100 years ago this week (1918)
The debating teams representing Renton High School arrive on the ferry Sioux for a meet at Port Townsend High School.
“A heavy sea was reported in the straits …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you had an active account on our previous website, then you have an account here. Simply reset your password to regain access to your account.
If you did not have an account on our previous website, but are a current print subscriber, click here to set up your website account.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
* Having trouble? Call our circulation department at 360-385-2900, or email our support.
Please log in to continue |
|
Here is a Burdette Redding photograph, circa 1950, looking from the Crown Zellerbach mill up the shoreline toward Port Townsend. Photo courtesy of Joyce Blankenship
100 years ago this week (1918)
The debating teams representing Renton High School arrive on the ferry Sioux for a meet at Port Townsend High School.
“A heavy sea was reported in the straits yesterday following a high westerly wind of Monday night. The Milwaukee tug, with a car-laden barge, returned to anchorage in the bay after rounding Point Wilson and ascertaining conditions outside. The tug remained here until shortly after noon, when a second try was more successful.”
“The tug Tempest, with a Union Oil barge in tow, destined for Vancouver Island, also returned here for shelter after poking her nose into the big seas off Wilson.”
60 years ago this week (1958)
A total of 247 persons received polio inoculations in Quilcene and Brinnon last Tuesday during the free polio clinics held in those communities for persons younger than 40 years old.
“During the past year, homes were found for a total of 84 dogs and 12 cats by the Jefferson County Humane Society, according to the organization’s year-end report.”
The Golden Age Club, founded in 1955 as a club for retirees, is actively using the former U.S. Army property adjacent to Chetzemoka Park that was acquired by the city as government surplus. The Golden Age Club includes an outdoor shuffleboard court.
30 years ago this week (1988)
“Citizens concerned with the community’s drug and alcohol abuse have moved from their initial focus of defining the problem to defining strategies of solution; from defining purpose to articulating methods.”
“A study completed in 1987 confirms what many Quilcene residents long suspected – Quilcene Bay’s large harbor seal herd is at least partially responsible for the bay’s bacterial pollution problem.”
Casey McKinney of Admiral Marine Works talks about why Port Townsend is poised to become a leading center in marine trades: “Boat building has entered into the field of science due to technological advances in electronics, plastics, construction, propulsion systems and engineering techniques. This creates a growing sophistication in the marine industry that is unparalleled and results in a market of quality and cost intensive products.”
“Looking Back” news items are gathered from Leader newspapers on file at the Jefferson County Historical Society’s museum and research center. Contact the center at 360-379-6673.
