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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

Jan. 17, 1969 — CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEWS

Christian Church Ladies Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. Ada Coulston, 520 Lavina Ave., at 1 p.m. today.

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STEVENS BROTHERS AT EL TORO

Sgt. William R. Stevens, who has been in the Marine Corps for seven and a half years, arrived home from DaNang Air Base, Vietnam to spend the holidays with his wife and three children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stevens.

On Jan. 13, he reported to the MCAS at El Toro, Calif., where his wife and children, who have been residing in Spokane, will join him.

Stevens was pleasantly surprised to learn that his brother, Cpl. Paul Stevens, will also be stationed at El Toro, having arrived there Jan. 3 from the naval training facility at Memphis, Tenn.

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COUNTY OFFICIALS SWORN

County officials were sworn in Monday morning despite the attempts of the weather to keep some of them absent.

Installed in office were Billie L. King, treasurer; Frances Sleep, probate judge; Norma Strecker, assessor; Jack Popplewell, commissioner; Harold Anselmo, commissioner; Everett Hofmeister, prosecutor; and Robert Wilcox, sheriff.

Barry D. “Buck” Nelson, coroner, was re-elected but unable to be present. Doris L. Kenney, auditor, has two more years on her term and stands for election in 1970.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Jan. 17, 1919 — TWO SCHOOLS CLOSE

With the illness of Miss Williams, principal of the Washington school, that school closed Tuesday for the remainder of the week. The Jefferson school also closed when it became known that one of the teachers had been exposed to the flu.

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NO MORE DRUNKENESS

Montana going dry has put a quietus on drunkenness here. Since the close of the year, when the dry law went into effect in that state, there has been only one case of drunkenness in the police court, and that was on the second day of January, probably the result of a purchase made before the new law went into effect.

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NEWS FROM HOPE

William Crisp took a sleighload of young people to Clarksfork to take in the roller skating.

The boats were unable to make their usual landing Wednesday on account of the storms.

No flu cases reported at the present writing.

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RAINFALL BREAKS RECORD

F. H. Lafrenz of the experiment farm reported that at 4 o’clock this afternoon more rain had fallen in the 24-hour period, 2.1 inches, than of any similar 24-hour period in the records of the experiment farm.

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