This week in history - September 2, 2021

100 Years Ago

Miss Agnes Carleton, a Red Cross nurse, will arrive in Bonners Ferry this week and will begin at once a health survey of all the school children of the county. (Nurse Chadwick)

A farewell dinner was given at the A. C. White Camp No. 3 Sunday in honor of Miss Hazel Barto. A dance was given at the Barto School house Saturday evening and was attended by some 25 couples. The proceeds will be used towards the purchase of a bell for the building.

The remains of Orville Brandt, a Bonners Ferry young man who sacrificed his life on the fields of France during the great World War, is expected to arrive in Bonners Ferry tomorrow, having been shipped from the east last Sunday. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Brandt and three brothers and three sisters.

50 Years Ago

Dave Heideman, owner of Heideman Construction Company was killed yesterday afternoon at 12:30 in Paradise Valley when the wall of a well he was digging caved in, burying him under about six feet of sandy soil.

A 1971 Ford pickup plunged off Smith Creek logging road about two miles above Smith Creek Guard Station last Saturday, and rolled down the steep mountainside for about 1500 feet. The driver, Robert Cheever, received a bruised shoulder.

Tuesday morning was “good news day” for state and federal forest personnel thanks to half an inch of rain and more in places.

15 Years Ago

With cool cars and hot weather, the Injectors Car Club’s seventh annual car show attracted plenty of car fans. The Bonners Ferry Rod Benders won an award for top club participation and several local car owners won awards in their respective classes.

Private First Class Jeremiah Dinsmore, a 2005 graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, will be deployed to Iraq today.

For the first time since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Standards, students in Boundary County School District met all the goals for all the students, resulting in the district meeting the Adequate Yearly Progress standard set by the government.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum