From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

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

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

March 13, 1972 - M. HUNTER, SCOUTMASTER

Margaret Hunter, alias M. Hunter, Scoutmaster, was given special recognition at the annual Boy Scout recognition dinner. Charles Stidwell was the first Sandpoint scoutmaster and Mrs. Hunter the second. She signed as M. Hunter and council officials didn’t know she was a woman. This year the Cubber of the Year award was named in her honor and the M. Hunter Cubber Award went to Mr. Dan Deshon Jr. Skip Pucci received the annual Scouter Award.

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BONNER CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY FORMED

Formation of an organization dedicated to preserving the county’s historical heritage is announced. Bonner County Historical Society, Inc. is the area’s first incorporated society oriented wholly toward collecting, preserving and displaying the area’s historical memorabilia, said acting president, Mrs. Gene Littlefield, adding that their long-range goal “is a museum where everyone can have access to the collections and documents.” The temporary board of directors is: Mrs. Littlefield, Mrs. Harvey Bishop, Mrs. Peter Holzemer, Elmer Nikkola, Leonard Anderson, Herrick Heitman, Richard Curtis, Mrs. Dan Deshon.

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DO & DINE CLUB

Sewing I group of the Do ‘N Dine 4-H Club met in the home of Mrs. Dallard Johnson. Officers were elected as follows: Sharon Raymond, president; Cheryl Wooden, vice president; Angela Nordgaarden, secretary; and Julie Reeb, reporter.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

March 13, 1922 – “FIRST ROBIN” STORY FADES

County Assessor Prichard looked out his courthouse window to see three robins flitting from branch to branch of the apple trees in the jail yard Wednesday, devouring frozen apples left on the trees with much gusto. News of the “first robin” soon brought office girls to the windows, and Prichard’s “first robin” story was going fine until Deputy Sheriff Edwin Doust “busted in” stating that robins had been hanging round the jail orchard for weeks. “Those are ‘field fare’ robins,” insisted Doust, who has been long enough around these parts to know many robins by name and street address. “They remain north. They’re not the summer robins.” Whereupon the girls ducked their heads back in, put on their furs and shivered over the radiators. Even the sight of robins isn’t a harbinger of spring this year, it seems, or Ed Doust is hanging crepe.

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TO “SHOOT” LAKE SCENES

According to Mrs. Tillie Dreisbach, who appears in motion pictures as “Martha Burke,” a part of the Nell Shipman company will be in Bonner county this week to “shoot” a number of scenes up the lake. The lake will furnish the background for Alaskan coast scenes where some of the scenes are cast for Miss Shipman’s next big picture, “The Grub Stake.” The party will use the steamer Northern on its up-lake trip. Miss Shipman recently moved her cast and menagerie of trained wild animals to Spokane, making it the hub of operations in the Inland Empire for the filming of the picture.

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