Bonner County History - Dec. 19, 2023
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611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Dec. 19, 1973 – ECUMENISM PRACTICED
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic parish is renting the Presbyterian facilities for classes in Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. In July, three nuns, Sr. Leonette Bauer, Sr. Mary Kirsch, and Sr. Mary Rassley, led religious vacation school there for the children. Now classes are held Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Under direction of Fr. M. John O’Donovan, the staff includes Mrs. Gerald Lewis, first grade; Mrs. Sidney Scribner, second; Mrs. Elsie Temple, third; Mrs. Gordon Sundquist, fourth; Mrs. Robert Klatt, fifth; Mrs. David Welch, sixth; and Mrs. Pierre Huguenin, seventh grade. Mrs. Sundquist is visual aids chairman; Mrs. Everett Hofmeister, musical director; and Mrs. Glenn Sharpe, refreshments chairman.
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HUDON LONGTIME ST. JOSEPH’S MEMBER
Leon Hudon believes he has belonged to the Catholic church here longer than any other member. Born in 1888, he came to Sandpoint in 1907 from White Earth, Minn. When he first arrived, there were three brickyards within a mile or so of Sandpoint. Leon worked in them all, but particularly remembers [Pete] LaFond’s brickyard where they made the bricks for the present St. Joseph’s Catholic Church building [Sixth & Oak; in 2023, the Heartwood Center]. Work on the building began in 1907 and Leon says he’s the fellow who blasted stumps and cleared the ground around the church. He recalls that the church was then heated by a furnace made of two barrels, stoked with wood and coal, located in a semi-basement dug under the building.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Dec. 19, 1948 – ODEN-SUNNYSIDE NEWS
Oden school children from the Sunnyside district have been unable to attend school for three days because the roads have not been plowed out and the school bus was not able to make the rounds.
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CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS
Bubble Lights, $3.25 per string; Decorative Lights and Bulbs. Bring in your light strings for checking and repairing. Bulbs tested free. Murray’s Radio & Appliances. Norge and Zenith Dealer. Bring sets to 210 Cedar. We pick up and deliver. Phone 235-W.
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GOOD FOOD FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS TABLE
Crisco, 3-lb. tin $1.21; Walnut meats, 8-oz. pkg. 59c; Pitted Dates, 1-lb. pkg. 35c; Peanut Brittle 39c lb.; Wrigley’s Gum, Carton of 20, 69c; Hershey Bars, box of 24, 95c. Complete Newsstand in connection with our fountain. Order your Christmas Turkey now. Free deliveries Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Special discount for Churches, Lodges, etc. FOOD SHOP, 105 Main St., Phone 442.
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ROYAL ARCH MASONS ELECT MAUGHMER
Marshall Maughmer was elected high priest of the Royal Arch Masons, Sandpoint chapter 17. Other officers to be installed this month are Carl Meserve, king; Floyd Perks, scribe; Charles Pennington, treasurer; and Geo. O’Donnell, secretary.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.