Bonner County History - Feb. 2, 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

Feb. 2, 1970 – GROUSE CREEK NEWS

Northside School was closed three days last week due to sickness of students and personnel.

Mrs. Winnie Freeman’s kindergarten is still operating but with reduced attendance. The regular enrollment consists of pupils from Hope, including Larry Adams and Jeff Agenbrood; David Currie and Paula Becker, Sandpoint; Pat Boehm and Tommy Ketchum, Kootenai; and from Sunnyside, Cindy Shaw, Laura Space and Mary O’Meara; Lori Tucker, Grouse Creek; Tommy Albertson, Steve Kelly and Teddy Thomas, Gold Creek; and Shaunna Kincaid, Pack River.

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CARNATION PLANT BOUGHT

After 15 years as manager of Sandpoint’s Carnation Co. distribution plant, Fred Merrill on Jan. 1 became owner of the plant in partnership with Art Surby, a Carnation employee presently residing in Spokane. They will operate under the name of Emerald Distributors, Inc.

Employees of the firm, all former Carnation employees, are John Deeter, Ralph Crabb, Harold Overland, and Paul Hart, a recent addition to the staff. Richard Wilkinson of Thompson Falls and Leonard Powell, Sandpoint, are other drivers.

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HAD HAWAIIAN VACATION

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schedler have returned from a three-week vacation trip to the Hawaiian Islands, during which they spent time at Honolulu, Hilo, at Kona and on the island of Maui.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Feb. 2, 1920 – CITY BREVITIES

A.W. Bowen, cashier at the First National bank, is back at his desk after a two weeks’ wrestle with the flu.

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NEWS FROM HOPE

Smallpox is spreading and four families have been quarantined. At a meeting of the chairmen of the two villages, together with John Larson, clerk of the school board, and Principal Smith of the school, it was decided necessary to vaccinate all children going to school. On Tuesday nearly all the children were vaccinated.

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OLD CHINAMAN PASSES

Fang Kee, old-time Chinaman who had operated several restaurants in Sandpoint, died at the City hospital Friday. Kee, who came to Sandpoint about ten years ago, was a kindly old Celestial, the soul of business honor and well known to many older citizens, who always had a warm spot for him. Louis Den and Judge Whitaker arranged for Kee to be buried here with an identification mark for his grave so that if ever his countrymen want to send his ashes back to China they will be able to find all that is left of old Kee. His only known relative is a cousin in Spokane. Judge Whitaker, who knew Kee well, thinks he was about 60 years old.

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