The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-07-03

MI anu MIS-. As4OyQ DuIpcG dIlC
r daughter, Tamara, are spending the
week in Bremerton, Wash, where
they are visiting friends.
: County Clerk c. c. Earle, How
ard Ahlskog, A. B. Bowman and
A. c. Austin drove to Missoula Sat
urday, returning home Sunday. They
went over to attend forest SER
vice retirement party for Phillip
Neff, regional logging engineer.
Bert Withee and daughter, Bertha,
and grandson, George Delaney, of
Longview, Wash, visited at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hartle
from Sunday until Wednesday.
They are former residents of Lib
by.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. McCulley and
Dorothy Alice and Mrs. Alice Far
ris of Ellensburg, Wash, are spend
ing the week in Libby where they
are visiting at the E. E. Jaqueth
home. Mrs. McCullev is Mrs. ia
rueth's sister and Mrs Farris is
her mother
Mr.. and Mrs. Turk hampton. and
daughter are leaving today for ST.
ANTHONY. Ida. where they will spend
their vacation with Mrs. Lampton's
Parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Gwinn.
Miss Ida Jane Gwinn who has been
visiting here will accompany them
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivor Black drove
in SUNDAY from Redondo Beach,
Calf, and visited over till Tuesday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. R.
Littell. Mrs. Black is a cousin of
Miss Jessie Hale and the Littells. |
il had been over 80 years since they
last met
John T. Moore, ranching north
east of Eureka on the British Col
umbia Border at Roosville, was in |
Libby yesterday with a truckload |
of potatoes which he had raised on |
the ranch. Mr.. Moore, who has
operated near Eureka for the past
81 years, has a good herd of Here
fords of the Domino strain.
Lincoln County G.. o. p. leaders
invited to the Republican confer
ence in Helena, August "a and IS
include. chairman, George c. Earle;
state committeeman, J. B. Farris;
state committeewoman, Mrs. Letha
Sauer; Senator D. F. Fewkes; and
State Representative Charles D.
Rowe
Mrs Ed Woodwork is spending
a few days in Libby visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs, Ed Kemp.
Mrs. Woodwork is on her way to
Eugene. Ore. where she will make
her home. Her son, Jim, is stu
dent at the university there. Mrs.
has spent the past year
in Minnesota where she visited
sister.
A large group of friends met at
the Roy Decker ranch Saturday
evening for surprise party on Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Decker for their
10th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Roy
Decker and Mrs. Worth Nixon, hes
tesses served a delicious lunch. At
The close of the evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Decker were presented a gift
BY the group.
Rev and Mrs. Irving Tweeten and
heir three children were guests of
Pastor and Mrs Hjortholm last Mon
lay and Tuesday The Tweeten's
i've at Lacrosse, Wn., where Rev.
rweeten is pastor of the Silbue
lutheran Church. They stopped on
heir way home from a vacation trip
o Iowa. They report that the road
through Glacier Park is very good
low
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Harrison of
Mansfield o., visited at the home
# Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hall from
Tuesday of last week until Sunday.
Wednesday, while driving up Iron
,reek they had the experience of
eeing a bear come to the edge of
nc highway and stand up on his I
ind feet with paws up as though
ignalling, before walking across the
highway in front of the car.
In last weeks Western News, the [
l bic was invited to drop in at !
he newspaper Office TO-. free copies :
+ the new 1947 Montana roac maps,
Jblished by the State Highway De- .
( rtment. The edition reached the ;
{ stoffice about Il ?. m. and be-
ore o'clock the ect,Se supply of
laps had been handed out. Patrol
i'm Riddle brought in a new sup
" Saturday, and thece arc still be-
e called for every day. 7
Pfc. Gene Huchala, son of Mr.. +
nd Mrs Peter c. Huchala, has r
eceived his discharge from the c
reside of San Francisco Army r
and He arrived home a few days
go to spend the summer before -
lrolling this fall at the State Uni 4
ersity of Missoula where he ex-
ects to major in music. Gene has
rived two years in the army, and
lays a Sousaphone Double B brass
orn, doubling on bass VOL He
ljoyed many interesting trips
lille a member of the band, which
travelled from one en-
lgement to another by army air
ansports.