Bonner County History - Dec. 16, 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
Dec. 16, 1971 – WINTER JUMPS THE GUN
There seems little doubt that a white Christmas is in store for Bonner county. Winter officially begins Dec. 22, but residents agree it began last Wednesday (Dec. 8). Snow, which has fallen almost continuously since then, brought closure of all county schools Thursday. By Friday night, some areas had an 18-inch white blanket. Saturday night even heavier snow fell, and Sunday topped all that came before. Snow fell most of the day, drifting in spots to four-foot depths. It began all over again late Monday, continuing all night. By the next morning, 7-12 inches of new snow had added to the mounting pack and schools were closed again.
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SANTA HAS HOTLINE FOR YOUNGER SET
Area children who have yet to get their Christmas lists to Santa now can do so through a telephone “hotline” direct to the jolly old gent. Sponsored by the SHS chapter of FFA, the hotline number is 263-3000. Jed Turnbull, Future Farmers president, invites all parents to have their boys and girls call Santa soon to be sure he has their requests in time. “This is the first time for something like this in the Sandpoint area,” he said. “We hope we can make it an annual event.”
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ATTORNEY JOINS BANDELIN FIRM
Daniel P. Featherston of Caldwell has joined the Sandpoint law firm of Glenn E. Bandelin. Featherston and his wife have two children. A graduate of the University of Idaho College of Law, he served with the U.S. Army in Germany prior to his law studies.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Dec. 16, 1921 – GAMES NEXT WEEK
Next week’s scheduled games pit the Legion against the High School Tuesday and the Postoffice against the Humbird-Sandpoint quintet Thursday. On Friday, the high school team meets Rathdrum on the local court, for its fourth interscholastic game.
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WARRANTS FOR BREAKING QUARANTINE
Warrants were issued today against I.F. Carter, living north of town, and high school student Melvin Moe of Kootenai, for breaking chickenpox quarantine. Carter is accused of allowing his daughter, Cassie, aged 14, to attend school in Sandpoint while suffering from chickenpox and not reporting her case to the quarantine officials. Dr. Wendle, county health officer, was instrumental in having the complaints made. “Kootenai is full of chickenpox and the quarantine laws are being disregarded,” said Dr. Wendle today.
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CITY BREVITIES
Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Culver arrived Tuesday night from the east, after getting as far as Cabinet Monday and being turned back to Missoula and detoured over the Milwaukee to Spokane due to the flood at Clarksfork.
Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Aaron have reservations to make the two-month Mystic Shrine trip to the Orient, sailing on the Keystone State from Seattle Jan. 14, visiting Yokohama and Kobe in Japan, the ports of Shanghai and Hong Kong in China and Manila. They may return by the way of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.