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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

July 23, 1967 — HOPE NEWS

Last week, the Village of East Hope received four swimming docks, made at the state prison, which are set up for use on village property near the Litehouse. Diving boards and ladders will be added as soon as completed. As these docks are stationed in deeper water the village repaired one of the old docks, which is tied up close to shore for use by younger children and non-swimmers.

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PVT. WHITNEY COMPLETES SCHOOL

Army Private Chester C. Whitney, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clive C. Whitney, 533 S. Olive, completed eight weeks advanced training as a combat engineer July 7 at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

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GRACE M. SCHWARTZ FUND SET UP

For years to come, Bonner county students at the University of Idaho will be aided because a Sandpoint woman left $59,700 in her will to the college. The late Grace M. Schwartz had no special link to U of I but had an interest in higher education after her late son attended WSU.

Regents have set up scholarships for Bonner county students using income from the fund. Seven $300 scholarships are now available.

Mrs. Schwartz and her late son owned a section of farmland on upper Pack river. In later years, they divided their time between their farm here and the Columbia Basin at Moses Lake.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

July 23, 1917 — CITY BREVITIES

Monday was the hottest day of the summer in Sandpoint. Thermometers registered all the way from 92 degrees in the shade to 115 which M.L. Bruce reports a thermometer on the brick wall in the rear of his store registered.

$2.98 will buy a 31-piece dinner set for only a few days more. At the Central Pharmacy.

Five men were brought in from Grouse creek by deputy sheriffs Monday where it was reported I.W.W.s were on picket duty. The men were brought to the county seat and told to move on.

G.S. Helphrey made the ladies at the Red Cross chapter happy Wednesday afternoon when he sent from the creamery four bricks of ice cream and two dozen palm leaf fans to help them forget the heat.

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I.W.W. INIMICAL TO NATION’S IDEALS

George D. Ayers, dean of the state university law department, last night told a good-sized crowd gathered on the school ground that, while the country is at war with a foreign foe, a foe to the teachings of those who founded the republic upon equal rights is in our midst. He claimed that the I.W.W.s seek to break down individual liberty and coerce freemen to assist them in a class struggle. He said incidents had come to his attention showing the I.W.W., by a system of intimidation and coercion, forces men into their ranks against their will.

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