North Idaho Memories: Former Press papergirl loved growing up in Coeur d'Alene
Gay Carlberg Winger delivering papers on bike in 1950 Coeur d'Alene. At age 12 she became a papergirl for the Coeur d’Alene Press, working in the circulation department and delivering papers from 15th to 23rd streets, both sides.
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Gay Carlberg Winger moved to Coeur d'Alene in 1944 when she was 6. She was involved with the Campfire Girls at Camp Sweyolakan by fifth grade. "I remember being picked up by the Seeweewana boat at the Third Street dock, excited for the memories that awaited," Winger shared.
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Gay Carlberg Winger works the Dairy Queen grill in Coeur d'Alene in 1954.
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Playland Pier was a bustling attraction when Gay Carlberg Winger was growing up in Coeur d'Alene. The amusement park is pictured here next to Coeur d'Alene City Beach, year unknown.
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I moved to Coeur d’Alene when I was just 6 years old, back in 1944.
My parents didn’t have a car, so I would take my wooden wagon down to McEuen's IGA on Sherman Avenue for groceries when I was around 9. The groceries were always put on the family tab, which my parents settled weekly.
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