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

Mar. 12, 1970 – PEO ELECTED OFFICERS

Chapter V, PEO, elected officers for the 1970-71 year at Tuesday’s meeting in the home of Mrs. L.F. Eakin. Named president was Mrs. Hardy Lyons; vice president, Mrs. Art Ruyle; recording secretary, Mrs. Skip Newton; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Jack Parker; treasurer, Mrs. Duane Davis; chaplain Mrs. Brian O’Meara, and guard, Mrs. Robert Farmin. Mrs. Eakin and Mrs. F.B. Applegate served a lunch.

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WALKER IS CANCER COUNTY CHAIRMAN

Mrs. Harlan Walker is the Bonner County Chairman for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Walker has been a Sandpoint resident 24 years.

Other officers of the Bonner County Unit are: Mrs. Dan Deshon, co-chairman; William Dowling, treasurer; Mrs. William Nordeen, secretary; Ray Greene, legal advisor; Theodore E. Alm, M.D., district medical director; A.P. Snedden, D.D.S., dental advisor; Mrs. E.W. Ebbett, public education chairman; Mrs. Robert Nelson, service chairman; and Mrs. John Summers, memorial chairman.

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FITZPATRICK AWARDED CONTRACT

Jerry D. Fitzpatrick, doing business as Fix It Fitz Construction, was low bidder at $16,760 on the Clark Fork river channel improvement project. The project involves construction of 214 lineal feet of treated piling and timber bulkhead, with about 8,000 cubic yds. of excavation and backfill.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Mar. 12, 1920 – ELKS HIGH JINX MONDAY

The members of Sandpoint lodge, No. 1376, B.P.O.E., are making big preparations to initiate into the lodge a class of 100 fawns on Monday. The day’s events will start with a parade, which will end at the Liberty theater for the initiation work, to be followed with a 6 o’clock dinner and a dance in the evening for the Elks and their ladies.

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MRS. T. CAMPBELL PASSES

Mrs. Edith Esther Campbell, wife of county commissioner Thomas Campbell, died Monday at the family residence at Laclede, pneumonia following flu being the cause of death.

Mrs. Campbell was a native of Oregon, her maiden name being Markham and being a member of the family of Markhams who were early settlers at Seneaquoteen, as the old crossing of the river at Laclede was then known, the family locating there in November, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were married in Sandpoint, May, 1892. There were 11 children born to the union, eight of whom survive.

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STORES TO CLOSE MONDAY P.M.

All stores in the city, with the exception of the drug stores and pool rooms, will close at 1 o’clock next Monday afternoon in honor of the

Elks’ initiation and day’s doings. The drug stores and pool rooms will be closed during the parade.

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