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-06-08

Miss Isabel McGrade leaves this
week for Seattle where she plans
TO spend the summer.
H. H. Mccullough of Eureka was
in Libby during the past week at
tending to business matters.
Joe Fennessy, Jr., came in from
Spokane to spend the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. f.
Fennessy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith of
Priest River, Ida. arrived Tuesday
to visit her father, E. A. Rice, who
has been very III for the past week.
c. F. Crane, principal of the Lib
by high school, left Saturday for
Corvallis, Ore, where he will at
tend summer school at the Oregon
State College.
Mrs. Pete Shea returned to her
home in Spokane Monday after hav-
ing visited here with her son and
his wife, Mr.. and Mrs Connie Shea.
and with friends.
1t has been deemed advisable to
reset a large number of the steel
poles supporting the wire fence at
the athletic field. They are being
taken up and reset in concrete.
George c. Earle started men at
work this week on the construction
of a house on Louisiana avenue on
lots adjoining the Paul Church res
idence property. The building will
be a modern house, 24x30 feet, with
full basement
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Peterson will
leave here Saturday on the Empire
Builder for Seattle where they ex-
pect to spend the next two weeks
visiting with their son, Albert and
his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
will also visit in Vancouver, B. {.
John Blackford left Saturday for
Great Salt Lake and the Bear River
Marshes, where he will spend some
! time studying aquatic bird life at the
national bird sanctuary. From there
he will go to Salt Lake City and
to Zion Canyon and Grand Canyon
National Parks.
The Theta Rho girls held their
regular meeting Tuesday evening at
which time Melba Bergen, Grace
Halsey and Norma Switzef were
taken into the chapter. Plans for
the organization of softball team
were discussed and the group elect
ed officers for the next term. AT
the conclusion of the meeting a
lunch was served.
Mrs. George Finney, Dwight Fin
ney and Roy and Elmer Maxwell
arrived in Libby Tuesday for two
weeks visit with relatives. They
are stopping with Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Delzer. The visitors are farmers
from northern Minnesota and re-
port that there has been much rain
in Minnesota and that crops there
are looking exceptionally good.
Roy Shrek flew an airplane into
/ Libby Sunday from Spokane, max
ing the trip in SIS minutes. He
brought in a man who was inter
ested in the auto carriers at the
saWmiIl. 1t will be remembered
that Shrek is the weather flyer at
Spokane whose plane crashed in the
mountains last winter and who
made his way out to farm house
after spending a night or two out
/ of doors and after Wading through
miles of snow.
Four Libby young ladies, the
Misses Mildred Buck, Inez Hatekin,
Annie Stuhlreiter and Helen Mani
cke, will leave next Monday on an
auto tour, in Miss Bucks car, that
will take them to the Worlds Fair
at San Francisco. They plan to &C
by the interior route, via Salt Lake
City and Denver, and will return
along the west coast. While in San
Francisco Miss Ratekin will attend
the national librarians convention
! which she expects TO enjoy greatly
Mrs. j. w. Church and friend
left Tuesday to drive to Big Tim
Der, where Mrs. Church will make
her home. Both ladies drove cars
and while on the Smile detour south
OF Libby, Mrs. Church met with {
mishap that overturned her car but
fortunately she was not injured. Ir
cramping to get the car out of rut
: the car ran up onto the high road
side and tipped over. Road engi-
neers who happened to be passing
righted the car and the ladies pro
ceeded on their way. Mrs. L. G
Klench was riding with Mrs. Church
and was on her way to Livingston
to attend the graduation of hel
granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Dwi
nellie, from the Livingston high
: school.