No headline
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 21, 1966 — REPAIR SHOP OPENING
Millard (Swede) Nordgaarden of Sandpoint has announced he is opening an auto repair shop at 425 N. Division this coming weekend.
Nordgaarden, a longtime resident of Sandpoint, has been employed at Bonner Motors for a number of years.
•••
BELWOODS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Belwood of Laclede were honored with a silver wedding anniversary party June 4 at the I.W.A. hall in Sandpoint. The party was given by their family, Mr. and Mrs. Chet Howell and girls, Mikki, Ernie and Betsy Belwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Belwood (nee Neta Graves) were married on June 6, 1941 at the old Baptist church in Laclede.
•••
TAYLOR HAD 5 ONE-PUTT GREENS
Martha Taylor won a new golf ball last Wednesday in Women’s Golf League play by taking the fewest putts, reports league president Jane Evans. The contest winner needed only 13 putts in nine holes. She one-putted five greens.
•••
CRADLE ROLL CALL
June 9 — a girl, 5 pounds 7 1/2 ounces, to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Spade, route 1, Sandpoint.
So far in June only one girl has been born at Bonner General Hospital.
100 Years Ago
Northern Idaho News
June 21, 1916 — GUARD CALLED OUT
The men of Company A, Second Regiment, N.G.I., and the 2nd Regiment band began to assemble at the armory at the Rink Opera house and at the Band room in the city hall on Monday preparatory to departure for the Mexican border. President Wilson ordered mobilization of the National Guard for the work of border patrol on the Mexican border, thus freeing thousands of regulars for the use of Gen. Frederick Funston in Mexico. Under the present law the militia may only be used for service within the United States, but a new law reorganizing and enlarging the U.S. military forces goes into effect July 1.
The local company has been some men short of the required number recently but with the prospects for active service in Mexico there has been no difficulty whatever in recruiting the required strength — 65 men.
•••
AFTER THE CALL
Monday’s misty rain which turned to snow about noon today dampened local military preparations with a somewhat detrimental effect to recruiting.
The open air drill on the high school campus last evening and a brief concert given by the band on Second and Main attracted a large number of people though the air was somewhat cold.
The boys in khaki are preparing to bid farewell with an informal dance at the Rink this evening. It is expected that a large crowd will attend.
For more information, visit the museum online at www.bonnercountyhistory.org.