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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

Aug. 12, 1975 – CANNING LIDS JUST ARRIVED

Large shipment canning lids arrived. No limit while supply lasts. Bargain Giant IGA, Bonners Ferry.

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PIER CELEBRATES 50 YEARS WITH FORD

After nearly 60 years’ experience in the auto trade, Al Pier still works 8 to 6, six days a week. He is now celebrating his 50th anniversary as a Ford dealer. In 1942, after surviving the worst of the depression years, Al Pier bought out Bill Cady, but continued operations under the name Cady and Pier Inc. The business is now franchised by the Ford Motor Co. as Evergreen Ford, Inc. Pier’s son-in-law, Frank Evans, who joined t

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