50 years ago (1956)
Ione Kenseth announced the opening of the Westview Cafeteria on the third floor of the Medical &Dental Building. The specialty of the house was low-calorie lunches and salads for women. Tempting rolls would be featured during morning and afternoon coffee breaks. The patio area would attract patrons next summer.
Electric heating was being installed in the concrete at the south end B&M to avoid icy driving conditions. Looking on were Andy Nelson, Larry Platz, George Fenney and Harold Anderson of Sound Electric and Hans and Gene Solie of Solie Construction Co.
25 years ago (1981)
Ray Michel of Everett proved once again that Lake Goodwin was still this area’s major trophy rainbow producer. The 72-year-old, fishing with eggs, wrestled a 5-pound, 12-ounce trout to the beach that measured a shade under 24 inches. It was weighed in at John’s Sporting Goods.
Rose Markovic, a first-grade teacher in Marysville, earned the first “Curriculum Quill Award” for writing and illustrating a series of 20 primers that were being used in the schools this year. They featured her stick figures “Kit” the bear and “Arf” the dog.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
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