85 years ago (1932)
Port Townsend and Jefferson County economic boosters consider it good news when the Seattle Chamber of Commerce endorses a proposal to establish the Puget Sound Quarantine …
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Chimacum High School basketball coach Mike Clarke huddles with players during the 1973-74 season. Those pictured in the team huddle include Chuck Porter (far left) and Gordon Rowe on the right side of Clarke. Leader Collection photo
85 years ago (1932)
Port Townsend and Jefferson County economic boosters consider it good news when the Seattle Chamber of Commerce endorses a proposal to establish the Puget Sound Quarantine Station at Point Hudson.
The Leader editorializes on the statewide depression: “Gradually the better minds of the world are working out solutions for getting back to normal. That effort is bound to be successful and when it comes, the world will be better off in many ways for the experience.”
70 years ago (1947)
“Port Townsend police have received numerous calls recently to quell various acts of minor vandalism involving prowlers, broken windows, gas siphoning and other juvenile acts.”
45 years ago (1972)
The Chimacum School District levy passes, but an $850,000 improvement bond issue fails miserably.
“Winds estimated at 100 mph on Feb. 18 battered the Brinnon area.” Pleasant Harbor sustained damages from winds reaching 65 mph.
20 years ago (1997)
“Rumors are as prevalent as boats around the Port of Port Townsend, but the latest and greatest rumor, that the port is three months behind schedule on its $5.3 million Enhanced Haulout Project, is simply that, a rumor, say port officials.”
“If adopted as presented Monday, Jefferson County’s new comprehensive plan – 2 inches thick and 5 pounds in weight – would make new lot sizes in rural areas a minimum of five acres and some commercial lands would revert to residential uses.”
In a surprising compromise, the Quilcene School District Board of Directors votes 5-2 to approve a sex education program.
Angie Schryver and Paul Tornensis are queen and king of the Quilcene High School Senior Ball.
Mike Clarke retires, again, as a basketball coach at Chimacum High School. Clarke coached boys’ or girls’ basketball at Chimacum 1963-74, 1979-81, 1986-88 and finally, 1994-97. His first coaching assignment was in Port Townsend in 1958 as a football coach.
Eldridge Home’s team member Robert Gray scores 66 points in a 106-62 win over Carol’s Laundromat, believed to be a record high for adult men’s basketball league play in Jefferson County.
(Compiled by Patrick J. Sullivan. Sources: Leader Collection; Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Research Center, 13692 Airport Cutoff Road, Port Townsend; Jefferson County Historical Society, 379-6673, jchsmuseum.org; jchswa.org, the online search site)
