The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-09-10
LOCAL /
HAPPENINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Clark
and son of Rexford were business
visitors in Libby Friday.
Mrs. John Lyle of the Troy dis
trict was transacting business IN
Libby Saturday.
The Retail Clerks Union will
meet September II at 7.30 p. m. in
Moose Hall. 1917
Mrs. Fay Dickey came up from
Colfax, Wash, Saturday and spent
until Monday visiting with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H NJ Smith.
Important meeting of Libby
and Gun club Friday night at 8
o'clock in Community Hail.. j
Brown, President.
Magnor Ronning left Wednesday
for Bozeman where he will attend
Montana State College as a MEM
Der of the Army Enlisted Reserve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert N. Brown
and son Bill stayed Monday night at
the DR.. L. Mossman home on their
way from the Yak to Conrad,
Mont.
Miss Dorothy and Miss Helen
Rasmussen, who are now employed
at Helena, spent the weekend at
their home here.
The Rev. and Mrs. Russell Prem
tice left Monday morning for Butte
to attend the annual Synod and
Synodical meeting of the Presby-
terian church, to be held in Butte.
Mrs Don Orr arrived here Sun
day to stay with her little girl who
has been i'll the past few days. Mrs.
Orr is employed as stenographer of
the auditing department in Bay
view, Ida Don Orr is also employed
with the auditing department They
have been working there two weeks
and are living in Occur d'Alene.
Mr.. and Mrs Ovilla Gamache and
family, Mrs. Gamache's sister, Flo
rine, and her brother Francis Beau
lieu, of Tacoma, Wash, arrived IN
Libby Saturday returning homo
SUNDAY They visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Schlumm and with
relatives.
Staff Sergeant Thomas Napier of
the military police, stationed at
Camp Roberts, Calf, stopped over
the weekend in Libb,- to visit his
brother, Webb Napier, and other
relatives He was enroute to Wolf
Point where he had been sent to
pick up a prisoner and return him
to camp.
DR.. and Mrs. Paul Pival, accom-
panied by Miss Janet PiVal, depart
ed Tuesday by auto for DR. Piva
home in Seattle. Miss Pival will
be joined there bv Mrs. r. J Her
rick and the two ladies will then
depart for San Diego, Calf, for
visit with Mrs. Herrick's son Nor
man Risley, and with Miss Pival's
sister. and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Gardner. Norman is in the
navy hospital corps He has finished
his first schooling and is now TAX
ing a few weeks of apprenticeship,
after which he will be definitely as
signed to duty.
News has come to Libby friends
of the death, month ago. of Colonel
Robert E. DeMerritt He was buried
in Arlington cemetery and at his
death was a colonel in the coast ar
tillery DeMerritt will be remem-
bered as the captain in charge of
the first CCC camp that was sta
toned here on Pipe creek,
Arthur Cloutier and Mr. and Mrs.
John Talbot drove to Libby from
Seattle Saturday for a short visit
at the Fred Cloutier home and TO
get Mrs. Arthur Cloutier, who had
been visiting here Mrs. Talbot is
a sister of the Cloutiers. They re-
turned to Seattle Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Mount and
daughter Miss Mary Virginia, drove
40 Clarksfork, Ida, the latter part
of last week where Miss Mary Vir-
ginia has accepted position on the
Clarksfork school faculty for the
present year.
Miss Cecilia Liebe will leave for
Spokane in. few days to visit Mrs.
Bill Farris, after which she will 60
back to Fairbault, MINI, to live
with her mother. Miss Liebe has
lived and taught in Libby for the
past Is years and was principal of
the grade school. The Three-Four
bridge club entertained in her hon
or at the home Of Mrs Dick Powell
Wednesday evening. Miss Liebe's
many friends are sorry to hear that
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