Seems Like Yesterday

Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Gifts for the "Yanks Who Gave" were gathered by Jerre Buckley, chairman of the project for the Earl Faulkner Post of the American Legion, and May Dams and Dorothy Larson, chairwomen of the auxiliary. The presents would be taken to wounded vets at the American Legion. They were financed by Everett merchants and unions.

Little William Edward Kacher was tooting his own horn and anticipating the new year for another reason. He would celebrate his first birthday. Eddie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kacher, 5530 Third St., Lowell, was the first baby born in Everett in 1953.

The year went out with a cold spell as temperatures hovered around the low 20s and high teens. The ice-filled Snohomish River provided an unusual sight. Everett firefighters responded to more than a dozen calls involving frozen and broken water pipes. Sheriff’s Capt. Al Petty said it was not safe to walk on the ice covering virtually every lake and pond.

Going out with 1978 was the popularity of whiskey. Once the drink of choice, it was now replaced by wine and cheese. Also on their way out were the office party and big rival football games on Thanksgiving Day.

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