Bonner County History - April 18, 2024
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
April 18, 1974 – HAMANN TO NATIONAL
Local strong-arm, Tim Hamann, placed sixth in the NW Arm Wrestling Championships in Kennewick, Wash., and was selected to participate in the National Arm Wrestling Championships next month in Las Vegas. “I give a lot of credit to Dave Pogue (a Sandpoint physical therapist) for helping me improve the strength in my arm,” said Hamann.
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SHS JOURNALIST WINS NATIONAL AWARD
SHS journalist Eddie Sue Judy, a senior, won first place in a feature writing contest during the National Student Press Assn. spring conference. Eddie Sue is the co-assistant editor of the SHS student paper, the Cedar Post. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Judy of Careywood, Eddie Sue plans to continue her journalistic training, probably at North Idaho College, and plans a career in magazine writing. She was one of three SHS journalists at the San Francisco conference. The others were Cedar Post editor Hanna Munson and sports editor Mark Lyons. They were accompanied by their adviser Bob Hamilton.
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WET WEATHER STOPS TRACK OPENERS
Opening meets of both the boys’ and girls’ SHS track seasons were canceled due to wet tracks, said Athletic Director Cotton Barlow. “High Schools all over the Northwest have the same problem, just too much rain.” He said the Sandpoint Thinclads will not open their season until after spring vacation. At that time the action will begin with two meets per week for the men, and nearly that many for the women.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
April 18, 1949 – NEWS FROM DOVER
Emma Jean Wilson spent Friday and Saturday at the home of her sister, Mrs. Darrell Perry; Delores and Nancy Perry spent Saturday night at her home.
Mrs. Kenneth Karst and young son, Jack Eugene, came home from the Community hospital Saturday.
Ossie Haller and Glen South worked at cleaning and burning weeds and old lumber off the lot Mr. Haller recently purchased from George Reynolds.
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THEY’RE ON THEIR OWN NOW!
L.C. Gissell, conservation officer, last week turned loose 300 hen Chinese pheasants in Bonner county to nest and raise their broods during the spring and summer. They are part of 2300 birds released by the Idaho state game dept. from the holding pens of the bird farm near Ross Point in Kootenai County.
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GIRL SCOUTS TAKE HOSPITAL COURSE
Ten girls of Scout Troop 12 whose leader is Mrs. Kenneth [Roxie] Critchell, had the satisfaction of a job well done Monday at the Community hospital when they received from Supt. Edra Mayo, R.N., cards verifying completion of a 10-hour course qualifying them to receive the hospital scouting badge. Completing the course were Louise Stein, Joanne Pennington, Barbara Breinich, Carol Roe, Arlene Miller, Annette Carpenter, Latoy McKensie, Jackie Green, Carol Critchell and Barbara Lindsey.
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