This Week in History - Jan. 18, 2024
100 Years Ago
The dedication of the new Masonic Temple will take place on Tuesday evening, February 12. Grand Lodge Order of the Eastern Star, the Arch Masons, and the Knight Templar Masonic Templar Masons, will also be extended to all Masonic bodies of neighboring towns in Idaho and Montana. The temple is located on the second floor of the First National Bank building and has dimensions of 40 by 120 feet.
C.D. Simonds announced yesterday that he had purchased a complete stock of furniture and household furnishings which will arrive the latter part of the week. Mr. Simonds will conduct his furniture store in his building on Bonner St. in the rear of his drug store.
In one of the fastest and closest basketball games ever seen here the Bonners Ferry High School defeated the Spirit Lake High School quintet 21 to 18 at the high school gym last Saturday evening. The home team has now won five straight games without a defeat and is in line for the North Idaho Championship.
50 Years Ago
Unseasonable rains have fallen this week, sometimes in near torrent force, and residents of this county are beginning to realize the magnitude of destruction caused here by rushing water during two days of storm holocaust. Some residents are now stranded, others have been moved, and most continue to wonder what will happen next. Boundary County has been declared a disaster area by Governor Cecil D. Andrus, along with several other North Idaho counties.
A.J. "Aug" Baylon recently ended his long and illustrious banking career which began April 9,1935, with the former First National Bank of Bonners Ferry, which was merged with the Bank of Idaho on March 1, 1962.
15 Years Ago
Last week's thaw from the more than 50 inches of snow that had fallen since Dec. 12 accompanied with rain, caused three barns to collapse.
Second Chance Animal Adoption is moving forward with plans for building a new shelter. Don Jordan, a Bonners Ferry resident for 30 years, has been hired to design the project. Jordan will donate 50 percent of his fees to SCAA.
Those who listen to Bonners Ferry's KBFI radio are hearing a clearer and crisper sound. Blue Sky Broadcasting, which has owned the station since 1994, recently installed a digital 1,000-watt transmitter. It's the first time in 33 years that the transmitter has been upgraded.
Submitted by the Boundary County Museum