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h iST °1lCA Of „. sfl ■vV'* L ,<? ,w O,vr.. .\ v On f p • rv The Western News Devoted to the Development of Libby, and of Lincoln County Libby, Lincoln County, Montana, Thursday, September 16, 1948 VOLUME XLVIII Number 13 Fatal Accident and Drowning lake Libby Lives Yesterday Two deaths occurred yesterday af ternoon, one resulting from a log ging accident and the other from drowning. Arthur Martin, Jr., age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin, Sr. died last night from injuries re ceived during the noon hour. Ar thur who drove a logging truck for the mill, was starting to unload logs at the mill pond, and when he un geared the binder, two 'logs fell from the load, one striking him in the back and punctured the lungs. He was taken to the hospital im mediately but passed away about 5; 00 o'clock p. m. Arthur, who was a veteran of the late war, is survived by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Martin, who live on South Main Avenue, also by two brothers and a sister. Funeral*services will be at 2 p. m. Sunday from the Gompf Funeral Home, Rev. Applegate officiating. One of the 19-months old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Siefke, who live near the mill pond in Southeast Libby, was missed a bout 5:00 p, m. last night. When the parents were unable to locate the child the fire company was notified at 6:00 o'clock and found the body at 7:15. The little girl had fallen off the bank into Libby Creek in 30 inches of water and her body was found by the fire men in grass under the bank about 30 feet from the house. The time of the funeral services has not been announced as The Western News Between 1200 and 1500 persons attended the two days opening Fri day and Saturday of last week of the Geringer Hardware Co. and the Kennedy Furniture Mart which was held in the new Geringer' building, People from all over Lincoln County were in the store which reported a good business (ar in excess ot SSU ,W ° " mPa " ,eS had The entire store was festive with many beautiful floral congratula goes to press. Obituaries of Arthur Martin and| the little Siefke girl will be pub lished next week. Many Visit New Business Home tions furnished by friends and busi ness houses of the community. The swing rocking chair was presented to Mrs. Elaine Rayson. Representatives from the National Lead Company and from the Kalis pell Mercantile Co. were present both days assisting in caring the large crowds. Mr. and Mrs. Jack England turned Tuesday evening of last week from St. Louis, where they attended the national convention the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Jack represented Timber Pup Tent No. 11 of the Libby Cooties and also Post No. 276, of the Whitefish Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Eng land was a delegate from the Ladies Auxiliary 1548, Libby. All 48 states, the Canal Zone, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii and Alaska were represented at the con vention, which elected Lyle T. Beggs of Michigan, National Com mander for the ensuing year. Montana received considerable recognition when England was elec ted as a member of the national council of the Veterans of-Foreign Wars, and Mrs. Betty Boyer of Deer Lodge was elected as a council mem ber for the auxiliary. Both Jack and Mrs. Boyer have held all the state offices in their respective or ganizations. A further honor taken by repre sentatives from "The Land of the Shining Mountains" was the win-! ning of first by the Great Falls Drill Team from Post No. 1087 in the] Pageant of Drums, one of the con vention highlights each year. This! contest lasted from 7:00 p. m. to 1:00 a. m. and the valuation of in struments and uniforms used in the competition was $1,400,000. Another honor came to the Mon tana delegation during the mam moth parade which contained 20.000 participants, extended for 14 miles, contained over 100 bands and drum & bugle corps, lasted four hours and 45 minutes and was viewed by 200, 000 spectators. The guest of honor in the reviewing stand was Pat Cal lahan, Commander in the U. S. Navy, who was born and raised in Butte. Noting the Montana insignias of England's and some of the other Montana men during the parade, Callahan immediately called to Eng land and invited him and his com panions to view the remainder of the parade with him from the re viewing stand. It was a worthwhile convention and we enjoyed it, said Jack in dis cussing the big affair. He further added that he expects to go to Kan sas City next month to attend the Veterans of Forei meeting held in 9-10. Libby Vet Has National Honor » Wars' council city, October ign that Miss Margarqt Welch is assisting for a few weeks in the office of the county clerk and recorder. - 1 men a t e. W. C. E, ! in education and history, and busi LIBBY CHAMBER TO MEET WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22 A general meeting of the Libby Chamber of Commerce, to which all are urged to attend has been called for Wednesday, September 22 at 7:30 p. m. in the New Central Auditorium. All members and others interested in the work of the chamber are urged to attend. A lunch will be served, stated Earl Loyick, secre tary. _ LIBBY YOUTH LEAVING THIS WEEK AND NEXT FOR SCHOOL Of the many Lincoln county men and women who will return to col leges and schools of higher educa tion, only a small percentage of them have been listed below. We would appreciate it if our readers would notify us of the others so that they, too, may be listed in the "Back to School" column next week. Miss Fayetta Tisher, third quar ter freshman at E. W. C. S., Cheney, Wash., is majoring in sociology. Miss Mary Lou Role, sophomore at E. W. C. E„ is majoring in soc iology. Miss Nadine Whitefield, senior at E. W. C. E. is majoring in educa tion. I Miss Patricia Gooselaw, freshman , at E W C E is takine medical secretary work." medical Bob Roberts, junior at Gonzaga !"-£ SP ° k,me ' " mW ' Tom Fennessy, sophomore at Gonzaga University, is majoring in j pre-dentistry. Don Madison, sophomore at the . University of Montana in Missoula. 1 is majoring in education. Elmer Stevens, senior at the Uni versity of Montana, is majoring in business administration. Miss Marilyn Neils, junior at the University or Montana. Is major,ng "SStTSSW Hunter, junior at the University of Montana, is ma joring in journalism. Miss Ferne Zollars, sophomore at E. W. C. E., is majoring in educa tion. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Nowell, fresh are majoring ne gs administration respectively, I the University of Montana, is ma joring in pre-medicine. Roy Davidson, freshman at the University of Montana, is majoring in pharmacy. Robert Jaqueth, junior at the Uni versity of Montana is majoring in business administration. Kenneth Jaqueth, freshman at the University of Montana, is tak ing a general course preliminary to choosing a major. Miss Billie Littell. senior at the University of Montana, is majoring in English Albert Rolseth, freshman at the University of Idaho in Moscow, is majoring in chemical engineering. Miss Helen Church, freshman at the University of Idaho, is major ! ing in pre-nursing. ! Miss Patricia Cairns, junior at ' Northwestern University in Evans j ton, Ill., is majoring in political i science. 1 Ed Edstrom, freshman at North western University, is majoring in science. Miss Peggy Rawlings is a fresh man at the Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing in Spokane, Miss Gretchen Gehrke is attend ing Dental Technician School in San Francisco. Miss Marjorie Jo Talsma is at tending the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Spokane, Mis Anna Ronning, freshman at Montana State College in Bozeman, is majoring in Commercial Educa j tion. ! William Hafferman, sophomore at i Montana State College, is majoring in business administration, Miss Charlotte Becker, freshman at Northern Montana College in ■- ■•!*>/> Exhibit ÜV6r OHG . j | nrtlicn tin Al't'lflPC * •iUUaUIIU nlllUCa (Continued on Page Five) « Following is a brief report fur nished by County Agent Robinson regarding the exhibits entered in the Western Lincoln County Labor Day Fair & Celebration. The County Agent was chairman of the Fair de partment of the big event. His re port follows: At the Western Lincoln County Fair and Labor Day Celebration 203 individuals entered exhibits. 1008 articles were exhibited. 216 linear feet of booth space was used, not including the livestock pens This amounted to 816 feet of shelf space. $809.50 in premium money was paid out, which was an average of $4.00 for each individual that exhibited. LIBBY ROD & GUN CLUB MEETS TUES. George C. Earle, secretary of the Libby Rod & Gun Club announces the first meeting of the season will be held at 8:00 p. m. next Tuesday evening in the Community Room at the courthouse. A full attendance is desired in order that plans for the coming winter season may be started. Chris Leir of McHenry, N. D„ is visiting at the homes of his sons I in Libby this week. Wallace Trading Post Opens Mon. c September 20 is when the Wal lace Trading Post opens for busi in the old Geringer Hardware '1 he Fountain ness in building north of Cafe. Mr. Wallace is familiar in Libby business circles, having es tablished the Lincoln County Credit Bureau, and later being in the real estate business for nine years. During his business career in Libby Mr. Wallace has always con ducted his business along sound business principles, making niany friends. He has served during the past three years as public adminis trator for Lincoln County and for six or seven years was a justice of the peace ip Libby. An announcement on another page in this issue invited the public to visit the new business opening day and to continue coming back there after. _ Woman's Club Holds First Fall Meeting The new club year was opened Tuesday afternoon by members of the Libby Woman's Club as they met in regular session in the Corn unity Room under the leadership of Mrs. F. C. Robertson, the new president. The club room was dec orated with huge bouquets of moun tain ash. A flag salute, a verse sung from the National Anthem, the collect and the club was opened for a short business session. Miss Inez Ratekin, membership chairman, announced that seven new members and five re-instatements had been added to the membership list. New members, Mrs. J. W. Fox, Mrs. Elmer Stanley, and Mrs. Leo K - Vs f we re introduced and given a lov ely rose corsage. Mrs. George Ripley of Arlee . was also mtro ucec * a £ d 1 ? ies d Prf < ? 'bouou^t C °c»f asters bS & Mrs, n ß ' ft t0 ^ dUb , r ihhvclub t^the* state . . convention at Billings lîmSier bïSïht to the club hi oh 1 foht frnrn i bf sessions She ,| ted S that SDO akers mentioned how ^ talk about chaneTnc our think * talk about changing our think wmld needs in those who dk. ™ ^ÄjlVomÄE think.ng and put ouraolve.. ^raven mtroducld the Mrs. Uraven introduced the m ( „ „h he when women gofng somewhere ?hf« fh^..^ht Jff the three rvr« they thought of the three G ^ Go, p. a _ d nf .1% f, ch^neine^ toucan °î th « ° Vfve ^.rfv mdl on ^'^fheione m hïï a °Too little ^ being™ ne with this an too nine is oemg none wun inis stren S t b Using a chart drawn as a courtesy by Raymond Bleich, Mrs. Craven explained how wom an s influence reached out from the ho™ 6 t {' e community and the n , a V on t° become global. A good chib member can weld public opin io " into u a ne ™ arr T . to rea £? out an 5^ em brace the whole world, ^ rs - Ç r ? ve î\ conducted a mixer *° acquaint old members wl th ne w mem bers and guests. So, in the end a r ?°y l f lnv itation has been ex * er \ *° some °ne new and the old and the new were chatting merrily a ? "ley waited for the show to be 8m. Miss Billie Littell entertained with the two solos "Oh Fair, Oh Sweet and Holy" by Cantor, and "Smilin' Through" by Penn. W. E. Partlow and T. W. Lantree of Spokane, gave a camera slide description of washing and how it is done by a G. E. automatic wash er Hostesses Miss Inez Ratekin, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. George Neils and Mrs. D. A. Bollinger served refresh ments to the members and guests after the program. _ NOTICE TO LINCOLN COUNTY PUBLIC I have taken over the manage ment and business of Seigmunds General Repair, and will specialize in welding, both Acetylene and Electric of all types. Truck and heavy equipment repair. Lathe and Machinist Work of all kinds and all types of general repair. I will appreciate the patronage of Mr. Seigmund's old customers and in vite all new customers to come in for fr ee estimates.—Stuart Ri.-JOy. CUB SCOUT NEWS Members of Mrs. Ed Ostheller's den of pack 65 Libby Cub Scouts, entered five examples of Cub Scout handicraft at the Northwestern Mon tana Fair at Kalispell. Of these five entries, three won prizes Rich ard Hoppe won a blue ribbon for his metal night handle in the metal handicraft division, Harry Ostheller won a second price in leather handi craft with his leather sheaf, and James Luscher won a second prize in wood carving handicraft division, submitting a wood pile complete with the chopping block which was mounted on a wood block. and axe. MARRIAGE RECORDS The following marriage licenses were issued this week according to the records of clerk of court, Fred Clark; September 11—Kenneth E Greer of Fortine and Goldie M. Fillmore of Eureka. They were married on the 11th by Justice of the Peace, Fred H. Maurer. September 13—Charles R. Speed and Patricia R. Anderson, both of Libby. GOP Speakers Address Libby Audience Fri. j * "My opponent voted against the measure known as the federal em ployees' loyalty bill and later, after the bill had been passed, he also voted against any appropriation for the bill," said Judge Albert H. Angstman in a short, opening add ress at the Republican rally in jun ior high auditorium at Libby Fri day night. Judge Angstman is Republican candidate for congress, First Montana district and is run ning against the present incumbent. Representative Mike Mansfield. "Therefore," continued Judge Angst man, "if Mansfield had had his way there would have been no in vestigation of the serious penetration of Communists into high places in our federal government, an inves tigation that has proven beyond doubt a most dangerous condition of affairs. "It doesn't make sense," continued Judge Angstman, "to spend billions of dollars to hold the spread of Com munism in Eureka and then pro vide sanctuary for those enemies of our nation in high positions in our federal government. It is therefore very evident that my opponent is opposed to investigation of Com munists in our federal government." Differ Fundamentally "My opponent and I differ funda mentally in our concepts of govern ment," said Angstman. "He has voted consistently against any re duction in the heavy tax burden now weighing down every citizen. I believe taxes should be reduced and the heavy tax burden lightened. The Democrats are constantly mak ng the charge that the tax reduc tion bill passed by the late congress brought no relief to the poor man. that it was a rich man's bill. The falsity of that charge is shown by the well-known fact that that bill absolutely removed from the fed eral tax roll, 7,400,000 people of low income, and there is the further fact that 71 per cent of the reduc a (Continued on Page Four) Lions Hold First Meeting of Season Thirty-four clubmen and guests were present Monday evening when president W. J. Erickson called the Libby Lions to order after their summer vacation. The club met in the basement of the Presbyterian Church, where an interesting pro gram was presented. Lion Welton reported the win ning of prizes by Cub Scouts in the Northwest Montana Fair at Kalis pell. President Bill gave a short, snappy report of the annual Lions convention which was held in Cal gary. He also reported the cabinet meeting held last Friday in Kalis pell. club Bowling opened with a "bust" last Monday evening with every member of every one of the Mon day evening teams on the floor, Teams bowling Monday evening are Rexall Drug. Hotel Libby, Miller's Clothing Store. Gamble Store. For est Service. American Legion. Sil ver Loaf and Blatz. On Wednesday evenings, the fol lowing teams bowl: Union. Zono lite, Bowkers. and Jaqueth's, Inc, Thursday evening the Women's Lea gue bowls, the following teams be ing in the line-up: V. F. W.. Lin coin's Inn, J Neils and Brown's Hi-Power. Friday evening K. V. Garage (Troy), Libby Firemen. Kootenai Mercantile. Oil's Service. J. Neils Lumber Co., Libby V. F. W. 1548. The Caboose and Libby Motors bowl. Handicaps have not been set for any of the teams League playing on Monday and Friday evenings will begin at 7:00 p. m. and 9:00 p, m.; and on Wed nesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p. m. Katheryn Church and William Luscher, representative from Lib by High School at the recent Mon tana Girls State and Montana Bovs State camps held respectively in Billings and Dillon were present and gave interesting discussions of their experiences. The schools are spon sored by the American Legion and its Auxiliary and give practical in struction in city, county and state government. Katheryn learned there are more women voters than there are men voters in the United States, only the women don't turn out so well to vote. She served in the school as county attorney and also won a supreme court office in the state election. Bill stated that over 300 register ed at Boys' State. He was ap pointed city attorney and made the house of representatives in the stale election. Interesting trips were en joyed by the boys t<> Bannock, first state capitol of Montana, and the Butte mines. Bill also served as, captain of one of the volley ballig teams. The next meeting will be held September 27 if the Begin Bowling Lasf Monday Evening Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Stearns spent yesterday in Spokane where they celebrated their 10th wedding an niversary. Appear Tonight in Concert at Junior High Auditorium « Music lovers will have the op portunity of hearing the concert sponsored by the Libby Woman's Club presenting Inez Ratekin, pian ist and Raymond Riese, violinist and baritone tonight at 8 p. m. in the Junior High Auditorium Although Miss Ratekin has played on a number of programs this is her first concert appearance for several Mr. Riese has participated years. in many musical affairs in other cities but this is his first concert appearance in Libby. Last night these two musicians appeared before an appreciative audience in Eureka under the spon sorship of the Eureka Study Club. There being no advance sale, tickets may be obtained at the door. Modern Arts Club Meets Last Tues. The first Modern Arts Club meet ing of the year opened with a short business meeting conducted by our new president, Lillian It was suggested that club mem bers and their families take advan tage of the x-ray unit that will be in Libby for five days beginning September 30. Some discussion took place con cerning the reorganization of the Brownie and Intermediate Scout Troops and the need for additional leaders, troop committee members and financial assistance. Since the Fair Board has de cided to begin planning for next year's Fair at a much earlier date, Wanda DuPont was appointed to work on that committee. The Committee for the float which made such a fine showing the Fair was congratulated and the Yearbook Committee was given vote of thanks for the earlv dis tribution of very fine yearbooks. Agnes Hafferman introduced Mr. Partlow and Mr. Lantry from the General Electric Supply of Spo kane who presented film and in formation concerning the new Gen eral Electric Automatic Washer. This washer was perfected after a poll was taken to determine what features most women looked for in an automatic washer. After the program the hostess committee under the chairmanship of Jeanette Hagerty served luncu of salad and coffee from tables beautifully decorated with Morton. fall flowers. Boys and Girls Stale Report Legionnaires and members of the Libby Auxiliary this evening, Sept, 16. will be given opportunity to learn first hand at the Moose Hall what their representatives, William Luscher to Boys' State, Dillon, and Kathryn Church, representative to Girls' State held in Billings, have to pass on after attending these two schools of citizenship held this sum mer for Montana high scohol Jun ior students. Boys' State is an annual institu tion conducted for its second year in 1948 by the American Legion department of the state. State is a similar institution under the auspices of the Auxiliary of the Montana American Legion. This year 308 boys attended Boys' state as compared to 237 last year. The program is held on the State Normal college camus, Dillon Sev eral new features were inaugurated this year, the boys being able to choose the specialized course they desired, including law, the press. | music and others. The theme thru out the 10 days program in all the courses was Americanism. Among outstanding speakers who ( appeared before the boys were Eu- 1 F, Naegle, Helena, the new commander and Glen j Denton immediate past com ...ander of the organization. Wil-jby ii a ,n g. Ferguson of Helena, chair I man of the Boys' State committee spoke at various sessions as did m. ni > department Girls' other members of the committee, The citizens of Boys' state were honored the final night of the ses sion by the presentation of the tan and gold awards by John E Cor ette, vice president of the Mon tana Power company, and the visit of Miss Jamie Brennan of Mis jsoula, governor of 1948 Girls' State. a t the first annual Governor's ball. The boys left for their homes after the final session with a better knowledge of both the theories and practical p politics and jzens of this, the greatest nation on earth. The Masons, Harper-Erdman Post Nci. 1548, Cootie Pup Tent No. 11 and the Libby Lions all helped financp the sending of the two Libby Jun iors to these schols. Following the dinner tonight at the Moose Hall which will honor these two young people, the Legion post will hold its regular September meeting. ractices of American their privileges as cit SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICE MOVES TO MASONIC TEMPLE The Selective Service Office in Lincoln County which has been temporarily housed in the Court room at the courthouse in Libby, has been moved upstairs in the Ma sonic Temple. Ail young men in registering should report to the of fice in its new location. Schools Have a Growing Need For Room j s» Information given the public at the time the bond election was held in 1946 needs to be changed very little in presenting the case today concerning the gymnasium - audi torium. This community needs and should have an auditorium large enough to provide for meetings of any size. Our annual stunt night presented by the Grange and our school plays have demonstrated that present fa cilities are not large enough to pro vide for those who wish to attend. Last spring it was necessary to pre sent the senior play the third even ing to give everyone an opportunity to see it. The present gymnasium is entire ly inadequate to seat crowds desir ing to attend indoor athletic events. It also fails to provide enough room for the physical education program now demanded by the State Depart ment of Public instruction. When it became necessary to provide phy sical education for the girls in high school this year it was found neces sary to curtail the boys physical education program because the present gymnasium did not provide enough room to allow the same a mount of time as had been allowed previously. Plans for the present provides for a folding partition that will allow two groups to use the main floor at one time without any conflict. This proposed gymnasium-audi torium will also, with some remodel ing expense in the present build ing, provide for more rooms for high school and junior high class use That this will be necessary soon can be made clear by analy zing junior high enrollment figures. Last year the junior high school had approximate! v 100 students. This year the enrollment is 115 and if the present sixth grade class of 95 moves to junior high next year the enrollment will bo approximate ly 160 by Sept. 1949. This increase will of course also cause an increase in high school enrollment by the following year, and many rooms now "being used for high school pur poses arc so small and over crowd ed with the present enrollment that teaching efficiency cannot be at its highest This increase in space will allow for additional space in the shop, a large kitchen for the hot lunch program, and additional stor age space. Plans still call for the use of the present gymnasium as a dining room for the hot lunch dur ing the entire school year and as a place to hold large community banquets. It can thus be seen that present plans are much the same as two years ago except that additional money is needed to provide a build ing of the type desired. Modified tions have been made in exterior design of the building to bring it within the price estimated year if space was available, three rooms of the proposed eight room addition will be utilized by {the fall of 1949: other rooms will be needed each suceeding fall after 1950 with the possibility that two additional rooms may be needed at that time if present population in creases continue. It is certain that the fall of 1952 four rooms will be "needed to take care of the in coming first grade unless improb {able population decreases occur in Libby grade schools have out grown present facilities to house them. At present the auditorium of the New Central building is be ing used as a classroom. This will of course eliminate or make it much more difficult to carry on the functions for which this room was previously used. The Central building is also being used to house more children than it should. The old lunch room and library in the Central building is and has been used for a number of years as a classroom. This throws an extra load on the hall way and the sanitary facilities of this building. Present enrollment would also justify an additional second grade room this Thus use (the meantime. It can therefore be seen that while all eight rooms will not be needed immediately that they will provide for growth only for a period of from five to ten years. Next week an attempt will be made to answer through this source as many questions concerning the bond issue as is possible. Should you have any questions that you feel a number of people are in terested in please contact Supt. Gil lespie or members of the School Board. If you have questions of an individual nature answers will be given to those privately. HOSPITAL NOTES Births; Sept II —Mr and Mrs. Leonard Julum of Warland announce the birth of a son. Sept. 12—Mr. and Mrs Brad Phillips announce the birth of a son: Sept. 14—Mr. and Mrs W C Johnston announce the birth of a son. Admitted; Sept. 10—Mrs Harold Berg, Troy, surgical: Sept. 11—A. V. Kreymer, medical; Sept. 13—George H. Coen. Eureka, medical; Sept. 14—Mrs. Delvin G. Larson, surgical; Sept. 15—Arthur Martin Jr., surgical. Released: Sept. Il— Mrs. N. V. Welch. Sept. 12—Mrs. Albert Votland.