Bonner County History - March 14, 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

March 14, 1971 – NEARLY READY

Pend Oreille Manor, a subsidized retirement complex of 21 apartments at Division and Lake, across Division from Sandpoint Manor, will be ready for occupancy this spring. Each apartment in the brick-sided buildings will have its own semi-private patio. Funds for construction are made available under a government program designed to bring housing to the low income elderly at a price they can afford. The housing project is for persons at least 62 years old, with the maximum income for a single person of $3,200, or $3,800 for a couple. Most renters will probably be those with incomes of less than $50 a month.

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SUE IS GONE FROM ‘LIMITED’

An era ended in Northwest railroading Feb. 28 when stewardess services ended on Burlington Northern’s North Coast Limited. In company advertising over radio and television, as well as newspapers, the stewardesses were all called “Sue.” The firm, then the Northern Pacific, began the courtesy to passengers on June 1, 1955. The Sues were on duty 24 hours a day, acting as nurses and hostesses as the trains plied back and forth between Seattle and Chicago.

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DAWSON PROMOTED

SHS graduate Larry L. Dawson, a student at Eastern Washington State College and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorance W. Dawson, was promoted to cadet corporal in the EWSC ROTC program.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

March 14, 1921 – FIRE AT TOM KING’S

The Tom King residence at 608 Church st. had a close call Saturday when an alarm was turned in to the fire department. On arriving at the home opposite the King iron works, there was nothing for the firemen to do, as the fire had been pitched out into the yard. It happened like this: Mrs. King was using an electric iron, with a tub of dry clothing nearby, and one end of the ironing board resting on a sewing machine. Mrs. King went over to her mother’s and left the current turned on. The iron set the board on fire, and when discovered, board, clothes and sewing machine were ablaze and were thrown out into the yard. The clothes were ruined, ironing board nearly burned up and sewing machine seriously damaged.

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LOCAL BRIEFS

J.M. Norby announced that no more public dances will be given at Four L hall for some time.

H.F. Schedler reports that the frogs started up their annual chorus at Chuck slough last week.

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BONNER COUNTY MINING ASSN. FORMED

Sixteen prominent Bonner county mining men have organized the Bonner County Mining assn., the first society of mining men ever attempted here. Thos. Hopkins reported on the northwest Mining conference in Spokane. Bonner county had the biggest group and best of its class in U.S. exhibits, bested only in quality but not in quantity by the British Columbia exhibit.

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