50 years ago (1957)
Getting in some practice for their part in the Fireside program planned by Everett Ladies Musical Club tomorrow were Charlotte Wyrens, violist, and Frances Nastri, pianist. The event would be in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, 1302 Grand Ave.
On display at Follestad Nash Inc., 2525 Colby Ave., was the new Rambler Rebel V-8 and the all-new Ambassadors. New to the models were sleek new jet stream styling on rear fenders, push-button controlled automatic transmissions and four-beamed headlines. American Motors offered no new Nash or Hudson models.
25 years ago (1982)
The charred hulk of the fish-processing ship Al-Ind-Esk-A-Sea twisted slowly on its anchor chain in Everett harbor as thick, black smoke continued to swirl from the helpless ship and burst of flame punctuated the gray early morning hours.
Crewman using a cutting torch on the middle of the ship’s three decks apparently touched off the fire. A spokesman for the ship’s owners Trans-Alaska Fisheries said there was little danger that the ship would sink.
Bud Rothgeb of Snohomish, an Air Force officer assigned to the Pentagon, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and Gregory S. Nylander of Marysville, an Everett firefighter, was promoted to the rank of major in the Army Reserve.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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