The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-03-30
LOCAL /
HAPPENINGS

Woman's Club food sale April 9th.
Victor Wolff of Fortine was in
Libby Friday on business.
Willard c. Albee of Eureka was
Libby business caller Friday.
Don't forget the Junior Class Food
Sale, Variety Store, Saturday, 2 to 5.
/ Charley Norris was a Warland Wis
itor in Libby the early part of the
week.
Mrs. w. E. West and daughter,
Neva, of Eureka were Libby visitors
Friday
/ Fred Hammond of Warland was
transacting business in Libby Mon
day and Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Korn and
children of Troy were transacting
business in Libby last Friday.
Mrs. Kenneth Sahr and Mrs. Rob-
ert Erickson were Kalispell callers
the earlv part of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. MILFORD Becker and
daughter, Dolores, were Kalispell
visitors from Sunday to Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rubard and
daughter, Phyllis, were among the
Kalispell business visitors this week
Jim Evans is here on leave. Evans
spent eight months on Bouganville
and has seen some heavy fighting
Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson and Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Baenen went to Spo-
kane Sunday for three or four days
/ Mrs. Virgil Dutton returned from
Rexford where she had been visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Joe Webb, who is
i'll.
/ Mrs. Martin Cobbledick, new
school district clerk of Troy, was a
business visitor in Libby on Tues
day
Mrs. Ben Deyerle of the Yak
district was weekend visitor at
/ the home of MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Luxa, Jr.
Harvey Kirschbaum is here on
| furlough until April 4 at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Kirschbaum
Frank L. Salter was in Libby
Friday from Eureka to attend the
auction of tax delinquent land at
the courthouse.
Reverend and Mrs Norman Ben
son and son, David, left Sunday af-
ternoon for Dillon, Mont, where
they will reside.
Betty Jean Role was home over
the week end from Spokane where
she is attending the Sacred Heart
school of nursing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Castle of Som
ers visited at the home of their
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Thorne on Sunday
C. w. Winkley Of Fortine passed
through Lib Tuesday afternoon
with load of hogs he was taking
to market, in Spokane.
Highway Patrolman Clarence
Baker and family of Kalispell were
Libby visitors Tuesday. Mr.. Baker
is to leave April 20 for the navy.
Otto Nordstron, probation officer
of Lincoln and Flathead counties,
was in Libby few days this week
on business pertaining to his office.
The Rev. Charles Bolin, pastor
of the Church of God in Kalispell.
| will have charge Of the Sunday
service, at the Church of God here,
April 2.
Miss Ethel Gass left Sunday
morning on the bus for Butte,
where she left the following morn
ing for Fort Des Moines, Ia where
she will receive her WAC training.
The fire department went out on
two chimney fires -the past week;
one being at the home Of Mrs. John
Patt last Friday afternoon and the
other at the Chas. Halsey home
Sunday
Jack Harris has been in Libby
during the past week visiting with
relatives. and friends. He is en-
ployed now in woods work for a
saWmill few miles out from Wal
lace, Ida.
Eugene Miller, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. 'Mert" Miller, is home con-
valescing from an operation. Miller
had been employed in the Boeing
800 - Gu Piniit az otdtlAC DtlOl {
coming home.
! Miss Borghild Rolseth, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Rolseth, is
home for two weeks vacation
from her position in Spokane Miss
Rolseth has been doing office work
at Geiger Field there.
/ Cpl. Sidney Paul Gehrke left for
San Diego, Calf, Tuesday after
spending two weeks visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. H. Gehrke.
Cpl. Gehrke is with the anti-air-
craft coast guard division of the
armed forces.
James Harris, Jr., and Norris
Adams left Tuesday for Helena to
attend meeting for tire dealers
and tire users. They were accom-
panied as far as Kalispell by their
wives who planned to visit there I'M
til the men returned. They expected
to be home today.