From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID 83864

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 27, 1967 — ROUNSVILLE PROMOTED

Richard Rounsville was recently promoted to PFC at Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, where he serves in the communications department of StratCom in the Army. Rounsville, who entered the Army in January, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rounsville, Clark Fork.

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CAPTAIN ROBINSON IN S. VIETNAM

Capt. Daniel W. Robinson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Robinson on route 1, Sagle, is on duty at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam. A transport pilot, he is a member of the Pacific Air Forces.

The captain is a 1959 graduate of Sandpoint Senior High. He received his B.S. degree in 1963 from the U of I, where he was commissioned upon completion of the Air Force ROTC program. His wife, Elaine, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Evans, route 1, Sagle.

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FOUR-ENGINE PBY VISITS SANDPOINT

Dr. Forest Bird, Palm Springs, brought his white four-engine PBY into the lagoon at North Shore Lodge Friday and caused a bit of excitement for swimmers and sun bathers. Bird’s flying office and show room was once the personal aircraft of Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II years. The ship, named the “Wandering Albatross,” may have seen as much or more of the world than can be claimed by the average albatross.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Aug. 27, 1917 — CITY BREVITIES

Supervisor Fitzwater has received instructions to begin recruiting men for a new forestry regiment, 7500 strong, to be sent to France. The first regiment of 1000 men, fully enrolled, is now in training in a camp near Washington, D.C.

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OUR BOYS MAY GO TO NORTH CAROLINA

Because the California health authorities have decided a latrine sewer system planned for Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif., would be injurious to the health of the community, the war department has abandoned mobilization of guardsmen there from the Pacific northwest. The Associated Press announced yesterday that Idaho troops, with those of Oregon and Montana, would mobilize at Camp Green, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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MADE DEROGATORY REMARKS

Mat Westlund, a prominent Sagle resident, was accused under city ordinance with being drunk and disorderly in Sandpoint Tuesday. The officer making the arrest told Police Judge Davis next morning that Westlund made derogatory remarks against the president of the United States. Westlund told the court he had no remembrance of making any such remarks and if he did it was because of his condition. Considering that he is a pretty good citizen as a general thing no effort was made to press a government charge and he paid a fine of $25 and costs on the drunk charge.

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