Bonner County History - July 5, 2026

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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

July 5, 1976 – MEETINGS – NOTICES 

The Sandpoint Library will start Summer Story Hour Tuesday with a morning hour from 10:30-11:30 and an afternoon hour from 1:00-2:00.  

All First Lutheran Women are invited to a July 6 luncheon to welcome our new pastor’s wife, Geri Hanson. Bring a salad and enjoy the fellowship.  

All Girl Scouts interested in marching in the July 4 Parade, please meet Friday from 4-5 p.m. at the Memorial Park parking lot at Ontario and S. Boyer.  

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BONNER STUDENTS GET SCHOLARSHIPS 

Fifteen Bonner County students returning to the U of I this fall have been named scholarship recipients. From Careywood: Kathleen K. Taylor; Hope: Deana W. Pedersen; Priest River: Donald J. Harold and Rocky A. Stephens; Sagle: Gayla J. Chronic, Alvin Delamarter, and Roland Greene; Sandpoint: Jayne Davis, Geoffrey Gilmore, Karen E. Gilmore, Robert O. Kincaid, Deborah Lyons, Douglas L. Madsen, Julie Rae Monroe and Linda T. Finney Nelson.

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ATHLETES HAPPY WITH GYM DOORS OPEN 

For the first time ever, the SHS gym is open to school students and the public at large from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Sandpoint native and ISU student Brad Linsday has been hired by the Sandpoint City Council’s recreation committee to supervise the gym’s evening use.  

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

July 5, 1951 – BIRTHS 

To Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones, route 1, city, June 26, daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. M. Widstrand, Clark Fork, June 26, daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Quass, Sagle, June 26, son. To Mr. and Mrs. Leo Robideaux, city, June 29, son. To Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Keaton, city, July 2, daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Behmerwohld, Heron, July 2, son. To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans, Dover, July 3, daughter. To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moon Jr., city, July 3, daughter. 

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HAD A HAPPY FATHER’S DAY 

Father’s day was a happy one for H.W. Robinson of route 2, whose three sons were home for the occasion. Sgt. Ward (Bud) Robinson, who is  with the marine corps in the amphibious division, was home on leave after 10 months in the combat area of Korea. D.G. (Dude) Robinson came from Republic, Wash., and Lloyd Robinson, who resides in Sandpoint, completed the family circle. 

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CITY IN BRIEF

Steward Shoemaker of Garfield, Wash., visited J.H. Giles at Bonner General hospital Monday. Shoemaker is the son of F.B. Shoemaker, who in Nov., 1879 proved up on a homestead in this area. 

The appeal for old papers and magazines by Bonner General hospital has had an excellent response, said Mrs. Mildred Nelson, superintendent. The hospital will arrange pick up of the material, which will be stored until a sufficient quantity is accumulated. Money will go to the “Pin money” fund.

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