Seems Like Yesterday
Published 3:38 pm Sunday, July 1, 2012
50 years ago (1952)
Home on leave from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was Cadet William C. Juchau, son of Mrs. Velma Wells, 3031 Kromer Ave. He would next report to Camp Buckner, West Point, N.Y., for tactical summer training to begin his second year at the academy.
The Red Barn Building, a Lynnwood landmark since World War II, was to be demolished to make way for a modern theater. It originally was a feed store.
25 years ago (1987)
One of the largest and most powerful warships ever built, the USS Nimitz steamed into the Strait of Juan de Fuca for the first time en route to making Northwest waters its home. The Nimitz was on its way to Bremerton. Its arrival was a tangible demonstration of the Navy’s intent to make Everett its new home port.
Mountlake Terrace’s blue and green municipal logo reached a towering height when painters put the finishing touches on a 2.5 million gallon water tower. The city’s name was spelled out in letters 3½ feet high. The logo represented a mountain, a lake and a terrace.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
