Bonner County History - Aug. 25, 2022
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Aug. 25, 1972 – MAYOR GRAY DEAD AT 61
Mayor Floyd L. Gray, longtime mayor of Sandpoint, died Monday at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was 61. Born in New York, he married Patricia Martin in 1941. Joining the Navy in 1942, he was a company Commander and also Entertainment Officer at Farragut Naval Base. The Grays have lived in the Sandpoint area since 1943 and Mr. Gray had long been active in the city’s government. He was elected mayor of Sandpoint in 1949, serving one and a half terms, was reelected to the post in 1961 and had held it since. Since 1958, he owned and managed the Panida Theatre. Gray was the first president of the Sandpoint Jaycees in 1946, Kiwanis Club president in 1947, a member of the American Legion, B.P.O.E. No. 1376, and the Sportsmens Assn. He was the local manager of the Washington Water Power Company since 1961 and was a member of the Sandpoint United Methodist Church. He had served as a Director of Schweitzer Basin from the start of the ski area. Funeral services were held Wednesday with the Rev. James Doak officiating. Pallbearers were Sandpoint City Council members and Police Chief George Elliot.
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PACK RIVER – ‘ON THE JOB’
Work resumed Monday at three Pack River mills idled since July 6 by a union walkout affecting some 200 workers here. According to Bill Woolsey, General Manager of Pack River Lumber, mills in Dover and Colburn are at full force, having suffered no start-up problems. Boilers were fired up at approximately 5 p.m. Sunday in preparation for work to begin Monday.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Aug. 25, 1922 – BE SAVING OF WATER
On account of the low water supply in the waterworks dam, patrons are urged to be saving of water and not to allow hoses to run at night.
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GOVERNMENT NEEDS AIDES
There is urgent need at the hospitals of the veterans’ bureau for reconstruction aides and assistants in occupational therapy and physiotherapy in connection with the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines. Full information may be secured from the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.C., or the board of civil service examiners at the postoffice or customhouse in any city.
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CITY BREVITIES
The huckleberry harvest in the country surrounding Bonners Ferry has reached such proportions that hundreds of dollars worth of berries are shipped daily.
For some reason, red squirrels are coming down out of the mountains and becoming a serious menace to orchards and agricultural crops, cutting apples from trees and carting them away. Within a few days, T.D. Hussey of Clarksfork, whose orchard they attacked, killed 113. Many others are also killing large numbers.
Robert Ellersick, who ran the Laclede boarding house which was dynamited to check the spread of the fire last week, has moved to Talache to take over management of the Talache Mine boarding house.
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