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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Feb. 21, 1973 — PINSONNEAULT GRADUATES

Airman George P. Pinsonneault, a 1972 SHS graduate and the son of retired Air Force Major and Mrs. George W. Pinsonneault, Sandpoint, has graduated at Sheppard AFB, Tex. from the U.S. Air Force aircraft mechanic course. The airman was trained to repair current Air Force jet aircraft and is now assigned to Peterson Field, Colo., with a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command, which protects the U.S. against hostile aircraft and missiles.

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NEW WELCOME WAGON HOSTESS

Welcome Wagon has a new hostess this week. Mrs. Howard [Mary] Faux has returned from Boise after completing a week of Welcome Wagon school. Mrs. Faux, wife of a Sandpoint bank office manager, and mother of several children, is excited about the new job. She officially welcomes new families to the area on behalf of a number of sponsors and assists them in getting to know the area and its services.

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NAMES OF WAR DEAD REQUESTED

In an effort to update the list of Bonner County war dead in preparation for reconstructing the War Memorial Field pylon, the War Memorial Committee is seeking names of those who died in action in the two most recent wars. Committee Chairman Dale Lee said the present memorial contains names of all who died in World Wars I and II. He urged those with knowledge of anyone killed in action in Korea or Vietnam to contact him at Box 277, Sandpoint.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Feb. 21, 1923 — GOES THROUGH ICE

William Zinter received a cold bath Sunday when he broke through the ice near the Northern Pacific railroad bridge while trying to get his boat out of water. He went in “up to his neck” before striking bottom. He was able to get out unassisted.

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DECLINE TO REOPEN AGENT MATTER

Standing by their guns at their first February meeting, the county commissioners on Wednesday declined to reopen the question of retention of the county agent service in Bonner county.

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THOMPSON’S JOURNALS IN HIGH SCHOOL

The high school library has been enriched by the acquisition of three volumes of the Alexander Henry — David Thompson journals, compiled by Elliott Coues. The books are of particular value to this section, as a part of the Thompson journals deal with his discovery of Lake Pend d’Oreille and the establishment of Kullyspel house near Hope in 1809. The set, of which only 1000 copies were published, has been out of print since 1897. With the Thompson journals are several maps exactly reproduced from originals made over a century ago, in which the details are unusually accurate, considering the circumstances of the survey. The maps label Lake Pend d’Oreille as “Kullyspel lake” and refer to the Cabinet range as “Duncan’s mountains,” names given them by Thompson.

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