No headline

From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID. 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 30, 1966 — COX LEASES LODGE

Bob Cox, Travelers Motel, recently leased the North Shore Lodge and began operation of the facilities located near the city beach.

North Shore’s restaurant and lounge will be under the supervision of John Price who serves in the same capacity at Travelers. Cox will manage the motel portion of the lodge.

•••

RUSK-SCHWINTEK WEDDING PLANS

Miss Judith Rusk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rusk of Sandpoint, will marry Richard Schwintek, son of Mrs. Leonard Thacker of Sandpoint, On Friday, Sept. 2, at 8 p.m., in the First Methodist church with the Rev. Fred Rarden officiating.

Attendants for the bride will be Miss Laurilie Linscott, maid of honor, Miss Joyce Schwintek, sister of the groom, and Miss Terry Lee Chronic as bridesmaids.

The groom’s best man will be his cousin, Richard Hanson, and ushers will be Ron Hanson, another cousin of the groom, and Gary Dunham.

•••

Men who worry continually will never get to the top — they carry too much excess baggage.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Aug. 30, 1916 — NEW STUMP MACHINE

Two men representing the DeLong Boring machine were in the city the past week. The DeLong machine, which has been perfected over the past four years, is a device for boring holes into stumps, which are then fired and burned out.

A three-inch auger is used to bore a hole down the center into the taproot below ground level and then another hole at an angle from the side, just above ground level, to intersect the perpendicular hole. When the fire is started, the vertical hole acts as a chimney while the other supplies the draft. The superiority claimed for this method is that the fire is started below the ground so the lower part of the stump burns out first.

•••

SUFFRAGE LECTURE

A representative of the National Woman’s party, Mrs. Albert Muhse, speaks tonight at a street meeting on Second avenue near the commercial club on the difficulties of getting equal suffrage by state referendums, and on the activity of the past three years for the federal suffrage amendment.

•••

INSURANCE RATES REDUCED

Mayor Himes has been notified by the fire underwriters of the Pacific northwest that a reduction of 20 per cent would be made in the fire insurance rates for Sandpoint.

•••

NEWS FROM HOPE

Every day from one to half a dozen candidates are renewing friendship with the electors of Hope. Glad to meet them. May they all win.

For more information, visit the museum online at www.bonnercountyhistory.org.