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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

Feb. 25, 1975 – JIM VAN STONE IN GERMANY

Army Specialist Four James E. Van Stone, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chet Van Stone, Route 1, Sandpoint, Idaho, is assigned as a mortarman in the 8th Infantry Division in Mannheim, Germany. 

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BEHRENS REAL ESTATE, 302 PINE ST.

5 LARGE deep deep city lots accent extra large 4 Bdrm. Home with library, family room, and fenced yard. Remodeled this last year. $25,500. 

LARGE 3 bdrm home on corner lot in perfect location – a swell family home with a real nice yard, fruit cellar and functional garage, $15,900.

30 x 90 BUSINESS site on First Ave.  Prime location at last summer’s prices, $16,000 and terms. 

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CONESTOGA WAGON COMING

Bonner County’s first official participation in the nation’s Bicentennial Celebration will be to host Idaho’s Conestoga wagon March 14-16. The wagon will go to each school in the district, so students may view it. On March 17, the frontier replica will leave the Bonner County fairgrounds enroute to Kootenai County. A local team of draft horses will provide pulling power as it heads southward. Any local horsemen wishing to serve as outriders are invited to join in. After visiting each county in the state, the covered wagon will leave Idaho Aug. 1, joining similar vehicles from other Western states to embark on a long eastward journey to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania - the “History in Reverse” trail. 

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Feb.25, 1950 – MEET IN NEW CHURCH

The Seventh-Day Adventists met Feb. 18 for the first time in their new church on Cedar [just west of Boyer]. Work on the structure was begun six months ago and the building is rapidly nearing completion. About 150 members and friends were present to hear the inspiring message on the love of God by Elder Henry Miller. 

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SURPRISE PARTY FOR DR. WENDLE

Dr. Floyd Wendle, pioneer physician of Sandpoint, is not easily surprised, but he was quite unprepared for the surprise gathering which greeted him at the home of his oldest son, Dr. C.C. Wendle, last Wednesday. Coming from Spokane were Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wendle and Chud Wendle; Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Miller of this city completed the group. After the gifts were opened, the family, augmented by long time friends Mr. and Mrs. Don Diehl, adjourned to Lee’s Cafe, where they were served a complete Chinese dinner in the private dining room. A lovely birthday cake, which Mrs. Eng had baked in honor of the doctor’s birthday, adorned the dining table. 

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BOYS HAD THE MAJORITY

In her annual report to the Bonner General Hospital board of directors, Mrs. Edra Mayo, R.N., listed 224 births for the year 1949. Of these, 131 were boys. No multiple births were recorded. The average hospital stay for all patients was nine days.

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