Bonner County History - March 4, 2025

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Mar. 4, 1975 – NEWS FROM SAGLE

Helping Joanne Gunter celebrate her 13th birthday recently were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Gunter and her brother, Del; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Gunter and daughters, Diane and Darla; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gunter and daughter, Amy; and Miss Julie Gunter, a cousin, who is visiting from Independence, Mo. 

Mrs. Mike Gunter of Bellingham, was a guest last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Gunter. 

The card party at the Sagle Community Hall was well attended, with ten tables in play. High for men was taken by Fred Kneisel; Mrs. Elara Turnbull took the high prize for women. Mrs. Luther Davis and Ann Davis will be hostesses for the next card party.

Miss Karen Spade recently returned home after spending several months in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Robert Verdal was in Lewiston, to be trained in front end alignment by Bruneel Tire Service. He will be employed in Sandpoint by that firm.

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DAR GIVEN MRS. CLAYTON’S BOOK

Lt. George Farragut Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented the book “A Pioneer Grandmother’s Story of Her Life,” by Mariam Lawton Clayton, to the national DAR Library. Mrs. Clayton is a chapter member and it is an honor for the chapter to have her book accepted by the National Society. The book, completed by Mrs. Layton at age 86, begins with her childhood in Kansas, then as a college student, then a teacher in New York City, and finally as a pioneer wife and mother in Northern Idaho.

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Mar. 4, 1950 – OPENINGS AVAILABLE

Announcement was made Tuesday by recruiting sergeant H.H. Jahnke that there will be two openings in the army and two in the air force during the month of March. All qualified young men interested in these listings may apply at Jahnke’s office in the postoffice building [2nd and Main].

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NAMED TO FLOOD CONTROL

Foreseeing the possibilities of spring floods if the heavy winter snows do not run off slowly, the county commissioners appointed Arthur Tiggelbeck as flood control director for the county, to work with the army engineers in case floods cause an emergency. 

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PANIDA ANNOUNCES PICTURE CHANGES

The Panida theatre will have a change of schedule this week end. “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” will not play this week but instead Roy Rogers and Trigger will be featured in “The Golden Stallion” on Thursday and Friday nights only. “Sands of Iwo Jima” will open a four-day run Saturday at 1 p.m., with continuous shows throughout the afternoon and evening both Saturday and Sunday. On the stage Friday night at the “Country Store,” Miss Celia Lee, home economist for the Centennial Milling Co. and Ernie Jorgenson, farm news reporter for a Spokane radio station, will be featured on a radio show from the stage of the theatre, said manager Floyd Gray. 

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.