Yellow Pages
June 3, 1909
Anacortes probably has more automobiles in proportion to population than the average Western city, doubtless for the reason that there are perhaps more beautiful scenic drives and fine country roads in this scenic wonderland of Puget Sound than anywhere else in the Northwest.
Including the machines ordered and now on the road for delivery to the purchasers, of which there are three model T Fords, there are 22 automobiles owned by citizens of Anacortes, the horsepower of the machines ranging from 8 to 40, a total of 428 horsepower, and the net cost of them ranging from $650 to $2,800, a combined total of $29,740.
June 5, 1919
A daily train of from thirty to thirty-five cars loaded to capacity with logs arrives in Anacortes every day. The logs are dumped in J.A. Mitchell’s boom and from there are distributed to various mills on the Sound. The log train is so long that it has to be broken and half of it has to be left at Summit Park while the engine brings half to the boom to be dumped; and while the first half is being unloaded the engine goes back for the remainder of the train. The long new trestle built by Mitchell is thus the scene of remarkable activity.
June 6, 1929
There is still hope left, at least that is what S. Sylte, Nineteenth and L street, a bachelor, thinks, who held the lucky number that won the cedar hope chest given away last Friday night at the dance given by the Anacortes lodge of Moose and Women of Mooseheart Legion, at the Moose hall. Mr. Sylte was not present at the dance, but received the gift the next day, and much to his surprise when he opened it, found it full of linen.
June 2, 1949
Before a packed crowd in the Guemes Island Community center building last Friday evening electric lights and power for the first time in the history of the island were turned on in a colorful ceremony. The hall was highly and delightfully decorated for the big party with high murals depicting people and incidents in the organizing and building of the power lines.
June 4, 1959
Anacortes Port Commissioners today delayed signing a lease with Jerry Bryant of Seattle for construction of a new marina at the Cap Sante boat haven until one paragraph of the document is clarified. Assistant Port Manager Bob Keller said he wants to check the terms on buildings for the site before okaying the lease.
The installation will include a dock for fuel loading and haul-outs for boats up to 50 feet; a repair shop for both boats and motors; and sales space for new boats and all types of marine equipment and supplies. Bryant’s Gateway Marina on Guemes Channel will continue operating.
June 5, 1969
Selection of a new superintendent of schools for the Anacortes District was announced this week by the Board of Education. Arnold A. Bowers, superintendent of Hood River County School District in Oregon for the past 10 years, will assume the superintendent’s post here July 1, replacing Milton Snyder whose resignation is effective on that date.
June 7, 1989
Although some Anacortes residents would prefer that herbicide spraying be banned, city officials said they need the low-toxicity chemicals to reduce the costs of weed control.
“We have no interest in destroying the environment, but it (weed control) does get expensive,” Public Works Director Dave Ford said. “If they (concerned citizens) have alternatives, we’d certainly look at them.”
— From the archives of the Anacortes American.
