Bonner County History - April 13, 2025

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

April 13, 1975 – BIRTHS

April 1 – Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Maberry, Sandpoint, boy, 7 lb. 4 oz. and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flomefelt, Libby, girl, 7 lb. 4 oz.; April 3 – Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wicklander, Hope, girl, 6 lb. 4 oz.; April 5 – Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moon, Sandpoint, boy, 7 lb. 8 oz.

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DAUGHTER BORN TO MCNALLS

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McNall, Samuels, are parents of a 7 lb. 11 oz. daughter, Michele Dawn, born Mar. 24. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Francis McNall, Samuels, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holbert, Kootenai. 

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NEW FRONT ON STORE

Price Rite Meats, 823 Main, a neighborhood tradition in Sandpoint for over 60 years, has a new front. Bill Martin, the store owner for the last 15 years, has been improving the outside of the building one side a year for the last four years. The building was originally “just a shack,” said Martin. “By fixing things up, it’s helped improve the neighborhood too.” The new storefront is constructed of brick and shakes.  

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GUNNINGS ALLEY OPEN HOUSE WINNERS

Winners of two Garden Restaurant dinners were: Joanna LaGrace, Harold Davis, Susan Pierce, Liz Montrose and Mrs. Henry Rodne. Door prizes from Jarae’s Gift Shop: 1st – Terrarium and macrame hanger, Julia Francis; 2nd – leather kit, Robert Johnson; 3rd – decoupage kit, R. Tucker. A $50 gift certificate went to Charlotte Palmer, while Nancy Benda won a trip to Fairmont from All About Travel.

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

April 13, 1950 – CENSUS IS PROGRESSING

Despite problems, the 1950 census is progressing as scheduled, said crew leader Mrs. Kathryn M. Anderson.  Some rural workers use snowshoes to reach families far back in the  woods, while others walk as much as 12 miles a day to “count noses” on widely scattered farms. One enumerator’s car was mired down in mud six times in one day. Enumerators and their assigned areas are: Mrs. H. Jones and Mrs. Virginnia Hensley, Priest River and outskirts; Mrs. Maxine Brackendorf, Coolin; Mrs. Maiden Leuer, Nordman; Ronald L. McDonald, Falls Ranger station; Leo J. Elton, Spirit Lake; Ernest Bauer, Thama Ferry; Mrs. Lillian Butler, Hope; Mrs. Leonora Graves, Laclede; Mrs. Mildred Franklin, Kootenai; Leslie Dahlberg, Sagle; John Anderson, Gamlin Lake; Mrs. Irene Daugherty, Clark Fork; Mrs. Al Coleman, Mrs. Fern Zordell and Mrs. Mae Dreier, Sandpoint. Two weeks were allowed for the city enumeration and a month for the rural districts.

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SELLE 4-H ORGANIZES, ELECTS OFFICERS

Thirteen members joined the Selle Livestock club at the organizational meeting at the Ed Lovec home. Joe Beauchamp is leader and Ed Lovec, assistant. Officers elected were Gary Thomas, president; vice president, Frances Beauchamp; secretary, Anita Beauchamp; and Darlene Lovec, reporter. County agent Leonard Brooks spoke on pheasant raising.

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