Bonner County History - Feb. 16, 2022

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Feb. 16, 1973 – HAMILTON-TIMBLIN WED

First Presbyterian Church was the site of the Dec. 31 wedding of Margee Hamilton and Rex Timblin. Pastor James Scott of Sandpoint Presbyterian Church, and the bride’s grandfather, Rev. Raymond Blackstone, associate pastor at the Millwood, Wash., Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony. Parents of the bride are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton, Sagle (Jewel Lake). Parents of the groom are Mrs. Arie Poelstra, Wrencoe, and Melvin Timblin, Metaline Falls, Wash. Timblin is attending the Navy electronics school in Vallejo, Calif., where he will be joined by his wife later this month.

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JUNIOR CLUB MEETS

The Sandpoint Junior Women’s Club held its meeting in the home of Mrs. Cherye Wangerin, with hostesses Mrs. Sherri Anderson and Mrs. Edie McCormick. Thirteen members were present and eight guests were welcomed: Mrs. Marie Bair, Mrs. Gail Ginelli, Mrs. Jolie Compton, Mrs. Jean Cooper, Mrs. Janyce Hamilton, Mrs. Marjorie McNaire, Mrs. Ellie Rademacher and Mrs. Bev Stevens.

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TO RECONSTRUCT WAR MEMORIAL PYLON

The War Memorial Committee voted to rebuild the War Memorial pylon, adding names of servicemen who lost their lives in recent wars. Neil Kenney has contacted Russell Kotschevar, designer of the original memorial pylon, who will redesign the pylon. Kenney said he will work with Kotschevar if asked.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Feb. 16, 1923 – VIOLENT STORM GRIPS CITY

Early this week, Sandpoint shivered and shook and shimmied in the grip of the most violent storm which ever visited this section. It had blown harder, snowed more, been colder, but never, in the longest memory of the oldest oldtimer, had all three elements come together with such cataclysmic effect. Water pipes froze and bursted (sic). Trains were hours behind schedule. Snow, driven in the teeth of a 75-mile gale, found its way into offices and residences, through the most minute seams in doors and windows. Hard-packed drifts formed everywhere, from a few inches high to as much as 10 feet. Only about an inch of snow fell, but previous falls were whipped up and carried in the wind. It was below freezing all day Sunday, and Monday night the mercury sank to 11 below zero, with winds of over 40 miles per hour. On Monday, with the streets piled in drifts and the wind still blowing, the Merchants’ Delivery suspended operations, the Jefferson school was closed because of the cold, meetings were cancelled, and a funeral was postponed because of the impossibility of reaching the cemetery. Many rural schools were closed Tuesday, although all were open Monday, and on Wednesday all the rural schools were closed. The wind fell to 20 - 30 miles per hour Wednesday before beginning to die out, and the quicksilver climbed slowly to zero at 4:30 o’clock, which it held overnight before rising farther Thursday morning.

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