This Week In History - Feb. 15, 2024

100 Years Ago

Over 450 members of Masonic bodies of Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Priest River, Newport, Creston, B.C., Libby and Troy, Montana attended the impressive dedication services of the new $20,000 Masonic Temple here Tuesday evening.

A large delegation of farmers of the Paradise Valley appeared before the board of county commissioners Tuesday with a petition for a new road south of the present Cemetery Hill Road to the top of the bench. The present road, in places, is on a 15% grade, it is said.

After winning eight games straight this season, the local high school basketball team went down to defeat before the superior weight of the husky Coeur d'Alene high team here Saturday night.

The members of the G.G.G. Club were the guests of Mrs. Melvin Dehlbom at the home of Mrs. Chester Simonds on Wednesday evening.

50 Years Ago

Gasoline woes continue. At least one local service station, Jim's Texaco, is having to limit gas sales to 10 gallons per customer. Lenhart's Corner Service Station had limits last month.

Many commercial livestock operations in the county are watching hay supplies dwindle rapidly, and it is anticipated that some livestock producers are going to need additional feed supplies before pasture time arrives.

Local snowmobile racers took honors in the Panhandle Championships held at Osburn on Sunday. In A-Main classes, Stan Sweet won third in 300 modified, Bob Hayden placed fourth in 650, Delores Sweet took second in 340 modified, and Cindy Sweet took third in 340 junior.

15 Years Ago

Four ladies from Naples are attempting to feed the community one meal a week. Jenny Napier, Oma Sanders, Farrell Cutler and Jeneen Schuler will host Soups On from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm every Friday in the new community room at South Boundary Fire District's station in Naples.

No one was hurt when an empty railcar derailed at 6:40 a.m. Feb. 5 in Eastport. The grain railcar that derailed is believed to have had a mechanical problem.

Greg Mead, owner of Mead's Diesel on Highway 95's North Hill, was recently recognized in "The Horse Magazine" after winning an amateur chopper building contest. Mead's winning chopper is a 1948 Flat Head Harley with a rigid frame, and a rebuilt Duet diesel engine converted to run on regular gasoline.

~ Submitted by the Boundary County Museum