50 YEARS AGO (1958)

Two brothers, both raised in Everett and sons of Vern C. Henry, 3703 Wetmore Ave., were honored in recent days. Don Henry, chemistry teacher at Puyallup High School, was selected as co-winner of the state science teacher of the year. Kenneth A. Henry, a biologist, was representing the United States on the Pacific Salmon International Fish Commission at New Westminster, British Columbia.

Three more intersections downtown were soon to have traffic lights. City commissioners approved the installation of signals at California Street and Rockefeller Avenue, Pacific and Rockefeller avenues, and Pacific and Hoyt avenues. They also discussed adding lights at several Walnut Street intersections.

25 YEARS AGO (1983)

Former Snohomish resident Henry Blum was to be honored on his 100th birthday at an open house at the home of Paul and Juanita Land, 18722 Fales Road, Snohomish. Blum lived at Hilltop House in Bothell.

Mike Hill, a senior at Monroe High School, was named to the Future Farmers of America National Band, which was to perform at the FFA’s national conference next month in Kansas City, Mo. He played the tuba.

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