Bonner County History - June 25, 2024
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
June 25, 1974 – ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. George Roberson, Sandpoint, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lulu Jane, to Allen Dean Osborne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gwendal W. Osborne, Sandpoint. An August wedding is planned.
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TYANA MECHAM TO WED LYONS
A wedding in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple is planned by Tyana G. Mecham and Alan Kent Lyons. Announcing the engagement are Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mecham, Groveland. The groom-elect is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Lyons. The bride to be, a 1968 Blackfoot High graduate, attended Ricks College, ISU, and is now a U of I student. Lyons, a 1970 SHS graduate, attended the U of Rochester NY, and is currently a student at the U of I.
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PROUDLY WE SALUTE…
Rex L. Shipley, 22, son of George L. Shipley, Sandpoint, was promoted to Army Private First Class while serving with the 3D Infantry Division at Giebelstadt AB, Germany. Pvt. Shipley is a cook in Batt C, 3d Bttn of the 67th Air Defense Artillery.
Marine Sgt. Karen D. Keough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Keough, Route 1, Sandpoint, was promoted to her present rank while serving with the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, Calif.
Private Marta J. Ayers, daughter of Mrs. Jean A. Martin, Sagle, completed eight weeks basic training at the Women’s Army Corps Center, Ft. McClellan, Ala. Her father, Elbert F. Ayers, lives in Sandpoint.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
June 25, 1949 – FLYING FISHERMEN BACK
Five flying fishermen returned Wednesday from a jaunt into Canada where they fished streams and lakes in the vicinity of Kamloops, B.C. In the party were Charles Kelson, Joe Walker, Glenn Bandelin, Bob Morris and Russell Kotschevar. They flew from Sandpoint in Kenmor Marina’s two seaplanes.
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TWO CONSTRUCTION JOBS HELD UP
With two construction projects totaling nearly a third of a million dollars being held up, the Sandpoint chamber of commerce has named former Mayor Donald J. Diehl and secretary-manager Jim Parsons to work with city and county officials to attempt to hasten the work. The largest project is construction of six miles of US Hwy. 95 near Cocolalla, where the delay is due to lack of right-of-way across one piece of property and a question of relocation of telephone poles. The other project, construction of a new airport for Sandpoint, is held up due to inability to secure a piece of property needed for the runway.
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CHIEF ASKS COOPERATION
“We’re counting on a repeat of the cooperation we had from citizens last summer in shutting off water used in irrigation when a fire alarm is sounded,” Fire Chief Claude Simon said Wednesday. “There is a lot of watering being done now and in case of fire we need all the pressure and capacity possible.”
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