From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

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

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Aug. 27, 1969 — KIDDIE RIDE PILFERED

M & J Market reported that someone had taken coins from a kiddie ride at the store.

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ENDORSES SWIM AND SKI ZONES

The city waterways committee of Leo Hadley, Ted Farmin, Bob Nelson, Howard MacKay, Ken Coffman, Archie Yager and Emil Kulhanek, concluded Monday that water skiers and swimmers in the same area are incompatible.

Mrs. Herbert Johnson of Sandpoint was painfully injured last week in a boat-swimmer accident off the city beach, which brought the swimmer-boating-skiing problem into sharp focus.

The committee has offered the city $1500 for installation of piling from the boat launching ramp to the enclosed swim area and for marking off the swimming area and water ski areas. Between the pilings will be wooden floats.

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GOLF CHAMPS

Winners of the golf tournament at the end of the Jaycee-sponsored Junior Golf program were Maggie Morton, first place, novice girls; Sonia Olson, 2nd; Richard Alden first place novice boys; Toby Carlson and Terry Allen, tied for 2nd; Brad Linsday won the open class. Ken Boehm was chairman of the program, with Al Parsons and Tom Cousins providing free lessons and the Elks golf course donating its facilities.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Aug. 27, 1919 — NATURAL ICE FACTORY

Several Coeur d’Alene couples returning from a trip near Clarksfork report fine fishing with the novel feature of ice along the stream, so that the fish could be iced as caught.

The ice was caused by numerous slides which occurred in the mountains during the winter, for several miles in the creek bed, the snow falling a hundred feet deep and the freezing and thawing of the season forming ice 400 feet long, and from two to four feet deep.

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WANTS NORTH-SOUTH ROAD

At the Spirit Lake improvement club Monday, Mr. Isaacs of the good roads committee reported on the conference he and Secretary Peterson had with Engineer Bassett at Coeur d’Alene. The object of the visit was to lay before Mr. Bassett the feasibility of changing the route of the North and South state highway from the route through Athol and Granite to the proposed route through Rathdrum, Spirit Lake and Laclede to Sandpoint.

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COLBURN NEWS

Huckleberry picking and fishing are good of late but the boys would enjoy it more it Mr. Bear would stay on his own hunting ground.

Everyone is wishing for another rain; it is getting very dry again. The hay crop which was very good this year is practically all in and the sod needs moisture.

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