Once again through cooperative effort, residents along the 4300 block of Federal Avenue turned their street into a veritable Christmas tree lane. Every evergreen along the block was hung with myriad colored lights. The Frank Billings home had an added holiday display. The massive domed Parkland Lutheran Children’s Home made a colorful backdrop for the lane.
Bill Wilkerson, Everett guard, had developed into one of the best ball handlers on Jack Hubbard’s basketball squad. As the play maker, it was his job to move the ball inside through a tight Lynden defense.
The "Bicycle Tree" remained standing today, despite being totally ablaze when a unit from Snohomish Fire District 4 arrived in the middle of the night. Chief Charles Walsh said it was the huge cedar’s fourth fire. Located in Able Johnson Park about a half-mile south of Snohomish, it was originally called the "tree with the big knot" and not confused with the larger "Bicycle Tree" that once stood across the road.
Seniors Carol Stolp and Roy Thorkildsen were selected November laureates at Lynnwood High School. Stolp was a runner, scholar and in FFA while Thorkildsen was a scholar and active in drama.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at Everett Public Library.
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