50 years ago (1960)
According to the preliminary results of the 1960 Census, Everett had a population of 39,944 and was looking for 56 more residents to reach the 40,000 mark. Edmonds was one of the fasted growing cities in the area and at 7,980 showed a 400 percent gain since 1950. Mountlake Terrace and Lynnwood, both incorporated since 1950, had populations of 9,076 and 7,179, respectively.
Everett High School students Roger Wynne and Gary Sorensen tied for first place in the Junior Chamber of Commerce’s annual Teenage Road-E-O contest. Plaques were presented by contest chairman Floyd Funk and State Patrolman Bob Landon.
25 years ago (1985)
Mary Barouh of Arlington was named this year’s winner of the annual $1,000 Bobbi McCallum Memorial Scholarship. Barouh, an editorial journalism major at Everett Community College, was the 16th woman to get the award, established in memory of McCallum, a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Washington State Main Street Project was holding its annual meeting now at the Everett Pacific Hotel. Business and civic leaders all around the state were present to discuss how to bring life back to struggling downtowns such as Everett, Bellevue and Vancouver.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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