HUCKLEBERRIES: Penney's earned its place in Cd'A history
Penney’s manager Ernie G. Meyer hands a symbolic key to Coeur d’Alene Mayor Marc Souther as Miss Coeur d’Alene Alice Compton and others watch.
Photo courtesy of the Coeur d'Alene Press archives
The new Penney’s store in February 1964.
Avalanche rescuer Bud Budvarson with a favorite camera.
Top Realtors, from left, Bob Liesche, Bill Robinette and John Beutler.
Publisher H.S. Wetherell
In November 2009, former legislator Hilde Kellogg, seated, receives congratulations at the dedication of a Post Falls park named in her honor.
Diver Colin O’Donnell of Spokane, left, found a seaplane anchor in 112 feet of water that tore intake lines. He is shown with water superintendent Oscar Hill of Washington Water Power, center, and diver tender David Dilworth of Spokane.
The first Kootenai Chronicles was published in The Press on Valentine’s Day 1994.
When J.C. Penney manager Ernie G. Meyer handed Mayor Marc Souther a symbolic key to his new store 60 years ago, it was a big deal.
For the first time, downtown Coeur d’Alene had an anchor store that would attract residents year-round.
“We thought the downtown was the center of the world,” said Sandy Emerson, a Coeur d’Alene native and former chamber of commerce manager. “And Penney’s cemented that idea. It was the department store that we needed downtown. People were excited to see it open.”
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