Back in the day in Anacortes, Sept. 2, 2009
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Sept. 4, 1969: For the Adams twins Brad and Brian Tuesday was a big event as they headed for the first grade. With their mother in tow they leave their home at 1506 12th St. for the short walk to their classrooms at Whitney School.

Sept. 2, 1909
The commission recently appointed by Governor Hay to select and purchase a tract of 320 acres of tillable land in Skagit County for the location of a hospital for the harmless insane arrived in Anacortes Tuesday and examined two sites, one on Guemes Island and the other on Fidalgo Bay three and a half miles from the city.

Sept. 5, 1929
The first move toward a better water system for Anacortes was made Tuesday evening at the council meeting, when the council voted to use the services of W.D. Morse Co. of Seattle, consulting engineers, to estimate and make a survey of the Skagit river project.

Sept. 7, 1939
With approximately 35 grid candidates out for practice the opening day and several lettermen due to report in a few days, Coach “Boots” Wooten started early and got down to business at once in the task of drilling his charges for their opening game with Concrete on Sept. 16.

Sept. 1, 1949
Fishermen coming back from Alaska are really singing the blues. What was expected to be a banner year turned out to be a monumental flop. Between the scarcity of salmon and the low prices it will be a lucky boat that comes out much to the good.

Sept. 3, 1959
Two steps closer to a comprehensive city plan were taken by the Planning Commission at its meeting last night. The group approved dimensions of street construction and will attempt to write the figures into a city ordinance when the overall plan takes shape.

Sept. 4, 1969
The fall-winter-spring ferry schedule released this week by the Washington State Ferries calls for two daily round trips between Anacortes and Sidney B.C. during September and only one daily trip from Oct. 1 through June 13. Tuesday of this week was the final day for three-trip service on the popular trip.

Sept. 5, 1979
U.S. Sen. Warren Magnuson last week invited disgruntled senior citizens in Anacortes to apply for federal funds for a local facility they could call their own. Magnuson, addressing the senior center members before their regular Thursday luncheon in the new Anacortes Community Center, heard briefly of the seniors’ disenchantment with their location in the basement of the Anacortes Municipal Building.

Sept. 6, 1989
Art jurors for the maritime statue committee have chosen an artist — Spokane resident Deborah Copenhaver. Her model depicting a young mother and child keeping watch by the sea was chosen over Jane Horns Mitchell’s solitary figure holding a lantern. Now the committee as a whole will decide to accept or reject that choice before statue construction plans can begin, committee chairman Ray Separovich said.
— From the archives of the Anacortes American





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