The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-10-10
LocoI Crafts Are
Displayed OF
.omon's Club

Room took on the appearance of a
hobby show Tuesday afternoon
when the Libby Womans Club held
its October crafts meeting which
was arranged by Mrs Earl Buck
ingham and her committee. Many
community lobbyists had been con-
tacted and there was a large dis
play of art work of various kinds
from needle work to polished stones.
The business session of the club
was opened with the flag salute
followed by the reading of the col
lect and the singing of America.
Committee chairmen gave their re-
ports.
A woman to have a well managed
home must pay some attention to
her family tho the house work be
neglected was the thought Mrs
Roy Sherman, American Home
Chairman, stressed when she reSn
cher paper on the subjects '@The well
Managed Home" and Living To-
gether in the Family" Mrs. H. o.
Ficke, Fine Arts chairman announ-
ced the rules for a Federation Art
contest calling for a jacket design
for the club anthology entitled
Without Boundary"
Mrs. Ned Joughin, International
Relations chairman, felt that world
affairs were Frightening up some
what. Food crops were better in
most countries. But" she said
Watch Trieste, Greece and Tur-
key, for they are the danger points
in Europe"
Miss Inez Ratekin of the legis-
lative committee introduced Sena-
tor Fewkes who gave a compre-
hensive discussion of Referendum
No. so and explained why we should
vote for the 100000 bond issue
for the improvements at Warm
Springs. ''The state hospital, be-
gun as a private institution in 1877
was taken over by the state in
1912. Having 854 inmates then It
is now housing 1000 with no more
facilities than it had at that time"
he told the club.
"All the world that has time or
money for books is reading" said
Mrs Luvia Craven, literature chair
main, as she discussed United
States Book Abroad. Some of the
most popular authors she mentioned
were Sinclair Lewis, Eugene 0lNefffi, +
Pearl Buck and Upton Sinclair.
Mrs. -Serman Noel, safety chair
man, called the attention of the club
to this being Fire Prevention Week
and offered a few suggestions on
safety from fire.
The Club showed its willingness (
to cooperate with other city organi-
cations in providing Halloween en-
tertainment for Libby young people. (
This idea, suggested by Mrs. Ed /
Olsen, is meeting with favor among /
the people and means of making it /
a success will be worked out by (
the clubs.
Before the meeting was given
over to the program committee, /
Mrs. H. S. Hepner presented four
new members. Mrs. J. J. Reedy,
Mrs. Evan Yaple, Mrs. w. c. Zol-
lars and Mrs. Marshall Warrington
who were welcomed by the club.
Miss Eta Lee Garren was intro
duced and sang a group of three
solos, accompanied by Miss Rate
kin. Her high clear voice was well
suited to her selections which
everyone enjoyed.
Mrs. Buckingham reviewed a
short article on money making
hobbies, taken from the Hobby I
Mrs. Craven, though she
claimed to be no lobbyist herself,
nevertheless, very ably discussed
the hobby displays of other people.
There were so many that no ade-
quate mention could be made of
them all, but among those not be-
longing to members were the pen
and ink sketches of Rev. Stearns,
the Montana agates and other pol
shed stones of Mr.. Jepp, the cone
plaques and paintings of Mrs. Fox
Of Eureka the oil paintings of Mrs.
the "corkers" of Jan
Maurer and pine cone jewelry of
Mrs. Sheldon. 1t is interesting to
know that so many worthwhile
crafts are being pursued by so many
n this community.