This week in history - June 3, 2021

100 Years Ago

The community was pained to hear yesterday of the sudden death of its highly respected matron, when word was spread that Mrs. Minerva L. Fry, wife of M.M. Fry, had died suddenly due to heart failure.

Boundary Dry Goods Co. moved its stock of merchandise into its new quarters in the Gray block Monday.

Clara Mann, the 13 year old daughter of Mrs. Lottie Mann, recent comers from Montana, dove into deep water in the seepage pond adjoining the Great Northern track in the east part of town and saved her younger brother from drowning.

Fitzpatrick Bros. have a crew of 35 men at work raising and extending the dyke that protects their farmland from overflow water. At present they are working on considerably over a mile of dike.

50 Years Ago

A county-born and bred resident, Bill Ellis, wrote a letter to the editor of the Herald this week to relate his sighting of an enormous animal that he termed a “Sasquatch.” Spotted near the Ellis home in the old Katka schoolhouse, the “Big Foot” apparently stood over eight feet tall and weighed supposedly over 450 lbs.

Of keen interest to Kootenai Valley residents will be the Corps of Engineers meeting next Monday, June 7, to deal with the effects of the new Libby Dam upon the river and the flats.

15 Years Ago

Following encouraging words from fellow valedictorians and salutatorians, sage advice from a teacher, several original songs and tears and farewells, the 108 members of Bonners Ferry’s Class of 2006 flung their blue and white caps in the air and walked out of the middle school gym as graduates.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is offering monetary rewards for the heads of rainbow and lake trout caught by anglers.

Bill Hays, local rancher and former school board member, was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame April 26 in Yakima, WA.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum