The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:
Thursday, Oct. 17, 1991
• The Puget Sound Railway Historical Association, faced with the problem of finding a place to put its large collection, has one less steam engine to deal with. Nile Thompson, the association’s new executive director, announced the sale of a 1925 Baldwin locomotive. The veteran engine, Santa Maria Valley #21, which is now in “a number of large pieces,” is being purchased by the Astoria (Oregon) Railroad Preservation Association.
• The newest entry at the South Fork interchange in North Bend is Mitzel’s American Kitchen, now getting ready to open at 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28. The chain’s byword is family dining, according to Maury Edwards, owner of the North Bend store.
• Amid all the excitement of a brand new middle school in Fall City, some are asking, “who’s Chief Kanim?” A Snoqualmie leader, Chief Jerry Kanim lived at Tolt (now Carnation). His uncle, Chief Patkanim, discussed the question of Native American lands with Chief Seattle and Governor Stevens. The Snoqualmie Valley School District chose to name the school after this Snoqualmie chief after reviewing 40 suggestions from students, parents and members of the community.
Thursday, Oct. 20, 1966
• For the first time since 1940, large scale harvesting of a corn crop is under way in the upper Valley. The Snoqualmie Valley Land Co. leased to Skerinde Brothers of Snohomish, on a share-crop basis, 400 acres of the old Meadowbrook Farms which was planted with corn. Both this crop and a crop near Duvall are being harvest by Twin City Foods based in Stanwood.
• Councilman John Buchanan was named to succeed Glenn P. Hall as Mayor of North Bend by vote of the Town Council Oct. 12. An earlier vote by the council accepted Mayor Hall’s resignation.
• Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. Jarrett of Snoqualmie will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at a reception on Sunday, Oct. 30. The couple were married in Blaine and came to the Snoqualmie Valley in 1918 and lived for many years at Snoqualmie Falls before moving to their present home in Snoqualmie.
