This Week In History - Feb. 8, 2024

100 Years Ago

The Bonners Ferry basketball team has won every game this season, playing two games with Eureka, Montana, two games with Troy, Montana, and one each with Sandpoint, Newport, Rathdrum, and Spirit Lake. Next Saturday night, Feb. 9, the team will play the strong Coeur d'Alene team on the home floor. The Coeur d'Alene team has held the championship of the Panhandle district for the past three years.

Almar Grunerud and Clarence Kyes Baker, both subjects of Great Britain filed declarations of their intentions to become citizens of the United States with Dolly Bruce, County Clerk.

By unanimous agreement of the merchants of the city, the stores will close at 8:00 on Saturday evening, Feb. 9, instead of 9 o'clock. The change in the closing hour is made so that all the merchants and their employees will have an opportunity to witness the basketball game at the high school, which starts at 8:20.

50 Years Ago

A new supply of the 45 rpm record "Ballad of Two Miners," composed by Verna Hodgson, Bonners Ferry, and sung by Dale Miller, is now available at local stores.

Shellye Lindsay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Lindsay, has received the honor of performing with the All State Band. As best as the BFHS band director can ascertain, Shellye is the first such all-starter in BFHS history.

Auto Haus, a store dealing in automotive and truck parts and accessories, opened Monday in the former South Hill warehouse of Larry's Sports Center.

15 Years Ago

The man who led Boundary Community Hospital's board of trustees through a multi-million expansion has retired after serving on the volunteer board for 18 years. Next week, Boundary County commissioners are expected to name a replacement for Dean Miller.

First-place winners for the Boundary County Middle School Spelling Bee were eighth grader Amy Maggi, seventh grader Camille Awbrey and sixth grader Mackenzie Mendenhall.

The Second Annual Snowmobile Drags will start weather permitting at 10:30 am Saturday, Feb. 7, at Sweet's Fields near Moyie Springs.

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum