Bonner County History - May 5, 2026

Brought to you by the

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

May 5, 1976 – STILL PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES 

Although half over, there are still many K & K events to mark on your calendar. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., K & K Kapers will entertain at the Panida. Thursday evening, Country singer Bonnie Guitar will perform at the Trails End Nightclub, and Friday at 2  p.m., the Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce will host a dedication of Monument Park. Saturday afternoon, the Lions Club is sponsoring a casting contest at the Sandpoint City Beach, open to all children 12 and under, with prizes to be awarded. A fish feed at the Pastime Cafe begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, lasting until 7 p.m.  Cutoff time for fish registration is also 7 p.m. Saturday. K & K Week derby and fish awards will take place at 8 p.m. at the Eagles lodge. The evening will culminate in a Red Hat Dance at the Eagles following the presentations.  

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McCONNAUGHEY SETS JUNE WEDDING 

Essie Drake and Harlow McConnaughey announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Susan, to James Hedeen of Oxen Hill, Md. Hedeen, the son of Col. and Mrs. John Hedeen of Burke, Va., is employed with an Alexandria, Va. contracting firm. Susan, who works at the Northern Va. Training Ctr. for the Mentally Retarded, will receive a Master’s Degree from George Washington Univ. this spring. The wedding is June 19 at the Oxen Hill Mansion.  

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

May 5, 1951 – PERSONNNEL CHANGES 

Don Hand was recently given a temporary appointment to the city police force to fill the vacancy created when Matt Angus was granted a leave of absence. He will patrol parking meters. John Elsasser, member of the police force for several years, resigned to accept a position as guard at the Cabinet Gorge dam workings. Appointment of his successor is pending approval.  

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FREE ICE CREAM CONES AT DARI-DELITE 

Free ice cream cones will be given between 4 and 6 o’clock Friday at the official opening of the first drive-in ice cream business in Sandpoint, the Dari-Delite, located on Lake at Boyer. Dari-Delite, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stark, has been doing business the past week but will open on a regular schedule Friday, with hours from 11 o’clock in the morning until 11 at night. The neat concrete block structure has ample parking around it. All ice cream products are featured, including milk shakes, malts, sundaes, cones and ice cream “to go.” 

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BIG LOG TOWS SUPPLY P.R. MILL 

Most sawlogs for Pack River company’s Colburn sawmill are coming from tows on Lake Pend Oreille this spring. The tows, the first in many years on the big lake, are from clearing operations by Russell Oliver, who is clearing the right-of-way for the new Bonneville transmission line over the Green Monarchs. One tow was brought down the lake to Dover last fall, two more have been hauled this spring, and two or three more are yet to come.

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