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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
Kothryn SIGHTING
Harvey Peeso Wed

Miss Kathryn E. SIGHTING, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank SIGH
ting and Mr.. Harvey E. Peeso, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred E. Peeso were
united in marriage at HOO a. m.
Saturday, May %. The ceremony
took place in the home of Rev.
James Davidson who performed the
double ring ceremony in the pres
ence of a few close relatives.
The couple was attended by Mr.
and Mrs. w. J. Hagerty, brother
in-law and sister of the bridegroom.
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the home of the
brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peeso plan to re-
side here in Libby.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
| egion.0pens
Club Room

Next Saturday evening Austin
Reedy Post No. 81 of the American
Legion will realize long cherished
dream when its new clubroom in
the Power Building opens in the
room formerly occupied by the old
state liquor store. The completion
and opening of this club has been
made possible through the efforts of
legionnaires and others who have
either donated labor, loaned money
to the organization or given equip
ment to make the project a reality.
The American Legion color de-
sign of blue and gold has been
adapted to the clubroom by F. v.
Leigh, decorating specialist of Spo-
kane. The painting and decorating
was done by Trueman & Hamlin
The refrigeration was designed
Bolles, and is ample for all needs.
Electric installations were made by
Archer & Son and the plumbing
was installed by Baker & Son. Ray
Pival installed the sink and hot
water tank.
The bar is at the right hand as
one enters the club, while the back
Of the room is filled with chairs
and tables. The front of the room
is lighted with fluorescent lights
from the ceiling and over the bar.
Floor lamps light up the lounge in
The rear. Rest rooms open on the
tight as one enters the lounge
Blue curtains are in the front of
he room while American Legion |
are found on the windows
and inside the room, which has a |
hard finished floor.
w. D. DEAN COPYRIGHT will be
n charge of the club room, serving
IS steward. Other installations are
)eing made and will be mentioned |
n later story. Meanwhile legion |
officers and members alike are
lappy with the completion of the
project, and all unite in urging the
membership and club guests to be
&c present at the opening next Sat
lrday evening.
An official announcement appears
n another page in this issue.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
Funeral Services
For Verne Hovey

Verne T. Hovey, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles B. Hovey was born
March 9, 1894 in Goodell, Iowa, and
passed away at AS p. m. Tuesday,
May "a at ST. Johns Lutheran Hos
pital, age SIS years, two months and
is days.
In 1901 he moved with the family
from Iowa to Minnesota travelling
by wagon train. From Minnesota
they took the train to North Da-
kota In the fall of 1904 they moved
to eastern Montana where Verne
grew to manhood learning the
printers trade in Culbertson.
In 1906 he was married to Grace
L Gregory They homesteaded
southwest of Culbertson. Later he
went back to printing, working in
shops in Glasgow, Malta, Big Sandy,
and Ryegate. He went into the
printing business for himself in
Ringing, then Sidney and Savage.
They moved from Savage to Arne-
gard, N. Oak. In 1880 Mr.. and Mrs.
Hovey moved from Arnegard to
Libby and established their home
in Troy, where Mr.. Hovey ran
newspaper for a time and later es-
tablshed a plumbing shop.
During the war Verne worked at
the Western News office and in the
fall of 1916 ill health forced him
to give up his job, sell his home,
and move to California where his
daughter Mrs. George Evangelinos
lives. He moved to Everett, Wash,
for three months this spring, and
came back to visit relatives and
friends in Libby and Troy having
come to join his wife who was visit
ing in Troy. They were at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Gleason Pitcher
in Libby when be became worse
and was taken to st. Johns Luth-
eran hospital where he passed away
Tuesday afternoon.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
GRUDGE GAME PITS LIBBY
V. F. w. VS. TROY V. F. w.

The public is promised a circus
of fun with the veterans taking the
spills to give the public a thrill
when Jack Moore's original don
keys appear on the local diamond.
These are not the same donkeys
which appeared on the field last
week This group of donkeys have
appeared in motion pictures and
are circus trained.
This is good clean fun for all
the family and full of thrills, chills
and spills Come and see it, You
will laugh until your sides ache.
The Place. Libby Baseball Park;
the date: Tuesday, June z; the time:
1880 p m Admission; Adults 76c;
Children 40.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
PIon Program For
Summer Recreation

Through the cooperation of the
City of Libby and the Libby Pub
lie Schools the community will
make a greater effort to care for
activities and interest of the young
sters this summer than has been
done since the beginning of the war.
In addition the adults will not be
forgotten and instruction and rec
reation will also be arranged for
them. This summer for the first
time a supervised recreation pro
gram will be provided and for the
first time in a number of years a
summer music program will be or
ganized.
Kenneth Card, local high school
coach and physical education in
structor, will be- in charge of the
recreation program. Mr.. Card is a
certified aquatic instructor and in
addition to group and team games,
league organization and free play
for which equipment will be fur
niShed, he will conduct classes in
swimming and life saving at var
ious times during the summer for
both children and adults.
The music activity will be in
charge of Geo. E. Bowling, Jr.,
local music instructor, who is plan
ming on conducting classes for all
levels of instrumental work For
the adults and older students a city
band is planned, which it is hoped
will be able to give a number of
at concerts during the
summer In addition arrangements
can be made with Mr.. Bowring for
private lessons if they are desired.
A more complete explanation of
The activities planned will be given
by the instructors later.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
Libby Observes
Memorial Day
Monday Morn
Vet Organizations Hold
Appropriate Services at
Cemetery; Band Plays
THE REV. STEARNS
DELIVERS ADDRESS

Go to Philadelphia and read the
inscription ons the historic Liberty
Bell. It reads: Proclaim Liberty
throughout All the Land"
The above words were spoken by
the Rev. w. c. Stearns, pastor OF
the Libby Methodist Church, who
gave the Memorial address Monday
morning at the Libby cemetery.
The line of march Monday morn
ing formed at $3.50 by the war monu-
ment on Lincoln and Mineral, and
led by the High School Band
marched to the cemetery. William
Lannon served as officer of the day.
The color guard and firing detail
appeared to advantage in their new
ceremonial equipment, which con-
sists of white helmets, gloves and
leggins worn with their service uni
forms.
Commander Joe Archer of Har-
per-Erdman Post No. 1548 of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, was in
charge of the service. He intro
duced the speaker of the day, who
spoke on the subject, The Crack
in the Bell" The speaker stressed
the fact that the old Liberty Bell
is symbolic of our national freedom.
The use of the bell has caused it
to become cracked The speaker
spoke on the difficulty in estab-
fishing a liberty which will not
crack under the pressure of life.
and exhorted all to stand watch on
the liberty of our fathers, recaSting
il when necessary to repair the
cracks which may appear, but ever
keeping it alive and holy in the lives
of Americans.
Three threats to liberty were men
toned. They are: /. a tendency to
forget God, without whom this ma
ton could never have prospered.
The second threat is a growing ten
dency to be concerned only with
our own personal liberties. Without
an interest in the liberties of all
peoples in this great nation and the
world, we will surely allow our
own liberty to be torn down and
perish. A third and grave danger
especially present at this time is
that of false doctrines. Among |
these the speaker mentioned Com |
as an outstanding evil doc |
trine to be feared and overcome. |
In conclusion the speaker referred
to our nation and liberties in COM |
parison with the making of an apple
pie. Into the pie goes a bit of this |
and bit of that, and somewhat of
else. What goes into the
pie and how they are put together
and completed is what determines
the quality of the finished product.
Just so, what goes into our national
life, how these factors are handled
and blended together, determines
The future of the nation and our
what we as individuals
and communities put into this ma
.ional life are the ingredients that
will make or break this country.
Following a prayer given by Post
Commander John T. Appelgren, of
Austin Reedy Post No. AZ of The
American Legion also chaplain of
Harper Erdman Post and music by
he band, the salute to the dead was
ired and Dickie Riddle sounded
APPS, which concluded the days pro-
ram.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02

He is survived by his wife. Grace.
his mother, Mrs. Charles B. Hovey;
two sons, R. ]. of Spokane and w. c.
of Peoria, Ill; daughter, Mrs. Geo.
Evangelinos, Eureka, Calf; two sis
tiers, Mrs. Gleason Pitcher, Libby;
Mrs. T. D. Wolf, Lake Stevens,
Wash; two brothers, Alvin S., Sno-
homish, Wash, and r. G. of Everett.
Wash; also an uncle w. R. Smith
of Libby and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 200 o'clock at
the Gonpf Funeral Home with the
Rev. w. c. Stearns, pastor Of the
Libby Methodist Church officiating.
Pail bearers at the services were
Donald Thornton, r. J. Hovey, W..
c. Hovey, Don Bin, Byron Pitcher,
and r. G. Hovey.
Interment was made in the Lib
by cemetery.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
EUREKA POULTRY
TOP STATE FLOCKS

The poultry flock owned by Mrs.
E. w. Lundee1 of Eureka topped
the rest of the state in the extern
sion poultry demonstration farm
project for April, according to Har-
riette E. Cushman, extension spec
ialist at Montana State college
Mrs. Lundeen's flock of 1919 Single
Comb White Beghorns and White
Plymouth Rocks laid total of A.
776 eggs for an average of "a eggs
per hen to lead the Class A group,
flocks over loo birds.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
LOUIS w. BAKER ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF /. M. S. A.

Fridays edition of the Spokes-
man-Review brought news to his
many relatives and friends in Lib
by of the election of Louis w. Baker
of Spokane to the presidency of
the northwest section of the Inter
national Municipal Signal Associa-
ton. The northwest section includes
British Columbia, Alberta and Sas-
katchewan as we'll as the four Paci-
fic Northwest states.
Mr.. Baker is the eldest son of
Louis H. Baker of this city and is
the superintendent of the Spokane
city alarm division.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
PAGING ALL BRIDES
FOR NEXT SEPTEMBER

Since The Western News announ-
ced the public wedding to be held
the last evening of the Fair and
Labor Day Celebration, several
prospective brides have been dis
cussing the possibility of taking adj
vantage of this opportunity to en-
joy the biggest wedding ever seen
in Lincoln County.
No selections have been made as
yet, and if you are planning to be-
come a bride next fall, you are
eligible for this big wedding.
Couples from other parts of the
county will have equal considera-
ton with Libby couples. Just come
in or write The Western News and
the committee will be glad to con-
slider your name.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
POSTOFFICE MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE

According to u. P report pub
lshed last week in the Great Falls
Tribune, the house of representa-
tives has passed a bill authorizing
expenditure of $70,000,000 for plan
ming new postoffices, buying sites
for new federal buildings and reno
waiting old buildings.
While the money is still to be
appropriated before it can be spent,
possibly the long hoped for federal
building in Libby may become a
reality as the result of this bill.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02

Errors: Billeadew. Nutter 2, Wea-
yer, Lauderback. Flat S, Collins,
Vignali. 2b-Collins, Larson. 3b-
Nutter, Gehring. SO-Nutter 4.
Baldwin z, Gehring 4. Left on base
Mountain View 3, Libby 8.
Following is the schedule of the
Northwestern Montana League for
l949:
June 5-KaliSpell at Mountain
View; Whitefish at Libby: Eureka
at Columbia Falls.
June l2:-Whitefish at Columbia
Falls, Mountain View at Eureka,
Libby at Kalispell.
June l9:-Eureka at Libby: Kal-
ispell at Whitefish, Columbia Falls
at Mountain View.
June 26-Mountain View at
Libby at Columbia Falls,
Eureka at Kalispell
July 3-Columbia Falls at Eur
eka, Mountain View at Kalispeu.
Libby at Whitefish.
July lobby at Mountain View
Whitefish at Eureka, Kalispell at
Columbia Falls.
July Whitefish at Kalispell
Mountain View at Columbia Falls.
Libby at Eureka
July 24-Columbia Falls at Lib
~, Kalispell at Eureka. Whtefish
At Mountain View.
July 81 - Eureka at Mountain
View, Columbia Falls at Whitefish.
<alispell at Libby.
Some of Libby's home games will
De PLAYED during the week prior
o the Sunday that thev are sched-
He'd. Watch the local paper for
he night that those games will be
'layed Admission for the season
yi1 be Soc for adults and 3Oc for
hildren for day and evening games
md Use and 35c for all games play
ID under the lights unless other
wise specified in the Advertising
Reporter.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
LIBBY CANINE FEATURED
IN DAILY PRESS

The dog playing the piano pic
tured on the back page Of the
Spokesman-Review belongs to the
H. P. Reinshagen family, who live
about 10 miles up the river on
highway 81.
H. P. Reinshagen, Sr., who taught
music for so years says Zip com
pares favorably with most students
He adds that Zip likes to practice
lust as much as the average boy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
HOSPITAL NOTES

Admitted:-Art Neils and two
daughters, Susan and Mella, May
"a, surgical.
Released:-Mrs Ray Sickle, May
10; Miss Betty Talmadge, May t.;
Mrs. Fred j. Hammonds, May 20;
Jack West, May 81; Mrs Don Stan
ley and infant, Nav "a, and Mrs
Robert knott. May 81
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

The Wild Rose Troop No. met
May 81. This meeting is the last
meeting we will have until next
fall Refreshments were served bv
our leader, Mrs. Shaurette Scribe,
Joy Beccari.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
MRS. FAGERBURG TEMPORARY
SUPT OF SCHOOLS

Mrs Jessie Fagerburg was an
pointed to replace W. j An1erscn
as County Superintendent Of Schools
for the summer months. Nr. An
derson resigned about a month 400
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02

William Shawl of the Sawmill
Workers local was in Kalispell yes
terday to confer with the District
Council
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEET JUNE 5

The next meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce will be held June
at $50 p. m. at the Zonolite Mine
A Dutch Lunch viii be served.
Transportation will be furnished.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-06-02

The Libby Market installed
new refrigerated milk, cream, but
ter and cheese display shelf this
week.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
|Committee Criticism
Stirs Demand for Curb!
On Maritime Agency
BY the Associated Press

A congressional committees con-
demnation of the way the Mari
time Commission has handled mil
lions in Federal funds set off de-
mandS today for new curbs on the
agency.
The core of the criticism related
to the sale of six ships. which had
cost the commission $150,0OO, 900,
to private operators for $4,000, 900.
Controller General Lindsay War
rem first brought the matter up
and the House Expenditures Com
mittee yesterday said it's investi-
cation supported Mr.. Warren.
Demands for action for closer
curbs on the commission were
made by Representative Weichell
of Ohio and Hoffman of Michi-
gan, top Republicans on the House
Merchant Marine and Expendi-
lures Committees. respectively.
Mr.. Weichel said he will ask the
Merchant Marine Committee to
back proposed law that would re-
quire the commission to- obtain
congressional approval before 1t
could spend "any large sums of
taxpayers money"
Mr.. Weichel told a reporter also
that he is having a resolution pre-
pared demanding that the House
create a special committee to in
vestigate the wartime writing of
marine insurance.
II want the committee, if it finds
that the Government has been
mulcted, to recommend means to
recover that money" he said.
Mr.. Hoffman suggested that the
commission be abolished and its
functions given to an individual
who would face severe penalties
for "nonfeasance or misfeasance. :"
He excluded from his criticism
Commissioner Raymond S. Nc
Keough who. Mr.. Hoffman said,
waged a losing fight to keep the
commission within the law.
1T is obvious from the commits
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Appeals Court Studies
Riot Convictions After
Mixed Tennis Match
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 13.-The e
Court of Appeals today studied op-
posing arguments in a case grow
ing out of an inter-racial tennis
match in a Baltimore public park.
Seven white persons. including
the director of the Progressive
Party of Maryland. were given sus-
pended jail sentences in Criminal
Court on riot and conspiracy
charges after the 1948 matches in
Druid Hill Park. They appealed
the convictions.
| Attorney General Hall Ham
mond told the appellate court
during yesterdays arguments that
the tournament could have ignited
a "full-scale race riot"
Defense attorneys contended the
prosecution was inspired by "bu-
reaucratic offlcialdom, whose ca
price and racial bigotry have be-
come the foundation for criminal
prosecution" They said there
was no thought of trying to stir
up a riot.
Whites and Negroes have like
ACCESS to Baltimore's public parks
but a local ordinance prohibits
them from playing together.
Among those convicted were
| ATTORNEY Harold Buchanan. the
State Progressive Party director
and Stanley L. Askin. director OF
the Young Progressives of Mary
land. Mr.. Buchanan was given q
suspended Jail sentence of 1a
months and fined $50 while Mr.
Askin drew a suspended sentence
of l year and was fined $50.
The five other defendants re-
ceived suspended sentences OF
three months and were fined $40
each. Several other whites and
Negroes were acquitted after trial
before the lower court.
The Court Of Appeals also took
under advisement Mr.. Hammond's S
argument that the Maryland
strip-mining law Of 1947 is con-
stitutional.
Attorneys for two Western
Maryland coal companies con-
tended the act is unconstitutional
and discriminatory in that it ap-
plies only to Allegany County.
Under the act. strip-mine oper-
ators must put the land scraped
off the surface with power shovels
back in place after they finish
taking the coal. The law was
passed as a conservation measure.
The Maryland Coal & Realty
Co. and the Tri-State Construc-
ton Co. of Frostburg appealed an
Allegany County Circuit Court de-
cision upholding the law.
Evening star., 1949-10-13

sion's record" Mr.. Weichel told
newsmen, that 1t cannot be
trusted to handle large amounts
of public money.
1T apparently has no regard
for the law. It blithely has de-
|cided to spend $50 100000 to build
a superliner which hasn't been au-
thorized by Congress and which
can't be justified
Controller General Warren
had reported irregular proce-
dure" in the granting of subsidies
and in allowances toward the cost
of ships built for private operators.
He complained primarily about
construction of six ships at a cost
to the commission of $3.50, 900 900
and their subsequent sale to pri-
vate operators for $4,000, 900. He
said procedures were irregular
calculations were inaccurate, and
that "unjustiflably liberal" inter-
pretationS were placed on laws,
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Clio Leader Brands
Dulles Rip Van Wrinkle
BY the Associcfed Press

Senator Dulles is pictured by the
head of the New York State CIO
as political Rip Van Wrinkle who
"has been asleep for 20 years."
CIO President Louis Hollander
says Senator Dulles. Republican
candidate in New York's special
State election, "has come down out
Of the hills, understanding nothing
tof the progress we have made"
Mr.. Hollander said in New York
last night that Senator Dulles
mouths the predepression phrases
of Herbert Hoover" and that every
speech by the Republican candi-
date is making votes" for former
Gov. Herebrt H. Lehman, the
nominee of the Democratic and
Liberal Parties.
Senator Dulles, meanwhile, re-
sumed his register -and-vote"
drive in upstate rural areas after
a hurried trip last night from
New York to Washington, where
he voted in the Senate against
confirmation of Leland B. Olds as
a member of Federal Power Com
mission.
Mr.. Lehman delivered his third
weekly radio campaign speech last
night over a Statewide network.
He devoted his talk to foreign
affairs, the field in which Senator
Dulles gained recognition. He said
that the United Nations should be
given power to limit all arms-not
just atomic weapons-under an
effective system Of international
inspection and control.
Gov. Dewey resumed campaign
ing for Senator Dulles today, head
ing from New York City into Rock
land County for two speaking en-
gagements and an appearance at
a dinner by the County Republican
Committee at Bear Mountain,
N. Y.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Blends Body Is Found
Beside Lovers Lone
BY the Associoisd Press

oy fhs RSSoeld1ed fTeSS
PEARL RIVER, N. Y, Oct. 13.-
The scantily-clad body of a young
blond, her ankles and wrists
bound with wire, was found last
night beside q lovers lane neal
here.
DR.. Leo Weishaar, Rocklano
County coroner, said the woman
about 25, had been dead at least
two weeks.
Her body, clad in a white slir
and brassiere and covered with q
fabric spread, had been dumped
in small hollow just off a country
road near the Blue Hill Country
Club.
The area is near the New York
New Jersey border on the west
side Of the Hudson River about
20 miles north of New York City.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
bodyguards clinging to each arm

bodyguards clinging to each arm,
and into a taxicab.
The fast-moving developments
in the case were interrupted last
night when Mr.. Jones and Mr..
Lax took Engel to a broadcastlng
studio where he appeared on a
television program and on a news
broadcast.
At the studio. Engel telephoned
Mrs. Pauline Langton of New
York, whom Engel calls his real
wife-"the Cleopatra to his Marc
Anthony" He had tried to call
her earlier and then sent ner a
telegram telling her to stay
home" When he did reach
her. he scolded her for not being
home and she told him she was
walking the dog.
For six hours you couldn't
walk a dog" Engel protested.
Then he told her about his
trouble" relating to the assign
ment Of bodyguards.
Married Last June.
Engel explained he objected to
the bodyguardS because such an
arrangement would interfere with
a reunion with Mrs. Langton. He
and Mrs. Langton were married
last June while he was being hunt
ed for swindling Mrs. Reseda Cor
rigan. 39-year-old Chicago widow.
out of $8,7o0 after promising to
marry her. He was arrested
couple of weeks later.
Mrs. Langton later signed a
complaint that Engel disappeared
with $4,000 of her jewelry but
they were reconciled while Engel
was in jail. .. ...a So.
During Engel's stay in Jail,
other confidence-ga game charges
were made against him from
widows whom he had courted and
left at the altar after allegedly
taking jewelry and money.
Evening star., 1949-10-13
Alexandra Church
To Hold Festival

The Alexandria Trinity Method
ist Church will hold its annual
fall festival at l pm. Saturday
at the parish hall, 2911 Cameron
Mill road.
The fete, sponsored by the Wo-
mems Society of Christian Service,
is being given to help raise funds
for a large pledge to the church.