100 years ago this week (1917)
The Chautauqua show has children’s hour, morning lecture hour, afternoon concert, afternoon lecture and the evening highlight show of funny stunts provided by The …
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Here’s a unique postcard view of Port Townsend from Morgan Hill looking toward the Uptown District. The Presbyterian church steeple is visible at left center, behind the large building that now houses the Uptown Theatre. Leader file photo from Barney Burke collection
100 years ago this week (1917)
The Chautauqua show has children’s hour, morning lecture hour, afternoon concert, afternoon lecture and the evening highlight show of funny stunts provided by The Australian Manikans.
“The little schooner Ida Etta sailed out of the harbor yesterday morning, bound for Seattle for repairs. The master of the craft took advantage of a favorable slant of wind and utilized the flood tide to take his ship up-Sound. The Ida Etta left for San Francisco recently with a small cargo of lumber, but started leaking when but a short distance out of port.”
60 years ago this week (1957)
The annual swimming lessons sponsored by the Port Townsend School District at Neville Beach between Adelma Beach and Chevy Chase on Discovery Bay are underway, with free bus service provided.
“One of the most successful events of its kind ever held here was the annual Girl Scout Day Camp that concluded last week at Old Fort Townsend State Park.”
Sheriff’s deputies are working hard to learn the identity of the person or persons causing extensive road sign and rural mailbox damage.
The new Hadlock Building Supply office opened this month.
10 years ago this week (2007)
Jefferson County Equestrian Association got the giddy-up-go from Jefferson County commissioners for a master plan for a horse park that would be the first of its kind on the Olympic Peninsula.
Joann Saul, Chandra White, Gretchen Cooper and Bahti Blanchard take park in a 60-mile, three-day walk in Seattle in September to benefit breast cancer prevention and cure, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
(These “Looking Back” news items are gathered from The Leader newspapers on file at the Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Research Center.)
