The expanded Coeur d’Alene Press staff of 1956 is shown (clockwise from top left): City Editor Charles Sowder, Editor R.J. Bruning, feature writer Martha Pederson, Society Editor Vi Hultner, Publisher Burl C. Hagadone and reporter/photographer Frances Cope.
May 17, 2026
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The No. 1 pioneer
'We just did our best for our families and prayed that it was good enough'
Margaret Groves was a pioneer bride and mother who didn’t fuss about Mother’s Day. As she approached her 85th birthday in 1956, she was philosophical about the event. “We never expected recognition,” she told the Coeur d’Alene Press. “We just did our best for our families and prayed that it was good enough.”