The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-08

Gordon Slauson helped with the
threshing at the E. M. Slauson
ranch several days this week.
Roy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Thompson, underwent an operation
for appendicitis Tuesday.
Russell Deist flew his trainer
plane Friday to Kalispell for its
periodic inspection.
Regular meeting Of the VIEW and
the Auxiliary, the first and third
Friday of each month, p. m. If.
Mrs. ]. c. Madell and daughter
Jackie left Monday for Brookfield,
Ill, after visiting at the home of
her sister, Mrs. j. c. Midyett
Mrs. F. L. DeRosia returned
home Sunday evening from Havre,
where she had received a medical
check-up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w. Miller
left Friday for Billings where they
have been attending the annual
buyers week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Shafer of Sal
ina, Kans., came Saturday to spend
several weeks with their daughter,
Mrs. Bill Darlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Walker and
Dane Walker of Lewistown are
visiting relatives in Libby this
week
Donald c. HargreaVes passed the
necessary flight tests this month
and has received his private pilots
license.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Whitehouse
and family and Miss Betty Lou
Baeth were weekend visitors in
Poison where they attended the an
nual regatta.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Partlow and
daughter, Merrill, spent Thursday
in Spokane and Sunday in Eureka,
Whitefish, and Kalispell attending
to business matters.
Vernon Crotteau, who has been
quite i'll for some time, was re-
ported to be showing a great deal
of improvement the first of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Hagerty and
small son, Bill came Saturday to
spend a week or ten days at the
home of Mrs Hagerty's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Peeso.
Pastor and Mrs Hjortholm drove
to St. Marie, Wash last Monday to
attend a conference of the pastors
of the Spokane Circuit of the Evan
gelical Lutheran church.
Harry Howard, "a Veteran Placer
in the Libby mining district for
fifty summers says the gravel here
is hardly scratched for the gold that
is in it and there will be digging
and washing gold here for the next
generation.
Rev. and Mrs. Clayton NJ Shot
well announce the arrival of son
July 81 whom they have named
Clayton Moore, Jr Young Clayton
weighed seven pounds and twelve
ounces at birth and was born at
the St, Johns Lutheran Hospital.
Hugh Swim1ey and Jimmy Brown
are spending a few days at the
Browns cottage on Thompson Lake.
w. L. McEachran of Spokane was
in Libby on business last week. Mr.
McEachran is the owner of the
local Burgan's Store.
Mrs Floyd Peterson and Floy-
dene returned Saturday after visit
ing relatives in Everett, Monroe,
North Bend and Wenatchee, Wash,
for six weeks. While in Everett
Mrs. Peterson underwent an opera
ton from which she is GONZALES
cling at home.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Hagen and
Mr. and Mrs Charles Morris and
daughter of Lind, Wn., were week
end guests at the F. l.. DeRosia
home, and attended the picnic Sun
day at Logan Park, held in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Prichard of Bartles-
vile, Okla.
Mrs. L. Craven returned Thurs
Mimi. where she has spent the |
past three weeks. Mrs Craven |
was accompanied by her mother, |
Mrs. Phoebe Shillings who will /
spend few months visiting in Lib
by.
The South Libby Purity Store re-
Gently installed a new Frigid- Mist |
display case. The Frigid-
Mist is the latest thing in vegetable
and fruit displays and it automati-
cally forces cold water regularly
over the goods displayed keeping
Them garden fresh at all times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Paulson and
daughter, Mae Paulson and her two
boys, James and Ronald, spent Sun
lay fternOon with Pastor and Mrs.
Hjortholm. Together with Pastor
and Mrs Hjortholm, they drove to
Troy in the afternoon where they
,alled on Mrs. Helmer Hanson.