Bonner County History - Feb. 28, 2023

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Feb. 28, 1973 – ON ISU TEAM

Janice Spring, an Idaho State University freshman in physical education, is a member of the ISU gymnastics team. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Spring, Sandpoint.

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NEW WAREHOUSE MARKET IN PONDERAY

Verland Hunt began bulldozing trees Monday in Ponderay to make way for a new warehouse market for North West Foods of Sandpoint. The building will face U.S. 200 to the north and E street in Ponderay on the west, just east of the curve at Ponderay. The firm will erect a blue and white Cuckler steel building, fully insulated, 150’x120’, and provide a paved parking lot to accommodate 400 cars. The market will be a completely self service operation, with customers marking and pricing items from information displayed above the stacks of cases.

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DANCERS TRAVEL TO NEWPORT

Members of Circle ‘N Swing Square Dance Club who attended the Jeans and Janes dance in Newport, Wash., Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rudolf, Mr. and Mrs. Dal Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Klefstad and Mr. and Mrs. Stan Bleckwenn.

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PINSONNEAULT SELECTED

Miss Denise Pinsonneault has been selected to attend United Airlines Stewardess School in Chicago, Ill. Classes begin April 9 and continue for four and one-half weeks. A 1971 SHS graduate, Miss Pinsonneault is also a recent graduate of Sandpoint School of Beauty Culture. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Pinsonneault.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Feb. 28, 1923 – FARM AGENT OFFICE CLOSED

P.T. Fortner concluded his service as farm agent for Bonner county on Thursday, and will probably leave the city tomorrow for Moscow where, through the university extension department, he will be assigned to another county. Mr. Fortner’s departure signalizes the closing of the county agent’s office and suspension of the work carried on therefrom; all in accordance with the action of the county commissioners done in the cause of economy.

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TRAIN HAS NEAR WRECK AT HOPE

N.P. passenger train No. 1 struck a four-foot boulder west of Hope Wednesday, badly wrecking the engine and delaying the train over seven hours. The train was running behind schedule and in an endeavor to make up time was bowling along at fully 60 miles an hour, when it encountered the boulder. The front of the engine was badly damaged but the terrific force and weight of the train crushed the rock sufficiently, so that it did not derail the train; else there would have been a disastrous wreck, probably with loss of lives. The engine was put out of commission and the front coaches were damaged and had to be removed for the train to proceed. An engine from Kootenai hauled the train to Spokane.

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