Looking back: Sept. 6, 2017

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120 years ago this week (1897)

The first woman from the Olympic Peninsula to start for the Klondike is a woman from Quillayute. “She has indomitable courage and is determined to succeed, if to do so is at all possible.”

Port Townsend public schools open Sept. 13, and a few new and important studies have been added “that will result in placing the high school of Port Townsend on a level with almost any such institution in the state.”

60 years ago this week (1957)

Port Townsend public schools open with 1,343 students. The largest class is the fifth grade, with 144 students.

Chimacum public schools begin the term with 446 students. The largest glass is ninth grade, with 45 students.

The high temperature in August is 81 degrees on Aug. 22, with a low of 44 degrees on Aug. 30. There was a .55 inch of rain recorded in Port Townsend for the month.

The reopening of the Quilcene Music Studio has been announced by Mrs. Marian Griffin.

50 years ago (1967)

Unidentified flying objects were reported visiting local areas. The first reports came from a group of teenagers parked in the vicinty of Chevy Chase golf course. Then the “sort of white” object that was shaped like a dome came over a hill and apparently landed. A week later, there were reports of a “mysterious thing” appearing in the Oak Bay area.

30 years ago this week (1987)

Due to continued dry weather conditions, Mayor Brent Shirley asks city residents to conserve water by restricting the days and hours of lawn and garden watering.

“Birds collided with a Coast Guard helicopter, forcing an emergency landing at Fort Worden State Park at about 12:45 a.m., Sept. 7. The helicopter was searching for a burning boat in the Admiralty Inlet when crew members heard a loud bump on the left front panel of the craft.”

The Port Townsend School Board is moving ahead with a committee recommendation to introduce AIDS health information to seventh- and ninth-graders.

For sale: Three-bedroom home one block from Chetzemoka Park, $53,000; 5 acres with city water, $16,500; 224 feet on Dabob Bay with 5.4 acres of timber, $45,000; view lot at Cape George Colony, $17,500.

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