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Bonner County History - Jan. 19, 2021

| January 19, 2021 1:00 AM

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

Jan. 19, 1971 – AT THE PANIDA THEATRE

Clint Eastwood rescues Shirley MacLaine from a group of would-be rapists while on his way to join forces supporting Juarez in the Mexican Revolt against French occupation in Martin Rackin’s exciting production, “Two Mules For Sister Sara,” a Universal film in Technicolor and Panavision. Thurs. thru Sun.at the Panida.

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HAWKINS JOINS ROSS HALL SCENICS

Veteran photographer Ross Hall announced the sale to William D. Hawkins of a substantial interest in Ross Hall Scenics, the extension of a business founded in 1908 by Richard Himes. Hall, who will remain active in the firm, has in the past 40 years accumulated the largest collection of scenes from North Idaho, Eastern Washington and Oregon and Western Montana. Hawkins, his wife Joan and three children live at Sunnyside. He is 31, a native of Bonner County, of Sandpoint High and a 1961 graduate of the U of I. An outdoorsman, Hawkins founded and the last nine years, has led the annual Lake Pend Oreille Trail Ride. Deeply interested in scenic photography, he has accompanied Hall on many photo taking trips.

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RETURNED FROM VISIT

Mrs. Vivian Palmer returned from Washington, D.C., where she visited over the holidays with her son-in-law and daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Arvin White. Mr. White is an accountant with the Forest Service and Mrs. White works at the Smithsonian.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Jan. 19, 1921 – LOCAL BRIEFS

The action of the city council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Civic club and Sandpoint citizens – the seven Cs – shows conclusively that Sandpoint will be satisfied with nothing less than a good substantial community memorial building.

County commissioners are making an effort to interest the N.P. railroad in bearing half the costs of engineering work on Lightning creek, needed to keep the creek in its original channel to prevent great damage both to the county and the railroad.

Contagious diseases are becoming numerous in the county; hiccoughs is said to be epidemic.

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NEWS FROM MIDAS–BROTEN–GLENGARY

Rain, snow, sunshine, thaw. Any weather your heart desires. We have it all in northern Idaho.

Robert Newington and Leo Payne were fishing in Garfield bay last Sunday. Reports on number of fish caught vary from 8 to 80.

Many ranchers of this vicinity are now busy with logging operations. There are now something near 300,000 feet of logs on the beach and none of them sold. But who wants to buy?

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NEWS FROM SELLE

Hot lunches are being served in the school. The children are enjoying the change these cold days.

The children that have had the whooping cough are reported on the road to recovery.

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