50 YEARS AGO (1960)
County Commissioner Ed McCollum explained to members of Snohomish Chamber of Commerce tentative plans for a new county building. It would be a five-story structure between the current courthouse and detention facility. McCollum said the current building was overcrowded, and he stressed the need for a new jail.
Spreading through the entire structure in a matter of minutes, fire destroyed the Viking Lumber Co. plant on the Mukilteo Speedway. Loss was estimated at more than $50,000. Peter Furan, plant manager, said only he and employee Roy Herrem were present when the blaze started. It was believed to have started from friction beneath a planer, probably from a knot.
25 YEARS AGO (1985)
Standing in front of an old city bus, Everett transit inspector Stephen Lalor got a good look at one of the new bus trolleys that would run between Marina Village and Everett Pacific Hotel.
The following students participated in graduation exercises at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma recently: Laurin Cady, Paul Rathbun, Christi Spangler and Rebecca Newland of Everett; Damon Beninger and Jeffrey Meehan Edmonds; and Martin Prather of Lynnwood.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
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