50 years ago (1956)
Electrical Engineer Ray Kennedy explained some of the features of the standby generator just installed in Providence Hospital to Sister Carmelita, the hospital’s sister superior; Claude Lowrey, hospital engineer; and Leo G. Bellarts, county civil defense radio officer. The generator could supply power for the entire hospital in an emergency.
Gwen Gourlie, this year’s president of Central Lady Lions Club, pinned a corsage on Alva Love, the first president of the group, at Past Presidents Day celebrated recently.
25 years ago (1981)
Mary Brannon, long active in local and national Campfire circles, received the National Wohelo Order, the highest honor the group gives in this country to an adult volunteer. Brannon was invited to attend the national meeting in Dallas in the volunteer staff capacity. She said she never dreamed she would receive the top honor.
Everett Community College celebrated its 40th anniversary this month. It was opened just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its first location was on a single city block at 25th Street and Oakes Avenue. The school had since moved to north Everett and had expanded to at least 10,000 students. It was the fifth largest of the state’s community colleges.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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