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Bonner County History - June 17, 2021

| June 17, 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

June 17, 1971 – PROUDLY WE SALUTE…

After two weeks here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Burnett, QM3c Lee W. Burnett left by plane for Texas to spend the remainder of his leave from the Navy. He returned May 13 from the Pacific after spending time in Vietnam and other southeast Asia countries aboard the Destroyer USS DeHaven.

Army Pvt. Karl Ambrogini, 17, son of Mrs. Nellie Ambrogini, has completed an eight-week supply course at the training center at Fort Ord, Calif.

Pvt. William L. Harp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harp, Clark Fork, completed eight weeks basic training at U.S. Army Training Ctr., Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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JUNIOR COLLEGE CLASSES OFFERED HERE

Bonner Commissioners authorized appointment of Sandpoint as NIJC Extension for the 1971 fall term. Tentative course offerings in Sandpoint will include English, English composition, two psychology courses, history and principles of accounting.

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MAXINE QUEBRAL OPENS BUSINESS

Mrs. Maxine Quebral has opened “Maxine’s Motif,” a gift shop, in the dining room of her home at 113 Euclid Ave., just across the street from the junior high school, where the old “Duck Inn” once was. Mr. and Mrs. Quebral moved here from Seattle two years ago. Her widowed grandmother, Mrs. Albert Dreier, lives in the old family home at 917 Lake St. Grandpa Dreier was a well-known blacksmith here for many years.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

June 17, 1921 – NEOSHA PLAN TO GET START

The chamber of commerce’s retail trade bureau has fixed the first sales day as Wednesday, July 13. H.P. Benedict was named president of the bureau, O.M. Jennestad as vice president and E.M. Wilson as treasurer-manager. New members include the City meat market, the Royal Sweet shop, Postoffice newsstand and George M. Walker & Co., with more members expected within the week. The committee decided to give the sale publicity through the two local papers in turn, the Pend d’Oreille Review being selected to advertise the first sale.

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SINGLE SCHOOL BOND OFFER IS REJECTED

The school board rejected the only bid submitted for the purchase of the $140,000 bond issue voted last year for the construction of a new high school. The lone offer, from a Denver bond house, offered the equivalent of 90½ per cent. In rejecting the bid the board agreed that an offer less than 98 per cent of the par value of the bonds could not be accepted. The failure to find a substantial market for the bonds is regarded by the board as a tabling of the sale until such time as the market improves, which may require another bond election.

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CITY BREVITIES

Moving pictures of the local pole pickling works, or creosoting plant, will be shown at the Gem, the first Sandpoint industry to “break into the movies.”

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.