Edward M. Thornton appeared before Everett City Council to present a petition asking for annexation of 3.7 acres contiguous to the city at the south. Operator of Olympic Motel just south of 52nd Street on Highway 99, he and others in the area offered a unanimous request for the annexation on behalf of the property owners. Accepting the petition were Mayor Louis H. Unselman and Commissioners C. Arvid Johnson and George Culmback. It was only the second annexation made to the city since it was incorporated.
Farmers Insurance Group was in a new location at the corner of Pacific and Hoyt avenues. Forrest H. Barnes was the agent.
Gov. Dixy Lee Ray was going fishing from the new state-financed Edmonds Public Fishing Pier. The public was invited to see the official ribbon-cutting ceremony that would open the pier to others who fish. The $600,000 pier and concession-bait stand project was the first facility of its kind built by the state.
The latest new toy was the home video machine that could eventually free every family from the wretched mind-deadening laugh track of network television.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library
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