The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-10-29
LOCAL |
HAPPENINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason Pitcher
were visitors in Kalispell Saturday.
Chick Kemmis left for Seattle on
Monday where he planned TO en-
list in the navy.
The Senior Woman's Club will
hold a rummage sale on Saturday,
Nov. IA, in the Community Room at
the court house. II
Joe Gussenhoven, Jr., stopped IN
Libby Wednesday for visit with
friends while on his way from Los
Angeles to his home in Havre.
A brother of A. L. Thompson is
here this week and is taking Mr
Thompson back to the home near
Missoula. Mr.. Thompson has been
in very poor health for some time.
Harry Blair drove to BayvieW
on Sunday to bring his wife home
She had been visiting for week
with her brothers who are IN de-
Tense work there.
A news note from the Montana
State University says that Darrell
(BilD Martin, along with 81 other
young men, has enlisted in Class
vi of the naval reserve.
A number of soldiers left Mon
day for Butte for final induction
into the army, being the group that
were first called on October II.
Many friends and relatives were at
the depot to bid them farewell.
Joe Miles of Springfield, Mo-,
stopped in Libby Wednesday to Wis
it with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Carter
and other friends. He formerly was
a resident of Libby. At this time he
was on his way to Portland, Ore.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Nicholson
parents of Mrs. Bill Nelson, arrived
| in Libby Wednesday. They have
disposed of their property IN Wal
lace, Ida, and will make their home
here so as to be near their daugh-
| ter.
Word comes to his relatives here
that Melvin Knudson has now &C
cepted the commission offered hin
| in the u. S. army and now has tn.
rank of captain. He is with the Y
| S. field artillery at a camp IN Cali
fornia-
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Blair of Bay
view. Ida. spent the weekend II
| Libby on business. While here the.
met Mrs. Blair's father and broth
err, Mr.. A. O. Parks and Ed. Parks
who came from Harlem, Mont. The,
were here on hunting trip.
Mrs. Bernard Schlumn and daugh
ter. Germaine, accompanied by Mrs
Clay Parker, drove to kallspel
Saturday where they spent the da,
visiting Mr.. Parker's parents. |
was in the nature of farewell visl
by Mrs. Parker who left this Weel
| for Nevada.
r. .. Teeple has been spendin
the past week in Libby visiting wit
relatives and friends. He is return
ing today to his employment at tn
big naval base at BayvieW, Ida
/ Teeple recently enlisted in the nav.
and expects TO be called into actlv
service at any time.
Grant Harley arrived in the cit,
Tuesday night from Alaska Wher
he has been employed on rallroa'
tunnel project near Anchorage. II
was obliged to come home becaus
Of i'll health and after spending
few days here plans to 60 TO Ro
chester, Mimi, for thorough physl
cal check up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Karnes cam
in to Libby from Portland Sunda
and have visited here with thei
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. r. Karne
and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl SwitzeI
They will leave tonight to return
to Portland after which Mr. Karne
expects to leave soon for Fit. Lewis
Wash, to be indicted into the army
For a number of years the Cath
Ole ladies have had the practlc
Of serving dinner on election day
| The practice will be continued thu
year and one of their fine chicken
dinners will be served on Tuesda,
evening, Nov. 3, beginning at 5:3
o'clock, in the Moose Hall. The mem
promises one of the best of thes
always good dinners. !
Mrs. Clay Parker left Wednesda,
for Stewart, New, to be with he
mother and sister, Mrs. Josephin
Arnold and Mrs. Verda Crane, AM
where Mrs. Crane has teaching 20
sition in a government Indial
school. This also places Mrs. Park
er not far from where Mr. Parke
is stationed in the army, he bein
at Camp Callan, which is abou
eight miles from San Diego, Cali