50 YEARS AGO (1959)
So scarce were the youngsters in the area served by Jefferson School, immediately south of downtown, that the School Board decided to discontinue the school with the end of the school year. The 1894 building, on Hoyt Avenue just south of Pacific Avenue, was Everett’s second oldest brick school. (Monroe was a year older.)
The Ivy Five was gaining popularity playing to huge teen crowds at South Everett Community Center. Members were Kerener Trethewey, Brian Wallace, Paul Carlson, Ken Noreen, Bill Carboneau and Gary Ostlund.
25 YEARS AGO (1984)
Jim Haugen, executive vice president for King-Size Photo of Everett, announced that the firm had merged with Phototron Corp. of San Bernardino, Calif. King-Size was the largest private photo finishing firm in the Northwest and Phototron was the biggest private photo finishing firm in the nation.
Under the direction of shipwright Walt Taubeneck, volunteers were carefully reassembling the historic Gehl home on the south edge of Jennings Park in Marysville. The home had originally been east of town near Getchell. Elaine and Gene Gunther were active in the restoration.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
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