From the Archives - 12th June 2025

This check, written seventy-four years ago, was signed by Agnes Felch, Manager of the Commercial Hotel. “Pay to the Order of: Boy Scout of Am” in the amount of $5.00. It was drawn from an account at The First National Bank, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. It is unknown if the check was a donation to the Boy Scouts. The amount of $5.00 in 1951 is equivalent to $63 today.

The Commercial Hotel was in the Gray Block and Enterprise Block buildings. The First National Bank was on the main floor with the Masonic Lodge on the second floor.

 

Agnes Felch, Manager of the Commercial Hotel

(as written for Bonners Ferry Herald - From the Archives)


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