The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-11-05
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HAPPENINGS

drove into Spokane Sunday on a
business and pleasure trip, return
ing home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Hough
came Monday from Fort Douglas,
Utah. for a visit with relatives here.
Hamilton is in the army air corps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiffinay of Rexford
came to the city Tuesday Mr.. Tiff
finay will be employee dcutting
Christmas trees and Mrs. Tiffany
will visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Nellis.
Mrs. Phyllis FRESHMAN left Tues
day night to return to her position
in Spokane after having visited
here with her little daughter and
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Boyes.
The regular meetings of Lumber
and Sawmill Workers Union No.
1881 will be held the End and 4th
Tuesdays at 7.30 o'clock sharp 1t
Ensign Joe Fennessy arrived
home the first of the week from the
big naval base at Norfolk, Va, for
a visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. F. Fennessy He will be
here about a week.
Mrs. Nina Fraser returned TO Lib
by Friday after three weeks Wis
it in Seattle and Everett, Wash.
with her son, Bob. and family, and
at the DR.. Morrison home and with
other friends.
j Mrs. A. E. Brunette expects to
leave this week for a weeks visit
at Great Falls, after which she plans
/ to go to California to be near Mr..
Brunette who is in training as a
mechanic in an army school at
Hanford, Calf.
Mrs. Earl Buckingham, Mrs. Fred
Fisher and jeanne Zimmerman at
tended to business in Kalispell from
Thursday to Saturday. They also
visited the Paul Phillips and B. M.
Wohlwend families.
Mrs Pearl Harley arrived in the
city during the past week from
Kellogg, Ida, to be in charge Of
the local telephone exchange until
such time as manager can be Sc
cured to succeed Mrs. Abbie Ward
who resigned to enter the WAACs
Undoubtedly the quietest Halo
We'en ever seen in Libby was that
/ of 1912. Practically none of the
usual pranks were practiced and
store windows were noticeable for
their lack of the annual soaping.
Are the youngsters losing their
punch-or are we becoming civil
ized2
The usual large number Of Libby
hunters went into the "chink" dis
trict Sunday for the opening OF
the season. This has become an an
nual event in which scores of ar
dent sportsmen participate. The
returning hunters report that 81
cars from Lincoln county were
| counted on the streets of Poison
one day
The Junior Glass of Libby High
School will give card party in the
high school gym on November 6.
Pinochle and bridge will be played.
Csc per person. The public is in
yited 1t
Miss Iva L. Holmgren came in
Sunday evening by train from Sc
attic for short visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Holm
gren. Mr. Roy Wilt, also a guest
at the Holmgren home, drove over
from Spokane Wednesday, where
he had been visiting his parents, re-
turning Thursday evening. Miss
Holmgren accompanied him back to
Seattle where they are both en-
ployed at the Boeing aircraft plant.
Mr.. Wilt has joined the air corps
and expects to be called soon
Word comes to Libby relatives
that Karl Knudson recently COM
pleted his preliminary training in
the army and is now a corporal.
He is now taking officers training
at Fl. Benning, Ga, having been
there two weeks.
Fred Berges arrived in the city
Tuesday for an indefinite stay with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Berges. He has been employed as
truck driver at an airport project
at 'Gooding, Ida.
Corporal Fred Clark arrived in
the city Monday from Fort Douglas
at Salt Lake City for a visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. F.
Clark. After visiting her few days