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From the archives of the
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
July 19, 1966 — KIWANIAN OF THE WEEK
Jim Reed was named Kiwanian of the week for his adventures on July 4. Reed and a partner were going down the Flathead river on a raft, doing some fishing, when they glanced upstream to see a partially submerged boat coming with a woman in it and a man with a life jacket. Reed and friend scooped the woman out of the water and aided her in reaching shore.
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NO ACTION ON TRACK LOCATION
Site for a senior high track was studied Tuesday night as members of the Bonner County School dist. No. 82 looked over property next to the high school in the company of representatives of Bulldog Bench and the Sandpoint Lions.
No decision was made on attempting to purchase the nearby property but school athletic officials were instructed to lay out where a track would fit and show how much property it would require.
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JACKIE BROCKWAY VISITED CALIFORNIA
Miss Jackie Brockway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brockway, recently returned from a three-week vacation trip in California.
While there she visited family and friends in Vallejo, CA and toured parks and places of interest in San Francisco. She commented that the trip was very interesting and she had a fabulous time.
100 Years Ago
Northern Idaho News
July 19, 1916 — WALKERS’ CLUB WALKS
A newly-formed walking club, which may eventually be converted into an Alpine club equipped with alpenstocks and other paraphernalia for mountain-climbing, took its first hike Wednesday evening when the members went out to Sunnyside by boat, and, after spending a social evening with friends there, beached their craft and walked into town ‘long the railroad, making the intervening fourteen miles, it is claimed by the members, in exceptionally good amateur time considering the members had not done any training whatever.
The club members are elated over their jaunt, and expect that other hikes will be taken frequently, the distance increasing with their proficiency..
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WIND DOES DAMAGE WORST IN YEARS
Last Wednesday about 9 p.m. Sandpoint was visited by one of the worst wind and dust storms in its history. Telegraph and telephone services were cut off, electric wires down and for a time the city was in darkness. The large tent at the corner of Fourth and Cedar, in which the Church of God were holding services was blown down but luckily no one was hurt. A large plate glass window in the front of the Sandpoint Mercantile store was broken, and a barn west of town was unroofed.
Geo. Rooker the light company manager, hurried to the plant when the current went off and arranged for starting the engines, and within an hour Supt. Ruel was generating current from the local plant.
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