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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

April 26, 1968 — TRIP TO EUROPE SET

Two Bonner County youths have been asked to be members of the 1968 Idaho Agricultural Youth People-To-People delegation to tour Europe this summer.

They are Dick Bradetich and Ted Lund. They were selected on the basis of their outstanding achievements and leadership in the Sandpoint Chapter of F.F.A.

They will leave from Washington, D.C. on July 13, visiting Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and France before returning on Aug. 3.

Bradetich, a Sandpoint High School senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Bradetich, Sagle. Lund, a junior at SHS, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Lund, Samuels.

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CHURCH CO-SPONSORS DRUG BILL

Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, has co-sponsored the second of three bills designed to reduce both the hazards and costs of prescription drugs.

“We are long overdue on legislation to protect both the public and the medical profession.”

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THREE MEN SENT FOR APRIL INDUCTION

James G. Carey, Michael D. Rosenberger and Purley J. Decker will report to Spokane according to Selective Service Board No. 9.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

April 26, 1918 — NEWS FROM HOPE

Funeral services for Rev. Cornelius Wendle, aged 83, were held Sunday at the Congregational church. Prayer by Rev. J. Hoffman was followed by the sermon by Rev. J.C. Grafton and remarks by Rev. S.S. Healy, son-in-law of the deceased, eulogistic of his personality and history. Pallbearers were Homer Baird, Jack Root, James Campbell, Merle Dunkle, William Lemmer and C.H. Krause. Burial was in Foresters’ cemetery.

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VOTE TO TAKE OVER WATER PROPERTY

With a total vote cast of 332, of which it was necessary to have two-thirds to carry the bond issue, taxpayers of the city of Sandpoint voted on Tuesday to purchase the water works system of Jerome L. Drumheller. The vote was directly upon a bond issue in the sum of $98,000, the difference between that and $140,000, the price to be paid, being represented by a mortgage now held against the plant and which the city assumes. The election was quiet in the extreme, as the light vote upon the proposition indicated.

The sale of the bonds and taking over of the plant is expected to be consummated by July 1.

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HONOR FLAG FOR BONNER COUNTY

G.N. Rooker received a telegram today from the federal reserve bank at San Francisco stating that Bonner county would be presented with an honor flag for “going over the top” in the Third Liberty loan drive.

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