Bonner County History - Sept. 26, 2024

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Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

611 S. Ella AveBonner County History - Sept. 17, 2024., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Sept. 26, 1974 – CHAPIN ELECTED DIRECTOR 

Frank L. Chapin, Sandpoint, was elected State Director of the National Society of Public Accountants at their convention in Honolulu. Chapin and his wife, Nancy, and children, Dean, Darrell, and Russell, reside at 601 S. Division, Sandpoint.  

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JOHN PORTER MERCHANTS DIRECTOR 

John Porter, Sandpoint Drug, was elected director to represent the Sandpoint Retail Merchants organization in the larger Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce. Ray Delay will be director for the cattlemen and Phil DeBoard for education.  

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EVERGREEN FORD SETS CAR SHOWING 

Dave Wall, Evergreen Ford general manager, announced that the 1975 Granada, a new Ford Motor Company automobile with classic styling and five-passenger seating, goes on sale tomorrow at Evergreen Ford. The Granada, available in two and four-door models, is half a ton lighter and two feet shorter than most standard-size cars.  

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WOMEN’S GOLF ASSN. ELECTS OFFICERS 

At a luncheon following the Women’s Golf Assn. golf tournament, new officers were elected: Ernie Daniel, president; Nancy Agar, vice-president; Donna Cowdrey, treasurer; Pat Simmons, secretary.

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Sept. 26, 1949 – SANDPOINT STREET NAMES 

In late 1897, five people gathered at Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Farmin’s home to select names for what would later be streets in the first townsite of Sandpoint, an area homesteaded by the Farmins in 1892. Mr. Farmin wished that the north-south streets be designated ‘avenues,’ numbered First to Seventh. He also wanted the east-west streets named for native trees. The name Pine was chosen for the first street on the south line of the townsite; Mrs. Farmin named the next street Church, “for there stands the church, the only building on that street.” Mr. Farmin named Main, as it was the main road between the N.P. and G.N. depots. The remaining streets were named Cedar, Alder, Poplar, Fir and Larch. In 1906, Ike Boyer, owner of the property west of Farmin’s, platted his land. He chided Mr. Farmin for his modesty in not giving his family name to any street in his addition. Boyer asked permission to change the name of Seventh Avenue to Boyer. Mr. Farmin agreed; Boyer gallantly named the next avenue Ella, in honor of Farmin’s wife. Boyer felt other pioneers should be honored also, so he named three streets for Mr. Law’s daughters: Ruth, Olive, and Florence. John Southmayd’s wife is remembered by Lavina Avenue. John R. Law came from Michigan and his love of his former home is reflected in the names he gave the streets in Law’s addition: Superior, Huron, Erie, Michigan, Ontario and St. Clair. He chose Euclid for the avenue of the same name in Cleveland, which he thought the most beautiful street in the world; he named the short street from Euclid to Fourth for his associate, Antone Petersen.

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