50 years ago (1955)

The Snohomish Sportsmen’s Club elected new officers. They were Bernard Cranmer, president; William Scheanaker, vice president; Jesse Hendrickson, secretary-treasurer; V.J. Zalewski, trustee; Milton Rockne, alternate trustee. The club voted to purchase a 16mm sound projector and screen. Motion pictures were shown by Lawrence Bickford.

The top speaker for the county-wide Voice of Democracy contest was Daniel Kremer of 4521 Rucker Ave. Other county winners of the contest sponsored by the Everett Junior Chamber of Commerce and KRKO radio were: Dorothy Russell, Snohomish; Sandra Lall, Lake Stevens; Thomas Dodgon, Twin Cities.

25 years ago (1980)

Everett artist Don Bettger built a replica of a Viking longship. The sculpture was 20 feet long and 7 feet abeam. Made of fiberglass, cedar, oak and mahogany, it had red-and-white-striped sails. He had recently sailed it to Deception Pass, catching a salmon along the way.

Snohomish had a new real estate office, the recently opened Armstrong Realty Inc. Marsha Armstrong managed the office, and Richard Armstrong Jr. owned the company.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library