No headline

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

Sept. 20, 2016 — CHILD SURVIVES FALL

What could have been a lasting nightmare to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Denison, Hayden Lake, ended on a happier note Sunday morning as their daughter Tina Marie, 2, was released from Bonner General Hospital.

Idaho State Policeman Harvey Riffle said the couple and their two children were coming home from a picnic at Troy. They lost their daughter about 10:30 p.m. Saturday while rounding the highway curve between Kootenai and Ponderay. They did not miss her until they had passed through Sandpoint and crossed the long bridge.

Riffle said both children were bundled down to sleep in the rear seat. The Denisons had stated they were having troubles with a defective door latch. Apparently, as the car rounded the curve, Tina Marie’s weight rolled against the door and she fell out. Air pressure against the moving vehicle shut the door and all the parents noted at the time was a momentary draft of cool air.

June Sandall, Sandpoint, a nurse, was on her way to work at the hospital. She found the child in a blanket in the middle of the roadway and rushed her to the hospital. Padded by the blanket, Tina Marie had head injuries but they were not sufficient to keep her at the hospital beyond Sunday morning.

Riffle advised drivers to have doors adjusted if there are problems and reminds that there are additional safety devices that can be attached to car doors for safety of small passengers.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Sept. 20, 2016 — LOCAL PARAGRAPHS

Thirteen potatoes on display in the Sandpoint Drug window were raised by Edwin Doust. They all came from one hill and weigh twelve pounds.

C.S. Weaver, who is gardening across the lake south of town brought two Spanish radishes to the Sandpoint Mercantile last week, the largest of which weighed four pounds, three ounces.

•••

OLD HICKORY CHIPS

Considerable paper might be saved in the present shortage if the number of copies of the congressional record printed were cut down to the number of those who read it.

•••

REV. GEORGE WELLS TO SPOKANE

After four years in the Methodist church pulpit, Rev. George Wells has been assigned to pastor the Union Park Methodist church in Spokane. It is with genuine regret that the community sees him go. Rev. Charles MacCaughey will succeed him.

•••

W.G. ASHER TO LEWISTON

The Rev. W.G. Asher gave his last sermon here Sunday and will leave shortly for Lewiston, where he accepted a pastorate in the Christian church. Rev. Asher made many friends in his year here, taking great interest in the boy scout movement.

For more information, visit the museum online at www.bonnercountyhistory.org.