Seems like yesterday

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, October 26, 2006

50 years ago (1956)

Two sergeants and a civilian secretary got together at Paine Air Force Base this week to reminisce about their early experiences with the Air Force’s first air defense division. Esther Hjort, Master Sgt. Harvey Pace and Tech Sgt. Andrew Volk were with the 25th when it activated in 1948 at Silver Lake.

Norman Totey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Totey, was home on leave after completing Navy recruit training. He was a 1956 graduate of Everett High School.

25 years ago (1981)

In 1946, two Navy sailors started work at Weyerhaeuser’s Wood Products Division, and they were still going strong in 1981. Les Eubanks was lead set-up man at the planer mill and Bob McKnight was chipper operator at Mill F sawmill.

Brad Cross and Thomas Moran of Everett High School were named semi-finalists in the national Merit Scholarship competition.

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