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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14

The Reverend Herbert James
Riley, missionary of The Methodist
Church, and recently returned from
the Philippines, Will be the guest
speaker at the Libby Methodist
Church at eleven o'clock, Sunday,
March II and at the Troy Methodist
Church at 300 Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Riley returned to the United
States in the spring Of l945, after
being released firm the Santo Tomas
prison camp, on Luzon Island, where
he had been interned for three
years as a prisoner of the Japanese.
He will speak on his experiences
there, and on the contribution which
the Christian church is making to
the lives of the Fllipinos.
During his seventeen years as a
missionary among students and
young people in the Philippines,
Mr.. Riley has recruited large num-
bers of the most promising young
people of the archipelago as mem
bers of the church He has work
ed among students in the University
Of the Philippines, where the pre-
war attendance numbered about T.
900. In arranging recreation and /
dormitory Accommodations for other
students in public and private
various parts of=tbis=ter-H
rltOry, he has acted as pastor and
counselor for number Of yo8ngt
people away from home In ii
dtion to this work he travelled
am itinerant evangelist and coI
selor to the Filipino pastors
Mr. Riley is q native of San jose.
and received his cduCa-
ton at the College of the Pacific
and at the University of Southern
He IS now in the Uni
ted States, and expects to return
to the Philippines at the end of
his furlough.ga
You are welcome to hear this
Freewill offering. i
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Local Red Cross Officially
Opens 1916 Fund Campaign

+ the new program recreatlonal and
morale tasks, fitted into the medical
! planning of hospital authorities, will
be the function of the volunteers
for years to come.
Too often" the chairman said,
Americans are apt to forget that
the Red Cross is an established peace
time agency as well as wartime
organization. Disaster relief and
preparedness, for instance, is a Red
Cross service dating back to the
Michigan forest fires of 1871 when,
for the first time in our nations
history, organized prompt relief was
sent to disaster sufferers. Since that
time, in war and peace, the Red
Cross has functioned in more than
5000 disasters"
Other instances of peacetime SER
vices apt to have been forgotten
in the war period are the Red Cross
nutrition service, which was a pion-
eer in the school hot lunch prog
rams, and the Red Cross nursing
services, which furnish itinerant
nurses and pioneered the visiting
nurse area.
'The American Red Cross has
been a part of the American scene
for "A years." Mrs. Hepner con
Guided. During -ttiF1srt-tirHe we feel
that we have earned the respect and
support of the people. We wish to
insure our right to that respect and
support by not only continuing our
tried and true peacetime services
but by branching out into new one
and making the old ones available
10 greater numbers of people. We
IAN do that if every resident real
yes, when the Red Cross fund
asks for a contribution, that
We are here to serve, that we need (
money to continue to serve, and
hat we are turning the contributors
money back to him in the form of
service"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Junior Womon's
Club Entertained

The Junior Woman's Club enter
tanned the Senior club Tuesday
evening at their regular meeting
After a short business meeting
during which Mrs Joughin, who
was welcomed back as club advisor,
was presented with corsage. Miss
Inez Ratekin also received a cor
sage for her assistance.
The Drama Club with Mrs. Lois
Brown as chairman was in charge
Of the program An old time style
show as well as two plays amused
the guests. The arts and crafts eX-
hibit drew much interest. Miss
Betty Torgerson played two piano
selections.
The refreshment committee with
Mrs. Tess Ficke as chairman, ser
we'd delicious lunch.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
TRAINS DELAYED BY WRECK
AND LAND SLIDE

Trains on the Great Northern
coming from the west were delayed
tie first of the week by a minor
wreck and a land slide.
The wreck occurred Monday when
a broken raiFwest Of Boomers Ferry
caused the derailment of the en-
CINE and three or four cars of a
troop train. No one was injured
in the accident
A slide at a. m. Tuesday near
the west end of the tunnel in the
Cascades at Scenic, Wash, blocked
trains that day and yesterday, there
being no mail from the west after
the early Tuesday morning mail,
till the 5 p. m. mail yesterday even
ing, when normal traffic was due
10 be resumed.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14

The South Lincoln County REQ
/ Cross chapter held its regular
monthly meeting in Libby Monday
night and officially opened its 1916
Fund Raising campaign Mrs. Hal
Hepner, the campaign chairman,
announces that the quota for the
South Libby chapter is $85000, of
which amount the Troy chapter will
assume Is per cent. The remainder
of the quota will be raised by the
Libby and Warland Districts.
Funds will go for the mainten-
ance of Red Cross services to the
armed services, services to Veter-
ans, disaster preparedness and re-
lief, and community services, stated
Mrs. Hepner.
The amount sought this year is
a decrease from the quota of l945.
in keeping with the peacetime de-
crease in services to the armed for
ces, the largest single Red Cross
wartime activity. The national goal
of 100 million dollars is also a de-
crease from the 200 million dollar
Red Cross goal of 1945, when Red
cross services TO the armed forces
here and abroad accounted for APP
80 per cent of the or
CARNATIONS budget.
Although the shift over from war
to peace entails a cut in the national
budget, ample funds still must be
for Red Cross new prog
rams in veterans hospitals as well
IS for the amplification of peace
line services Of long standing.
Service in Veterans Hospitals. the
chairman said, is an example of
he type of need that the Red Cross
now is meeting. It calls for the
setting up in veterans hospitals of
/ resident Red Cross field director
whose work is to coordinate the
,eterans' work of Red Cross and
'ther volunteer groups within /
00-mile radius of the hospital. In |
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
N. {. Anderson
Dies Sunday
In Car Crash
Young Men Living.Near the
Tobacco River Bridge Hear
Crash and Find Victim
G. N. OPERATOR, 5
YEARS IN REXFORD
BY Mrs. ]. L. Hurst

Rexford, (SpeciaD-Morris f
Anderson, I'd trick operator at the
Great Northern Station in Rexforc
was killed early Sunday morning
in a car accident.
Mr.. Anderson was enroute to Eur
eka alone, and apparently was driv-
ing at high rate of speed when he
crashed into the left concrete abut-
ment at the south end of the
Tobacco River bridge. The impact
OF the crash drove the engine back
almost to the center of the Ford
car and pinned the victims body
against the steering wheel. The
doors burst open and Anderson was
thrown free of the car.
At this same time Kenneth and
Everett Byers were returning from
a dance at Eureka. The BOYS left
their car at the Ivan Ingram ranch
as had been their custom, and con-
tinued on foot the short distance
to their home on The Island. Shortly
after leaving the Ingram place, they
heard a terrific crash and saw
flames by the bridge.
Hurrying to investigate the boys
found the smashed car hanging pre-
cariously on the edge of the en-
bankment and Mr. Anderson lying
beside the running board. They
succeeded in carrying the unfor-
tunate man down the embankment
before the gasoline tank exploded.
He was still alive when found but
died few minutes later without
regaining consciousness. The ac-
cident occurred about 2:30 Sunday
morning
Morris Anderson has resided in
Rexford for the past five years. He
is survived by one daughter, whose
home is in Oklahoma.
Editors Note: Sheriff Baney in
Libby, was notified about 3:45 a.
m. Owing to road conditions be-
tween Libby and Rexford, it was
deemed best to send highway of
ficers from Kalispell over the oil
ed highway to the scene of the ac-
they being able to arrive
there long before car from Libby
could possibly get through.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Reserve April 70
For Special Event

Libby's volunteer fire company
has been kept rather busy during
the past year caring for chimney
fires and more serious conflagra-
lions. A reporter from the News
learns that donations have not been
very heavy during this period which
resulted in need for more funds
in. the organizations Golfers.
An opportunity to show good will
and at the same time assist this eff
ficie1t group, will be given when
the 34th Annual Fireman's Ball is
held Saturday, April 20. The price
of ticket is low, and whether or
not you care to dance, the service
our firefighters give home owners
IS worth thousands of times the
cost of ticket to their annual ball.
Support the boys and enjoy
pleasant evening.-Buy a ticket to
the
The Fireman's Ball.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Lion Governors
Here SAT. Eve

Lions and their "1ionesses" Sat
urday will meet district governors
Marshall Murray and Gordon Sor-
enson states Don Hargreaves, presi-
dent Of the Libby Lions Club Lions
Murray and Sorenson head this area
of the Montana and Alberta clubs
and are making their official visit
to Libby March Is
This is special meeting and
ladies night The dinner will be
served at $50 by the Presbyterian
ladies, and will be followed by a
special program.
The evening will be informal and
will give local club members and
their ladies the pleasure of hearing
and meeting these two prominent
Lions. Mrs. Sorenson is expected
tc be present with her husband.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
.Cormier Receives
Congratulations
From w. 5. A.

Norman Cormier Of Libby re-
ceived the following congratulations
from the War Shipping Admins
tration under date of Feb. II, 1946:
Dear Mr. Cormier:
While debarking troops and dis
changing vital war material for
the Sicilian campaign, the SIS ABB
RAHAM LINCOLN, in which you
were serving, was subjected to un-
relenting enemy air attacks for
three days. Because she was an
chored near the base of a noun
famous peak, she was particularly
vulnerable to attack by enemy
planes, which used the peak to
cover their approach and departure.
The ships battery was in almost
continuous action throughout the
entire period making it necessary
to feed the gun crews at their sta
tions, with little or no rest between
attacks AS a member of a gun
crew you performed valiant duty
in the combined effort which re-
suited in shooting down one bonn
Der plane and successfully repel-
ling all other attacks.
I congratulate you upon the per-
Torrance of a service which was in
keeping with the high standards
of the United States Merchant Mar
inc, and I have directed that a
copy of this letter be made a part |
of your Service Record.
Sincerely yours,
(Sgd.) GRANVILLE CONWAY 7
Acting Administrator.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Troy Girl Writes
For Mountoineer

Missoula, March 10. (Special)-
Flora Sagen, Troy, a student at
Montana State university, is the
author of story appearing in the
spring issue of "Mountaineer," stu
dent literary magazine. Miss Sagen
is a junior in the department of
English,
Harold Martin, fermeF4y-of Lib
byN and June Burns of Troy play
in the university concert band,
which, gave its first public concert
of the NSeason Wednesday March
49, at Missoula Martin is a jun
ior and Miss Burns a senior in the
music school
Eugene Fleming, Eureka, is one
of the university athletes who will
participate in track meets with
other colleges this spring. The
season began with a meet at Wash
ington State College, Pullman, on
March g. Fleming is a sophomore
in the biological science depart
ment
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
NEW FASHION SHOP TO
OPEN NEXT WEDNESDAY

An ad in this issue of The West
ern News announces the opening of
the Fashion Shop, an up-to-the-
minute ladies ready-to-wea store.
The store will be located in the
Mahoney Building on Mineral Ave.
The interior of the building has
recently been nicely decorated and
equipment installed for the new
store.
The shop will be under the man
agement of two ladies, Edna Craft
and E. M. Charter who inform us
they plan to carry a complete stock
of ladies apparel and accessories and
have good stock of dresses and
sportswear on hand to show their
patrons.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
METHODIST YOUTH
FELLOWSHIP PARTY

The Youth Fellowship group of
the Methodist Church had a party
last Thursday evening in the church.
About Is young people were present
with their sponsors and teachers,
Mrs E. Roy Fort, Mrs. Gleason Pill
cher and Mrs. Evelyn Myers.
The evenings fun consisted of
contests and games of various kinds,
and ended with the serving of re-
freshments.
Miss Gretchen Gehrke is presi-
dent of this organization; Gordon
DeRosia is vice president; Bob De-
Rosia, secretary; and Bill Luscher,
treasurer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
Crippled ChiIdrens
Clinic April 8

The Director of the Division o.
Services for Crippled Children Of
the Montana State Board of Health
DR.. Edythe Hershey, announces that
spring clinics for crippled children
of Montana will be held as usual
These clinics are held in order that
every child with Gripping con-
dition may be discovered, diagnosed,
and recommendations made for the
treatment and correction of the con-
dition. Every child who reports
to the clinic is followed up through
the Public Health Nursing Service
to ascertain whether the child is
under care or whether the parents
wish to make application for assist
ancc through the Division of Ser
vices for Crippled Children in order
tnat recommended care may be pro-
vided
The clinic in Kalispell will be
held April 8, at the Kalispcll Gen
eral Hospital and will be for those
residing in Flathead, North one-half
of Lake and Lincoln counties.
Arrangements for these clinics are
being made through the orthopedic
consultant, Miss Sarah N
Barnes, in cooperation with local
public health nurses and the De-
partment Of Public Welfare
Any persons under tWenty-one
years of age, having a physical
resulting from a Gripping
are eligible for examina- +
ion. The patient may be referred
through the family physician who /
desires the patient to be examined .
D an orthopedic surgeon, or who /
wishes to refer the patient for care
~ the Division of Services for +
Children if assistance is
needed in order for the patient to
eceiVe care. If the patient has not
'een examined by a physician, he
nay be referred through a public
ealth nurse of the Department Of
1ublie Welfare. ---.z 2 -
Diagnostic services are made
valuable for any patient, but only j
hose needing financial assistance
re accepted for care by the Div
,7n Of Services for Crippled Child
n. Appointment for Examination .
luld bc requested fmmediately 1
.uugl the local public health nurse
r the Department of Public Vel
There viii be a representative of {
&c Vocational Rehabilitation Bur- {
au present at each clinic for in y
arviews regarding vocational tram t
lg and other services of the bureau t
II those over sixteen years of age. a
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
AAA NOTICE

This is to notify all Farmers of
the Libby Community that there
will be a signup meeting for the
1916 AAA Program, at the Com
munity Room, Court House, in Lib
by, on March 10th, 1916, beginning
at 8 o'clock A. M.
All farmers are requested to at
tend this meeting where you will
be assisted by William Vanderwood,
Lloyd Maize and Eugene Mcclure
in filling out your Farm Plans.
BERT c. ROE, Chairman
County Committee. lie
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
JUDGE DEAN KING HELD
COURT HERE MARCH 8

Most of the court session held by
Judge Dean King on March 8 was
taken up with preliminary probate
matters.
The following divorces were
granted Evelyn Baker from Jess
Baker, Lois Dashiell from Donald
F. Dashiell, Esther M. Golf from
Floyd R. Golf, Ethel M. Gosswiller
from Jack GossWiller.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
LICENSE SALES HIGHER

The county treasurer's office re-
ports the issuance of more licenses
for both cars and trucks than at
this time last year. Licenses is
sued as of yesterday, this year are
passenger cars, 1850, trucks, Sill.
A year ago yesterday there had
ben 1910 car licenses issued, and
499 for trucks. The total number
or licenses issued IN t945 were: pas
senger cars, 1922: trucks. 627.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
WOODS OPERATIONS AT
STANDSTTLL

The Spring breakup is giving
the men IN the woods an enforced
vacation. Lumber production at the
mill Is expected to be curtailed
owing to lack of reserve logs,
While definite dates of course are
impossible, mill officials state they
have hopes road conditions will per-
mt resumption of logging about
April Isl.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
SERVICES FOR MRS. RUDD
SATURDAY AT 2 p. Nj.

Services for Mrs. Karl Rudd will
be held Saturday afternoon at
o'clock from the Gompf Funeral
Home. Rev. H. c. Hjortholm pastor
of the First Lutheran Church will
officiate
Mrs. Rudd passed away Sunday
night in Sacred Heart Hospital, Spo-
kane. The Western News expects
to publish an obituary next week.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
LAWLOR TO INTERVIEW
VETS MARCH 20 and FL

Earl " Lawlor, Veterans Adj
ministration Contact Representative
for Flathead, Lake and Lincoln
counties, will be in Libby on March
20 and 81 Mr. Lawlor will in
terview veterans at the office of
the Department of Public Welfare
in the courthouse.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-03-14
TROY NEWS ON
PAGE FOUR

TROY news will be found on page
four this week, because of the de-
lay in the mails
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-30
EaroredFewM Make Liuing
From Law of Averages

lty estaminet. If your marksman
ship was up to a certain average
YOU got a medal to hide a grease
SPOT on the left breast OF your
tunic. If Fritz was sending over a
shower of cemetery tickets, there
was an average chance that n Of
them would not be marked WIFE
your name. Such was the army and
averages.
But the law of averages seems to
be here, there and everywhere -
at least the averages are. An aver
age dose of medicine seems to have
its good points, bad taste or not
Uncle Sam in inquiring into your
earnings, asks about averages. The
stock market ticker keeps you well
informed as to stock bond, grain
or cotton averages. Mr.. Anderson's
staff at the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture wear away gross aftel
gross of pencils figuring crop ano
dairy production averages. The
weather man keeps busy with tenn
pe~rature, precipitation and other
averages. And the man behind ou1
favorite cigar counter, bobs up
every now and then to offer us an
"Above the Average Weed"
A friend of ours who dabbles in
the insurance field, assures us
that averages play more than 3
little part in whether you collect
on a premium or not. 1t seems
there's the life expectancy average
and the law of probabilities, which
has all to do with adjusting losses
after a ship and cargo goes to join
the growing wealth of one Davey
Jones.
In the field of aviation there is
average flight time, average cargo
load, and a below average pay
check for the general run of per
sonnet. In the newspaper world
there is daily advertising lineage.
average circulation figures, aver
age newsprint consumption. The
common carriers base expected
profits on average pay loads. II
yOQ WdLS1l OPSA yOoA PoES 0ANA
is better than an average chance
that it will not lose its foliage be.
fore your second set of store teeth
wears out. If you leave home
early enough you have a fair aver
age chance Of getting a seat al
your favorite cinema. If the new
shoes you bought are of dependable
workmanship the averages are ir
your favor against cor or bunion
worries. If your family is not toe
large, there is just an average
possibility that there will still be
some hot water left when you are
ready for your bath.
We remember we'll the fast-grey-
ing, ping-cheeked teacher who first
introduced us to Mr.. Average. Like
a bad dream he has made our life
a series of constant worries.
But at last we have found one
guy we can not only feel sorry for
but laugh at in holy glee.
Imagine a guy making a living
figuring averages. And he goes by
the title of average adjuster al
that. Poor sap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-30
BY JACK C. UNA
Star Staff Writer

Ever hear of the law Of averages:
Well as far as we can under
stand, it is something elusive like
the Einstein theory, perpetual mo
ton or how high is up, but guaran
teed to catch up with you some
time or other, in one way or an
other.
Personally, we don't know mucf
about the law part of the question
but averages have haunted oul
very existence from cradle days or
up.
Along about the time we were
trying to master the technique Of
negotiating our first pair OF ice
skates. we remember the mater
telling the next door neighbor that
our average weight gain had been
consistent almost from diapers
through rompers.
Then came grammar school with
its Three RS, history, geography
and of curse fractions and
averages. In high school and col
lege there were average attend
ance. average grades, average ex-
pectancy of becoming a down-trod-
den pauper or a equity millionaire.
Our first introduction to the law
of averages came during a fairly
prosperous, but altogether unsuc'
cessful attempt to outride and out
shine the race riding abilities OF
the Sloans. Sandes and other lumi-
naries of American racing. For it
seems that the Sport of Kings
evolves around the law Of aver
ages. If you stay long enough with
the man behind the grill at the 81
90 mutuel window, the law OF aver
ages will take care Of you and
eventually you will cash a ticket.
If you keep on riding, the law OF
averages will catch up with you
and the track ambulance will
whisk you off to white sheets and
maybe pretty posies that you never
will smell.
Then after swapping participation
in sports to writing about them,
the old DOGGY of averages, like a
saucy gremlin, was forever pres
ent among the keys, springs, nuts
and bolts that make a typewriter
click. In the spring, when our
thoughts were straying toward a
hickory pole and a possible perch,
there were basketball averages to
figure. With the Precipitation and
other worries of hot summer even
ings came the task of doping the
fielding average of Joe Doak, the
pitching averages of good, medi-
OGRE and just other pitchers, and
at the seasons end, the non-in-
glorious duty of placing on paper,
the batting averages of the Katydid
Kittens.
Working a trick for King George,
we found that Old Man Average
was still with us. If we showed
better than average leadership
ability, there was the expectancy
of three stripes and the privilege
OF slipping mild and bitter in the
sergeant's mess instead of a low
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-30
THE QUESTION o

Question: What is the youngest
age at which the Laidlaw-Dunkir
treatment for distemper can safe
ly be given? How soon after ex.
posure does a dog develop dis
temper?-F. R.
Answer: The Laidlaw : Dunkin
immunization treatment shouldn't
be given to a dog until he is" at
least four months old. Distemper
usually develops five to nine days
after the dog has been exposed.
Question: How long does it take
to worm a dog?-D. S. L.
Answer: A dog should receive
no food for twenty-four hours prior
to being given worm medicine.
Most medicines will act within one
hour after being given to the dog.
released by Mcknight Syndi-
cate, Inc.)