Priest River royalty took part in the Torchlight Parade
100 Years Ago — 1922
Peculiar coincidence noted
Mr. And Mrs. C. W. Jenkins and children, and Mrs. Jenkins’ mother, motored up from Lapwai Tuesday in an Overland four, making the entire 80 miles in one day. Prof. Jenkins taught school here when the present building was first erected. For the past four years he has been superintendent of schools at Lapwai, but he has resigned to accept a position as professor of mathematics at Moscow High School so he can finish his work at the state university. A peculiar coincidence is that he and Leroy Smith will graduate at the same time. Young Smith was a freshman in Priest River High School under Prof. Jenkins.
90 Years Ago — 1932
Resort to be built
Mr. Stevens of Priest River is moving his family to the lake. He has bought land at the mouth of Granite Creek and is going to put in a summer resort.
80 Years Ago — 1942
Crowd wouldn’t have fitted
The class of ‘42 was the first to be graduated from new high school building and drew a record-breaking crowd. It would have been impossible to have seated them in the formerly used grade school auditorium.
70 Years Ago — 1952
Strike’s over
At a meeting Tuesday evening of the local union members of Kaniksu Forest Products, Inc., the men voted to accept the company’s offer and return to work at once. The offer was the same made to and accepted by the other groups of the Timber Products Manufacturing Assn.
60 Years Ago — 1962
Sixty-four will gradate
One of the largest classes in the history of Priest River High School will graduate this year. Commencement exercises will be held May 28 in the auditorium at 8 p.m. Valedictorian is Barbara Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hensley. Salutatorian is Harriet Lamanna, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Michael Lamanna.
50 Years Ago — 1972
Royalty in parade
The Priest River royalty took part in the Torchlight Parade Thursday and the Lilac Parade Saturday in Spokane. Pam Benscoter, Miss Priest River, and princesses Janet Keough and Bobbie Franklin, rode the Chamber of Commerce float, with the theme featuring the 25th anniversary of the Loggers Celebration and the 50th anniversary of the Priest River Chamber of Commerce.
40 Years Ago — 1982
He was “agin it.”
Dissenting testimony was received from only one person at the public hearing on the Priest River Industrial Site grant application. Long-time resident Curtis Beardmore complained that the whole project looks like a bunch of skuduggery to me. I’m agin it,” he said.
30 Years Ago — 1992
Highly awarded
Kathy Coyle, a flute player from Priest River Lamanna High School and Oldtown resident, was highly awarded as a member of the Idaho All-State Band. PRLHS band leader Rod Christensen said it is the first time he remembers a Priest River student going to state.
20 Years Ago — 2002
Skatepark wins grant
The U. S. Forest Service has awarded the city of Priest River a $10,650 grant toward the construction of the skate park that will be built east of the Frank Chapin Senior Citizen Center at 339 W. Jackson. With construction costs estimated at $40,000, organizers still need to raise $13,379 before construction can begin.