50 years ago (1957)
Work on a $50,000 project to improve Evergreen Way between 47th and 52nd streets got under way this week as Associated Sand and Gravel Co. moved equipment into the area and started excavating for an additional lane on each side of the highway. The project included widening, channeling and installation of traffic signals.
Snohomish County Pomona Grange No. 12 was to meet in Priest Point Grange Hall. The election of officers would take place with Wayne Carstensen presiding. Helen Anderson would hold a lecturer’s conference. The home economics contest would be Christmas decorations and candles.
25 years ago (1982)
Ten mysterious white railroad cars designed to carry nuclear weapons rumbled through Snohomish County today on their way to the Trident submarine base at Bangor. Two green Burlington-Northern locomotives pulled the trains.
Everett Mayor Bill Moore proclaimed Dec. 7 as John R. Hayes Day in recognition of his achievements, and dedication to country, community and friends. Forty-one years earlier on this date, he and several hundred Washington National Guardsmen, 161st Infantry from Snohomish County, were on their way to the South Pacific.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
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