This week in history - June 17, 2021

100 Years Ago

Last Sunday, O. F. Howe succeeded in landing a 16 inch Rainbow, caught in the Moyie. “Dad” says he had no trouble at all in landing his fine catch because just as soon as the fish saw who had hooked him he swam right over to the bank and surrendered.

M. M. Fry and son Fred and two grandsons, Harry and Charley Fry, expect to return to British Columbia and continue prospecting there.

Chautauqua opened Saturday and has been showing to very small audiences, due largely to the fact that very little effort has been made to advertise it and sell tickets. There was the further handicap of having to hold it in the K. P. Hall because no suitable location for the tent could be found on account of high water conditions and also because of the mosquito pests.

50 Years Ago

Riding in the Deer Park rodeo last weekend, local cowboy Dan MacDonald won first place in the saddle bronc riding event.

Milt Schauble, speaking for the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee, invited all Bonners Ferry businessmen to attend a meeting Friday, June 18, at 10 am at Doug’s Litehouse to lay plans for the forthcoming “Krazy Days.”

The Bonners Ferry Municipal Light Department entered its fiftieth year of operation this year, still supplying nearly two-thirds of its power from the city-owned hydro-electric plant on the Moyie River.

15 Years Ago

Despite concerns over potential flooding and levee damage, no Bonners Ferry businesses are in danger so long as the river stays within the forecast levels, Bonners Ferry Mayor Darrell Kerby said Tuesday.

During a school board meeting Tuesday, school board members unanimously approved the acceptance of an $117,000 bid for the Fry Auditorium and surrounded property.

The Bonners Ferry City Council members on June 6 unanimously voted to approve a two-lot, ¼ acre Habitat for Humanity subdivision off Birch Street.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum