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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

March 31, 1969 — N.R. DAVIS PROMOTED

Ned R. Davis, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis, Sandpoint, recently was promoted to Army sergeant on completion of the Infantry Noncommissioned Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, Ga. In his 12 weeks of training, the sergeant received instruction in leadership, light weapons, infantry tactics, map reading and communications. Davis was selected for the course under a specialized Army program that grants rapid promotions to outstanding individuals. He entered the Army in May 1968.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW DUDES TO ORGANIZE

Mountain View Dudes 4-H will hold their organizational meeting Sunday at the Mrs. Frank Travers home east of Boyer slough. Officers will be elected and plans made for the summer program. Club projects are beginning and advanced horsemanship and dog obedience training. Project leaders are Mrs. Frank Travers, Mrs. Wm. LaRock and Mrs. P.F. Vander Sloot.

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SGT. CARTER AT FT. BENNING, GA.

Sgt. Harold E. (Hal) Carter left for Fort Benning, Ga. Saturday, where he is enrolled in Officers Candidate School. The son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Daniel M. Carter, Bottle Bay road, he is a member of the Coeur d’Alene reserve unit and took his basic infantry training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

March 31, 1919 — AT THE GEM

Wednesday and Thursday, Norma Talmadge in “The Safety Curtain;” Friday and Saturday, Ethel Clayton in “Woman’s Weapons,” also Fatty Arbuckle in “The Sheriff;” Sunday Only, Matinee and Night, Enid Bennett in “Fuss and Feathers;” Monday and Tuesday, Maurice Tourneur in “Sporting Life,” a Paramount special.

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LOCAL BRIEFS

Dance at the Liberty Friday night as usual.

Chas. Shoemaker was in Spokane Saturday and Sunday. Wild rumors were circulated as to Mr. Shoemaker’s errand in the city. He says there is “nothing to it,” though he would make no promises as to what might happen in the future.

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SECURES A TON OF SEED SPUDS

H.F. Schedler, potato project leader for the farm bureau, accompanied by the county agriculturist, went to Coeur d’Alene Saturday to buy seed potatoes for Bonner county farmers.

He secured a little less than a ton of Idaho Rurals, averaging 97 per cent free from disease, which is considered very good considering existing conditions in northern Idaho. Some seed stock offered contained as high as 16 per cent of diseased tubers, but these were as rejected as unfit for the purpose of the Bonner county growers, who aim to establish a seed potato standard that shall make this section famous.

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