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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-25
TROY NEWS
ATHLETIC BANQUET

The annual athletic banquet WAS
held Wednesday evening at the
Methodist church parlors, the af-
fair being pot luck.
Coach Coffman, Mr. Korn and II
athletes sat at one table. Bouquets
of spring flowers made attractive
table decorations. Mr.. and Mis-.
Arthur Dunkle furnished ice cream
for dessert in memory of their son,
Andrew, who is at Sheppard Field
Tex. and was a member of the class
of "A.
After dinner, Mr.. Korn acted as
master of ceremonies, calling on
various persons for speeches, which
caused much amusement.
Ed Scott. who is n years OF age,
was asked to speak on, What Ath-
letics Mean to Young Man Like
Me-. Arthur Dunkle on, What 1t
Means to Support Athletics, Dir.
Dixon on, What 1t Means to An
Athlete to Be in Condition.; Rus
sell Baeth, referee, on, Word From
Blind Man; Mrs Bert Coffman
on, What 1t Means to Be the-Moth-
er Of a Coach; and Mrs. Lestc,
Coffman on What 1t Means to Re
Coach's Wife" Barbara Laehn
Anita Sagen and Verna Siebenfor.
cher spoke on, What 1t Means to Be
a Yell Leader and Coach CoffEar
on, why and What
The group enjoyed some schco
pep songs.
Coach Lester Coffman expressed
his thanks to the community fol
the support given the athletic pro
gram and commended the boys fol
their fine team work. He made thu
| following awards in football let
tiers: Jim McCracken, four stripes
Paul McCracken, two stripes; An
drew Dunkle, one stripe, Ray Dolan
one stripe, Lawrence Rice, OFT
stripe; John Taylor, one; Bill Tay
lor, one; Walter Mason, two; Pa
Savage, one; Frank Nelson, one.
i Other boys, who went out fc
football but did not earn lette
were, Philip Redeye, Wayne Broom
Bill Brown, Kenneth Cummings
Norman Nimey and Armand Hamil
Those receiving stripes for has
ketba1i were, Jim McCracken, fou
stripes; Paul McCTacken and Waite
Mason, two; Andrew Dunkle, Ra,
Dolan, Lawrence Rice, Bill Taylo
and David Ahrens, one. Others GO
ing out for basketball were Phil
Redeye, John Taylor Bob Sander!
WinsloW, John Molyneaux, Bi
Brown, Kenneth Cummings, Jjr
Whalen and Norman KOrn.
Track ribbons were awarded. Jlr
McCracken, 8; Paul McCracken,
Ray Dolan and David Ahrens, on
Bill Taylor and Norman korn, als'
went out for track.
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TROY TID-BITS

Joeda Collogan and Margaret
Egan left last week for Spokane,
where they expect to be employed.
D. F. Fewkes and j. B. Farris re-
turned Thursday from Helena.
where they represented Lincoln
County at the Republican State Con-
vention.
Seth Hates left for Whitefish, Sat-
urday, returning Sunday, with Mrs.
Hates, who was surgical patient
at the hospital there.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Clay came
home Friday from Spokane. Mr..
Clay was a surgical patient at the
St. Lukes hospital.
Eric Tepling was guest yer
| the weekend at the Ed Weidner
home, enroute from Portland to
visit friends in North Dakota.
Eleanor Whitefield was a guest
at the Drew ranch for few days
| Mrs. D. F. Fewkes left Friday for
Spokane, where she will spend some
time with her daughter, Mrs. Victor
Hutton and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Coffman of
Spokane, visited relatives here over
the weekend.
Ben Coffman visited relatives here
for a few days.
Continued on Page y
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What Does This
Mean?

The heads of the Communist
party in the United States, in con-
vention last week, decided to dis
solve the party organization and
place no candidate for president ir
the field this year. Instead, they
will throw their support to Roose-
welt.
Harry Bridges, who was the Com
munist candidate for president ir
1910 and who has faced deportation
charges time or two, explained
| that this action was taken SO as Il
assure national unity
Does this mean that the Com
munist party Of the U. S. is sat
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than one. The acorn contains the
embryo Of the majestic. oak, but
without the cooperation Of soil,
sunshine and water the majestic
oak would be myth. And Mr.. Hin
er says (Open Forum, Feb. l3) the
child in the mothers womb has all
the potentials of the future leader,
but what would the child ever
amount to without the cooperation
OF other human beings?
Moreover, suspect that when Mr.
Hiner wakes up in the night and
wants light all he needs to do rs
press a button and the room is as
light as day. Does he realize that
light il only possible by the coop
Grafton of thousands OF working
men? I know Benjamin Franklin
i discovered the nature OF electricity
and Thomas Edison invented the
electric light, but what would the
discovery and the invention OF these
two good and great men have
amounted to without the co-opera-
ton OF other human beings? Is an
individual nation as strong as CO.
operation, or alliance of nations?
I also am wondering If our boys
will come home to a government Of
the people, by the people and FOL
the people, or will they come home
to q government of millionaires, by
millionaires and for millionaires.
Henry Kaiser's son Is reported K
have said: IF we rebuild world o.
monopoly and special privilege, VIZ
face q defeat as bitter as victory
for the Axis armies.
McCay, Colo. PERRY AuLT..
EDITORS Note: This letter nicely
s,,polerents that Of Mr.. Hiner, bu
does not refute it. The fact Is, al
cooperation Is due to individual in
litiative.
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It's Very Close

A late Gallop poll shows that
Roosevelt and Dewey are running
neck and neck for the presidency
in the peoples estimation, With
Roosevelt leading slightly. A poll
of last week gave Roosevelt 81 per
cent, Dewey 40 per cent. The poll
was careful to state that while
the running is very close now, the
result might change materially be-
tween now and election time.
II is now conceded that Dewey
and Roosevelt will be the two can
didates and the Republicans have
more hopes Of winning than at any
time since 1882.
The war is making necessary the
making of grave decisions-decis-
ions that will affect the lives Of the
people of this nation and Of the
world for generations to come.
Craftsmanship of the highest order
IS the crying need Of the hour.
World leaders are faced with the
opportunity to do away with much
injustice, to put an end to the ex-
plotting of under-privileged peoples
to build world society that will
provide greater opportunity for ev-
eryone here in America and a so
ciety that will raise the standard d
| living for the people Of Europe anc
throughout all the. world Or the
leaders can hold to their own ma
tional selfishness and greed, strive
to bend and twist forces so as to pro
tect their own empires and IN st
doing plant the seeds for another
world war
We believe the American people
are looking forward, that they rec
ognize the need for world coopera
ton, that they are convinced w
can no longer live unto ourselve
and must play our part in the set
ting up of some sort of interna
tional machinery for maintainin
. world peace and progress.
: That requires unselfish men .
the head Of this nation, men with
proper conception of the needs Z
the hour and yet with realisti
approach to the problems and cond
tons facing them; men who al
not so consumed by ambition tn;
they will sacrifice principle to a
! sure their own personal success.
: America should no longer be rule
q by Missionaries. What is needed
Y our leaders is hard commonsens
$ tempered by true American idea
+ ism and determination to see iu
n tice done.
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Editor rial
Credit For All

A correspondent Of this neWspa-
per recently wrote from the South
Pacific.
1.-THE boys army in this thea
tire feel sighted on the credit due
them. The casualties-Army VS..
Marines-after the South Pacific
campaign will illustrate what
mean"
It's too bad any of our fighting
men should feel that way. Some
times it may seem that one branch
of the service is receiving more
credit than some other branch, but
| do not believe that is really true,
Speaking for myself, and voiclne
what I believe is the strong con-
viction Of vast majority OF the
American people, the deepest re-
spect is felt for all the men who are
fighting and risking their lives. This
is true whether they are members o.
the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Corps
Medical Corps, Coast Guard, q
whatever branch Of the service they
may be serving in.
Perhaps now and then the break.
of the game" throw some corps intt
the limelight and they may receive
a large amount of publicity. That L
natural The spectacular ATTRACTS
attention. But it is generally &C
knoWledged by everyone that RI
final knockout punch must be givel
by the Army, by the Infantry. Yer,
few victories could be conclusivel
won without the Infantry.
This newspaper and | am sure al
the people back home have IN
stinted admiration for every branc
of our magnificent fighting force
There is glory enough for all.
grateful nation is playing no Il
vorites in these momentous days.
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WOMAN'S CLUB TEA

The spring tea given last Tues
day at the Methodist church parlors
proved lovely affair. A profusion
Of spring flowers made the rooms
especially attractive.
A style show skit, written by Mrs.
David Wilson, provided much
amusement, with Mrs. Norman
Korn, Mrs. Edw. Laehn, Mrs. An
thony Joy, Mrs. VIM. Bissell and
Mrs. David Wilson showing models
OF what the well-dressed Miss OF
the class of "A would have worn
had she been graduating IN tie
Gay COS.
A poem by boy in our armed
forces, to his mother, for Mothers
Day, was read by Mrs. D. F. FeWkcs.
During the afternoon, the SEN
ior Glass and their mothers were
honored. Each mother was present
ed with lovely corsage. The moth
ers, the class members, Mr. korn
and DR.. Krug were seated at table
made beautiful with flowers and
ribbons in green and white, the class
colors. Clever boy and girl dolls
served as place cards and favors
each girl doll being dressed in the
color gown to be worn by the girl
herself, at commencement.
Refreshments were served from
| table laid with a lace cloth anc
conferred with flowers and tall can
dies. Those pouring were Mrs. D
| T. Woods, Mrs. G. Fl. Clay, Mrs
In. F. Fewkes and Mrs. EdW. Dixon
"A program of music was furnished
by Mrs ]. B. Farris, Mrs. Norman
4 Korn and Barbara Laehn.
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Whot Other Editors
Are Spying
THE GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY
(Doherty, in Missoula County
Times)

(Doherty, in Missoula County
Times)
Dear Folks:
The first signs of spring passing
into summer are at hand. The grass
needs moving while the boys play
tennis. Moving the lawn is not ex-
citing enough for youngsters-so the
old man wheels out the mower aid
has at it.
The garden hose is strung out
but the youngsters are just too busy
dropping boxes, ropes and sticks
about the yard to find time to
change the sprinkler occasionally
| do that, too.
Not to be outdone by the young
sters the old dog leaves few bones
about to tangle the mower. I'm
like the youngstes, he acts embar-
raised when l call bis attention to
the bad habit. Like the kids, it is
hard to change his ways.
One of the girls has started 6
garden. She skinned off the sod anc
left it scattered about to plug the
lawn mower. What she planted is {
secret. However, if should happier
to include the plot in irrigating the
lawn there may be an occasiona
radish and flutter of lettuce be
fore the summer wanes and dies.
| await vacation to remove thu
storm windows and attach thu
screens. After all, have reached
4 the age where the top of laddel
seems a long way from the grount
and / believe my bones are bri.
tie
1 During such a performance hav,
often thought it would certainly b.
spending the pound to save tn,
| shilling if | or the boy fell off tn,
ladder accompanied by storm win
| dow or screen. We have Worke;
out a system of ropes and pulley
for the upstairs windows which les
sens the danger of bad fall. How
ever, it is rather complicated con
traption that required all my en-
gineering experience to provide. In
asmuch as the youngsters have los
the rope am inclined to attemp
to drop the storm windows on tn
bushes betting that 1t will ease tn
fall and not crack a pane If tn
windows break, what a pain | vii
have
| have thought of staging a. win
dow bee and calling in my Elk an
Legion friends to bee with me. How
ever, second thought made me cor
clude that it may prove more ex
pensive than a crew of experts pal
overtime.
hope none of my neighbors wi
worry about my windows, my lawn
, bushes, flowers, youngsters and til
dog. All will be taken care of
due time. We have long summe
ahead of us and I would not Xix
to find that in the middle of tn
, summer | had worked myself out (
job.
Yours for more and better lawn
q D0HERTY
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WONIAN'S CLUB INSTALLS
OFFICERS

Preceding the tea on Tuesday
afternoon, the Troy Woman's Club
had its final business meeting, with
Mrs. Marion Zimmerman, president,
presiding.
A letter from Mrs. Graybill of
the Spokane USO, was read, in
which she thanked the club for its
monthly donation of cookies, and
asking that they be continued dur
ing the summer months. Mrs. Vim.
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Bissell was appointed to arrange
for volunteers to bake them.
Officers for the coming year we're
installed by Mrs c. H. Clay as
follows. President, Mrs. Jim Cob
bledick; Vice-president, Mrs. Arthur
Dunkle; Recording and correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. j. B. Farris;
Treasurer, Mrs. Earl Drury.
Each new officer and the retiring
president were presented with a
lovely corsage.
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Sylvester ("Doc') Hlner Of Lib
by has brother, r. S. Hiner, who
is a newspaper man and who writes
for the Denver Post. A recent ar
ticle Of his in the Posts Open For
UNI follows.
SOURCE OF POWER Is In THE
INDIVIDUAL
To the Open Forum:
you see yon birkie cad lord
who struts and stares and a that?
Tho hundreds worship at his word,
Hes but coof for a that
The real source of power is with
in the individual. The humble atom
with its electrons in constant mo-
| ton about the central proton IS
governed by its own power. The
4 acorn contains the embryo of the
majestic oak and the child in the
mothers womb has all the potentials
of the future leader. The Aztecs
worshipped the sun as the source OF
power never realizing that the same
power resides in each individual.
We have just begun to realize what
huge reservoirs of mental resources
are in the soul of an individual.
Humanity has been lied to-
scorned, deceived and Knocked, mer
, have been told they were worms
of the dust" mere "worshiping ami
mails Hence, man, instead of de.
veloping his own powers, has beer
4 content to grovel at the feet O.
f other men or idols. And govern
ments sanctioned this regime.
Here in America, we establish ;
type Of government based upon tn
& principle THAT all men are createt
| free and equal also 'That all gov
ernments derive their JUST pow
ers~ from the consent of the gov
erned."
4 We are now engaged in the great
\ est war Of all time. We contend w
are fighting for freedom, but wit
: the continual encroachments upc
/ civil rights by group Of politics
j. usurpers, we may wonder what tn
future holds for us. Will our boy
come home to "a government {
the people, by the people, for tn
people," or to government base
upon totalitarian ideals-a govern
ment of bureaucrats, by bureaucrat
for bureaucrats?
- Denver. r. S. HINER.
A. Editors Note: Mans 300 millio
s. years of evolution since he was
Al "poor fish" (Devonian) have bee
= years Of progress, not Of retrogre
n sion. We shall find way to get RI
" Of bureaucrats.
e.
liners article was followed latt
by an answer, which is printed b,
a. low:
IN is SOURCE OF POWER IND
IN VTDUAL OR COOPERATIVE?
"a To the Open Forum:
to Two men surely have more pow,
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A silver offering was accepted
which will be sent to the cancer
control department.
Mrs. j. B.; Farris was chairman of
this delightful affair with several
able assistants on the committee.
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IN MEMORIAM

The nation will
pause on Memorial
Day this year in
more solemn and
eri Jus thought
than usual to pay
honor to the mem
DRY of its hallowed
dead. The nation is
again at war anu
precious American
lives are being sac
rificed in defense
of ours and the
worlds freedom. In
these solemn and
trying days, we can
ioin with full |
hearts in the words
spoken by the great
Lincoln at his Sec
ond inauguration:
"Fondly do We
hope, fervently DO
1,,a prav that this
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EVENING PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. v. A. Sather and
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Nelson enter
tanned at four tables of contract on
Wednesday evening. Lovely sprung
flowers made the rooms most at
tractive. Prizes were won by Mrs
Geo. Strom, Ed Weidner, Mrs Edw
Laehn, and Mrs. John Sagen.. De
licious apple pie alamode, and cot
fee were served at, the close OF the
evening. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Dunkle, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Ed Weidner, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor.
man Korn, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Strom
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Joy, Mrs
Reese Bennett, Mrs. Edw. Laehr
and Mrs. John Sagen.
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w. s. C.. s. MEETS

w. S. C.. S. MEETS
The Women's Society of Christian
Service met Thursday afternoon at
the Methodist Church parlors with
Mrs. Marion Zimmerman and Mis-.
John Sagen, hostesses.
The meeting was opened with
song and prayer.
It was voted to have 100 O'Clock
pot-luck lunch, the third Thursday
of June, July and August. These
will be held at the church.
The afternoon was spent finish
ing quilt to be given to the Chill.
dren's Home at Helena.
A buffet lunch was served by tht
hOStesses,
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we that ,. 800 a,oy with malice towards
sn1y the right God gives Us
oie W. the bind up the nauoh
wounds who shall have borne tne oale anu
his all which may achieve ana chS u.s.
49, aeina with all nations
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isfied with Roosevelt and New Deal
bpolicies?
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Editors Note: Mans 300 million
years of evolution since he was a
poor fish" (Devonian) have been
years Of progress, not Of retrogres-
sion. We shall find way to get rid
Of bureaucrats.
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Says Source Of
Power IS
| In individual

Sylvester (aDoc") Hiner Of Lib
by has brother, r. S. Hiner, who
is a newspaper man and who writes
for the Denver Post. A recent ar
ticle Of his in the Posts Open For
UNI follows:
Evening star., 1944-04-09
when you discover
this new
breakfast cereal!

They're Cr,spyi Oh so crisp! And delicate,
coo! These unique "puffed. flakes" are a
marvel to see, And taste!--Say, even "break.
East shippers" go for this new XIX. See if
shey don't!
They're Crunchy! And with flavor that's
saper-delicious! Malt-sweet corn flavor that
hits the spot morning after morning. Brings
you back for more. The new XIX has an
exciting new wafer.like consistency that
will surprise you!
They're NeW! A vast improvement over
the XIX you've known before. Different
from other cereals. Today's XIX is as new
as tomorrow's headlines!
They're Il TreGt' And here's uonrisbmeuf,
100! XIX furnishes full grain strength of
two important b" vnamins and Iron. Don't
wait single day to try this new, different
"puhed flake" XIX. It's made by GENERAL
MILLS, Inc, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-19

Drue now or ever with anything like
joy.
Eyes. Oh, I told you it was
wrong. Everything. But in a queer
way, Sarah, we couldn't help it. 1t
was as if We had been caught in
something we couldn't stop. 1t
wasn't Craig's fault, any Of it, any
more than it was mine"
Drue lowered her face over the
dog and began to smooth out his
long forelock with fingers that
tremblcd.
80 there were freworks," l sug-
gested.
1T meant Craig's career, really.
l didn't realize that when we were
married. Perhaps it's why Craig
hadn't told his father until after
we were married. His father told me
our marriage was a terrible mis-
take. He said Craig's career de-
mandcd money; he simply had to
have money to get anywhere. l
hadn't any money, Of course. But
that wasn't the main thing: he
made it clear that he had intended
to help Craig himself with money.
But he said that now, in view of
our marriage, he wouldn't. But
that wasn't all. II was a nurse,
you see" She lifted her shining
head a little proudly. My family
were good and old, too. But l
couldn't help him, socially, Not di-
rectly, you know. with wires at my
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-19

I could tell it from the bitterness
that then, for the first time, came
into her voice.
I got out Of my wool dress and
reached for my uniform. "You sure
ly don't mean to say you agreed To
that"
She started to braid the dogs
long forelock, her fingers very gen.
tie but still unsteady. "Not just
then. I couldn't. We stayed on a
little. Craig's leave had been given
a months extension. Then Alexia
came back and-and Nicky," she
said, bending over the dog. "Her
twin brother"
There was a rather long pause
while she braided and rebraided the
soft forelock. "Then," she went on,
Craig had to go to Washington.
His father wanted me to stay here;
he said we must get to know each
other better. That pleased Craig;
he hoped it meant his father was
coming around. SO he asked me to
stay, and l did. | went to the train
with him and he kissed me and said
he'd be back III a week. 1t was there
at the station-Wherc we got off the
train 80" She bent closely over the
dog again. Il never saw Craig
again until today.'
(To be continued)
Copyright by Misnon G. E~berhar.:
Distributed by KIM Features SynIicsts. In4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-19

hand to pull. He explained all that
to me-"
l shifted. You couldn't look at
Drue Gable and not know she had
good breeding; it was in every line
of her face and every motion of her
body as it is il a thoroughbred.
$50 Pa Brent resorted 10 tho
good old fashioned disinEeriting
threat. What did Craig say to ell
this?'
"Craig told me 20 forget it; to pay
no attention to what his father said.
But codldu't help paying attcn-
ten. Because Mr.. Brent told me
that the only thing to DO was Tor lis
to end our marriage as-as abrupt
ly as it began" Drue was quoting.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-19

Nincty-seven per cent Of the
children immuniZed were proved
to be protected against dIphtherIa
after a proper interval of time
had elapsed before trying out the
so-called Schick test. Seventy
two e cent yer seen by tests
to have immunity against Whoop-
ing cough. But the whoopinH
couch vaccine is not nearly as sue
cesstul when given separately as
the d]iphtheria toxoid. SO We can
conclude that the procedure seems
to be quite a success.
We may look for these slight
improvements in the production Of
immunity in children Of school
age. Certainly vaccinatlonal I'M
m%unization IS the most important
health measure known and has
prolonged and saved the lives of
many thousand children.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. Kin regard to roofing
nails: | am a rooter and | put the
nails in my mouth and have been
told by other rooferS that / Will
get lead poisoning?
Answer: Not unless the nails
have lead in their composition.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-19

A'exia was here. It was a clear.
cold night in January over a wear
ago n we came into the hall down.
STAIRS. It was after dinner and they
were having coffee in the library
and his father came out of the L.
brary with a cup in his hand and
then AleXla came. She was so beau
tl1ul-she wore a crimson, trailing
dinner gown and she went straight
to Craig and put up her face to be
kissed and he said, 'Alexi., this is
my wife"
Dear me-" | murmured. keeping
to myself the impression that young
Craig might have we'll deserved the
shooting he had got. Certainly
AleNia couldn't be expected to greet