The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-09
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS

navy, is here on furlough.
Connie Blackwell, coast guards
man, spent the week end in Libby
visiting his wife.
Mrs. Dwayne Whitehouse and
Mrs. Ed Hewitt were Troy visitors
over the week end.
Apron Sale, SATURDAY. Mch. 10,
at 10 a. m, in VARIETY Store, spon-
sored by Mountain View Red Cross
club. 1t
Corp. S. Ludvikson recently left
for overseas duty as cook and in
structor, is the news coming to
Libby relatives.
Mrs. Jessie Fagerberg, county SUI
perintendent of schools, was at Eu-
reka the past week end attending
a board meeting of the Lincoln coun-
ty high school.
Mrs. Arthur Brock went to Eu-
reka Thursday evening to attend the
school board meeting Of the Lin
coin county high school. Mrs.
Brock returned Friday afternoon.
Ted Polette returned to Portland
Saturday, where he is employed in
the Oregon shipyards as cable
splicer, after a weeks vacation WIS.,
ting his mother, Mrs. Earl Measner.
The South Lincoln County Chap
ter's quota in the present Red Cross
drive is $4,000. Of this amount, ST.
100 is to come from the Libby dis
trict and $40 from the Troy dis
trict.
Claude Norris of Bremerton
Wash, was visiting relatives and
friends in Libby the past week
Norris expects to leave for the
Aleutians soon where he will be
employed.
A recent real estate transaction
in Libby was the sale byy Mrs
Thomas Fleetwood Of her fine resi-
dence property to Stuart Risley
Mr.. and Mrs. Risley will take pos
session April |.
Rev. Norman Benson left Monday
to spend a few DAYS attending q
pastoral conference of the Scandi-
navian Lutheran church in Spokane
and a board meeting of the old peo-
Piles home at Occur d'Alene, Ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Hamel returned
home Thursday of last week from
spending part of the winter at Port
land, Ore They report they had
seen no snow this winter until they
reached Spokane on their way
home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Barkee wen,
into Spokane the last of last week
- attend the funeral of Mr.. H. ]
McDougall. Mrs. Barkee remained
in the city but Mr.. Barkee left the
first of the week to attend a meet
ing of Penney store managers a,
Great Falls.
Here's Libby family that has
three representatives in the serv-
ice of their country. 1t is the Mac
Petrusha family. One son, Dairy
Petrusha, has enlisted in the navy
and is stationed at the Farragut
base Bob is at Norfolk, Va, and
Miss Virginia Mae leaves Friday
for Palm Beach, Fla, to begin train
ing as a WAVE.
Seaman Chas. Grant. who is tenn
porarily stationed at Farragut, spent
the week end in Libby with Mr.
and Mrs. Smith Reid. Mrs. Reid is
a sister of Seaman Grant. Enroute
to Farragut after spending a two
weeks furlough with his parents at
Lewiston, Idaho, Grant arrived here
Saturday afternoon. He expects to
be transferred some time this week
to another naval station.
Miss Virginia Petrusha and Miss
Ethel Gass were honor guests at a
dinner given Monday evening by
the court house ladies" at the Foun-
tain. Fifteen girls were present to
enjoy the excellent four-course din
ner Miss Petrusha is leaving this
week for Florida where she will GO
into SPAR training Miss Gass will
leave March rs for Des Moines, Ia,
where she will receive her WAC
training Each of the ladies received
corsage and farewell gift Miss
Petrusha is being replaced in the
county assessors office by Mrs
Marguerite Katarzy and Miss Gass
is being replaced in the draft board
office by Miss Mary Mahoney