The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-04-12
Personal Items

Mrs. Harold Thomson was a Kali
ispell visitor Tuesday.
Sheriff and Mrs. Frank Baney
took patient to Warm Springs
Wednesday.
The l. O. 0. F. dance last Satur-
day night was enjoyed by all. Good
music is reported
Mrs. j. c. Brewington and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bud Schultz were business
visitors the latter part of last week
in Spokane.
Guy E. Wollaston was in Kalis-
pell, Monday on business connect
ed with the opening of the new
Servicemen's Club in Libby.
Joe Corbett, RIM &c, is here on
leave from Corpus Christi, Tex,
where he is serving with the Navy.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Corbett.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Brunette left
for Anchorage, Alaska last Friday
to look for a location in that ter
ritory, with the intention of going
into business there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Warden and
family have moved to Libby from
Eureka, Calf, arriving here last
Saturday, Mr.. Warden has been
employed at the mill.
Cpl Dane Walker came over
from Geiger Air Field, Spokane,
for a weekend visit with his sister,
Mrs. Bill Hartsock, and other rel
atives, returning to his base Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Nelson of
Starkweather, N. D., were guests
of Mr.. ana Mrs. Harold Nelson the
past week, stopping here on their
return from Portland, Ore, where
they had been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Coleman and
children came over from Spokane,
Wash, last weekend for visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Wilkinson. Mr.. Wilkinson returned
with them Sunday to spend few
days.
1t. and Mrs. Fred F. Clark ar
rived home Wednesday of last week
from Walla Walla, Wash, where 1t.
Clark is receiving treatment in Nc
Cav Hospital, following overseas
duty. The Lieutenant has a 80 days
furlough, a portion of which he
and Mrs. Clark are spending at the
Miller cabin southeast of Libby.
Miss Jean Fowler of Anchorage,
Alaska, stopped over Thursday ev-
ening of last week in Libby to visit
her friend, Mrs. Don Russell. Miss
Fowler, who was enroute to Port
land, Ore, is a bookkeeper in an
army post at TT. Richardson near
Anchorage.
w. B. Dilley of Spokane, was in
Libby Thursday Of last week car
ing for business matters. Mr.. Dill
ley has been connected for many
years with mining interests in Lin
coin county The News office en-
joyed very pleasant call Thurs
day evening.
Kenneth Brown MMM 11c, in
vited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
wood Brown to attend the COM
missioning exercises of the u. S. S.
Villagulf, CVEIII which were held
Monday at 800 p. m. at Tacoma,
Wash. The Browns accompanied by
their son Freddy left Saturday ev-
ening for Tacoma to accept the in
vitation.
Friends of D. D. Leach SIC will
be interested in knowing that he
has received a medical discharge
from the u S. Navy. He Joined
Mrs. Leach in Spokane, and they
returned home to Libby Wednes-
day of last week, Their daughter,
Joan, who has been with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Clay
pool of Kalispell, returned home
Sunday evening Mr.. Leach is back
again in The Libby Furniture Ex-
change.
Mrs. E. l. Racicot returned Mon
day evening from three weeks
visit in various points in California
where she visited her daughter,
Mrs. Marian Kelso in Sacramento.
They then accompanied Mrs. Kelso'
husband as far as Los Angeles
when he was called to Texas. From
there they went to Hollywood,
where they visited a sister of Mrs.
Racicot. as well as taking in" many
interesting sights and entertain
ments before going on to Long
Beach, where two cousins were Wis
tied. They returned to Los An
geles where they visited another
sister. Mrs. Racicot had seen nei-
Their of her sisters for over 80
years, SO the reunion was a happy
one, long looked forward to. She
tried to contact another sister in
DAILY City, but was unable to. On
her return home, Mrs Racicot Wis
tied her son, Billy and family in
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