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t 8™e '. Lights to H - H. brightest spots -- T„ hwav No. 2 will be the S. hlg ^ is y e store with its el X n S i* hting displays - h . penny* 186 , f rt this on the oag drug formally "'week. It is adjacent •pome and Contractors - „ that bandies furniture, ap Iy floor covering. 0 f the business are Lilian, Kalispell drug Nadeau and C. R. Bank, and Ray Horse, formerly lie ices . \V!lfred Cut Hungry r of the drug store is rL." Baumann, while Ray ' charge of the furui ; on. pank. rson store. H. Village a group of 16 en Mr R. C. Greiner's hos dessert bridge. Win were Mrs. George Mrs. Clifford Beck and Emil Gheri. rising Aleck Ketchen on ity at a of prizes be is. were his friends and birthday Lbors, the Lewis Fretwells ' Maclnroes who came James jjig the cake. E. Gheri entertained two of bridge Wednesday. Mrs. took high honors, Mrs. winning Keeno. Thursday tables of bridge were played, Chambers winning both high and Keeno, Mrs. Talbcc, es jrs |r, and Mrs. C. H. Spencer re led this past weekend from lip to the Pacific coast. The leers spent Thanksgiving wi'n 1 daughter in Portland, and I motored down the coast to Francisco. They returned by of Boise and visited their [at Bliss, Idaho. Lr tables of bridge were en L at the home of Mrs. A. E. Boud last Tuesday. High went Mrs. Joseph Talbott; second Mrs, John Officer, and low Brs. Kent Davis, bny of the villagers have driving to park headquarters irsday nights where park ser * -dry* ** a from. Bullmp * I. 1 ' *■ 1 & % to •1 £ f YOU m 3 With the Purchase of ANY SUIT or TOPCOAT 1 From our Complete Stock of Finest Quality Clothes for Men, You May Choose 'A 1 \A" 1 : s ■Ü f Without Extra Cost l "V 1 % ■y A New PORTIS HAT »r m m A (K 5 À i $4500 BOTANY TOPCOATS SCAOO Are Priced at Only. .. Smartly Styled SUITS ; y ! ? - .. w y rryyT^ . from i hi ALL WOOL i ' « X) ; f 6» ALL YOUR GIFT PURCHASES AT BUTTREYS WILL BE BEAUTIFULLY GIFT WRAPPED WITHOUT CHARGE. •! Your Christmas Store Your Christmas Store SERVE YOU BEST Make the Family's Car More Useable and Driveable with Practical Christmas Gifts Flathead Motor Sales Co KALISPELL ^°ur Chevrolet Dealer DEFROSTERS RADIOS SPOT LIGHTS CAR VISORS HEATERS SEAT COVERS AUTO BLAN KETS p OG LIGHTS CHAINS vice personnel have been holding square dances. Good times have been enjoyed by all. The ladies guild wishes port that their bazaar and food sale for the purpose of raising funds to promote a community Sunday school was very success ful. Thanks go to the to re ,, women ot the community who patronized th° sale. Columbia Heights by Joan Bader Something new in Monte Vista every day. Venetian blinds ■v- • /~n 1 at Jim Clarks, a sink at the Joe Brews, floors finished at John Baders, and the Gene Baders are now in their new house. W e are sorry to see H. E. Mac- ( Millan on crutches. Commercial club met at _ Carl Evans Monday evening for the last meeting of the year. Next regular meeting will Monday in January, 1949. Lets all turn out and make it a bigger and better commercial club. We are sorry to hear Mrs. Thur ston has been on the sick list this week. It looks good to see the power line right of way being cleared. Girl scouts met at Mrs. Thom as' for their Christmas party Mon day. Carols were sung and gam played. Then Santa Claus "Rich ard Thomas" passed out gifts. After much exclamation and thank you's the girls enjoyed lunch and Christmas candy. This I S was the final meeting for 1948. Present were Carol Lindbeck, Cherry Bad er, Dora Todd, Carol Thomas, Phyllis Snodgrass, Margaret Mur phy, Dianne Cada, Barbara Mc Cracken, Corinna Rogers and lead ers Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Car ter. The Jim Clarks are leaving " the winter, destination vVitcii ita Falls, Texas. They will be Ocmk with ns when the cool weather over. was US f( IS Stan Spurgeon, park headquart ers, was called to lone, Wash where his brother, Phillip, fatally injured in a logging dent. Funeral was Tuesday. acci Primary Hears Records First and second graders have enjoyed sharing Christmas music on records brought from home David and Danny Culver brought an album of interpretive music for children. Bobby Fry had one made especially for him by his Aunt Millie. Others who brought records were Marvin Deopner, Ja net Hoppe, Gary and Vicki tham and Angela Crosswhite. W e are watching the skatin >• rink being made. Maybe it will be ready for use during Christ mas vacation. La Gar y Latham and Terrv r.vnnm are new members of Grade 2 Both boys were in Kalispell before in g to Hungry Horse We are happy to have „ set o£ library books. These are (loaned to us by the Flathead County free library in Kalispell. The use of this library is open to children and head county. com a new grownups in Flat Christmas vacation school children begins next Fri day. They will return to classrooms 3, 1949. for the their on Monday, January H. H. Troop to Start First meeting of a boy scout troop in Hungry Horse is sched uled for early January. Members of the troop committee are Clyce H. Spencer, David Culver, Pal mer Larsen, Fred Hodgson and A. A. Brownson of bureau of lamation; James Egan and Mel Hord, General-Siiea-Morrison and Neil Keim and Lee Mott, Hungry' Horse Builders. rec South Fork Town By Ann Sharr Well, we got it at last. The tem perature, I mean. Reports so varied that we wonder who is accurate, Monday night at twelve thirty, Leo Edwards reported 3 below. Same night, the Mery weathers reported 10 below down at the Elkorn. Our own record was only 2 above at midnight, Then there was the lady who ap peared on Jack Bailey's 'Queen For a Day' program Wednesday were morning. She wanted to come to Kalispell for Christmas where she said 'It's 28 below but I'm going anyway.' Lowest radio report for Kalispell to date is 6 below. So who knows anyway. Just the same it's very pretty, the snow, not the temperature. Have you taken a look at the white capped moun tains in the moonlight ? Monday I and Tuesday night they w'ere beautiful. With the "'fresh snow crunching under your feet, and all God's country brightly illumin ated before your eyes, it's little wonder you can almost see the one bright star in the sky and mentally follow Its path to the manger. Christmas trees are appearing in quite a few houses and many a mother or father has stopped important work to flounder around in hip-deep snow to get 'just the right one' according to the dic tates of the younger generation. Then there are the 'sledders'. The kids have been enjoying the slick roads for some time now, but sometime last week two of 'sedate' matrons decided to try it. Only they were aided and abet ted, Mrs. Darlene Nichols and Mrs. Ann Murphy tied their sleds to the back of the Nichols and took several 'round the block' rides, driven by Mr. Nichols. Re sult—Mrs. Nichols frosted both cheeks and the tips of ail her fingers. 'It wa s fun, though, - they said. car, Mrs. Bill Murphy had planned to have a childrens party for her two daughters, but both had colds so it was dropped; however they our H M Gifts H H H M M H S H Gifts s M M S H M 3 » H S Gifts Ed K 63 H We have a large selection of END TABLES I H Also ELECTRIC APPLIANCES — RADIOS M a H S ta LAMPS — UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE a Gifts both Large and Small s rxj s s 63 63 63 63 s K K ★ ★ ★ S s E3 K H CHET'SI H a C3 S H : : : H s s : Columbia Falls, Montana K : 3 S H A Fine Christmas Present For Him A Membership In The VIW m fjj plNÛ-P0HC3 )NÛ 0 " ^ \ 0 0\n\ nG I mm / VJW. S GOT EVERYTHING 7 "Wife Insurance"! , . even There are happy times ahead for wives and of V. F.W. members! Dining and dancing just part of it.. . social activities of every world of fun for the girls and the social contacts. JOIN XODAYI sweethearts are nature guarantee a opportunity for new g äi "America's Overseas AT Veterans . .. United" ' Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. IN THE COZY CORNER BUILDING Columbia Falls had a grownup party, Friday, when Paula was 6- Mr. and Mrs Lee Murphy and son Raymond and Mrs. R. B. Costello and son Jimmie of Martin City came to celebrate. She received severa gifts as did her sister, Betty Ann who will be 4 on December 17 Jackie Murphy, their older sister suffered a deep cut and several smaller ones on the bottom >f her foot a week ago, when she stepped on some broken glass. She still limps a little. She was home from school a week with the cut foot and now has to stay out of school with an irritating cough. Jackie sure hopes she can get well soon, and so do we. Little Carol Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Cooper, has just returned from a three weeks stay with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Holtz in Cres. ton. Jim Johnson has had his mili tary registration transferred from Devils Lake, N. Dak. to Kalispell. He will soon be reporting for his examination. N. C. Pederson (who I re ported fell last week and after one day at home returned to work) is on the disabled list again, His injury was little more serious than he had at first thought, so he has been home from work for several days. Frank Sharr spent Saturday and Sunday in Spokane and Bay view, Idaho returning with Xmas decorations and a few more blankets, both of which were very welcome. I offer sincere apology to Mr. and Mrs. Don Nash for last week's item, in which I reported that the Nash store had been sold. The item should have read, the Nash store building which is the empty one between the Nash Grocery and 'The Crooked Tree'. Ouren Hatt has reported that he sold his two houses and lots on Main street. He and his family will return to Boise. New residents in South Fork include Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walker, Coram, Mrs. Frances McClure, Mrs. Walker's daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Harold McClure, Poison. He is a rigger for G.S.M. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tucker moved from Albuquerque. He la a dam driller for Boyles brothers. All three of these families have moved into the Nash cabins. Pat Barrett has returned from a visit to relatives over the moun tain. A snow scraper would surely be a welcome sight down through with Enclosure Cards FREE : Gifts from Here Attractively Wrapped -f~T . ./• C 8 "id S** / - % * - m 1 er 'f' .. ' 1 M jr The ; ; -■■Sv \ K v V /.Lj Gift She'll Treasure The Gift from HUMMER'S Be it a pair of Nylons or a luxury robe — Her gift from here will be a tribute to her love of quality and your good -.c, taste. Pick your gift of enchantment from our collection of çg womanhoods dearest treasures. ' ; f —Perfumes - Cologne $1.00 to $5.00 —Hand (Bags $3.98 to $15.00 tax inch —Costume Jewelry $1.00 to $9.95 —Coin Purse-Compact $100 to $5.50 • —Fancy Aprons ! $1.25 to $3.95 —Nylon Stockings $1.35 to $2.50 —Handkerchiefs 65c to $2.95 —Robes - Negligees $8 95 to $19.95 —Gowns - Slips $3.00 to $10.95 —Blouses - Skirts ' $3.50 to $10.95 ■M: Warm Gifts t Lovely and Practical —Wool Sweaters $3.95 to $10.95 —Wool Shirts $4.95 to $14.95 —Wool Gloves $1.00 to $2.25 —Wool Scarfs $1.00 to $2.95 —Ski Jackets •95 to $15.95 —Ski Pants All wool Gabardine $16.95 to $22.95 sr. M -I i I m X X i x / m ■p ^ i 1 —Night Gowns Pajamas Flannelette and Brushed Rayon A Open Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday UNTIL 9 P. M. 11 & ft 1 I de * $3.50 to $5.50 y I — KALISPELL — ) T H 3 1 •j r our roads. Someone gets stuck everyday. Now we have to got to the highway to get our daily papers. "5 don't mind getting stuck', said our carrier. 'It's ttK time it takes.' So now we're stuck with walking. Mrs. Mary Krall, LewistoWn, returned home Wednesday after a few days visit with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce. Weir. Mrs. Frances McClure, South Fork, left Monday for Anaconda where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Frank Laslovich. jTo Help Veterans Hungry Horse employment office. Clarence A. Brown, service of ficer for the veterans welfare commission, will be at the em ployment office, Columbia Falls, next Tuesday from 10 until 12 o'clock. The same afternoon, 1 to 3:30, he may be contacted at the