50 years ago (1957)
Three Everett men landed big salmon out of Phil’s Boathouse on the lower Skagit River. The catches were part of a total 33 caught there, including seven limits. Jerry Murphy topped all catches with kings weighing 39 and 35 pounds. Bob Gay took a couple dandies, hitting the scales at 231/2 and 19 pounds. George Perry’s fish weighed 28 and 26 pounds.
Ira N. Brannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brannon, 2206 Colby Ave., Everett, was promoted to the office of staff accountant and auditor for the All-State Co. for the western states and British Columbia.
25 years ago (1982)
Two Everett residents, Sister Flora Mary McDonald and Sam White, were elected to three-year terms on the Everett Providence Hospital Board. McDonald was a patient representative and a retired assistant administrator at the hospital. White was senior manager in finance at the Boeing Co. 747 plant and was active in Boys’ Club activities.
A new patrolman on the Monroe Police Department was Edward John Busch, a 1975 graduate of Washington State University in police science and administration and a recent graduate of basic law enforcement training school.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library.
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