From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID. 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Dec. 6, 1966 — CLIFF WYLIE NAMED

Area Forester Clifford Wylie flew to Boise Nov. 21 to attend the 2nd annual Governor’s awards banquet where he was the recipient of the Elk’s Forest Conservationist of the Year award, given for outstanding forest conservation, including timber stand improvement, fire prevention and suppression, tree planting and land use.

Wylie is responsible for forest activities from Canada to south of Coeur d’Alene. He has designed many successful timber management practices including direct and spot seeding of trees, designing small timber sales in selected areas to help provide deer winter forage, and supervised stream clearance to improve fish habitat. He attended the sixth World Forestry congress in Madrid, Spain at his own expense and studied the forests in Austria and Germany to further his knowledge.

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SON BORN TO PAUL WEISZES

Capt. and Mrs. Paul Weisz are parents of a son Paul Joseph Jr., born Nov. 25 at West Point, N.Y. He joins a brother, Thomas Mark.

Capt. and Mrs. Weisz and sons will visit his mother, Mrs. Susan Weisz of Sandpoint.

Capt. Weisz will receive training in New Jersey for five months before embarking for Vietnam. He spent one year in Turkey and has been in Germany for three years.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Dec. 6, 1916 — PIG JUDGING TOMORROW

Tomorrow Bonner county schools will bring to Bruce’s store oodles of pigs raised by pupils in competition for a $50 prize offered last spring by H.F. Samuels for the best little porker raised by a Bonner county school. Three judges will pass on the fine points of pigdom and award the prize.

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NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

Westmond — Mrs. Pettit, Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Steiner and Mrs. Daniel enjoyed a good time attending the carpet tacking at Mrs. Buds.

Oden — Mr. Morse has the honor of killing the first bear of the season in this section. The animal dressed 200 pounds and was a fine specimen of the brown bear. The hunt was rather exciting as bruin and Mr. Morse both held the undisputed place on a log. Bruin charged at his adversary and was less than 15 ft. away when the trusty rifle belched forth deadly fire and bruin was no more. Mr. Morse will have the beautiful hide mounted as a trophy of his exciting experience.

Pack River — Ernest Miller and Will Hawkins, who hunted on Trestle creek last week, found three feet of snow, but no game.

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LUDEFISK AT JIM’S

The past few days Ludefisk has been added to the menu at Jim’s Place (117 N. 1st). This article of diet is provided for cafe patrons every winter around Thanksgiving and during the holidays.

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