Bonner County History - Aug. 8, 2021
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. 8, 1971 – EARNS COMMISSION
Navy Ensign G. William Knepper Jr., husband of the former Susan Piatt of Sandpoint, and a 1970 U of I graduate, was commissioned at graduation from Naval Officer Candidate School, Newport, R.I.
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WORTH SHARING by Don Dundon
Memories came tumbling down this week as the demolition of Old Farmin school relentlessly went on. There was nostalgia aplenty. Young and old brought cameras to record the dying moments of the structure built over 60 years ago. School District 82 staff formed a “wailing wall” and watched from across the street. Old Farmin did not give in easily and it became obvious the old building was not as weak as some inspectors had claimed. When the “Farmin” sign was peeled away, a mystery was revealed. Only oldsters with good memories would have known that the sign first said “Public School.”
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GLEN’S AUCTION SATURDAYS
Every Saturday evening, except the Fourth of July, Labor Day and Christmas weekends, Glen Egger’s auction chant rings out in a ramshackle old building, a colorful crazy quilt of building materials, on the G.N. road. Usually, 75 to 100 prospective buyers are in the chairs and on the benches, looking for something they may be able to buy at a cheap price, or just there for the entertainment. Eggers, who has been around North Idaho all his life, opened up the auction house on G.N. road a few years ago.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Aug. 8, 1921 – TO BURY SOLDIER IN SPOKANE
The funeral of William D. Martin, the first Sandpoint boy to lose his life in action in the world war, will be held in Spokane under American Legion auspices. Martin was killed while serving with C Battery on the Marne front. The Ft. Wright post will furnish a firing squad and bugler. Sandpoint’s post, which bears the fallen hero’s name, will provide the pall bearers.
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BAND PLAYS CONCERT
The City band last night played a long concert program of popular and classical selections, at the band park on Fourth avenue and Main street (Note: in 2021, known as Farmin Park). A large number of people thronged the park during the concert. The band will give another concert on the evening of the next sales day, Wednesday, Aug. 10, followed by a band dance at the Liberty theater at which bargain prices will prevail, with admissions fixed at 99 cents.
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CITY BREVITIES
The Chautauqua will spread its tent on the federal site grounds, corner of Second and Alder streets (Note: in 2021, the site of MickDuff’s Brewing Co).
The city water department has employed an extra man to enforce the hours of sprinkling, to see that there is no sprinkling after a fire alarm and that hose is not used without nozzle. Seven offenders were brought to city hall last evening and forced to pay a fine of $1 to have their water turned on again.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.