25 Years Ago

Thursday, June 16, 1983

• Potential parking problems should be worked out before the historical train is allowed to come to town, the North Bend City Council was advised. The council unanimously approved a permit that will allow the Puget Sound Railway Historical Association to run its trains into North Bend, despite numerous concerns from those present.

• The future of the two one-way road couplets of former I-90 east of North Bend will be discussed by a King County Council committee next week.

• Dozens of loggers and would-be loggers will show their skills this Saturday during the 12th annual Fall City Day and Logging Show. The logging show is the highlight of a full day of fun that always attracts a large crowd. It’s in a new location in the new horse arena in King County-owned Fall City Community Park. Another new event is a special queen coronation dinner. The top button seller will be crowned queen.

50 Years Ago

Thursday, June 19, 1958

• Where is Grandma Davidson? That is the question being asked over and over by a growing army of searchers who have combed widely scattered parts of the Snoqualmie Valley and the state since Mrs. Phebe Clara Davidson, 81, walked away from her home at Pleasant Hill near Carnation early Saturday morning — and vanished. Members of her family and police officers have issued an urgent plea that any clue to her whereabouts be phoned in to them.

• The second meeting of residents of Weyerhaeuser company houses was held Tuesday in the Community Hall, and a good representation was present to hear C. Beadon Hall and contractor Thomas S. Williams discuss further plans for moving the homes to a Snoqualmie residential area. The biggest headache of the plan appears to be the matter of time. Because there is a need to relocate the houses against a deadline, the job of mass-moving them might create a problem.

75 Years Ago

Thursday, June 15, 1933

• Last Tuesday was a big day for the pupils of the fourth through eighth grades at the Snoqualmie and Snoqualmie Falls Schools, when 115 of these happy youngsters embarked on three buses to take a trip to Seattle to inspect “Old Ironsides.” The outing was sponsored by the local Post of the American Legion. The children called it a perfect day.

• Many friends from all parts of King County gathered at the I.O.O.F. Hall in Snoqualmie last Saturday, where funeral services were held for Mrs. S.R. Tharp, a prominent local lodgewoman. Ossoli Sorenta Tharp was a member of the Rebekah Lodge for 35 years.

• Local men, who have spent many weary hours planning for and working for additional paving on Snoqualmie Pass, were jubilant Tuesday when it was announced that a total of 20.9 miles will be completed this year.