News Files
COMPILED BY CAROL SCHMIDT
EARLY HISTORY
Cassandra Gilbert Marks operated the Gilbert Music and Gift Shop in Stanwood, and also the Seaview Market at Warm Beach.
100 YEARS AGO (1910)
Cristine and John Jacobson of Michigan and Seattle, settled in Freeborn Community.
90 YEARS AGO (1920
Orve Ronnei, after serving in the U.S. Army in WWI, came to Stanwood where he became a mail carrier for many years.
80 YEARS AGO (1930)
A fire broke out on the boat “Maxine” and the volunteer fire department put it out. Island County Commissioners Brown said the road to Camano from Stanwood would be made 26 feet wide and straightened this summer, which would enable motorist to reach the top of Land’s Hill without taking the curve as they did at that time.
70 YEARS AGO (1940)
Stanwood Eagles Auxiliary members served on a committee for the January Fund appeal for the National Foundation Dimes Drive. Neva Hall of the pioneer Hall family, married Keller Erwin, who was employed at the Clough Lumber Co.
60 YEARS AGO (1950)
Never in the memory of the oldest pioneers had such severe and unusual weather conditions visited this district, plagued by icy roads, blizzards and then thawing roads. Schools had a rough time, finding it difficult to finish first semester examinations.
50 YEARS AGO (1960)
Because of repeated requests, the farmer’s evening school class resumed at Twin City High vocational agriculture shop. Local flood problems and measures taken to solve them, were discussed at a meeting in East Stanwood Bank building.
40 YEARS AGO (1970)
Fire fighters from Dist. 14 responded to 84 alarms last year. A Ford tractor power train worth more than $4,200 was presented to Stanwood High School for use as a training aid in the farm shop class.
30 YEARS AGO (1980)
Jody DeSimone, 3, of Stanwood won the Tiny Miss America Pageant in Florida. Port of Mabana commissioners agreed not to keep membership in the state Public Port Association. The school district applied for state funds to bring buildings up to code for the handicapped.
20 YARS AGO (1990)
Island County Planning Commission and Aquaculture Review Committee recommended elimination of a Camano Beach site as the sea farming location. Camano Plaza has new fuel tanks but the requirement for installation may be a stumbling block to other small retail outlets in Stanwood and along Old Highway 99.
10 YEARS AGO (2000)
On a world tour, the relics of Saint Therese made a stop at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, where 2,000- 3,000 people quietly moved through the sanctuary. Stanwood to Seattle commuter bus routes were reduced. Carl Wade, Stanwood Police Chief for 15 years, passed away.
