The Western news., 1940-07-11

Mr.. and Mrs. August Wlchman
drove to Spokane on the Fourth
and spent a few days in the city.
ME- and Mrs. Gordon Teilefson
and two children of Spokane spent
week vacationing at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Remp. MRS.
Tellefson is a cousin of Mr.. Kemp.
Mr. and Mrs. George Shea were
! in Libby Monday, where Mr.. Shea
was calling on the voters in his cam
paign for election to the office OF
county commissioner from the Eu-
reka district
Mrs. Verda~ Crane and mother,
Mrs. Josephine Arnold, drove IN
from South Dakota last week and
will spend vacation here visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Parker,
Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Parker being
sisters.
r. w. Smithberger, Vernon Bes-
sey, Clay Parker and Harold Mel
son spent Sunday on an enjoyable
fishing trip to Leigh lake. Mr.. Par
ker also took a number of scenery
/ Vi lildt OS0asAAaA NAeAN~~ y
using natural color films.
Ice cream social, sponsored by the
Grange, July 26 at Hugh Slauson
place. Homemade ice cream and
cake. 7-8
The Rev. and Mrs A. M. Hart and
about dozen of the young people
of the Presbyterian church left ear
/ ly Monday morning for Flathead
lake to attend the annual young
peoples conference to be held there,
They planned to be gone 10 days
or two weeks.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John McRell and
family drove to Fort Peck over the
Fourth and visited with relatives
near that place. They also visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Faasen
and Mrs. NJ A. Shanahan. They re-
port that the big dam at Fort Peck
is nearing completion
John Harmon, Jr., was in from
| Spokane over the weekend for a
visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Harmon, Sr. He was accom-
panied by his employer, w. G.
Lewis, and Ted Hartsock, the men
spending much of the time on fish
| ing trips.
Word has reached this city of the
marriage of former Libby young
man. DR.. Byron B. Blough of Spo-
kane was married at Occur d'Alene,
Ida, on June 20 to Miss Pauline
Lee. The bride is graduate of
North Central high school of Spo
kane.
George Bryant has received word
from Helena that surgeons at the
Veterans Hospital amputated Glenn
Crawford's left leg, just above the
knee, on July 5, because of gam
creme having set in Nothing was
reported as to Mr.. Crawford's con-
dition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Switzer, ST.,
Bob, Bill and Ruth Switzer, Leo
Cloutier, MIR and Mrs. Ray Croy
and daughter Dorothy Rae and Judy
Johnston composed a party that
drove into Spokane to spend the
Fourth. They returned to Libby
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Greeley re-
turned to Libby this week from Mis-
soula where they have been for the
past six weeks. During that time
Mr.. Greeley was employed in spe-
cial work at the Northern Rocky
Mountain Experiment Station, con-
Quoted by the forest service.
Ray Frost has been a good Coun-
tv Commissioners. Let's nominate
him on the Democratic ticket at
the primary election next Tuesday,
July 18TH" Pd. Pol. Adv.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. P. Campbell left
Tuesday for Glasgow to attend the
state convention OF the American
Legion and Auxiliary as delegates
from the Libby post and chapter.
The convention will extend over
! Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ma
tional Commander Kelly will be
present and will speak on Thurs
day.
Darrell Shaurette is another To-
cal person to find one of the wealth
er balloons that are sent up by the
III. S. weather bureau from Spo-
kane, with instruments attached, to
gather weather information from
! high attitudes. Mr.. Shaurette found
one of the outfits while out on Pipe
creek last Friday. After reaching
certain altitude the balloon bursts,
letting the instruments drop to
earth by parachute.
Ernest Staley and John Echo en-
| joyed the Fourth on an auto ex-
ploring trip into section of this
district they had never bfore Wis
tied. They went up Wolf Creek to
the Fairview ranger station and then
over the hump to the highway neal
Whitefish. They report they saw
some wonderful country, very beau
tiful, full of wild game, deer, pleas
ants, etc, and all very tame. They
also report the growth of grass anc
hay in that district was wonderful
and that it would make grea
stock country.
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