Seems like yesterday

Published 9:36 pm Monday, April 27, 2009

50 YEARS AGO (1959)

40 Million Everett, at 1001 Broadway, was appointed factory-authorized dealer for the French-built Renault automobile. Manager Hugh McCullough said the Renault had less style obsolescence and was the largest selling foreign four-door car in the U.S.

Mayor Jack Bennett announced that he had designated the seven men who would be appointed to the planning commission of the newly formed city of Lynnwood. They were Dean Echelbarger, Glen Halter, Don Westlin, Archie Marlin, John McCready, Kenneth Killien and Dr. A.V. Romano.

25 YEARS AGO (1984)

Bruce Barcott, a Snohomish High School senior, was selected to represent the state of Washington at a May 11 luncheon with President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., as part of the president’s Academic Fitness Awards program. He would be joined by math and science teacher Curt Johnson.

Siri Ann Wilbur of Stanwood was one of 500 finalists in the U.S. Department of Education’s Presidential Scholars Program. Selection of 141 Presidential Scholars was in early May. Winners would go to the national capital to meet with elected representatives, educators and other officials.

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