19 Aug 1970
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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1970
Page
1
An emergency Bonner County meeting adjourned the four day Bonner County Horse Show due to a horse influenza outbreak. A $1 veterinary inspection fee per horse was set for entry. A new date remains tentative with possible October 8 9 10 or 11.
In Manchester the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra practised Paul Patterson's Symphonic Study No 2 but discordant sounds emerged after four hours as half the players performed a different piece. The composer called it an office error.
George A Strecker 73 a long time Bonner County resident died August 19 1970 at Deaconess Hospital Spokane after surgery and illness Born 1899 in Waukegan Illinois he moved to Bonner County in 1922 farming Wrenco logging for Bonner Boundary counties and Idaho State Highway Dept active in 4 H and Bonner County Fair ran unsuccessfully for County Commissioner on the Republican ticket Retired to Sandpoint at 817 Poplar known for his dahlias survived by wife Effie daughter Marjorie Stewart son Dale two brothers two sisters six grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral arrangements pending at Moon Funeral Home.
A group of Mexican American farm workers picketed multiple Caldwell area farms on Tuesday and voiced a demand for a minimum of two dollars per hour or twenty dollars per acre for thinning. Spokesman Oscar Guerrero warned of a county wide strike, with 300 workers gathering at a Caldwell labor camp to decide on wages.
Kirby Scribner, chairman of the Lions Club Toys For Toys project, notes the sale yard was a big success and thanks donors and shoppers. The drive begins for toys and asks for usable or repairable items, with dolls needing time to prepare for Christmas and dropoffs at Sandpoint’s Haviland Holzemer Enco station. A new workshop building is expected soon and volunteers are urged to contact Scribner or Mrsayne Hook.
Raynold J D Davis agricultural extension agent announces a carcass contest for adults on Thursday August 2 at 10 30 a m in the outside arena at the old Fairgrounds. Carcasses judged later at Goobys September 4 at 7 p m. Education feature invites interested livestock producers to attend.
Fair today and tonight with partly cloudy skies. Thursday through Tuesday show a rain chance under 10 percent. Highs reach near 0 with lows around 45, then cooler by night.
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