50 years ago (1964)
Leland Schmidt and Tom Losvar had a wide view of the Sound and passing ships from their leafy treehouse in Mukilteo. The boys, both 14, had built the house, a platform and tower lodged in a big cherry tree in Leland’s front yard at 408 Church St.
After 20 years as one of Stanwood’s leading businessmen, Otto Gilbertson sold Gilbertson Hardware to Harold A. Moe, of Camano Island, and his stepson, Robert R. Anderson, of Sutter Creek, Calif. The latter would manage the store, which would maintain the same operations and staff when the new owners took over July 1.
25 years ago (1989)
Lynnwood Mayor M.J. “Herk” Hrdlicka wasn’t ready to step down yet. The man who had run unopposed in the past three elections and served as the city’s first full-time mayor announced yesterday that he would once again seek the office in November.
Marine Pfc. Darren R. Trimble, a 1968 graduate of Meadowdale High School, was promoted to his present rank while serving with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, N.C.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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