The Western news., 1947-09-25
LOCAL news ITEMS

Mrs. r. w. LeDuc and two daugh-
ters and Cara Lou Boggess left We'd
nesday for Spokane.
Skip your lunch so you can really
eat at Harvest Home Festival Sep
tember 25th. 17-3t.
Mrs. M. D. Rowland has accepted
a position as house mother for the
Delta Upselon Fraternity at Iowa
City and will be making her home
there this year.
Undersheriff and Mrs. o. A. An
deTson returned Wednesday of last
week from Port Orchard, Wash,
where the undersherih took a series
Of chiropractic adjustments for back
injuries received during the war.
Harper -Erdman Post No. 1548 of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars are
remodeling the second floor of its
club room, TO provide a meeting
place for the ladies of the -Auxi-
liary.
D. o. Mount of the local Employ
ment Board will be gone to Eureka
Tuesday of next week and to Troy
on Thursday consequently the To-
cal office will be closed those two
days. Mr. Mount states that he will
continue to make these two trips
on. those days until he makes fur
ther announcements.
The bird days" ended somewhat
unhappily for DR.. V. A. Hannigan
and Vernon c. Friend Sunday even
ing when an automatic Remington
belonging to the doctor and q double
barreled shot gun owned by Mr..
Friend were stolen from Hanni-
gan's car while it was parked down
town.
Mr. and Mrs. James Flesher and
daughter came Friday from Port
land, to spend few days visiting
with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thorne of
Rexford and Mr.. and Mrs. c. Bar
nes Of Seward, Alaska, visited Mon |
day with friends in Libby
The many friends of Vern Crot- |
Leau will be pleased to know that
he is able to be up and around a.
gain, and enjoy visiting with ac-
who drop in to see
him. /
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Littell drove !
over to Missoula, Saturday, taking |
Miss Billie, who is enrolled as
of the junior class at the
University. They returned home
Sunday afternoon.
A newcomer to Libby is Mead
JanSlate of Coeur d'Alene. Mrs.
VanSlate and their four children
will make their home here when
living quarters are found. !
Employees at the lumber mill had
IN interesting experience watching
/ muskrat which had entered the
.ngine room the first of the week
Mr. Muskrat caused a great deal
# questioning as to how he made
lis entrance as all doors were
losed for sometime before he was
loticed. n
District Commander Len Riebe of
The American Legion, was over
evening from Kalispell to
ttend the meeting of Austin Reedy
'ost No. 81. Commander Riebe
ave an interesting report of the
national convention
\ New York City. The post voted
t the meeting to give the board
t directors authority to sell the
.egion Hall 1t was also deter
lined to install a cess pool on the
roperty.
Mrs. N. F. Beasley accompanied
Ir. and Mrs. Leon Wuest to Spo-
ane Saturday. They drove back
londay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Switzer, Sr..
by Mrs. Ray Croy,
obert Switzer and William Hin
chs returned Sunday from a two
nd one half weeks vacation, which
ley spent in South st. Paul, Mimi,
here they visited at the home of
Ir. and Mrs. Switzer's son, Viii
an and family, and also with rela-
YES of Mrs. Switzer. The party H
ljoyed a very pleasant trip, going
y way of Salt Lake City and Den
er, and returning over u. S. 10
trough the Dakotas and southern
Iontana.