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The Western News Devoted to the Development of Libby, and of Lincoln County VOLUME XLIX Libby, Lincoln County, Montana Thursday, September 1, 1949 Number 16 Labor Day Fair-Celebration Features Many Attractions The Western Lincoln County Fair & Celebration is all ready and wait ing for the opening game, accord ing to Chairman Lloyd Midyett the Fair-Celebration Board. The agricultural and other displays the Fair this year will be greater than ever, stated County Agent Robinson, chairman of the Fair committee. Kenneth Davis, Portland, execu tive Secretry, Northwestern Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers union, will be the speaker of the day September 5. The event which runs three days, Sept 3-4-5, features an eight-team baseball tournament with teams from Montana, Idaho, Washington and British Columbia contending for the $1,000 cash prize money. The following teams will play the first round as follows: First game— Tekoa, Wn. vs. Bonners Ferry; Sec ond game—Simchuk, Spokane vs. Libby Keglers; Third game—Kim berley, B. C. vs. Bonner (Mont.) Lumber Jacks; Fourth game—Lev itch Jewelers, Spokane vs. Troy. The Libby team which is con ceded to be one of the best teams in Western Montana will be strengthened by the addition Of sev eral good men. Included will be Stanley Syskowski, leading pitcher in Butte's Copper League. Jim Prescott, Spokane catcher, who caught last year for Notre Dame will also appear with the Kegler aggregation. Monday morning's program will be free to everybody. This will in clude log chopping and sawing con tests and the children's sports events. Generous prizes are being offered for all these events Which will furnish ■ plenty of excitement for both participants and the spec tators. As usual, the big parade promises to be one of the outstanding fea tures of all three days. With more prize money and greater interest shown, Chairman Escott expects a huge and vari-colored parade at 1:00 p. m. Monday. The parade forms at the high school and moves down through the business district where all can enjoy it. In discussing the parade Escott stated that it will start at 1:00 o' clock sharp. All entries should be ready to go at 12:30 lined on Lincoln Boulevard. Floats will line up east of Montana avenue by the Presbyterian Church. Children also will congregate there. Riders will form on the Boulevard east of Louisiana. Free theatre tickets will be. given all children under 12 years of age who are in parade entries. The line of march, stated Escott, will be down Mineral, and west on Second street, thence south on Cali fornia to disband at the Court House. In addition to the regular fair dis plays by both adults and 4-H mem bers; the baseball tournament, the parade and other attractions, the last night will feature a Radio Variety Show, starring chorus girls, a news commentator, a male quartette con sisting of Burton Baker, Jim Mau rer, Fred Brown and Joe Applegate singing Westerns, Spirituals and other types of favorites, a dance or chestra and many other interesting events to interest and amuse the large crowd which will be in at tendance. Listen to the Red & White Food Stores broadcast over KXLY (for merly KFPY) from 8:15 a. m. to 8:45 a. m. tomorrow (Friday) morn ing. The Libby Fair-Celebration program is being announced at that time through the courtesy of the sponsors of the program. You are urged to come to the Fair and meet your friends in Lib by September 3-4-5. Three days with not a dull moment in them even carnival rides and attractions for the kiddies and others. See you this week end! ADDITIONAL GIFTS FOR PUBLIC WEDDING Additional gifts promised the couple for the Public Wedding at the Libby Fair-Celebration include 10 gallons of gasoline from Joe Ku jawa's Texaco Station, and two din ners at the Polka-Dot Cafe, Troy. None of the gifts will be collected nor used this year owing to the necessity of cancelling the Public Wedding. • k ■ i é. ■fas 5 f Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Moe were mar ried July 24 in Libby. 4---- of in Two cars of 4-H Club members from the south end of the county left Libby early the morning of August 24th and motored to Eur eka where they took part in the county elimination contests, held in the Lincoln County high school, About thirty club members from both ends of the county competed in the following events: demonstra tions, meat identifications, dress modeling, and judging, Judges for the events were Mrs. Ethel Miller, head of the home economics division of Flathead county high school, and Robert Ol son, Vo-Ag. instructor at Flathead high. WILL AWARD CONTEST PRIZES MONDAY NIGHT Have you made your guess on the amount of thread in the huge Lee Jumbo Rider Overalls adver tised in last week's Western News, and now on display at the Miller Clothing Store? These prizes will be awarded to the three making the nearest guess. First prize will be $15 in Lee merchandise: second prize will be a Lee Rider jacket and Lee Rider overalls. Either a pair of Rider overalls or Lee bib overalls will go to the winner of third placet The prizes will be awarded from the grand stand at the Fair during Monday evening's program. The winner of the $1,000 cash prize given by the Libby Fire Department will also be announced on Monday evenin g's program. _ FIRE BURNS HOUSE EARLY THIS MORNING Fire of unknown origin burned the J. Neils Lumber Co.'s cabin at the southwest corner of the Pole Yard this morning about 4:00 o' clock. The house was occupied by the Alfred Templin family. 4-H Contest at Eureka Aug. 24 Winners of the contests are follows; Agricultural demonstration: 1st— Dale Hudson, Rexford, Soil Conser vation; 2nd—Glen Helms, Eureka, Leather Tooling, Home Economics Demonstrations: 1st—Jean Ward, Libby, rag dolls; 2nd—Beverly Dickinson, Fortine, deviled eggs; 3rd—Helen Cope, For tine. Candle salad, Dress Review—The dresses mod eled were made by the contestants as part of their club work: 1st— Geraldine Kuchenski, Eureka, pink and white striped cotton; 2nd—Del sina Peterson, Eureka, blue flower cotton print; 3rd—Betty Mackey, Eureka, blue plaid cotton, Meat identification: 1st—Helen Cope, Fortine; 2nd—Beverly Dick inson, Fortine; 3rd—Delsina Peter son, Eureka. Clothing judging: 1st — Naomi Mackey, Eureka; 2nd — Geraldine Kuchenski, Eureka; 3rd—Betty Mac key, Eureka. Food judging: 1st—Naomi, Mac key, Eureka; 2nd — Mary Ann Gwynn; 3rd—Geraldine Kuchenski. Beef judging; 1st—Glen Helms,; Eureka; 2nd—Leonard Darsow, Lib by; 3rd—Delbert Stark, Rexford. Hog judging; 1st—Roger Helms, Eureka; 2nd—Robert Beebe, Fisher River; 3rd—Robert Shelden, Libby. Vegetable judging: 1st—Kendall Ward, Libby: 2nd—Bill Shelden, Libby: 3rd—Richard Shelden, Lib by., Several of these contestants will represent Lincoln County at the State 4-H Club Congress to be held at Bozeman September 12-15. Union Champ Team In Softball League The Libby Softball league stand ings are pretty well settled with only the game tomorrow evening between Merchants and Union left to play. Should Merchants defeat Union tomorrow evening, the lea gue standing will not be changed and Union will head the league with a two game margin. Should Union win this game it will have a three game margin. Last week as we went to press there was a possibility of Union tying either with BPOK or Zono ilite, Zonolite having two games to play and BPOK one, with BPOK having eight wins, Zonolite seven and Union nine. Union running true to this season's form, took the game Friday evening from Zono lite, winning 9-6. Zonolite defeated BPOK Monday evening winning the long end of a 9-6 score. These two games complete both BPOK's and Zonolite's score, leaving them in a tie for second place, each hav ing won eight games and dropped seven. Union has lost only four out of 14 games and Merchants have won only three out of 14, so while either team may win, the standing of the league will not be affected. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dawson are visiting in Spokane a few days this week. Schiumm-Hugill Nuptials Aug. 18 Marriage vows were exchanged August 18 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church when Germaine Frances Schlumm became the bride of Glenn Robert Hugill at a 1:00 o'clock double ring afternoon wedding. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard Schlumm, was given away by her father. She chose floor length dress of white net with train and lace bodice. Cut with long pointed sleeves at the wrist and net yoke, a lace cape-like bertha completed her gown. The bride's only jewelry, a rhine stone necklace with a pendant and ear rings, was a gift from the groom. Her finger-tip veil was fashioned of white net caught in a halo of net and orange blossoms. She car ried an arm sheath bouquet of sil ver pink roses tapered to the floor by white ribbons and roses. Maid of Honor was Miss Patsy Lynch of Spokane, the bride's only attendant. She wore a gown of pink brocaded satin styled with net yoke. Other accessories were pink mitts of net and a pink net hat cut with sweetheart brim and waist length streamers. Miss Lynch car ried an arm sheath bouquet of cream colored gladioli tied with pink satin ribbon. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hugill, was attended by Clifford Fishbeck of St. Paul, Minn., as best man. Mr. Fishbeck is a cousin of the bride. Eugene Eggert and John Solem were ushers. The bride's mother wore a gun metal grey sheer afternoon dress and white accessories. Her corsage was of majenta pink gladioli. A tee! blue crepe afternoon dress was chosen by the groom's mother. Navy accessories and a corsage of deep burgandy gladioli completed her costume. Before the ceremony, Franch's "Panis Angelicus" was sung by the children's choir. Organist, Mrs. Lor raine Jackson, played the wedding music. The Rev. Father John O' Malley read the service before an altar decorated with baskets of pink and white gladioli. A reception for seventy guests was held at the bride's home fol (Continuea on rage Eleven) Alice Fauley Weds Clayton Peterson In Church Rites Miss Alice Mae Fauley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Fauley of Troy and Clayton Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peterson of Libby, exchanged wedding vows in the Troy Methodist Church, Satur day, before an altar decorated with white candelabra and baskets of salmon colored gladioli and blue and white delpheniums. The Rev. W. C. Stearns read the double ring service at the afternoon wedding. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a floor length gown of white nylon with tiny white bows scattered on her skirt and sleeves. The gown was cut with a sweet heart neckline and puffed sleeves. Her finger-tip veil of white illusion net cascaded from a white beaded tiara. She carried a large colonial bouquet of roses and lilies tied in white net ribbon. Miss Charlotte Becker of Libby was the bride's only attendant. She chose a gown of white organza and lace over a blue slipper satin skirt. A shoulder length veil of blue net caught in a tiara of flowers com pleted her costume. She carried a bouquet of pink carnations and rose buds tied with white net rib bon. The groom was attended by his twin brother, Clifford Peterson. Ushers were George Paulson and Russell Peterson. The wedding music was played by Miss Inez Ratekin. "At Dawn ing" and "Because" were sung be fore the ceremony by Miss Gretchen Gchrke. The bride's mother wore an af ternoon dress of gray print with black accessories, the groom's moth er chose a black afternoon dress and black accessories. Both moth ers wore corsages of pink carna tions. A reception was given immed iately after the wedding in the par lors of the church. A three tier wedding cake centered the bridal table. Frosted in white, the cake was topped by a miniature bride and groom. Small bouquets of flowers completed the table decor ation. • Mrs. Earl Burns and Mrs. George Paulson poured the tea and coffee. The cake was cut and ser ved by Mrs. Clifford Peterson. Mrs. Russell Peterson presided over the guest book. The couple left for a wedding trip in Spokane and other parts of Washington following the reception. The bride's going away dress was of white. A blue flare-back jacket and white accessories completed her costume. She wore a corsage of pink carnations. Mrs. Peterson graduated from the Browning schools and is employed in the office of the county super intendent of schools. Mr. Peterson, a graduate of the Libby schools, is employed by the J. Neils Lumber Company. The couple will be at home September 5th in Libby. Mr. and Mrs. Avery Kemp of Kalispell were weekend visitors at the Russell Little and Walter Kemp homes. Rural Schools Have Teachers Teachers have been placed in all of Lincoln County's sclfcols, acting county superinten dent, Mrs. Jessie Fagerberg dis closed yesterday. The following teachers have been given positions. District 7, Warland—Miss Lenore Bancroft of Warland, Miss Fannie Barrick, Warland, and Mrs. Claud Chase of Ural. District 8, Rexford—Miss Retta Nelson of Rexford and Douglas Rutherford of Rexford. District 10, Glen Lake—Miss Donna B. Bowman of Troy. District 11, Manicke—Miss Lillian Miller of Libby. District 14, Fortine—Mrs. Mary Hatfield of Fortine and Miss Mary Moses of Fortine. District 15, McCormick — Mrs. Edith Stubbs of Leonia, Ida., and Mrs. W. A. Middlemist of Moyie Springs, Ida. District 19, Tooley Lake — Miss Mavis Thompson of Rexford. District 23, Sylvanite—Miss Kath erine Larson of Troy. District 24, Yaak—Mrs. Martha Duncan of Yaak. District 53, Trego—Not yet an nounced. ten rural Bowlers Meet This Eve to Organize A meeting of men bowlers is called for tonight (Thursday) at the Keglers to organize for the coming bowling season. All interested in bowling are urged to attend. Four new automatic pin-setting machines have arrived for use at the Keglers, there being one for each alley. According to Ralph Roberts, the new equipment is expected to be up and ready for the opening of tlie season which is expected to be gin about Sept. 10. The Libby Women's Bowling Team held their first meeting on Tuesday evening in the Kegler's Club room with Norma Konen pre siding as president. Eight teams were organized. Not all of the teams are sponsored but they will be announced later. The women will bowl Tuesday and Thursday nights, according to Inga Riddle, secretary. _ VIVIAN BIVENS CONSTRUCTS BUILDING ON CALIF. AVE. Construction began this week on a 25' x 90' building south of the Pival Electric Company property on California Avenue. The modern concrete block and brick structure is being put up by Mrs. Vivian Bivens with Harry Bivens and a crew of four to eight men in charge of the construction work. The building will have two rooms, Mrs. Bivens disclosed, a 60' room in the front and a 14' warehouse or stockroom in the back. Though not yet leased by any business concern, Mrs. Bivens said, the building has a number of prospective occupants. It will be ready for occupancy in early November, she added. The building being put up by Harry Bivens adjoining the present Gamble's Store is nearing comple tion. Mr. Bivens announced today. It will be ready for occupancy a bout Sept. 10, he added. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR BENJAMIN GARDNER Graveside ser%dces were held last Thursday for Benjamin Gardner, 69, of Troy, who passed away Aug ust 5. The Rev. W. C. Stearns of ficiated at the service which was conducted in the Libby cemetery where interment was made. Mr. Gardner had lived in Mon tana only a few years, coming to Lincoln county from Wichita, Kans. He was employed as a post maker by Harry Tallmadge of Troy. Married in 1930, Mr. Gardner was preceded in death by his wife. Ho is survived by two children, a brother and two sisters. Keglers Drop Two Games to Bonner The Libby Keglers traveled to Missoula Saturday to play Saturday and Sunday with the Bonner Lum berjacks. The Keglers lost both ends of the bill by close scores, drop ping the Saturday night game 5-1 and losing Sunday 5-4. Lee Gehring pitched the Satur day night game giving up seven hits but costly infield errors re sulted in unearned runs. Chris tianson did the catching in Satur days afternoon game. John Solem collected two hits while Gehring, Vignali, Bowen, Larson and Smith each collected one. In Sunday's game Smith took the mound duties, holding the Lumber jacks to five runs. A seventh in ning rally fell short of the opposing score by one run. Christianson paced the Keglers in the hitting de partment with three hits from four times at bat. Gehring, Jim Roberts, Smith, Vignali, and Larson also got hits for the Keglers. This concludes Libby's pre-fair schedule, which closes the regular season for the Keglers. C. A. Loomes of Shelby and Miss Mary Bennett of Missoula were week-end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Beebe. Fern Zoliars Weds In Sunday Rites In a double ring ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church, Sunday afternoon, August 28th at 2:00 p. m.. Ferne Zoliars, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Zoliars, and Robert L. Speare, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan ley E. Speare of Cheney, Washing ton, were united in marriage by Rev. James Davidson. The bride, given in marriage by her father, chose a gown of white silk with long tight fitting sleeves extending to points over the wrist, Her veil of bridal illusion was held by a tiara of seed pearls. She car ried a white bible covered with a white orchid. Mrs. Leonard M. Spencer, sister of the bride, was matron of honor, She wore pink chiffon with a match ing nosegay. Bridesmaids were Miss Joyce Newman wearing yellow net with matching nosegay, and Miss N adine Whitefield with blue taf feta and matching nosegay. Best man was Walter C. Zoliars, Jr., brother of the bride. Ushers were Mr. Gordon DeRosia and Mr. Walter Mason. Mr. Raymond Reese accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Spencer sang "I Love You Truly" and "The Lord's Pray cr." A reception following in the church parlors with Miss Patricia Gooselaw and Mr. Raymond Reese furnishing the music. After the bride cut the first piece Mrs. Gerald E Miller of Spo kane and Mrs. H. H. Anderson of Libby served cake to the guests, Miss Fern Whitelaw served the punch and Miss Patricia Throck morton tea and coffee. Miss Fran R,.hn,. n ,o„k care of the e uc s t .w F r 7 n r i.± U ^ hterS Weddi ?£ M " W. C. Zoliars wore gray silk with corsage of Vth MlS S k Speare, mother l . h p c R, ':7 ( ' r °P° Wlth , nnk aladioh C ° rSaße ° f l . r^nn f n h0nc ^ 00n SU,t was f n ' Gre n e . n fa,llc wine acces - T^e bride i« a ° r D h C . 0rSa f Rt r' kk 1S cl gra J luate °f Libby high school. She also taught one year at Warland. Mont. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home in Chehey where they are both students. LIBBY FAIR EXHIBITS TO BE PROTECTED The fair committee has an nounced that the Culinary and Do metic Arts division will be pro tected from dust and weather this year. Large fly's will be put up to protect the exhibits from the weather and a wooden floor will be put in to protect them from dust. These two divisions will also be located at the south end of the field where it is relatively free from dust. Libby Schools To Open lues. Sufficient progress, through the splendid cooperation of everyone involved, has been made in work on the school buildings so that the opening of school can now be definitely planned for September 6. The first faculty meeting will be held Monday, Sept. 5. High school teachers will meet at 8:30 a. m., and junior high and grade school teachers at 9:00 a. m., in room 14 of the high school building. High school students with but few exceptions will have pleted their registration by Fridav evening. Sept. 2. Junior high and grade students are not required to enroll previous to the first of school at 8:45 a. m, Tuesday. School will be held only during the morning Tuesday, except that high school students are to obtain their textbooks according to sched ule Tuesday afternoon. Regular full time classes will begin Wed nesday morning. A slight change in time has been made this year so that rural students can partici pate more fully in the music pro gram. The morning session will start at 8:45 and end at 11:45 the same as last year. Afternoon classes will begin at 1:00 p. m. and end at 4:00 p. m., instead of 12:45 and 3:45 as last year. This will allow enough time during the noon intermission for the first band to meet and thus make it possible for the bus stu dents as well as those living in town to participate in this activity. Students enrolling in the first grade must be six years of age by December 1, 1949. "All first grade students are requested to present birth certificates when they enroll. com session FOREST SERVICE FORECAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS There is a storm of considerable intensity located over the Pacific ocean some 1200 miles west of Seattle. For a time we had hoped that this storm would bring precipi tation to all areas on Friday night or Saturday. This storm has now curved and is moving in a north westerly direction. Hence, it seems unlikely that precipitation of con sequence will occur between now and Labor Day. It is likely that daytime maxi mum temperature will be in the 80's at low levels and minimum, humidity will be in the low 20% range between now and Labor Day. All Look-outs But Eight Off forest Posts Eight look-outs were sent up to their points >n the Kcotenai forest Tuesday to hold these posts m«tp general rain. All look-outs went called down last week when tfee rainy weather brought a break in fire conditions throughout the far est Danger classes are in the mid die forties at the present time, at ficials report. The following lookout points being manned: Mount Henry in the Yaak distrkt with look-out George Lang Ib charge; Mount Marston in the For tine district with John Lind fe charge; Keeler mountain in the Troy district with Casper Thoe in charge: Swede mountain in the Libby dfe trict with Malcolm Ayers in charge; Kenelty mountain in charge of John Scott and Horse Hill in charge of Paul Mikesh in the Fisher river district: Zcigler mountin Warland district in charge of Rol land Eslinger; Black Butte in tke Rexford district in charge of H. McKenzie. No additional look-outs will be sent up again this summer if fire conditions remain as expected. Air detection will be used to supple ment the look-outs in their fire spotting, ,,,, „ _ - Early this month the city councU plan <. to work out a s ; stcm of notifying Libby citizens of their house numbers, Mayor Clay Parker told reporters this week Th( ' sc P la ™ are ^'.ng made to facilitate the city mail delivery which will bc installed within the near future, the mavor said Additional information will be published in the Western News w hen it is available 11 ls ava,lable ' in the Bob Jaqueth Weds Wanda Mourar in Missoula, Aug. 21 Missoula, Aug. 28.—A double ring wedding ceremony in the First Presbyterian church last Sunday af ternoon, August 21, united in mar riage Wanda E. Mourar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mourar, 802 South Sixth street, west Missoula, and Erford Robert Jaqueth. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Jaqueth of Libby. The candlelight service was per formed in a setting of white gladioli and asters by Rev. E. Ray Cameron at 1 o'clock. Kenneth Jaqueth. brother of the bridegroom, was best man and Mrs. Robert Seaman was matron of honor. Elsie Chilcote and Jean Glenn were bridesmaids and Gail Cockrill, flower girl, George Mou rar, Jr., brother of the bride and Martin Farris were ushers. J Wilcomb, organist, played the traditional wedding marches and Mrs. George Pramenko sang "Because" and "Through the Years." The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white satin wed ding gown with train. The sweet heart neck 1 ne was trimmed with seed pearls, and long sleeves to a point over the wrist styled with a fitted bodice and full skirt. She wore a short veil at tached to a bandeau of handsome organza flowers and her Mrs. M came It was lewelry was a pearl necklace, gift of the She carried an arm bou groom. quet of coral gladioli Her attendants wore man tn" or ganza gowns and colored bandeous of organza flowers and carr'ed col onial bouquets. Miss Chilcote's cos tume yellow, Mrs. Cockrill's green. The mother of the bride coffee-colored, shadov. -stripe dress with gold accessories and a coral gladioli corsage. The mother of the groom wore an amethyst satin fall costume, with p;nk acces sories and pink rosebud corsage. A reception followed the mony in the Jungle room was lavender. Miss Seaman's and Miss Glenn's wore a satin cere if the (Continued on Page Eleven) Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R, Hugill whoae marriage occured August 18. *