50 years ago (1956)
Van Winkle’s, the largest furniture store in the county, was holding an open house to acquaint the public with its newly enlarged store at 2731 Wetmore Ave. Larry Van Winkle, manager, and his father, John Van Winkle, owner, said the new second floor had allowed the addition of many items.
Members of the auxiliary to the Old Guard Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars were filling envelopes with Christmas Seals for the TB Association. Among the members were Betty Siebrasse, Veda Balke, Helene Worland, Helen Hamnes, Lela Wade, Laura Reber, Marie Burt, Ida Kiehn and Viola Falske.
25 years ago (1981)
Northbound travelers entering Marysville on Highway 99 may see an old idea finally come to pass in the next few years. Les Hoag of the Marysville office of the state Department of Transportation said the first glimpse of the city could be of a boat ramp and city park if a strip of land on Steamboat Slough was declared surplus by the state.
A king-size volunteer project in Monroe to raise money for a hospital incubator had produced a queen-size quilt recording scenes from the Skykomish Valley. For 30 years, Mildred Ness, a member of the Valley General Hospital Guild, had dreamed of the quilt’s creation.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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