Bonner County History - May 31, 2022
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
May 31, 1972 – SANDPOINTERS IN GERMANY
Three Sandpoint servicemen are assigned to the Army’s 32nd Signal Battalion near Hochst, Germany. They are Pfc. Roland C. Buck and Pvts. Brandon R. Buck and Joseph M. Wilkinson. All entered the Army last year and were stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. prior to their assignments in Germany. The three men are mechanics with the battalion’s Company A.
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MAJ. ROSS RUSSELL VIETNAM CASUALTY
Major Alexander (Ross) Russell, son of Mrs. Mae Davis, Sandpoint, is recovering from wounds received in action in Vietnam on April 15. An Army helicopter pilot, Russell was on a mission in the battle zone when his craft came under heavy ground fire and he was hit in the right shoulder by a 50 caliber bullet. He was first hospitalized in Vietnam, then in Guam and now is in Chelsea Naval Hospital in Bedford, Mass. This was Russell’s third tour in Vietnam and the second time he was wounded. He has received the Purple Heart and many other medals during his 13 years of service.
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JUDGE BURNS RESIGNS POST
Magistrate Margaret N. Burns this week resigned the First Judicial District post she has held since her court was established in Jan. 1971. Her resignation is effective Oct. 1. Judge Burns was appointed justice of the peace in Sandpoint in 1959, a position she held until taking over the magistrate court last year.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
May 31, 1922 – TALACHE HAS A BALL TEAM
The Talache mining camp has organized a ball team which is anxious to take on games with outside teams. Ball grounds were fixed up this week near the mill, with about 400 feet between the home plate and the mill. Cashier Sanders has a box of cigars for the first player who hits the side of the mill with a batted ball.
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CITY BREVITIES
Leland Johnson, sales manager for the City garage, has returned from a week’s trip to the Coast. He went by train to Seattle, secured a Dodge car for the garage and drove home. Because Snoqualmie pass was blocked with snow at the time, he made the trip back by way of Portland and the Columbia river highway.
About 50 high school students and faculty members made a lake excursion to Midas Sunday, going on the steamer Northern on its first summer excursion trip, leaving at 2 p.m. and returning at 8 p.m. There were 34 of the party present at the Sunday chicken dinner at Mrs. Jennie Bullis’ summer resort, the others picnicking on the lake shore around Garfield bay.
The City garage this week installed its second “clear vision” gasoline filling station, a machine with a 15-gallon capacity glass tank. The station was placed on the Fourth avenue side of the garage, the other, a 10-gallon size station, being placed on Cedar street.
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SOCIETY
A large party of Sandpoint young people motored to Samuels Saturday, where they were entertained at the Samuels home. The evening was spent in dancing.
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