100 years ago (1917)
“The Hillside Cannery yesterday received 1,300 sockeyes which were secured by the traps of the company at different points in the San Juan Islands.”
Barbers Henry …
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Freddy Martin (left), in the DeLeo Brothers entry, and Frank Smith compete in the third annual Port Townsend Applebox Downhill Racing Derby, staged Sept. 15, 1957 on Lawrence Street. Photo from Leader Collection
100 years ago (1917)
“The Hillside Cannery yesterday received 1,300 sockeyes which were secured by the traps of the company at different points in the San Juan Islands.”
Barbers Henry Gauthier, Fred Stuck and Frank Denzer have raised the cost of shaves to 20 cents, adult haircuts to 40 cents and children’s haircuts to 35 cents.
90 years ago (1927)
“About 1,000 persons attended the second annual picnic-carnival sponsored by the Port Townsend Moose at Keymes Beach Sunday.” (The beach is along Discovery Bay below Chevy Chase.)
The Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce appoints a committee to secure property for future use as an airport, something many cities across the United States are doing.
“Tramp. Tramp. Tramp. The wigs are marching! The awkward march of the earwig into the most favored camping spots of the Peninsula is reported by local residents who recently visited a number of tourist stopping places. It is declared that the wigs are being brought in by campers who evidently picked up the pests in other locations.”
80 years ago (1937)
“A report from Washington, D.C., today is to the effect that the house public lands committee yesterday approved the Wallgren Bill to establish an 800,000-acre national park on the Olympic Peninsula.”
60 years ago (1957)
“Chimacum firefighters thought all along their old 1927 model tank truck was a bit out of date. But the final straw that convinced them it should be replaced was the outcome of a race between the truck and a small boy on a bicycle. The bicycle won.” A 1947 model truck is to replace the 1927 vehicle.
Bobby Baker wins four straight races to take the 1957 championship in Port Townsend’s third annual Applebox Downhill Racing Derby.
An 84-degree day on Sept. 13 is the hottest day of the year in Port Townsend. May had one day of 80 degrees, June had an 81-degree day, July had an 83, and August, an 81-degree day.
These “Looking Back” news 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.
