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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. 29, 1969 — MARTIN PROMOTED
Thomas L. Martin, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton L. Martin, Hope, was promoted to army SP4 Dec. 24 near Pleiku, Vietnam.
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PHILLIPS ESCAPED INJURY
Gary Phillips, a Navy electronic technician from Hope, escaped injury in the Jan. 15 USS Enterprise disaster in the Pacific. He had just gone off duty and was in his bunk when explosions ripped through the carrier, killing 25 Navy personnel and injuring many more.
Gary, who has served in the Navy Air Force for three years, joined the ship Jan. 6 at San Pedro.
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POSSE FINDS WOMAN SAFE
Friends were alarmed when Mrs. Merton Howell, who resides up a mountainside two miles from Sagle, couldn’t be reached by phone, and so notified Sheriff Wilcox and his staff.
Chief Deputy Howard Scott organized a snowmobile safari including himself, Bill Gill, who provided the machines, and Dave Nesbitt, an employee of Gill’s station in Sandpoint.
Snow was waist deep, and it took two hours after sighting the Howell home before they could reach it. At first they could not raise anyone, but then discovered tunnels under the snow that Mrs. Howell had made. They reached the door and found her, well and healthy, seated near a comfortable oil stove, watching television.
100 Years Ago
Northern Idaho News
Jan. 29, 1919 — DOCTOR PAGE RESIGNS
Dr. Page, recently appointed city health officer, tendered his resignation, which the city council accepted after some remonstrance. In resigning Dr. Page said if he kept the office he would have to enforce the quarantine regulations recently promulgated by the county health officer, and he thought the regulations were not enforceable.
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SAVINGS STAMPS FOR NATIONAL DEBT
The treasury department now proposes to continue the sale of war savings stamps as long as we have a national debt, which may be quite a long time, says the San Francisco Chronicle.
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FLU SITUATION IN SCHOOLS
Superintendent Park spoke to the city council about the flu situation in the schools, saying the present 4-day quarantine after exposure to influenza is making school work difficult and expensive. The cost of employing substitute teachers is running the district’s disbursements over the limit for the year, and so many pupils dropping out for four-day periods retards the work of the whole school. Park said a 48-hour observation period after exposure to the disease is recommended by many of the best authorities in the country, and he thinks if such a rule were put in force here it would make a more than proportionate difference in the school work.
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