News Files
COMPILED BY CAROL SCHMIDT
EARLY HISTORY
C.D. and Nora Kimball of Mount Vernon loaded the only piano in town on board a boat to go to Utsalady where they played at dances, stayed overnight in the hotel, then loaded the piano on the boat to go home the next morning.
100 YEARS AGO (1910)
The Durgans of Stanwood named their new son Charles, who as manager, would later take softball teams to state titles in 1937, 1938 and 1940.
90 YEARS AGO (1920)
The first airmail delivery of the Seattle Star
newspaper was made to Stanwood, flown in by David Logg.
80 YEARS AGO (1930)
H.V. Thompson of Cama Beach had 1,400 baby chicks with 500 more to arrive. Keitel and Ross of Warm Beach planted oyster beds. Strawberry plants that were planted before the cold weather, had to be replanted, making a lot of work for Warm Beach growers.
70 YEARS AGO (1940)
The Harlem Globe Trotters appeared here against a team of local coaches. The Social Security Board scheduled a man to be in Stanwood every month to answer questions.
60 YEARS AGO (1950)
Twin City was listed was no. 1 in the basketball league with a perfect record of 11 wins. Due to road conditions, cold and flood threats in Stanwood and on Camano, schools lost 17 days of time, with dismissal moved from May 26 to June 2.
50 YEARS AGO (1960)
Seventh-day Adventist Church held the first worship service in their newly erected building. The biggest court of honor held in the Twin Cities was Monday night with Boy Scout Troops 94 and 45, and Sea Scout Ship 46, taking part.
40 YEARS AGO (1970)
South Camano Grange celebrated its 40th anniversary. The community survey showed almost half of the residents have lived here less than five years. Patrolmen Rick Balam and Dan Bierman of Stanwood Police graduated from EVCC in basic law enforcement training. Rev. Paul Cude was new pastor at Evangel Tabernacle. Two burglers were caught, one crawling out of the restroom window in the back of Jim’s Sporting Goods.
30 YEARS AGO (1980)
Mabel Hovig, Purley Hamilton (charter members) and Myron Rice received 45 years pins from VFW Post. The first of three new aid cars arrived at Terry’s Corner Station. The last of the stationary pea viners at Twin City Foods, Inc. were dismantled.
20 YEARS AGO (1990)
The county’s first holiday tree recycling took 20, 000 trees and turned them into mulch. Stanwood and Camano were draped in a couple of inches of snow. Grandpa’s Print Shop was sold to Al Evans. County health officials feared a dramatic increase in illegal dumping because landfills had closed.
10 YEARS AGO (2000)
Parents asked the school board for daily kindergarten. Tom Wilfong, SHS coach, was voted Class 3A Coach of the Year. Most Republican and Democratic caucuses on Camano Island were in district fire stations.
