The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-04-06
LOCAL !
HAPPENINGS

Mr. and Mrs. Dell FeWkeS were
Libby visitors on Monday.
Womans Club Food Sale at the
X. M. on Saturday, April 8. 1T
Mrs. Jessie Fagerberg was bus
mess caller in Eureka Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Sykes was a Libby
visitor from Kalispell Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie .Pattie of
Troy were Libby visitors Wednes-
day.
Don't forget to attend the Easter
Ball at the Moose hall April 81
Mrs. Art Haffner and daughter
were among the Kalispell callers
Tuesday.
Enos Nixon, who has served the
past three years in the Aleutians,
is in Libby.
Mrs. Mildred Whitehouse and
Mrs. Edward Hewitt were Kalispell
shoppers Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank McClain spent a few
days in Spokane this week visit
ing and shopping.
| Lumber and Sawmill Workers I'm
ion meeting dates: Second and
fourth Tuesdays, 7:30 o'clock sharp.
Mrs. Harold Torgerson of Spo-
kane was a weekend visitor at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
P " Kitley.
Mrs. George Corbett, Mrs. Pete
Detiens, Mrs. Hugh HenneSsy and
Cpl. Johnny Corbett were in Kalis-
pell Tuesday.
Mrs. Hans Westman was taken
back to Kalispell Tuesday for med
ical treatment following another Sc
we're nosebleed.
A. B. Sanders of Troy was a
business visitor in Libby Tuesday.
Mrs. A. w. Nybloom has returned
to Butte for a short time
/ Delbert Bowen, M. o. M. M. lie,
arrived Wednesday to spend about
week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Grover Bowen and other rela-
tiveS.
Paul Neils of Portland, Ore, pres
ident of the j. Neils Lumber Com
pany, was in Libby the first of the
week comforting on company bus
4 mess.
i Mrs. Barbara Johnson came from
Portland, Ore, with Delbert Bowen
to visit at the Grover Bowen home
Mrs. Johnson is cousin of the
BoWens.
/ Mrs. Janette Risley went into
Spokane Tuesday for short time ir
the city. She went in with Mrs
:. Elmer Switzer, Sr., and Mrs. Free
Cloutier
| Cpl. Clayton Youngs arrived yes
terday for a few days furlougf
with his mother, Mrs. Ben Larson
Cpl. Youngs is with the medica
corps at Camp Beal, Calf
h Up to $50 O'clock Wednesday at
ternoon 100 school pupils had beer
given the diphtheria immunizatior
treatment that day by Drs. Martir
and Cairns at the Libby hospital.
Il Mrs. Archie Patterson of Kalis
pell accompanied Mr. Patterson K
Libby Tuesday and visited with hel
sister, Mrs. lola WEIGH, while Mr.
Patterson attended to business mat
tiers.
F. w. Horstkotte of Portland
Ore, well known west coast saw
mill architect, was in Libby Sunday
and Monday comforting, with of
ficials of the ]. Neils Lumber Com
pany.
Miss Margaret Redfield arrived il
Libby Sunday for a weeks visi
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. H
w. Redfield, after which she viii
return to her studies at Oregon
State College, Corvallis.
! Cpl. Johnny Corbett will leave
Friday for Santa Ana, Calf, aftel
spending a 15-day furlough here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo
Corgett and other relatives. Cpl
4 Corbett is a mechanic with the All
! Force
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Sleizer ane
!. daughter left for Davenport, Wash.
! Tuesday, where Mrs. Sleizer will re
main with her parents as Sleizel
expects to be indicted into the Navy
dDOut lDlll L. 1lGy ildO pC1l
guests at the Lee Sleizer home fol
the past two weeks.
, An April shower that started
Tuesday night and continued int
, Wednesday brought smiles to Lib
by people because of the needed
moisture it brought A man VIII
{ had a job of digging reported tina
at depth of Is to Is inches tn,
ground was "as dry as bone"
Libby friends were interested t,
receive the news this week tina
S. J. Anderson had recently beer
promoted by the Great Northern
railway to the position of assistan
general freight agent with head
quarters in Duluth Old-timers vii
remember that Mr.. Anderson is
grandson of the one-time pionee
, after whom Sheldon mountain wa
named, A. c. Sheldon.