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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

Feb. 14, 1967 — BERG SOLE OWNER

Karl R. Berg is now sole owner of the Lo-Price Superette, 201 N. First, while his former partner, Edwin Crockett, is the owner of the building housing the store. Berg and Crockett had operated the store as partners for the past seven years, since purchasing the business from the Sigman food chain.

There is a lot of nostalgia involved in this store location for Berg who came to Sandpoint in 1915. He first worked in the store when it was owned by the Stone chain back in 1939.

Berg noted his store is the only one in Sandpoint that doesn’t have a parking lot, but that cuts down the overhead. He feels that without the parking meters, the store would not serve as many customers as he recalls the tendency of merchants and employees to park on the streets in the days before the meters. Take away the meters and our customers have no place to park while shopping, he stated.

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BEAUTY SALON SOLD TO NITA HAYDEN

Idolwood Beauty Saloon, opened in the summer of 1965 by Lyle Raferty on Oak Street, has changed hands in a business transaction announced last week. Raferty is moving to Coeur d’Alene.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Feb. 14, 1917 — STATUS OF COMPANY A

The present status of Company A, which is now mustered out of federal service, is that of a company organized under the federal act of last June. They are subject to call by the federal government for any class of service at any time. Under the act every man will receive one fourth the salary paid for a like rank in the regular army.

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LINCOLN DAY MASK BALL

The Lincoln Birthday mask ball at the Rink opera house was a success both financially and from a merry-making standpoint, with 100 tickets sold, and the costumes many and varied. There was to have been a costumer to rent costumes, but a wreck on the railroad was responsible for the disappointment.

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216 WORDS PER MINUTE

R.T. Kelley, who has been taking the dictation as special reporter in Humbird-Water Co. case, gave a shorthand demonstration last Friday morning before the high school students. He is considered the swiftest man in the United States, if not in the world and gave a demonstration in which he took 216 words in one minute.

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PURCHASES BICYCLE SHOP

Kimmel & Pike have purchased the bicycle and repair shop formerly operated at the corner of Main and 6th, known as the Whitaker bicycle repair shop. The stock has been moved to the new location of Kimmel & Pike, 210 Cedar street.

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