Bonner County History - July 16, 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
July 16, 1970 – NO RETREAT
The Sandpoint Traffic Safety Commission, engaged in a statistical battle with the Idaho Department of Highways to make the city safer for pedestrians and motorists, has proposed a 25 mile per hour speed limit on in-town streets that are continuations of the two major highways serving the city. The Commission’s biggest concern is Fifth Ave. from Cedar to the north city limits, where the speed limit is 35 miles an hour.
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DOOR-TO-DOOR SURVEYORS
Surveyors will be in Bonner County July 16 and 17 asking residents about the immunizations families have received. Shelley Leatham, Lynn Tullis, Jan Tullis, Aileen DeMoulin, Linda Gray, Cathryn Andersen, Ann Marie Koster and Terry Stavros will go door-to-door canvassing for an Idaho Department of Health survey to determine if county residents are adequately protected against such communicable diseases as polio, measles, diphtheria and others. Families for interview are randomly selected. Information is confidential and surveyors will carry identification.
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MOBILE HOME ZONING CHANGE MULLED
The Sandpoint Planning and Zoning Commission has approved and referred to the city council zoning changes which, if authorized by the council, will permit installation of approved mobile homes anywhere in the residential C zone.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
July 16, 1920 – WATER DROPPING
The water in the lake has been rapidly dropping the past week and has warmed up to such an extent that large numbers of bathers daily take advantage of its recreational offerings. Most swim at Sandy Point but with a further drop of the lake and the coming of the community bathhouses the beach near the dock will soon come into its own.
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SOLBERG GROCERY WIPED OUT BY FIRE
Fire of unknown origin broke out about 11:30 o’clock Tuesday night completely destroying the Julius Solberg grocery store and residence near the Lincoln school on North Boyer avenue. Due to the excitement on the part of a neighbor turning in the alarm, there was a delay in getting the fire department to the scene, with the department first going to the Washington school area on South Boyer. Finding no fire, they believed it was a false alarm and started back to the station when a big glow burst into the sky on North Boyer.
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LOCAL BOY SCOUTS GO TO CAMP
Seven Sandpoint boy scouts were taken to the Spokane council’s camp on Diamond lake last Sunday by auto for a two week stay. Keith Benedict, Richard Taylor and Louis Graves were taken in H.P. Benedict’s car; Murtha Curtis, Oscar Johnson and Carl Neuman in C.E. Neuman’s car; and Homer McFarland in the L.D. McFarland car.
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