Bonner County History - Aug. 19, 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. 19, 1971 – CITY BANS OPEN BURNING

Open burning is prohibited in Sandpoint due to dry, hot weather. Fire Chief Chubb said the city will issue no burning permits until rain relieves the present dry spell. Burning in incinerators is allowed.

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WOOD IS NEW CHIEF OF FAIR BOARD

Robert Wood, Gold Creek rancher and longtime Bonner County Fair Board member, was elected chairman of the seven-member board. Mrs. Vernon Ruen of Clark Fork was named vice chairman. Fair board secretary Raynold D. Davis and treasurer Frank Cochran retained their respective posts. Dale Pelton of Sandpoint was appointed to the board recently by the county commissioners to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ivan Smith.

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BIRTHS

Aug. 13 – Mr. and Mrs. Robert Verdal, Sagle, girl, 7 lb. 1 oz.; and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McGrath, Priest River, girl, 6 lb. 7½ oz.; Aug. 15 – Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Good, Sandpoint, girl, 6 lb. 3½ oz.

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FAMILY REUNION HONORED MRS. HULL

Sunday, Aug. 15, was a happy occasion for Mrs. Nina Hull of Sandpoint when she was honored with an early birthday party that became a family reunion with all of her children and other relatives and friends gathered at the city beach hut for a picnic.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Aug.19, 1921 – TIMELY RAIN CHECKS FIRES

Heavy rains Wednesday night and Thursday, throughout Bonner and Boundary counties, have resulted in the checking of forest fires in the area. Although fires have been extremely numerous during the hot, dry weather of the summer and threatened untold damage to the timbered areas of this section, the season has practically gone by without any big losses being incurred, such as have marked woods fires annually in seasons past.

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SANDPOINT DRUG BURGLARIZED

Thieves entered Sandpoint Drug Monday night and made a getaway with all the morphine and crystal cocaine in the store, a small quantity valued at about $35; $10 in halves and quarters from the cash register, four safety razors, 12 straight razors, a watch and a flashlight. An unlocked safe which held about $50 was not opened. Store employe (sic) Frank Sargent, who sleeps on the floor above the store, heard a crash about 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, but after listening and hearing nothing more, went back to sleep. In the morning he discovered the burglary and a window broken out at the store’s rear. It is believed the thief is a “hophead.”

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CITY BREVITIES

C.F. Ewing, his son, Clell, and daughter, Arlie, left by auto for Yellowstone park. He said before they left that if the weather remained hot, he would return here from the park, but if it became cooler, he would continue the trip to his old home at Springfield, Mo.

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