Visitor praises North Idaho to New England friends
John W. Hull Jr visits Trestle Creek Park and writes that New Englanders doubt his praise of North Idaho. He describes scenery weather and local pride and argues Idaho feels different from the East Coast. He notes U S population growth from 38 558 371 in 1870 to over 215 million today.
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North Idaho
New England
John W. Hull, Jr
Trestle Creek Park
Ray
Helen Christian
Hull
Idaho
U.S
Former Area Resident Arthur Norlen Publishes Book
Bonner County readers will note Arthur Norlen, once of Sandpoint, has published The Vanishing Immigrants a semi autobiographical look at Scandinavian migrants in the US before and during the Great Depression Norlen arrived from Sweden in 1926 and recalls work from Humbird Lumber Co to mines in Clark Fork and Butte He discusses the immigrant experience the company store and trapping profits and losses and his later life in Kellogg His book is from Vantage Press and is already in New York stores with a local shipment expected soon to Selkirk Press and Stationery
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Dave Finkelnburg
Sandpoint
Arthur Norlen
Bonner County
Norlen
U.S
Sweden
America
Lewiston
Montana
Butte
Norten
Humbird Lumber Co
Kootenai
Comptom I. White
White Dell
Clark Fork
Europe
Northwest
Norton
Judith River
Humbird
Vantage Press
New York
Selkirk Press
Tassie Graduate From War College
Army Colonel Lawrence R. Tassie, son of Mrs Rose Meadows of Priest River Idaho, graduated from the nonresident course at the Army War College Carlisle Barracks Pa He served in Vietnam and holds the Silver Star multiple awards including the Legion of Merit Bronze Star and Air Medal He is a 1942 West High School Salt Lake City UT graduate with a 1949 University of Utah BS and studied at Fort Leavenworth He is assigned as defense and Army attache in Vienna Austria.
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Carlisle Barracks
Lawrence R. Tassie
Rose Meadows
Priest River
Idaho
Army War College
The
War College
Col Tassie
Vietnam
Legion of Merit
West High School
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Utah
US Army Command and General Staff College
Ft Leavenworth
Kan
Ofense
Vienna
Austria
Community Meeting Notices and Local Events
Multiple September gatherings are listed including American Lutheran Church Women meeting on September 7 with film and officer elections, Eagles Lodge events on September 3 and 2, and various club and veterans group meetings. Also listed are blood pressure clinics, bowling leagues, a Tupperware fundraiser for the Bonner County Museum, and senior citizen meal and transportation services with reservation details.
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American Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sandpoint High School
Pack River
Sandpoint Cedar Company
Bonner County Historical Society
N. Idaho
Pend Oreille County
Newport
Sharon Biss
Debbie Montgomery
Bonner County Fairgrounds
Kellogg
Coeur d’ Alene
Intermountain Observer tRuise
Kellogg Evening News
Wallace Press Times
Tassie
Italy
Gunning's Alley
Eagles Lodge
Eagles
Kootena
Better Community Club
Genevieve Thurlow
Pine St Loop
Senior Citizens Center
425 Forest
Bob Cramer
VFW
Lake
Disabled American Veterans Chapter
Idaho Community Hall
Phi Omicron Chap
Beta Sigma Phi
Patsy Thompsons House
Cedar Sandpoint
Bonner County Museum
Southside Water and Sewer District
Wagon Bridge Inn
Democratic Central Committee
Alley Dusters Bowling League
St Joseph's Altar Society
Sheriff Hare
Senior Services Office
Senior Citizen‘s Center
Forest
Denny's Cafe
Priests River
Riverview
Helen Derr
Bonners Ferry
St. Maries
North Idaho Foods . Inc
Good Anis
Ruger
Shank
U. S
Western Family Potato
Shasta
U.S. No
Gue
Maries
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