The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1943-04-08
LOCAL |
HAPPENINGS

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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Baker were
weekend visitors in Kalispell.
Mrs. Lionel Shaurette is at
Charleston, Wash, for a visit with
her father.
D. T. Fewkes of Troy was trans
acting business in Libby Wednes-
day.
Mrs |. B. Flesher returned to
Libby this week from San Fran
cisco where she had spent three
months with Mr.. Flesher. who is
in the navy.
Mrs. Amelia Spranger left re-
Gently for Salt Lake City for a visit
with her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Viebrock. Later
she will go to California for visit
with her son, Andrew, and wife.
A rubber check artist was at work
in Libby Tuesday evening and
caught three Libby merchants for
total of about S26. He disappeared
before he could be apprehended but
the sheriff has a dragnet out for
him.
Miss Angela Huchala was at Troy
Monday afternoon to give the tu-
berculin test to members of the
freshman and senior classes of the
Troy high school. Mrs. Frank Luxa,
Jr, assisted her in giving the tests.
Miss Melba Joice arrived in Lib
by Saturday from Walla Wa1ia,
Wash, where she is attending Whit
man College, to spend the Easter
vacation with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Bateman.
County Commissioner and Mrs.
Hoisington We're up from Troy the
first of the week. Mr.. Hoisington
was in attendance at the regular
monthly meeting of the board and
Mrs. Hoisington spent the time Wis
ting here.
Watch for the rummage sale April
Gath by Circle B of the Presbyte-
rian church. 1t
A number of large airplanes
passed over Libby Wednesday about
Il noon, heading in westerly di-
rection and flying quite high. Sew
eral planes led the procession at
great height and were followed by
two others at lower altitude.
Bill Baenen returned home We'd
nesday noon from Seattle and
Bremerton where he had visited his
WIFE, who has been employed in the
navy yard at Bremerton since in
February. He says Mrs. Baenen
will return home in about two
weeks.
Mrs. Ted Polette returned to Lib
by this week from Billings where
she had been taking treatments in
a hospital in hopes of correcting re-
suits of an attack of infantile par
arlysis. She is feeling well but is
still required to use crutches.
Captain and Mrs Earl f. Smith
drove into Libby this week from
Texas. Mrs. Smith will remain here
to spend the summer with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs John McRell,
while Captain Smith goes to Har-
ward University to take an ad-
vanced course in army administra-
ton. He left Tuesday for Harvard.
They drove from Texas, having
been allowed gas for that distance,
but he had to take the train from
here.
Everett Dunn arrived home Sat
urday from the army camp at Taft, |
Calf, to spend Is day furlough |
with Mrs. Dunn and with his father,
Joe Dunn. He is in the radio sec
ton Of the signal corps. He had
followed amateur radio work for
some time before entering the army
and had his operators license at
that time
M. r. Karnes went to Spokane
last week and was met there by
Mrs. Karnes who had been visiting
her son, Frank and family, in Port
land for two weeks. They then went
to Coulee Dam for a visit with Mr.. |
and Mrs. Dick Karnes. Returning
to Spokane they spent three days
where Mr. Karnes attempted to buy I
merchandise for the X VI. grocery
but withous success. He reports the /
warehouses in Spokane woefully |