Bonner County History - Nov. 8, 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

Nov. 8, 1970 – HOMECOMING QUEEN

Connie Peterson was chosen 1970 Sandpoint Senior High Homecoming Queen. Her princesses are Debbie Chronic, Melanie Boeck, Karla Stillwell and Anne Lyons. She also had two small attendants: Michelle Jacobson and Larry Neu.

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RALLY, BONFIRE WAS BIG EVENT

SHS students held a spirited pep rally Thursday night for Friday’s homecoming game. Their bonfire was built at the north end of the beach. It took some time for the fire to get going, but the symbolic effigy of a Lewiston Bengal burned anyway. The ritual began with a snake dance from Euclid and Pine to the city beach. City police escorted the students and the Fire Department joined in with sirens and flashing red lights. There had been some possibility that the city would refuse the students their bonfire as there were some missing outhouses which the owners wanted returned. This problem was apparently resolved.

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TAKE IT EASY!

Sharp dips have been placed in the pavement of Division St. near Sandpoint Senior High to slow down student traffic in the area. Although markers warn motorists, some fail to see the signs and hit the dips with bone-jarring results. The dips were recommended by the Sandpoint Traffic Safety Commission and installed by the city last week.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Nov. 8, 1920 – CITY BREVITIES

If you want Bob’s tamales to take home, get them at St. James cafe.

Ed Dreisbach suffered a bad facial bruise Tuesday when cranking a car which back-fired, the crank striking him on his cheek bone.

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REPORTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL

Fire Chief Buchanan stated the business sector needs a cleanup to reduce fire danger from boxes and rubbish. He again requested a uniform.

H.L. Mountjoy, chairman of the street and alley committee, said several carloads of cinders were placed on the streets when streets were being dragged and ditched in preparation for winter.

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COOPERATIVE SALES PLAN CONSIDERED

At Wednesday’s meeting, the Chamber of Commerce directors introduced a cooperative sales plan to the business life of the city. Known in some sections as the “Neosha” plan, named for the small Ozark town where it was first used, the plan provides for an association of merchants who offer certain things at a bargain one day a month, no two merchants being allowed to put the same brand or kind of article for sale on the same day. In this way a long line of bargains is offered shoppers while the plan also brings in other big sales and makes the town putting on the sale a real trading center for all its contiguous territory.

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