The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-07-30
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HAPPENINGS

| Clarence Baker was down from
Rexford the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Henrichs of
Troy were Libby visitors Saturday
Mrs. Gordon Daugharty visited
with friends in Troy on Wednesday.
William Fewkes, Jr, of Rexford
transacted business in Libby on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Louis Burrell was a guest of
Troy friends on Thursday of last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis johnson were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Decker
in Troy Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. r. NJ Sherman and
children visited with friends in Eu-
reka on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Richards spent
Sunday as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Henrichs of Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hendrickson
and Mrs Title Porter spent the
weekend visiting in Eureka.
Dance on Saturday, Aug. /, at
Swamp Greek sponsored by the
Farm Women's Club. Admission
55c; ladies bring lunch $40
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Powell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Hamann spent
Saturday and Sunday in Kalispell
j visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Falk-
ner.
| Mrs. Ole Westman left for Esta-
cada. Ore, Monday evening after
visiting here with her father and
sister and at the Hans Westman
home.
Il Mrs. Don Leach and little daugh-
ter, and Mr.. Leach's mother, who
had been visiting in Libby, went
over to Kalispell Monday for visit
in that city.
h Mrs. March Bjorneby and chill
dren of Kalispell were here for the
weekend visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E.
E. Jaqueth. Mrs. Bjorneby is Mr.
Jaqueth's sister
Mrs. c. M. Bennett and grand
daughter, Sonya Larsen, and Kath-
crime Bennett were guests at the
Fred Marvel home in Rexford the
first of the week.
| Lem Collar of Rexford was trans
acting business at the court house
on Wednesday. MFR. Collar returned
| this week from Alaska where he
had been employed
| Mrs. Karl Knudson left for Camp
Roberts, Calf, Tuesday night to
visit her husband, Karl Knudson,
who is stationed there where he is
taking officers training
George Perrin went to Warm
Springs over the weekend and
brought back Mrs. Perrin and their
baby daughter, who will make their
home here now with Mr.. Perrin.
Miss Mary Boyle of Spokane.
daughter of Mrs. Al Hanel, is here
visiting this week She is employed
with DR.. Seaburg of Spokane. and
attends Whitworth College during
the school year.
Mrs. Clarence Wiley expects TO
leave within day or two for Med
ford, Ore, where she will reside
with her parents for the duration"
Mr.. Wiley having recently enlist
ed in the marines.
H. B. Monkey was brought from
Troy to the Libby hospital Wednes-
day suffering from a severely famed
back which he sustained while en-
ployed at the Troy single mill. He
was accompanied to Libby by Mrs.
| Monkey.
| Mrs. Alice Farris, who has been
visiting in Ellensburg, Wash, with |
Mrs. J. T. McCully for the past
few weeks, returned to her home
here Tuesday night Mr.. and Mrs. I
h. 4. Jaqueth motored to Boomers
! Ferry to meet her.
A clever method Of getting rid Of
the concrete blocks from the old
court house was hit upon this week.
A bulldozer gouged out a big deep
hole, and the blocks, after being
proken up somewhat. were pulled |
into the hole and will be covered
| up.
On Wednesday evening the Otto
Griep and Hans Westmans enter
tanned a few friends at dinner at
the Griep home. honoring the Rev. |
J. T. Juvland who was leaving that
evening at the conclusion of his
work here as pastor of the First
Lutheran Church. The table was
prettily decorated with lovely sum
mer flowers and the affair was
most enjoyable one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Delzer and
children drove to Walla Walla,
Wash, the first of the week where
Gus has accepted a position in
a barbershop, sign in the window
OF his shop here reading CLOSED
for the Duration" A large airport
is being built at Walla Walla and
lit is busy city--of about $4,000
people. Mrs. Delzer and Dwayne
and Arlene returned to the home
Tuesday
Don Russell Carlton Joughin, and |
Wayne Kerns were in Helena over
the weekend where they enlisted
In the navy and can now be called /
into service at any time Russell
and Kerns will go in as machinist
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