News Files
COMPILED BY CAROL SCHMIDT
100 YEARS AGO (1909)
Sevald (Sam) and Pernill Horven Lund celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary; they came to Milltown in 1906. The Nysether family at Happy Valley were also early newcomers, six years ago.
90 YEARS AGO (1919)
Dr. J. Howard, the town’s first veterinarian, returned home from serving in WWI. Andrew Skogseth of Norway cleared several acres of land by hand, in pioneer Freeborn community. Nov. 13, John Black was born in Tacoma and later moved to Camano where he owned Camano Shores Nursing Home.
80 YEARS AGO (1929)
This newspaper editor’s ambition was to make this 37th year of publication the best in the history of the Twin City News. Miss Alice James, past teacher at Cedarhome, was one of six killed in a Mt. Baker avalanche.
70 YEARS AGO (1939)
The new Stanwood High School and grounds were dedicated to public education Nov. 11, with Gov. Martin as speaker. O’Connor Field (still the athletic field for Stanwood Middle School) was named for a former coach; that same day, Lincoln High School and the Stanwood Pirates played to a scoreless tie. Pioneer John Ralph Robb, whose father arrived here at age 17 in 1870, passed away.
60 YEARS AGO (1949)
A public meeting at Stanwood City Hall led citizens to a unanimous decision to spread a charter of the Eagles here. Howard Rod of East Stanwood was given exclusive use of the name “Normann” as a cow herd name. Stilly Valley Milk Producers Association held an organizational meeting at Viking Hall in Silvana.
50 YEARS AGO (1959)
An early morning fire destroyed the East Stanwood Rifle Club’s building. Capt. Carl Strever of Stanwood built a 650-pound plane near Frankfurt. The Stanwood Cardinals, “Cards” for short, walloped Lake Stevens 46- 12.
40 YEARS AGO (1969)
Stanwood schools were presented flags of Washington state from Camano Island Post 207 of the American Legion. Boots and Saddles 4-H Club put on their first Roundup Show Gymkhana at Fruhling Appaloosa Ranch.
30 YEARS AGO (1979)
Kiwanis clubs of Stanwood and Camano, along with the Key Club from the high school, sponsored a community Thanksgiving dinner for those with no family. Jody DeSimone of Stanwood represented Washington state at the National Baby Miss America Pageant in Florida. Camano Chapel and Camano Lutheran both broke ground for new buildings. Del Danielson of Stanwood was named sports editor of the Seattle Times.
20 YEARS AGO (1989)
Yellow Front Store went out of business (site of today’s Rite-Aid). Chuck Litz became newest sheriff’s deputy on Camano. Stanwood Lions presented the police department with over $1,000 to help fund the DARE program. Four people from the Soviet Union were in Stanwood as part of a cultural exchange program.
10 YEARS AGO (1999)
Both Spartan cross country teams, girls and boys, qualified for state, first time since 1991. Twin City Elementary students did tombstone rubbings at Anderson Cemetery on a field trip to trace their heritage while rubbing elbows with town history. A new fire station and sewage plant were items in the 2000 city budget.
