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Bonner County History - Jan. 18, 2022

| January 18, 2022 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. 18, 1972 – FIREMEN TO RETIRE

Assistant Chief Earl Thomas and Chief Art Chubb will retire from Sandpoint Fire Department at the end of the month, representing a combined 57 years of service. In addition, Chubb served the department as a volunteer back in the 1930s. He came back on the department as a paid employee in 1947 and became chief in 1952. As chief, he has been building and electrical inspector. When natural gas came on the scene, he also became gas inspector. Mrs. Chubb, a native of Sandpoint, is a lunchroom helper at Lincoln school. She was born in a house on Boyer. The Chubb home of today at 627 Boyer stands on the same spot.

Thomas, who has been assistant chief since 1948, came here by way of Farragut Naval Training Station. After the war, the offer came to join the Sandpoint Fire Department. He liked Sandpoint and he liked to fish, so he and his wife Charlotte returned to Iowa just long enough to sell out. Paid firemen work 24 hours on and 24 off, and Thomas has filled in by working as a sales clerk at Larsons and he has cleaned furnaces. The two men will have the distinction of being the first men to retire from the department with full pensions.

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JIM MARTIN ELECTED

At Sandpoint Saddle Club’s yearly dinner meeting at Wagon Bridge Inn, Jim Martin was elected president. Other officers are Herb Offermann, vice president; Veldonna Osborn, secretary; and W.C. (Fats) Racicot, treasurer. Directors are Wes Osborn, Ardis Racicot, Henry LaFever, Mike Monroe and George Jeffers.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Jan. 18, 1922 – SANITARIUM MAY MATERIALIZE

With the coming of Major Clyde Chaffins to this city last week under orders from the state commissioner of public works to survey the Sunnyside sanitarium site water supply, hopes are revived that the tuberculosis sanitarium will still be built. Chaffins’ orders are to make the survey with a view to procuring water supply for 200 persons. In the event that the supply of spring water is not sufficient, recourse will be had to the lake.

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WOULD OUST LUNCH COUNTERS

The sensation of last night’s city council meeting was the appeal of Col. H.L. Bennett, proprietor of the Grill, that steps be taken to curtail pool hall lunch counters in Sandpoint. The Colonel stated that a regular restaurant, with all its accessories (necessary to a rightly appointed eating house) is unable to compete with the pool hall lunch counter. He cited that some restaurants have been forced out of business by this competition, and if continued, it is only a question of time when the city will not have a restaurant.

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PROHIBS ASKED TO SHOW THEIR COLORS

Yesterday was the second anniversary of the “dry law,” and a movement was launched whereby all persons loyal to the 18th amendment are to hang a star in their home windows. The star is white on a blue ground and a quantity of them will be received here within a few days and distributed to those endorsing the amendment who are willing to show their colors.

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