Seems Like Yesterday

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, December 18, 2003

There were several notable Christmas decorations on public display in Everett and Snohomish County. In the Everett Trust and Savings window on Colby Avenue was a scene made out of candy. Solie Funeral Home had a manger scene erected by Alfred Halverson, Lloyd Solie and Bob Weller. Santa and his reindeer lit up the roof of the Carl Carpenter home on the Granite Falls-Hartford Road. Claude Wells had a striking display in the City Park in Marysville.

Sharing the interests of youth with the downtown Everett store’s Santa was a miniature train that circled the third floor of the Bon Marche.

A 10-story office building was planned that would be three stories taller than the city’s tallest, the Seafirst Building. The $6.75 million Wall Street Building would rise at the corner of Wall Street and Wetmore Avenue. James Hayes, one of the partners building it, said construction would begin next spring. Court Sheehan, who opened his gas station on the site 31 years ago, was planning a new facility nearby.

Earl Torgeson was appointed to the city Planning Commission while Judge Paul Hansen and Karen Humphrey were appointed to the Arts Commission.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library