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 29, 1972 – BERTHA JOHNSON RITES

Bertha Elizabeth Johnson, 92, passed away at Sandpoint Manor. Born in New York, she married Peter Johnson in 1902 and moved to Sandpoint in 1904. Her husband practiced law and engaged in real estate transactions until his 1931 death. Mrs. Johnson ran an insurance business for many years and was active socially until last year. Carrying out her wishes, funeral services were held in her home at First and Lake, across from the county courthouse, which had been their home for over 50 years.

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CANS GO BACK TO ALLEYS SOON

Tired of looking at those garbage cans in front of your home? So’s everyone else. Take heart. Cecil Ereman of Sandpoint Garbage Service announced this week that alley pickups of garbage and trash will be resumed April 1. Street pickups have been in effect since winter snowfall closed alleys to garbage service trucks. Come April Fool day, those cans will go back where they belong – and that’s no April Fool joke.

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“BEST ALL AROUND” NAMED

The SHS Senior Class has selected people for the “best all around” page in the yearbook. Russell Faux and Beverly Green were named most likely to succeed; Frank Lyons and Jacque Reader were named best all around; John Andrews and Janice Spring were voted most athletic; Mike Hook and Colleen Garvey as having most school spirit; and Tom Jones and Cheryl Williams as the most vivacious.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

March 29, 1922 – SCHOOL YEAR NEARS CLOSE

Sandpoint high school has announced Senior class honors. Pauline McMillan is the class valedictorian and Edith May Kramer is salutatorian. Seven others fill out the Senior honor list: Anna Mildred Pearson, Lyle E. Stuart, William A. Kinney, Clara L. Bradley, Roberta Lee Buckman, Fredrik Albert Ekholm and Olga Frances Hamilton. Other members of the class of 36 are: Ethel P. Archer, Theodore William Barrett, Leona Bartlett, Gwendolen Bartley, Marna Isabel Bliss, Bert Charles Boeck, Laura Elizabeth Bounds, Roscoe L. Bower, Gladys Fern Cranston, La Verne Elizabeth Cunningham, Merrylois J. Edwards, Margaret Ellen Murray, Peggy E. Helphrey, Edward Hendrickson, Graylord H. Hewitt, Peter L. Hoyt, Frances Lovisa Kerr, Clayton Melvin Pickett, Ada Virginia Raum, Ethel O. Rose, Floyd C. Senft, Herbert Hugh Shook, Dorothy E. Shulz, Grace L. Wakeham, Alveria Mae Wrights, Page Westwood, Genevieve Rosalia Yaw.

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PARAGRAPHS

The Campfire girls of Sandpoint will present a play, “The Call of Wohelo,” at the Scenic theater March 30.

The high school’s junior class had a masquerade party at the G.A.R. hall Saturday. Awards for the best sustained characters went to Ida Lindgren dressed as a “rube,” John MacKinnon as a little girl, and Neal Wendle as a baby. The evening was spent in dancing and games and at 11 o’clock a bountiful lunch was served. High school teachers were chaperones.

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