Bonner County History - Sept. 15, 2026

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Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

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

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

Sept. 15, 1976 – BIRTHS 

9-10: To Mr. and Mrs. William Roth, Sandpoint, 6 lb. 8¾ oz. girl. 9-12: To Mr. and Mrs. Steve Sodorff, Sandpoint, 6 lb. 14 oz. girl. 9-13: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Davis, Sagle, 7 lb. 3¾ oz. boy.

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VOLLEYBALL SEASON STARTS THURSDAY 

The Sandpoint High School volleyball team opens its 1976 season Thursday with a road game at Post Falls. SHS coach Pat Smith has selected five of her starters for the game, but is still undecided about the sixth spot. Seniors Pam Bradetich and Barb McHenry, the only two returning starters, will both start along with Kim Barfuss, Kathy McCanlies and Lorrie Dockins. The final spot is a tossup among four players: Becky Marienau, Jacki Stern, Stacey Allen and Patti Bennett. All are capable of the job and Smith is pleased with the depth of her lineup.

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LUNCHEON RECEPTION 

A reception for Mr. and Mrs. Pitt S. Willand was held today by the Bonner County Ministerial Assn. at the Edgewater. The luncheon for local ministers and their wives greeted Fr. Willand, the newly appointed Rector for St. Agnes Episcopal Church, and his wife. 

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HUFF GETS COUNCIL NOD 

Rev. Harold Huff of the United Methodist Church in Sandpoint was instated Monday as a member of the Sandpoint City Council. He was recommended by Mayor Brown to fill the unexpired term of Ozzie Vallieres, who resigned to move to Oregon. 

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Sept. 15, 1951 – MAKES FAST RUN 

An Allied ambulance from Spokane screamed through the city Monday, having made the over 70-mile trip from Spokane in 65 minutes, answering an emergency call to pick up a patient with a ruptured peptic ulcer who had been taken to Bonner General hospital earlier that day. He was transferred to a Spokane hospital for immediate surgery.  

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NEW LACLEDE FERRY IN SERVICE SOON 

The old Laclede ferry, which has been in service for 20 years and which sinks an average of once a year, will be replaced this week by a new ferry built for the county by James Eaton at Garfield bay. The new ferry is built on a float of big cedar logs secured from the Johnson creek area along the new Bonneville line and floated down the Clark Fork river. The new ferry is 20’ long, six feet longer than the old one, and will carry about 12 tons, sufficient to handle passenger cars and farm trucks, but not logging trucks and big commercial vehicles. The new ferry is being towed on the lake from Garfield bay, then on the river to Laclede. The ferry will be out of service for three days during the changeover.

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CITY LIFTS RESTRICTIONS 

Effective Sept. 15, burning permits for rubbish fires within the city limits will not be required, fire chief Claude Simon announced.

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