The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-07-27
LOCAL |
HAPPENINGS

George VanDyke OF Troy, was q
Libby visitor Monday.
M. J. Page of Troy was business
caller in Libby Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Lamey are
the proud parents of a baby CIR
born July 81.
District court will be held July
%, with Judge Dean King, Of Kalis-
pell, presiding.
Mrs. George Fowler will leave
Monday for Seattle, where Mr.
Fowler is employed
Mrs. Earl Hansberry and daugh-
ter. Shirley, of Warland, were call
ers in the city Tuesday.
Miss Joane Brown and Miss Joyce
Newman left for Spokane Wednes-
day evening, where they will visit
for a week.
Mrs. Ray Patterson magma Lar
SOM Of Spokane, is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Larson.
Mrs. Gus Delzer and daughter,
Darlene, were in Kalispell couple
days this week visiting with Gus,
who is barbering there.
Billie Echo, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaze Echo, left last week for the
Farragut naval base where he is be-
ing given naval training.
Lee Brown was in town Tuesday
and Wednesday selling poultry and
hogs, which he brought over from
his farm at Trout Creek, Mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mayer, OF
Trail, B. c., were visitors the past
week at the home of Mrs. Mayer
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. HUI
chala.
LittlexEcho Service opens today
in former Litening station at corner
Mineral and Highway. All kinds OF
auto service, greasing, oiling, tun-
ing, washing, etc, 1t
Mrs. Lynn Mitchell and daughter,
and sister-in-law, Mrs. Donahue, Of
New Mexico, who is visiting at the
Mitchell home, were Libby visitors
from Troy Monday.
Arthur H. Nelson left for San
Francisco last Sunday evening,
where he will 60 back on duty with
the Navy after three-weeks' leave
visiting relatives and friends here.
Bill Vaughn has received a letter
from his son Ben which states that
Ben is on his way home from tile
Southwest Pacific. He has been
fighting in that area for close to
two years.
Mrs. H. L. Waltman and children,
Elaine ard John of Winona, Mimi,
arrived last week to spend the sum-
mer with her sister, Mrs. Stuart
Risley, and her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. A. COPYRIGHT.
Carol Beth Risley celebrated ner
fourth birthday last Thursday cv-
ening with a party at which a num-
Der of her little friends participated.
Games were played and later cake
and ice cream was enjoyed by all
Mrs. Lillian Moody RENTS for
her Western News from Seattle and
adds a note to the effect that Wal
ter Botcheck was there and paid a
visit to P. ]. York. The two men
were old-time friends but had not
seen each other since 1918.
Friends will be interested to know
that Charles "Chuck" Smith, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Smith. now Of
Tacoma, has arrived back in the
States for rest after spending 10
months in the South Pacific, where
there is plenty of action. He prefers
our climate to the terrible heat
over there.
Litchfield Darlington, formerly of
Libby, was present at Jackson Hole,
Wyo., to attend five-state confer
ence to be in session five days.
Lich, who is employed by the Mon
tana Unemployment Compensation
Commission and stationed at Bill
ings, was to act as stenographer for
the conference.
Technical Sergeant and Mrs. Reese
Bennett are visiting at the homes Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnar Larson and
Mrs. Mabel Bennett at Libby and
with relatives at Troy, while here
on a 19-day furlough. They will re-
turn to Colorado Springs about Au-
gust Q, where Sergeant Bennett is
stationed with the Air Corps.