50 years ago (1964)

Ken and Mary Thornberry, owners of the Lakewood Park Grocery, on the east side of Silver Lake, were preparing for their grand opening in a new building this coming week. The store, which had been there since 1950, featured 5,000 square feet with all new fixtures and a large reach-in cooler.

Wayne O. Willhite was named temporary marshal at Lake Stevens, succeeding Jim Hathaway who resigned to accept a position as patrolman on the Arlington force. Willhite had been working in Lake Stevens for two days under Hathaway’s tutelage.

25 years ago (1989)

Lynn Wick and his son Andrew, 2, couldn’t resist fishing for pink salmon, also called humpies, early in the morning when they saw the fish rolling on the Snohomish River in Everett. Wick anchored his tug near the U.S. 2 overpass and spent most of the day fishing. Both caught their limit.

The geographical center of the state was about 100 miles east southeast of Everett. According to the U.S. Geological Survey it was about seven miles from Monitor and eight miles from Cashmere at Red Hill.

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