This Week In Boundary County History

100 Years Ago

The equipment for B.F.’s new lighting system has arrived and installation will begin at once if the weather permits. The new lights are known as Cutter’s Arcadian design and are very beautiful, with a black iron post topped by a large white glass bowl with a black steel cap. Fourteen are to be installed along Main St.

Mrs. Caroline W. Flood, County Superintendent of School, says that all the rural districts will have more than met their quota in the sale of Christmas Red Cross Seals. The Curley Creek School is proud of their truly remarkable record in the past month - 100% in attendance, 100% in purchase of Christmas seals, and 100% in purchase of thrift stamps.

Frank Zimmerman of the City Meat Market is displaying 2 beef which were bought from Herman Roelling of Moravia. Each dressed out at 650 pounds.

50 Years Ago

The new high school is nearing completion. The building should be ready for occupancy by Feb. 1 of next year. It is expected that the gymnasium will be complete by mid January and there will be some basketball games played there.

Timber harvest and sales are up. Kaniksu Forest had 86 sales totaling some 40 million board feet, selling for nearly $900,000.

Several of the county’s schools will have Christmas programs before school adjourns Friday for the two-week holiday vacation.

15 Years Ago

“Toys for Tots” isn’t just for big cities. The local program has been providing Christmas for needy families for about five years.

This Friday, Bonners Ferry High School students and teachers moved into their new building on Tamarack Lane.

A $28,250 grant from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality will help the city pay for studying how to improve its water system. The failure of the Myrtle Creek watershed highlighted deficiencies in the city’s water supply infrastructure.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum