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Newspaper
Sandpoint Daily Bee
Location
Sandpoint, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1971
Page
3
Idaho's Aero nautics Director Darrell Manning urges careful land use planning and zoning to protect existing airports from encroachment. He warns growing housing, mills, and industry threaten runway safety and airport viability and promotes airport industrial parks with proper oversight.
The American Legion and Auxiliary Christmas Party is cancelled indefinitely. Donations for Christmas boxes can be left at 422 S. Boyer. TOPS Club meets Dec 21 at 7 p.m. in the Washington Water Power building with a gift exchange. Auxiliary meets Dec 21 at 6 p.m. for potluck and gift exchange. Lions Club urged to attend. Toys for Tots boxing at county fair grounds at 6:30 p.m. VFW Auxiliary Past Presidents will hold a Christmas Party Dec 21 at 1:30 p.m. at Johanna Elliot’s home. Bulldog Bench meets Dec 21 at noon. Nominating Committee to report.
Grange No. 448 Clark Fork held a Christmas party and potluck at the local school with two turkeys and Santa Claus played by Fritz Engwall. Mrs. Vi Quirin chaired with helpers Geraldine Berkey and Florence Statzel. Lillian Hoskins was injured earlier, later taken to hospital with a broken knee. next Grange meeting set for January 13 at 8 p.m.
In Barignan France firefighters were not aided by neighbors of mechanic Raymeid David during a blaze. Fire officials say the neighbors refused to phone or pass fire buckets as the home burned. A separate note from Port Finland reports a burglar asking to be jailed after a night distress call and a chase from a tire factory into an ice factory.
At a recent Panhandle Shrine Club meeting the 1972 officers were elected as Robert Doolittle president Ron McCormick vice president and Maurice Lathrop secretary treasurer The 1971 board of directors will carry over for 1972 including Doolittle McCormick Lee White Ray Burns and James Breinich A Christmas party was held December 1 at the Pastime Cafe.
On November 16 Job's Daughters elected Kit Kincaid Honored Queen with Ellie Fournier Senior Princess Sue Doak Junior Princess Lynn Balch Guide and Mary Phillips Marshall also chosen. Wreaths are sold at 2.00 each. Installation of the Queen is December 28 at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Six new members were welcomed and a Christmas Party for Secret Fathers is planned December 21 at the Masonic Temple with refreshments.
A representative from the Coeur d'Alene SSA office will visit Sandpoint on Tuesday December 21 at Sandpoint Community Hall. The SSA agent will be available from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for information and assistance on social security and Medicare matters.
President Nixon announces in Bermuda that he signed a proclamation removing the 10 per cent surcharge on foreign imports. The move follows the Group of 10 monetary package and devaluation of the dollar.
In Spokane, three children aged three years eleven months and three months were rescued from a burning home after their father Alvin Johnson and neighbor Stanley D. Crowell pulled them from the building. The youngest suffered minor head burns. Mrs. Johnson was taken to Eastern State Hospital for observation as investigators probe the blaze.
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