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From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID. 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Oct. 16, 1966 — WOMEN PLAN DINNER

At a meeting held last Thursday at Democratic headquarters in Sandpoint, plans were made for the dinner at Sandpoint Community Hall on Oct. 24 honoring Rep. Compton I. White, Jr.

Women present were Mrs. Lucille Hudon, Mrs. Dorothy Baldwin, Mrs. Helen Brockway and Mrs. Neta Belwood.

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DRAFT CALL LISTS FIVE

Selective Service System, Bonner County local board No. 9, reports five men have been ordered for induction into the Armed Forces for the month of October. Reporting to the induction station in Spokane on Oct. 12 were Richard A. McCurdy, Norman F. Long, Ronald James Morrow, John Arthur Stolz and Lawrence Leroy Gosney.

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SCHWEITZER TICKET PRICES

Season tickets at Schweitzer will be family $160, adult $75, college $60 and junior high school and under $45. These rates do not include sales tax.

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SANDPOINT TO HOST CITY GROUP

District meeting of the Association of Idaho Cities Oct. 27 will find Sandpoint officials hosting 25 cities of the North Idaho area. Mayor Floyd Gray is a director of the Association.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Oct. 16, 1916 — FANS ARE GRATEFUL

Local base ball fans are thankful to the proprietors of the Sandpoint Drug company for having placed a score board in front of their store and for arranging an inning by inning report of the big series. Through the five days that the series ran, before Boston was returned the winner, local enthusiasts were to be found in abundant numbers gathered about the board where scores were posted from the first inning to the last.

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SCHOOL SUPT. WANTS NEW BUILDING

“I wish further to recommend that the board, at its earliest convenience” said City Superintendent of Schools Henderson in his report to the school board Monday evening, “take the initial steps for the erection of a high school building adequate to serve the purposes of the district in a modern way, in the hope that our equipment may justify the expectation that Sandpoint children be given as good an opportunity for advancement and culture as the children of other communities with whom they will have to compete in after life. Having studied the situation, it is my conviction that the people of Sandpoint and Bonner county recognize the need of a satisfactory high school building here.” As given in the report of the board’s session, however, the matter was left open for future action by the process of tabling.

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