Riverside Junk Co. was building an addition to its plant at 32nd and Hill streets. Moe Michelson, organization president, said business growth made the two-story building necessary. Roy Rudd Construction was handling the work, which would be done by September.
Ernie Miller purchased Everett Recreation Bowling Alleys from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner. The eight-alley house was located at Hewitt and Rockefeller avenues. Miller owned the all-city high-pin averages for the city. While only 15 he had gained notoriety for establishing a world’s pin-setting mark by working 204 games in a day, setting up the pins by hand.
25 years ago (1980)
An Everett team won the Masters Division (40-and-older) in the 55-mile Mount Baker to Bellingham race. The team of Gene Harrison, Bill Iffrig, Mel Beauchamp, Ike Hessler and Bret Closner finished in five hours, 32 minutes and 28 seconds.
The Roy Strotz family of Arlington would soon have just one phone, and they could hardly wait. The family, living on the border of General Telephone’s Arlington and Everett areas, had had two phones for years, so they could make local calls to the two areas. That was no longer necessary since there was no longer a long-distance charge between the two cities.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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