50 years ago (1962)
Mildred Glover had been district manager of Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha for more than year and continued to hold that position, being in charge of Snohomish, Island, Skagit and Whatcom counties. Her offices were at 1506 Pacific Ave.
Osmund Kvithammer would be vice president of Everett Junior College’s Associated Men Students next year. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kvithammer, 1514 Hoyt Ave. Elections were last week.
25 years ago (1987)
A Herald article profiled Snohomish County Executive Willis Tucker. Tucker said he had little patience for petty politics and called himself the “Velcro executive.” No matter the subject, good or bad, it always seemed to cling. He was now seeking his third term, the only executive to serve the county’s charter form of government.
Friends of a Lynnwood leukemia victim labored on a roof under a broiling sun, the first of a series for fundraising projects to help defray expenses. The donated labor raised by applying the new roof would be added to the Lynn Parsons Leukemia Fund, established at the Rainier Bank Lynnwood branch. Tim Wright and Jon Roenig were among the workers.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library.
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