Seems Like Yesterday

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, December 30, 2004

50 years ago (1954)

Everett pioneer Louis Boeshar, for many years prominent in city business life, died after an extended illness. He first came to Everett in 1900. In the furniture business, Boehsar was a partner in the firm of Smith and Boeshar and later was with Boeshar and Hooton.

Police Chief George Nelson, Dean Chilson of West Coast Telephone and Lee Machim, superintendent of Everett’s fire and police signal department, inspected the new Puget Sound teletypewriter system used to fight crime. Everett was now connected with Seattle, Tacoma, King County, Pierce County and the Washington State Patrol headquarters in Olympia. Snohomish County would soon follow.

25 years ago (1979)

Everett Federal Savings and Loan Association was advertising itself as “Everett friendly.” Board members were Dewey Barnett, Magnar Lervick, H.H. Coyne, R. Michael Kight, William Rucker, R.A. Pierson, Maurice Olson and Paul Eklund.

Everett native Ted Shreffler, a Los Angeles composer of avant-garde and experimental music, returned to Everett to sit in with local bands at the Eagles Lodge. His parents, Earl and Sieaetta Shreffler, lived in Marysville.

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