50 years ago (1961)

Mukilteo was getting a new post office. It would be located at the corner of Third and Loveland streets on property held by the government. Mayme C. Ross was the Mukilteo postmistress.

Opening tomorrow was the Arctic Circle Drive-In on Highway 99 opposite Albertsons. For the grand opening hamburgers were two for a quarter. Also on the menu were ranch-fried chicken, malts, shakes, sundaes and soft drinks.

25 years ago (1986)

Why tweeze? Electrolysis was gentle, safe and permanent on facial and body hair, bikini line and eyebrow shaping. At Head to Toe Electrolysis Clinic in Marysville, Jaki Higbee and Kathryn Anderson were available for a complimentary consultation.

Mobil Oil Corp. and First Interstate of Washington reached an agreement whereby customers would be able to use their ACCEL bankcards throughout Mobil’s Washington state retail network, the bank announced. Since the first quarter of 1975 the First Interstate Bancards had been as good as cash at 67 Mobil stations around Puget Sound.

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