Bonner County History - Aug. 23, 2026
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 2 months, 1 week AGO
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611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
and Sandpoint Bee
Aug. 23, 1976 – SHRINERS’ RAFFLE WINNERS
Winners of the recent Panhandle Shrine Club raffle benefitting the Crippled Children’s Hospital in Spokane are: Marge Pederson, 521 S. Florence, color T.V.; Roy Thomas, 1112 Oak, $100 food certificate; and Helen DeWolf, 2878 Fairway Drive, Coeur d’Alene, who won a case of liquor.
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MILLS IS SANDPOINT’S NEWEST ATTORNEY
Charlton Mills, Sandpoint’s newest attorney, has opened a law office at 329½ N. First, above Ross Rexall Drug [in 2026, Bluebird Bakery]. Mills, who hails from Cleveland, Ohio, earned a law degree from Gonzaga University in 1975 and a Master of Law in taxation from University of Florida. Mills, his wife and three young daughters, live in East Hope.
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FISH TO BE DISPLAYED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Hank Wohler, who with his wife Margie visited Leone Forte here, went fishing on Lake Pend Oreille this month, his first fishing trip ever. Angling from Pete Weatherford’s boat, Uk Luk, Wohler nailed a 9 lb. Dolly Varden. The owner of San Francisco’s Victorian Inn, Wohler plans to have the fish mounted and to display it behind the bar of his establishment.
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TWO SCORE HIGH IN STATE CONTEST
Ann Ross, representing Bonner County in the State 4-H Contest of the Youth Horse Judging Program, was the first place senior division winner in Pocatello. Kim Lewis, another local competitor, won the individual 4th place senior division award.
75 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Aug. 23, 1951 – DR. OPENS OFFICES HERE
New medical equipment is being moved into the office building at 209 N. First, next to the offices of Dr. W.F. Tyler. On Monday, Victor H. Barbour, M.D. will open a general practice there. Dr. Barbour, who has seen military service, comes to Sandpoint from his home in Moscow. A graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., Dr. Barbour interned at King county hospital in Seattle.
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SCHOOLGIRL SAVES LIFE OF DAM WORKER
Bruce Yoho, 33, owes his life to a school girl’s well-learned lesson. The young man, who works at Cabinet Gorge dam, was swimming off Dreisbach’s dock at Trestle Creek Wednesday when he sank out of sight. Marjorie Thomas, 16, swimming nearby, pulled Yoho out, took him to shore and did artificial respiration, reviving him enough to take him by car to Bonner General hospital where oxygen and use of a resuscitator completed his recovery. Marjorie’s only training in life saving had been from Mrs. Margaret Monahan in classes at the Hope school. Her prompt action undoubtedly saved Yoho’s life.
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“MISS WASHINGTON” VISITS
Miss Darlene Shaffer, “Miss Washington,” spent the week end home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shaffer. She expects to fly to Atlantic City Sept. 1 to enter the Miss America contest.
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