Looking Back - Sept. 27, 2017

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100 years ago this week (1917)

A report of the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co. ascertains “conditions at Point Hudson prior to making an estimate on the fill required by the Union Timber Products Co. in making ready for its new shipyard.”

60 years ago this week (1957)

“The Chamber of Commerce asked that the Port Commission explore and exploit all possible usages of certain buildings at Hudson Point before selling the buildings and the ground on which they are situated.” The port had been set to sell the former commanding officer’s quarters and the duplex, which formerly housed senior officers on the north end of the Hudson Point reservation, for $40,000.

Larry Grewell is appointed by Chief of Police George Willestoft as a new patrolman.

Port Townsend High School loses its football season opener 20-7 to Port Angeles. Port Townsend players include Skip Lewis, Pat McMahon, Don Mitton, Roy Grewell, Marv Cassalery, Dick Giger, Merle Hufford, Mike McMahon, Joe Thacker, Morris Steward, Tom Dieu, Bill Cable, John Buhler, Gary Reid and Bill Arey.

Chimacum High School loses its football opener 24-0 to Coma Lake High.

30 years ago this week (1987)

Ray Grier is assembling his Puddle Shuttle II craft to participate in the fifth annual Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race this weekend.

“A graceful piece of public art should rise in the next couple of weeks from a neglected, decrepit portion of downtown Port Townsend waterfront. The tidal clock and wave gallery, to be situated between the old ferry dock at the foot of Quincy Street and city dock at the foot of Madison Street, are scheduled for completion by the first of 1988.”

Nick Snyder, Port Townsend High Class of 1984, records a Central Washington University school record of 15 primary tackles in a 21-17 loss to Western Oregon. Snyder, who also had four tackle assists, is named Wildcat of the Week.

“Looking Back” items are gathered from The Leader newspapers on file at the Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Research Center. Contact the center at 379-6673.