Bonner County History - May 23, 2023
Brought to you by the
Bonner County Historical
Society and Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
208-263-2344
50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
May 23, 1973 — FUTURE FARMERS LEADERS
Officers for Sandpoint’s FFA chapter for 1973-74 are Steve Hepperle, president; Brian Dockins, vice president; Tom Woodland, secretary; Steve Rasor, treasurer; Glenna Deeter, publicity reporter; Barbara Remsen, scrapbook reporter; Gary Lang, sentinel.
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JACK AND JILL KINDERGARTEN
Jack and Jill Kindergarteners and teachers, Mrs. J.J. Neumann and Mrs. R.W. Ammerman, will finish their studies on pets and baby farm animals with a tour to the Jack Hickey farm. Pupils include Heather Metz, Cheryl Watt, Donna Davis, Natalie Lane, Gary Jacobson, Wendy Hiatt, Stacey Rosgen, Mary Lou Snedden, Jerry Beyer, Kip Smith, Katie Overholser, Wade Syth, Jennifer Miller, Jim Austin, Todd Brown, Cathy Redman, Carol Nygren, Jim Lewis, Tammy Farmin, Mike Self, Jon Harper, Janet Holm, Seantel Wilmes, Sherri Rudolf, David Lynch, John Sullivan, Ian Skinner, Michael Warrington, Rachel Van Horn, David Parker, Tommy Jones and Cindy Anderson.
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RUYLE SCHOLARSHIP GOES TO RITA SMITH
Violinist Rita Smith, SHS junior, is the first student to receive the new Sam Ruyle Memorial music scholarship. Funded by the SHS music department, it will pay Miss Smith’s way to a two-week summer music camp at the University of Idaho next month.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
May 23, 1948 — BLAST KILLS THREE
A chick brooder fire touched off 15 cases of stumping dynamite stored in the chicken house of the Clarence Noland ranch seven and a half miles west of Sandpoint on Baldy road Saturday evening, snuffing out the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Noland and so seriously injuring their 11-year old grandson Clinton, that he died Monday morning. The blast was heard in Sandpoint and throughout the countryside. The Nolands were attempting to put out the fire when the blast caught them. Not one vestige of the chicken house is left but a hole in the ground; the Noland home, 100 feet away, was completely destroyed.
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McMURTREY GETS NAVY SCHOLARSHIP
Roy Owen McMurtrey, route 1, Sandpoint, has been selected for the naval reserve officers training corps for 1948. McMurtrey will be granted a four-year scholarship in the university of his choice.
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GWEN NEU NAMED CLASS VALEDICTORIAN
High school principal Carl Warner announced that Gwendolyn Neu has won the coveted honor of class valedictorian. Other honors went to Shirley Rash, salutatorian, and Charles Chicks, the Bausch and Lomb science award. Commencement exercises will take place Friday evening at the high school.
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SGT. ARTHUR CRABB DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Clarence Crabb, Morton, has word that his son, Sgt. Arthur Crabb, 25, was killed in a B-29 crash on a training flight in Europe. He served three years in the air corps in wartime, reenlisting two years ago.
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