Bonner County History - Dec. 14, 2025

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Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

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

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

Dec. 14, 1975 — HOBBY STORE FOR ALL AGES 

The Hobby Store, located at the south entrance of 116 N Second St., has opened its doors, offering hobbies and crafts for all ages and abilities. Owners Dick and Glenda Laird said they are open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The store is well stocked and more hobbies for all ages are due to arrive soon. If they don’t have what you want, they can get it. The Lairds have two sons, age 14 and 15.  

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MACKINAW SEASON DRAWING TO A CLOSE 

With the exception of sturgeon, mackinaw are Idaho’s largest game fish. As they are most active  when the water temperatures drop to 42 degrees Fahrenheit, fall fishing at Priest Lake begins around Thanksgiving and runs to the end of the season on Dec. 15. Sandpoint angler Dell Brown recently caught a 28-lb. Mackinaw in Priest Lake while angling with Priest River fisherman Bill Romero.  

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NIC HISTORY CLASS OFFERED OVER TV 

As part of its Bicentennial celebration, North Idaho College will offer a broadcast course for credit called The Adams Chronicles, detailing the lives of four generations of the Adams family, from 1750-1900. Those enrolled may earn up to three credits by viewing the 13 weekly telecasts on Channel 7, using the student Guide to meet specific instructional objectives, reading additional  assignments in the anthology, and taking the mid-term and final exams.

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Dec. 14, 1950 — DAUGHTER BORN DEC. 13 

Mrs. Anna Sund received word Wednesday of the birth of a great granddaughter that morning to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Venishnick at Moscow. The little girl joins a brother, Joe, and  sister, Andrea. Mrs. Venishnick is the former Patsy Reynolds.

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WINS PRIZE MONEY IN FINNISH “PICKS” 

Mrs. Fred Erickson, her daughter, Mrs. Agnes Dahl, and her son, Jim, and Mrs. Betty Michelson, all of the Selle district, returned from a four-month vacation with relatives in Finland. While there, five-year-old Jimmy Dahl proved that the American boy is truly sports-minded by winning the weekly prize money in the Finnish equivalent of Pigskin Picks. The game there is sponsored by the government; cards are sold at 10 cents each, listing the week’s English soccer games. Out of a possible 13 games, young Jim (nephew of Severt Erickson of Sandpoint Furniture) picked 11 winners. His prize was 5400 Finnish marks, about $25 in American money.  

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NEW LESSEE OF CARTER SERVICE STATION 

Dick Fouts, who came here four months ago from Anchorage, Alaska, is the new lessee operating the former Miller’s Oval E service station at the corner of Cedar and north Second. Fouts has renamed the station Carter’s Service Center. The station, which opened in 1949, has since been operated by Kermit Miller. Miller will continue to  serve Sandpoint and area as wholesale distributor for Carter Oil products.

For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.