Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-12-24
Bon Writes

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Sunday afternoon 104 local folks
gathered at the community church
to partake of a pot luck dinner
IN honor of Martin City's first
pastor, Rev. James Schofield, and,
also, in respect his father, Soho
Held, Sr.
Judge William Sands gave an
appropriate talk in which he voic-
ed the tribute of the entire COM
munity to the pastor who has done
q remarkable work in this area
Marge Somers and Dorothy Wick
presented musical selections.
Reverend Schofield leaves for
his new parish at Doran Mimi,
between Christmas and New Years
day. There he will be pastor Of
two churches under the Red Riv-
er Presbytery. His father, who has
been with him during his first
passionate, will accompany him.
Z Mrs. George Straight, Sublim-
ity ridge left for Seattle We'd
nesday. Mrs. Straight expects to
spend the next few months with
q son in that city returning to Mar
tin City early in the spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Black Eagle, Brow
ming, spent several days with Mrs.
Matilda Elksnodt on Sublimity
ridge.
Loren Stapley and L. E. Thomp-
son transacted business in Column
bia Falls and Whitefish Saturday.
Ralph Stocker has completed an
attractive room addition to his
trailer house; also a protective
roof over the latter.
One is surprised over the am
cunt of local carpenter work go
ing on at this time. Many men are
taking advantage of the lay-offs
TO improve their homes and to
replenish their wood piles.
Edward Smith and Eddie O'Brien
Martin City, are spending the
Christmas season with friends in
Spokane.
Rita Williams, Apgar, was a
weekend guest of Mary Ann Will
Jams, Sublimity ridge.
The twins, Dale and David Ba-
chen, Whitefish school boys, are
spending the holidays with the
Jim McDowells.
Doc and Mrs. Leon Morris, Ju-
lett, Wyo., were social callers In
Martin City Sunday.
, Mr.. and Mrs. Billie Vincent,
formerly of Martin City, have mo-
we'd to Bremerton where Bill has
employment at the ship yards.
~ Jean Bachaud piloted the Hun
cry Horse school bus with some
80 school kids from Columbia
Falls, Martin City and adjacent
towns to Poison to witness the
Columbia Falls-Polson game Sat-
;urday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Siam and
grandson, Grant Peacock, Martin
City, are wintering at Palisades,
Wash.
Naturally many Martin City
folks are concerned over these
Restraining efforts" to keep
others out of business. There have
been several instances of people
who have gone to considerable
expense in erecting buildings, and
then having their applications for
liquor licenses rejected, while
others at later dates were able to
open up. .,.,,.
A pair of fine young ex-service
men are beginning to wonder if
our free enterprise and the Demo-
cracy they fought for, worked
for, and voted for really exists.
Their building "a credit to the
town, as is also the record and
integrity of the two mem stands
with closed doors.
Now, we have no intention of
making odious comparisons. We
are merely thinking of a true
Incident in our paternal grandfath-
ers pig-sty. Grandpap was an ex-
ceptional old red skin inasmuch
that ne kept pigs and many of
them. Being an observant old cod
ger he soon found that the pigs
first on the scene would, in order
20 get all the feed. lie down in
he trough thus keeping the others
out. So the wise old man was
'orced to curb this swinishness by
,olting stout cleats at hogs head
distance across the open trough.
10 thereafter, when the trough
vas filled with swill, no pig could
freddy lie therein and so ex-
lude the others from their right {