Bonner County History - Jan. 17, 2021

| January 17, 2021 1:00 AM

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

Jan. 17, 1971 – ATTENDED INAUGURATION

Senator and Mrs. James Stoicheff, Dr. and Mrs. J.P. Munson, Mr. and Mrs. James Brockway, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Wetterow and Robert Kalb, all of Bonner County, attended the Jan. 4 inauguration ceremonies, reception and two balls for the new governor, Cecil D. Andrus, state officials and legislators in Boise.

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IDAHO FIRST NATIONAL BUYS OLD FARMIN

The Bonner County School Board accepted an offer of $125,000 for the Old Farmin School block (bounded by Second, Church, Third and Main streets) in downtown Sandpoint and approved its sale to the Idaho First National Bank at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The move assured the commercial development of the downtown block by one of Idaho’s major banking institutions.

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SHS CLASS OF 1951 PLANS REUNION

The committee planning a reunion for the Sandpoint Senior High Class of 1951 held its second meeting Monday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Farmin. Mrs. Farmin and Jack Parker are co-chairman for the event which is planned for July 24-25. Attending were Parker, Mrs. Luella Madsen, Ralph Chicks, Mrs. Genevieve Thurlow, Mrs. Barbara Fister and Mrs. Patty Balch.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Jan. 17, 1921 – CITY BREVITIES

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Amzi Gorslin, a son.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Caryl Wilson, a son.

Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Wright, 509 N. Sixth avenue, are the parents of a baby, born Saturday.

Manager Jack B. Gardner of the Gem and Mrs. Gardner are parents of an eight-pound son, born Saturday at Mrs. Lancaster’s maternity hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Anderson are parents of a 7½-pound daughter, born Sunday at City hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swenson of Samuels are the parents of a daughter (Lily Marie), born Sunday. (Note: Lily Swenson later married Harold Marley).

A daughter was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith who live near Great Northern depot.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bond are parents of a 9-pound boy, born at the City hospital Wednesday.

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MRS. BOWER DECLINES

At the Chamber of Commerce directors meeting, a letter from Mrs. P.M. Bower, elected a director at the previous meeting, was read. She declined the honor of becoming a director on the grounds that her Civic club duties and her having just been made a member of the executive body of the Idaho Federation of Women’s clubs precluded her giving sufficient time to chamber affairs. The office was then declared open and an informal ballot taken to choose another director, the first ballot electing H.F. Schedler, father of the Bonner county seed potato industry.

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