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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 14, 1966 — FOUR BULLDOG GREATS
Sandpoint High School was blessed with an unusually fine group of athletes in this year’s senior class. How many other schools this size can boast two all-American athletes in the same class?
The two all-Americans are Gary Elliot in basketball and John Knowles in football. Two other members of that same class — both all-state football players — have joined the first pair to form one of the largest groups of Sandpoint high athletes from a single class to receive athletic grants-in-aid from colleges. The second two are Joe Stilwell and Larry Jacobson.
Elliot, unquestionably the finest basketball player ever to come out of Sandpoint, will attend Washington State University. Knowles will attend the University of Idaho. Stillwell will be in Corvallis at Oregon State University while Jacobson chose Whitworth College in Spokane.
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TYPING CLASS OFFERED
Persons interested in joining a typing class to be held at the Senior High School for five weeks are asked to enroll at the school. Ray Gapp, typing instructor, will conduct the class. Enrollment charge will be approximately $20.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
June 14, 1916 — WHITEFISH NET $24,000
George Troppman, proprietor of the Idaho Manufacturing company, recently stated that he has sold since last fall to the whitefish fishermen on Lake Pend d’Oreille over 4000 fish boxes of 50-pound capacity. Whitefish average 12 cents a pound, which means that the 200,000 pounds of fish shipped from the lake since last fall have brought approximately $24,000 into this section and “they are still fishing.”
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CAMPFIRE GIRLS TAKE OUTING
The Campfire Girls of the Methodist church hiked to Sagle yesterday, starting at 8:30 in the morning and returning at 4:10 in the afternoon. They camped and took dinner at Fry creek. Mabel Chaffins acted as guardian.
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LOSE GOOD GAME TO TROY TEAM
The local ball team lost a hard fought baseball game with the fast Troy players Sunday. The boys speak with enthusiasm of the skill shown by the Montana men, but are of the opinion they can beat them if they will come here for a contest on Recreation Park’s smoother grounds. Sunday’s game in Troy was on grounds that were rough and in places covered with loose sand.
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G.N. ENGINE PLUNGES INTO RIVER
Great Northern passenger engine pulling train No. 4 was derailed and fell into the Kootenai river, one mile east of Katake, Idaho, early Saturday, killing its engineer and fireman.
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