Seems Like Yesterday
Published 9:00 pm Sunday, December 3, 2006
50 years ago (1956)
Past presidents of Soroptimist International of Everett were honored on the 10th anniversary of the club at a smorgasbord luncheon at the Elks Home. They included Frances Kuse, Lisbeth Masi, Helen Lalin, Mildred Simpson, Dorothy Baker, Virginia Miller, Betty LeGros and Eleanor Jensen. Lucille Strom was the current president.
Lloyd Colvin, well-known teacher of singing in Mount Vernon, Everett and Seattle, was presenting a recital. Everett singers involved were Frank Jamieson, Elena Moll, Amy Youngstrom, Marsha Whitchurch, Eleanor Douglas, Lois Snoeberger, Francis Fonck, Ann Cate and Rich Moneymaker.
25 years ago (1981)
From Riverside to Bayside, Everett homes were open to show off their Christmas faces. Designers and owners of some of the homes were the Rev. Ed Packard, Betty Gross, Gosta and Carol Dagg, Guy and Dianne Sherman, Doris Maahs, Mary Lou Engman and Michael and Pamela Moore.
Living Christmas trees could be purchased at Cascade Nursery, north of Marysville on Old Highway 99; Sunnyside Nursery, three miles east of Marysville on scenic Sunnyside Boulevard; and Sanford Wright’s Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farm, northwest of Lakewood. Flocked trees were for sale at Evergreen Gardens on Evergreen Way in Everett.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
