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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

June 7, 1966 — NEW CAR LOT OPENED

The formal opening of the Sandpoint Motor Company’s new used car display lot at the corner of Fourth and Cedar takes place today.

The lot which takes in a full half block was the former site of a pioneer hotel, the Ponderay, which was razed, the lot filled and then paved.

Sandpoint Motor Co. has been serving the motoring public of the area for some 35 years under the management of the Parker family. Jack Parker succeeded to the management spot when his father, the late O. B. Parker passed away several years ago.

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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Gallucci of Victorville, Calif., announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Bernadette Irene, to Terry Douglas Stockmam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stockman of Kootenai.

Wedding plans are being made for July 18 in the Lutheran church in Victorville.

Miss Gallucci attended Victorville High School, Valley College and is presently employed as a telephone operator at Victorville. Mr. Stockman, a graduate of the Sandpoint Senior High, is employed by LaFox Development Corporation of Illinois in Victorville.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

June 7, 1916 — POPULAR COUPLE WED

A pretty wedding was solemnized last Tuesday at 5 p.m., May 30, at the Presbyterian parsonage when Miss Abigail Smith became the bride of Guy C. Jeffers both of Clarksfork, Idaho. The bride, who was lovely in a flesh-colored crepe meteor made with a lace overdrape and wore a picture hat, was attended by her sister Miss Hazel Smith, while Rex B. Deitrick acted as best man.

Mrs. Jeffers, who is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Smith, conducted a millinery store for several years and has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. The groom is also well and favorably known, having resided on a homestead near Clarksfork for the past fourteen years.

After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers will be at home at their bungalow in Clarksfork.

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NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAY DEDICATED

The dedication of the National Parks Highway last Sunday in Chicago by smashing a bottle of lake water on the pavement at the corner of Michigan Boulevard and Twenty-Third street was the culmination of a series of events celebrating the departure of the touring party which will make the trip over the National Parks highway from Chicago to Puget Sound, arriving in Sandpoint about June 30. One of the two cars which will bear the party across the continent has big letters on either side advertising the highway: “See America first — National Parks Highway — Chicago, Twin Cities, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma.”

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