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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. 23, 1966 — CROY ARTICLE PRINTED
Paul Croy, Sandpoint Senior High teacher, has had a humorous item published in the October edition of the National Education Assn. Journal.
The item is entitled, “I Taught the First Grade (For 26 minutes).” It is a story of what an elementary school principal can face in a few short minutes if that principal is a man and has to take over in an emergency such as when the first grade teacher suddenly becomes ill and the substitute can’t get there for 26 minutes. In the item, the principal has to mother 27 first graders for 26 long minutes.
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OBITUARY
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Moon Chapel for Era Frances Jacobson, 55, who died October 18 at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane. Rev. Fred Rarden, of the First Methodist church will officiate.
She is survived by her husband, Rudolph, Sandpoint; six sisters, Lois Forell, Lucille Kannady, Lelia Witherell, Sylvia Kirby, Alma Becker and Lorraine Overland; three brothers, Ivan Smith, Clyde Smith and Ellis Smith.
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UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT
The total for fall enrollment at the University of Idaho is a record 6,208. In the last two years the university has grown almost 20 percent.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Oct. 23, 1916 — PLUCKY BATTLE
A flock of old gridiron stars (now local businessmen) came back in an amazing manner last Friday afternoon when they slipped a touchdown over on the local high school boys for the only score of the game, plucking a well earned victory 6 to 0. The game, played on a newly laid outfield just east of the Palace hotel (on Sand creek), was witnessed by a large body of enthusiastic fans and supporters of the sport.
Owing to the game’s early excitement the first quarter’s play ran 25 minutes so the next three quarters were shortened to seven minutes each.
The high school boys put up a plucky fight and deserve much credit for holding the husky past masters to as low a score as they did. Tomorrow the high school team goes to Coeur d’Alene, by auto, to play the fast high team of that place.
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AN IMPROVED APPEARANCE
Since the installation of much of the commercial club’s furniture the council chamber of the city hall has taken on a decidedly more attractive look and with the upholstered arm chairs taking the place of the hard wood furniture previously in use it is more than probable that the council meetings hereafter will find all of the city dads in place about the table. As much as the club thanks the council for granting the use of the room the board of aldermen are congratulating themselves upon the acquisition of the new furniture.
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