Concert Association dissolves; donates funds to area schools

WALLACE — It was fall, 1941. The U.S. was on the brink of entering World War II, “Citizen Kane” was a hit at the box office. Fast food drive-ins were popping up everywhere, a gallon of gas cost 12 cents and a car could be bought for $850.

Here in Idaho, Gary Cooper was duck hunting with Ernest Hemingway in the Wood River Valley, silver was selling for 35 cents an ounce, the Kellogg School District was installing fluorescent lights in the high school gym, St. Maries was looking for a burglar who stole $100 from a slot machine in the Eagles Club and a group of area residents were launching an organization to bring outstanding musical performances to the Silver Valley.