Bonner County History - Feb. 4, 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. 4, 1970 – LIVE ON THE LAKE

Choice 65’x565’ lot on Pend Oreille lake close to Sandpoint. Large older 4 bedroom home with guest cottage. $13,900 - $3000 down, $75/mo., interest @ 6% per annum. S&T Realtors, Panida Theatre Building. Lola Rainey 263-3416, Norm Rosenberger, Jr. 263-4860, Jean Ayers 263-3830, Steve or Teddy Erickson 263-3483.

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VICKI KAY KOHLER ENGAGEMENT TOLD

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kohler of Kootenai announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Vicki Kay, to Marion Eugene Rollins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rollins, of Kellogg.

Miss Kohler, a 1969 SHS graduate, is employed in Kellogg. Rollins, a 1966 graduate of Kellogg High School, is employed at Linfor Lumber Co. in Kellogg. The couple plan a February wedding.

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TEA HONORED MRS. LINSCOTT

Relatives and friends gathered Thursday in the home of Mrs. Lillian Linscott in Kootenai to honor her with a surprise tea. Mrs. Linscott and Norman Linscott of Sandpoint were married Saturday.

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SERVING IN VIETNAM

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Donald Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Wallace, is on duty at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam as a communications technician with a unit of the USAF Communications Service. A Korean War veteran, he was previously assigned to Luke AFB, Ariz.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Feb. 4, 1920 – CITY BREVITIES

A son was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ridley.

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LOG FLUME ON LIGHTNING CREEK

Caryl Wilson has completed plans and made the survey for a flume to be put in from section 24 to where Lightning creek flows into Pack river, for the taking out of timber for C.W. Beardmore of Priest River from his holdings. The flume will be six miles in length, with a total fall of 619 feet and will cost between $40,000 and $50,000. It will be a “V” flume, with five-foot sides, resting on pilings or trestlework. It should be ready by early fall.

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SANDPOINT ATTORNEYS

Herman H. Taylor, Attorney-At-Law, Farmin Block, Cor. Cedar and Second Ave., Sandpoint.

Myrvin Davis, Lawyer, Notary Public. All Courts, Phone 138-W, Res. Phone 52-W. Office City Hall.

E.W. Wheelan, Lawyer, Office Whitaker Block, Sandpoint, Idaho.

Allen P. Asher, Lawyer, General Practice of Law in All Courts. Fidelity Building, Sandpoint.

Sidney H. Smith, Lawyer, Phone 178-W. Office City Hall.

Arthur K. Bowden, Attorney-At-Law. Office City Hall, Sandpoint, Idaho.

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.