Bonner County History - Aug. 23, 2020

From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 23, 1970 — NEW SMOKEY BEAR SIGN

Smokey the bear lost his fire danger warning pointer. The old fire danger sign, with Smokey pointing to the current fire danger, has been replaced with a sign on which the bear displays a sign instead. Forest Service crews prepared the new sign, as youngsters often re-adjusted the pointer on the old sign, so the public wasn’t always properly informed of the true fire danger.

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DENISE LARAE PHILLIPS ENGAGED

Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips of Hope announce the engagement of their daughter, Denise LaRae, to Joel Patrick White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Compton L. White of Clark Fork. Both are graduates of Clark Fork High School and plan to attend North Idaho Junior College this fall. No definite wedding plans have been made.

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BUTLERS TO OBSERVE 60TH ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Butler, Hope, will be honored on their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 29. They were married Aug. 27, 1910 in a home her father built in 1909, which still stands on the Little Spokane River on land her parents homesteaded before the Great Northern Railroad was built there. The Butlers, who moved to Hope in 1933, have two sons, Guy and Gene, 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Mr. Butler served as a city councilman for years. Mrs. Butler is the 1970 Bonner County Mother of the Year.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Aug. 23, 1920 — MANY BATHERS

Good crowds have been making use of the new dressing rooms recently installed on the bathing beach. Last week the daily average has been 179. Many others have made use of the bathing beach although this year’s improvements have helped bring out greater crowds than ever before.

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SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC

The Presbyterian Sunday school picnicked at Whitaker’s landing, about 100 strong including the school officials, teachers, adult classes and little ones. The excursion was made on the steamer Western with arrangements made by a committee headed by Mrs. G.S. Helphrey. Myrvin Davis, Sunday school superintendent, said the menu included “10 gallons of ice cream and 10 tons of pie.”

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CITY BREVITIES

The new automobile service station, recently built on Cedar street opposite the Idaho hotel (corner 4th and Cedar) was opened for business this week under the management of J. Monroe Wallace, the company operating service stations now both here and at Kalispell.

Oscar Anderson has accepted the position as timekeeper at the A.C. White Lumber Company’s Camp No. 3, near Bonners Ferry. The former timekeeper was killed recently in an aeroplane accident at Coeur d’Alene.

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