St. Maries boosters induct Dan Felton to hall of fame

Kara Davidson, Gazette Reporter | Dec 06, 20180

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Dan Felton, now from St. Maries, graduated from St. John. Photo courtesy of Collin Scheel, St. Maries Gazette Record.

Dan Felton, who was raised in Malden and has been the proprietor of Felton's Auto Sales in St. Maries, Idaho, for the last 20 years, was inducted into the St. Maries Lumberjack Booster Club's Hall of Fame Friday, Nov. 30.

Felton was born in Spokane and raised in Malden to be a third generation conductor for the Milwaukee Railroad.

Malden's Felton Hall, a former Catholic church turned into a community center, was named after his father, who was one of the first babies born in Malden.

"It was a good place for kids to grow up back then," Felton said about Malden.

After his first four years of sch...