The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-15
Personal Items

Chicken. Duck and Turkey Shoot
at Gopher's Inn, Sunday. Nov. l8.
More persons between Is and As
die of tuberculosis than from any
other disease
Florence Hrabik of Kalispell was
a weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs
F. c. Robertson.
1t. Carol Eaton of the u. S. Army
Wac Corps, visited with Mrs Helen
Peters last week.
Anyone interested in Merle Nor
man Cosmetics, call Mrs. l. Croft
teau, Phone No. l54M. 26-tf
Kathryn Loucks left for Conrad
for weeks visit with friends and
relatives there November 8.
Shirley Thompson visited with
the Fred Fisher family and her
grandmother. Mrs. Earl Bucking-
ham.
Mrs. Ole johnson has received
word from her husband who is
now at San Fernando in the
Philippines.
Bert Mcclure, well-known to
Libby folks, visited this week with
his sister, Mrs Mile Measner. He
is from Dillon.
Regular meetings of the VFW
and the auxiliary the first and third
Friday of of each month. 8 p. m
at the Club Room. 25-tf
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas D. Long
were business visitors in Spokane
going Thursday of last week and re-
turning home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Spencer
both recently discharged from the
services, were in Libby a few days
visiting relatives and friends. They
left for Spokane on Wednesday to
make their home.
John Ronning and R. c. Engle,
who have been patients at hospi-
tai in Spokane, returned on Friday
OF last week to their homes here
greatly improved in health. Both
underwent surgery at the hospital
The tuberculin test was given in
81 Montana counties during 1914.
To date, 500 Montana men have
been rejected by the Seelctive Ser
vice because of active or suspicious
tuberculosis.
An interesting art display is to be
seen in the show windows of the
Geo. Wood Hardware store this
week. A great deal of talent is
shown in drawings and painting by
members of Libby high school. Also
on display are various works of the
mechanical drawing class which is
worth much praise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Muller and
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Muller of Great
Falls were Libby visitors few
days last week on their way to Great
Falls. Matt Muller recently received
his discharge from the u. S. Navy.
He is a former Libby resident, and
it is possible that both families may
make their homes here sometime in
the future
Mrs F. L. DeRosia returned Sun
day from Havre, where she had Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
G. A. Romo. Mrs. Romo is daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. DeRosia. Sgt,
DeRosia who is in the Marine Corps,
has just returned from service in
Japan, and was home on a short
furlough while Mrs. DeRosia was in
Havre.
Your reporter wishes to correct
Wayne Shanahan's statement in re-
gard to his work with Fireman in
the Navy He wished to state that of
all the fireman's organizations he
worked with all over the world that
none. of them could compare with
the local Libby fire department,
which is quite compliment for our
Fire Department and l think all
Libby citizens will join in on con-
graduating them
The Senior Ladies' Aid of the
First Lutheran Church met at the
parsonage on Thursday afternoon of
last week The general program
theme of the WMF, prayer, was car
ried out by the pastor in the devo-
tional and in the reading, Our
Spiritual Foxholes," by Mrs. Hort
holm. Mrs. Hjortholm, the hostess,
served lunch Immediately after the
business meeting. The next meeting
will be on November 20 at the
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Roberts and
son, Gary returned last week from
months vacation which they spent
visiting Mrs. Roberts relatives in
Merrill and Racine. Wis. and Mr.
Roberts parents at Columbus, Ohio.
They were accompanied on the trip
by Mrs. Harold Shrewsbury, who
visited relatives at Millfield, Ohio.
K Paul Thomas, brother-in-laW of
Mr.. Roberts, accompanied them
home and is employed on the Power
Company's new water reservoir.
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