Bonner County History - July 24, 2022
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Bonner General Hospital’s board of trustees voted unanimously to accept the $2,129,894 bid of Hazen & Clark, Inc., Spokane, for construction of a 46-bed hospital building. Board Chairman Jack Parker said the action must be approved by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. “Hopefully,” he added, “construction will begin within two weeks.”
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VIKI LaMOREAUX WED
Rev. Rowen O’Brien read the double-ring wedding services June 3 for Viki LaMoreaux of Sandpoint and James Tsapatoris of Dover, N.J. in First Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Don LaMoreaux of Sandpoint are the parents of the bride; the groom is the son of Mrs. Polytimy Nicolav of New Jersey. After a wedding trip to Eastport, they are residing in Kootenai. The groom is a member of an Evangelistic musical band.
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JAMES L. COX ORDAINED BY METHODISTS
The Rev. James L. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Cox, Sandpoint, was ordained a United Methodist Church Minister June 6 by Bishop Pryor of the Northern Illinois Conference, with his mother, Mrs. Leland Cox, present. Rev. Cox has been appointed to the Winfield Community United Methodist Church, Winfield, Ill. He studied at the Graduate School of Ecumenical Studies near Geneva, Switzerland, and received his Master of Divinity Degree at Northwestern University on June 2. Rev. Cox received continuous scholarship support from Sandpoint United Methodist Church during the years of his schooling.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
July 24, 1922 – TENT SHOW CLOSES
The Macy & Baird stock company, which has packed the big tent at First and Cedar nightly for two weeks, will close its run here tonight and go to Priest River for a week. Seldom has a show trope played here which approached the high standards of living and conduct, as well as of dramatic ability, of the Macy & Baird co.
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CITY BREVITIES
The Auxer Gold mines last week let a contract for driving 50 feet of tunnel, hand work, to continue progress at the mine seven miles northeast of Hope.
This year, men on the Sandpoint to Cabinet railway speeder patrol have put out 40 fires started by trains.
The lookout at the Boy Scout camp on Garfield bay, manned by the scouts, has spotted eight fires since it was installed about two weeks ago.
Fire last Sunday destroyed the hay barn of Carl O. Kyseth, a mile east of Kootenai. It is thought a passerby threw a cigarette in the grass along the road which started the fire that spread to the structure.
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LACLEDE NEWS
The B.Y.P.U. is staging a comic program, “Days of Yore,” July 31 at the church. Tickets are 50c for adults and 35c for children under 16, not a penny of which will be begrudged after seeing the program, which will be one scream after another. Proceeds will go toward painting the church, which badly needs a fresh coat.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.