This Week in History - March 16, 2023

100 Years Ago

The Buick agencies of Bonner and Boundary counties have been consolidated, with headquarters in Sandpoint under the name of the DeLisle Buick Co.

This week the Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. purchased a REO speed wagon, a REO seven-passenger touring car, and three seven and a half ton Mack trucks.

Fred J. Smith, J. H. Guthrie, and Ralph Kerr, all prominent stockmen of the Copeland district were in the city yesterday attending to business matters.

50 Years Ago

Bonners Ferry boxers again made a great showing at the Spokane Novice Golden Gloves Tourney last Sunday. Seven went, seven were in the finals, and four became champs. Harry Houck, Larry Funkhouser, Jeff Neumayer and Randy Parish won championships.

Bonners Ferry snowmobile racers left the name of their hometown well-inscribed at last weekend's West Yellowstone Roundup, a granddaddy among Western United States annual racing. Randy Poulton placed first, Joe Mesenbrink placed second, Bob Schnuerle fifth, and Delores Sweet won first in the ladies race.

Miss Betsy Douglas, a recent graduate of Bonners Ferry High School, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Douglas, has been added to the staff of the Bonners Ferry Herald on a part-time basis.

15 Years Ago

When Tracy Iverson graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1966, her plan was to get out of Bonners Ferry. A little more than 10 years later, Iverson returned to teach English at Bonners Ferry High School. Today she is among 21 alumni who teach in Boundary County School District.

Terry Mullin, his sister Ronnie Howe, and Ronnie's husband, Mike "Roadkill" Howe, volunteer to remove roadkill deer, elk and moose from local roadways, the Trio butchers and wraps the meat before donating it to the food bank in Bonners Ferry.

A visit to the Eastport area turned into a near death experience for filmmakers JoAnne Novack and Duane Lamar when they got lost in the dark and temperatures dropped. After hiking 8 miles through 3 to 4-foot snow, the exhausted pair found a home, but no one was there. Cold, wet, and without proper clothing, they broke into the home of Dick and Barbara Merrill out of fear for their safety.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum