Bonner County History - Jan. 9, 2025
Brought to you by the
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
Jan. 9, 1975 – WEEKEND SNOW STORM
Weekend snow flurries dumped up to two feet of snow, causing minor power and telephone outages. The Idaho Highway Department reported several cars in ditches off U.S. 95, south of the long bridge to the county line. Sanding crews worked 16 to 20 hours and sometimes even 24 hours a day to keep highways passable. With Bonner County on the verge of a record snowpack, the weatherman is predicting even more white stuff, with occasional snow squalls thru Saturday, and the possibility of a major storm moving thru on Friday. Highs will be in the low 30s, while lows will dip into the teens.
•••
BARBARA GREENLEAF NOW JUNIOR MISS
Barbara Greenleaf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greenleaf, Sandpoint, has assumed the duties of Sandpoint Junior Miss after resignation of the honor by Connie Woodland, whose mid-winter wedding made her ineligible. From runner-up to Junior Miss just days before the Idaho Junior Miss Pageant has made Miss Greenleaf a busy girl. The contest will be held in Moscow Jan. 16-18, with preliminary events on Jan. 11. She will play the piano for her talent.
•••
DOUBLE-RING RITES FOR WM FANSLERS
Sandpoint First Lutheran Church was the site of the October wedding of Mary Kay Olson and William M. Fansler, Jr. The couple’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Vernoy [“Punk”] Olson, Sandpoint, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fansler of Texas. The couple, who live at Noxon, work for the Forest Service at Trout Creek.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Jan. 9, 1950 – N.I.R.E.R.A. HAS NEW NAME
With the opening of the new year, the North Idaho Rural Electric Rehabilitation Assn. has changed its name to Northern Lights, Inc. Ora E. Beasley, the new manager, arrived with his wife and their four small daughters on Monday. They are making their home in the Lloyd Gardner house at 521 N. Fourth.
•••
NO AUTO PARKING ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS
County commissioners remind residents of Bonner county that no cars should be left parked on county roads overnight. The practice is illegal and the parked cars hamper snowplowing. The county is not responsible for damage which may result if a car is struck. By a little work, any resident can shovel out enough to make a place to drive his car in off the highway,” said the commissioners, adding that appropriate action will be taken against violators.
•••
SOCIAL SECURITY UP HALF PER CENT
On Jan. 1, the social security tax on paychecks of about 39,000,000 workers jumped from one per cent to one and one-half per cent. The rise, first in the 13-year history of federal old age and survivor’s insurance, brings a tax of $45 a year on each worker who gets $3,000 or more in annual pay. For the present, old age pensions won’t be any bigger. They start at $10 a month minimum. The maximum now is $45.20. The average is $26.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.