Bonner County History - July 13, 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
July 13, 1971 – AUGUST WEDDING PLANNED
The engagement of Lola Phillips to Gary Elliot is announced by her parents, Mrs. Marjorie Pederson, Sandpoint, and Richard Phillips, Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. George Elliot, Sandpoint, are parents of the groom-elect. Both young people graduated in June from Washington State University. Miss Phillips is employed in Seattle and Elliot works for Kaniksu National Forest. Wedding plans are being made for Aug. 21 at First Lutheran Church.
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SALE WILL BENEFIT NEW PLAYGROUND
Sandpoint Junior Club will sponsor a bake sale Friday at the Pastime Cafe. Proceeds will be used to help build a children’s playground in a triangle lot across from the Price Rite Grocery on Main Street, bounded by Florence, Alder and Forest (Note: in 2021, the site of the Sandpoint Senior Center). Plans are to fence the park and the City of Sandpoint will install a water system.
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ASSU ACQUIRES CAMPGROUND
Ray Hatcher has donated 17 acres near the north end of Cocolalla lake as a campground for16 area church bodies which are a part of or in fellowship with the non-denominational American Sunday School Union. The land, adjacent to the lake’s public access, offers space for a camping program and a site for eventual construction of a new church building for the ASSU congregation. Long-range plans call for a dining hall and a dozen cabins.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
July 13, 1921 – AIREDALES NEEDED
Residents of Oden bay are being pestered by a coyote and want somebody to bring a couple of Airedale dogs there for a roundup. Al Palmer recently shot a male coyote, but the female and her cubs had been too wary for the nimrods. The coyote makes regular calls upon the henroosts and in order to stop further depredations a coyote hunt is in order as soon as the necessary dogs are secured. Anyone with two good Airedales can communicate with Z.T. Middleton at Oden bay and he will make preliminary arrangements for the hunt.
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BRIDGE TAKES PARTNER
The transfer of a half interest in the Bridge pool hall and lunch counter on First avenue was made last week to George Buchanan, former fire chief. They will conduct business as the “B. & B.”
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MYSTERIOUS FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL
Fire of a mysterious origin completely destroyed the White hotel at Kootenai yesterday. The three-story frame hotel with about 25 rooms and a dining room service was owned and managed by J.C. Owens. The sky was lit up for miles by the glow and a large crowd was drawn to the scene.
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SEVEN HEAD OF HORSES KILLED
Seven head of horses were killed Sunday when N.P. train No. 2 struck them in a cut east of Sagle.
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