Bonner County History - Aug. 5, 2021
From the archives of the
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
208-263-2344
50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Aug. 5, 1971 – WINS PROMOTION
Kathleen Seitz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Seitz, Sandpoint, was promoted to sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Sgt. Seitz, a 1968 SHS graduate, is a medical service specialist at Randolph AFB, Tex. She attended Spokane’s Sacred Heart School of Nursing and Spokane Community College.
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DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC OLD FARMIN
Demolition of the Old Farmin school began July 28 and is nearing completion a step at a time. The attack plan is to pull out sections of the second floor walls, salvage the bricks, let the roof fall in, bring down the first floor walls, salvage more bricks, etc. Fire Chief Chubb said when the debris is down to the first story floor, the burnable material will be touched off. Local businessman Lloyd Larson bought 7,000 bricks for a home he plans to build.
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RECEPTION FOR MARVIN EMERY
International Order of Odd Fellows and Lake Rebekah Lodge are co-sponsoring a reception in honor of Marvin Emery, Saturday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Community hall. Emery is grand master of the Grand Lodge of the Jurisdiction of Idaho, I.O.O.F. The next day the International picnic will be held in Memorial Park for members and their guests.
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BUSINESS CARDS
BEN FRANKLIN Variety Store - The place to shop first! Darold & Patricia Sauer. 323 First, Sandpoint.
Bi-Rite Drug, Your Family Drug Store – 306 N 1st.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Aug. 5, 1921 – STILL FOUND AT DOVER
A still, which included a 15-gallon milk can, an old keg, a worm and 40 gallons of mash, was taken yesterday by Sheriff Kirkpatrick in a raid upon the cookhouse at old Dover camp No. 1, up the Dover flume about two miles from Dover. The mash was made from oats and strong enough to kill a packrat.
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LONG GAME MAKES BASEBALL HISTORY
Threatened but once in 18 innings of baseball, and repeatedly putting their opponents in bad holes, the Humbird-Sandpoint Tigers Sunday battled the Bonners Ferry team for 3½ hours to a scoreless tie. The thermometer was bubbling with the heat, both teams were soaked in sweat and the sweltering humidity began to tell on the teams. At the end of the 18th inning, both managers agreed to call it a day. The longest, hardest fought diamond battle ever occurring in this area, the contest will go down in Inland Empire sports history as a baseball classic.
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MINISTER MAKES RECORD SWIM
Rev. W. Wallace, the Kootenai church pastor, swam from Rocky point, near Kootenai, to the sandbar west of Contest point this morning, making the three and a half mile distance in one hour and 35 minutes. He suffered no ill effects from his long swim. Archie Nogle, superintendent of the Kootenai school, accompanied him with a rowboat.
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