The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1947-08-28
All Is Ready.
For BigLdbor
Day Event

County Labor Day & Fair Cele-
bration are practically completed
and awaiting the opening of the big
event. This year the combined
Union and Fair program will give
Libby and community the biggest
entertainment it has ever had. The
generous donations of Libby bust
ness firms have made il possible to
finance a program which would be
outstanding in communities of much
greater population and according to
Elmer Switzer, ST., chairman of the
committee, huge crowd is
expected to. be present to enjoy
every minute of the fair and cele-
bration.
The first event will be the Ak
demonstration and judging in front
of the Grand Stand which viii be
at 200 p. m, Saturday. That even
ing the Union dances at Gopher Inn
and Troy will officially open the
celebration portion of the program.
Sunday afternoon the gates will
open at 1890 and at / o'clock the
Libby Vets and Tekoa, Wash, will
cross bats in the opening game of
a $3.50 baseball tournament The
Kalispell Chiefs and Levitch jew
elers (Spokane) will play the days
second game, beginning at 400 p. /
m. The $3.50 purse will be split
four ways with the tournament
winners taking $500, the runners-up
5000, the team placing third $500,
and fourth place drawing $50.
Fred Maurer will serve as master (
of ceremonies for the evening pro- +
grams. Sunday evenings program
will open at 7:30 following music
by the Libby High School band
directed by Dean Vinol Elmer
Switzer, ST., will officially intro
duce the event and will be followed
by a short address of welcome by
Mayor Gompf. A vocal duet ac-
companied by guitar will be given
by Pal LaClaire and Son, which
will be followed in order by tap
dancing number, Mary Maurer and
Thelma Rolseth vocal duet, Gret-
chen Gehrke and Darlene Olson,
and an accordian solo by Fred Wig {
nall.
The address of the evening will
be delivered by DR.. George A.
Selke. Helena, Chancellor OF M0n-l
tana University.
Monday forenoon will be de- ,
voted to log chopping contests, be-
ginning at 800 a. m, races ETC. Sid
Escott, who is head of the parade
committee, states that his committee
plans to have the biggest and best :
parade ever held in the county. The :
parade is scheduled for 100 D. m, !
and it is desired to have all con- !
testants and others taking part in :
the event, present on the school I
grounds by 1900 Noon, or as soon
thereafter as possible. :
The parade will form at the school =
grounds with the Colors, band, and 3
all marching organizations forming
on the Boulevard, starting at the .
monument. Floats and other en- :,
tries will form on Montana Ave. r
between the school houses. The =
kiddies will line up at the east en- \
trance of the high school walk The Il
line of march will be north on Min 4
elal to Second Street, thence west n
on Second to California, and south Il
to the Moose Hall and disband. .
Prizes for the parade are: =,
Floats, 500; 2, $50; 3, SIS.
Bicycles, Girls-l, IS; 2, $3.50; 3, B
$3.50. IN
Bicycles Boys-same as girls.
Pets:-same as Bicycle prizes.
Girls Comic-Same as Bicycle "
prizes. r
Boys Comic-Same as Bicycle Sc
prizes al
Horses:-Same as Bicycle prizes. L
observation-disclosures as Bicycle W
prizes.
The names of prize winners will OF
be announced at ball park as soon al
as possible after the parade. CT
The finals of the baseball tourna- 81
nent will be played Monday after Ie
noon, the winners of Sundays games
playing for first and second money; pi
and the losers of Sundays games leI
playing for third and fourth money. M
The games are scheduled to begin NJ
1t 200 o'clock and 400 o'clock. n,
Following band music, the Lib p
1y Fire Departments water fight oi
will start at 1880. This will be fol- "
owed by a vocal number by Will "
lam Shawl accompanying himself 10
N the guitar. An accordian solo
~ Fred Vignali will precede the SO
address of the evening by Fred az
usher, under auspices of the local tr
Inions. The Kalispell Tumblers CO
VII TX On manu- W CnkCA kcAAAS dAAQ ~
short word of apprecia- "
ion by Elmer Switzer, ST., the draw -
ng for the new Plymouth sedan y
viii be held. IN
The celebration will come TO ~
.lcse following the giving away of VI VI
he car, the closing minutes being a
devoted to a brilliapt display Of ~
fireworks, after which The West
.Tn Lincoln County Labor Day Fair ys
Z Celebration viii have become his. 40