Five Years Ago
May 26, 2004
The Enumclaw Area Chamber of Commerce was honored recently by the Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group for its work in helping with last fall’s Salmon Festival, an event that attracted more than 1,500 to downtown Enumclaw. The chamber was tabbed as the “best partnering business or organization.”
White River High School student Brandy Campbell SAW herself differently than others. Where others may have seen handicaps, Brandy SAW leadership, someone who not only could stand up for herself but for others. Brandy SAW a student-run Self-Advocacy of Washington (SAW) chapter at White River.
Five White River High School track and field athletes will represent their school in six events in the upcoming state championships in Pasco.
Ten Years Ago
April 26, 1999
For Memorial Day, members of the Enumclaw Garden Club placed 20 flats of red, white and blue petunias, salvia, lobelia and geraniums at Veterans Memorial Park. Marilyn Nelson led the group, which included Joanne Moulton, Lynn White and Vivian Curtain. The club puts flowers at the site every year.
Twenty-five Years Ago
May 24, 1984
The partial skeleton of a woman’s body found March 31 near Enumclaw was identified Friday by King County police and medical examiners as the 25th Green River murder victim. The bones were found off state Route 410 11.5 miles east of Enumclaw. At first, they had been discounted as part of the serial murder case because of the distance from other sites.
Doubles tennis players Nancy Mitten and Leslie Weyer of Enumclaw High have qualified for the state Class AA tournament. The two are the only players from the Seamount League going to the state competition.
The seventh annual Enumclaw High School Streetmaster Car Show will be held Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on campus at the school. The show, which is open to the public, will feature cars, trucks, motorcycles and boats. This year the show will also have a dump truck, an 18-wheeler and a logging truck.
Buckley artist Mary Ann Gates won second place at the Soroptimist International Art Auction held May 4 at Longacres’ Paddock Club. The event was entitled “Kaliedoscope ‘84” and it attracted 36 artists. The four paintings and drawings entered by Gates sold out.
Fifty Years Ago
May 28, 1959
Photo: Charles J. Smith, superintendent of schools, wields a shovel at the exact spot where the new Enumclaw High School will be erected on a 153-acre tract of land two miles south of Enumclaw. For “atmosphere,” the picture which was taken this week, four sophomores who will be numbered among the new school’s first graduating class in 1961, participated in the groundbreaking ceremonies. The students are Alice Cumming Ham, Dee Ann Campbell, Doug Morris and Dick Kovacevich. High School principal Fred Gramann is at right.
Seventy-five Years Ago
June 1, 1934
Enumclaw is to have another modern, newly-finished drug store to be opened soon in the old Burnett building across the street from the Avalon Theater. Sunrise Pharmacy will be operated by Joe Anderson and Al Palmquist, former local boys, graduates of the School of Pharmacy of the University of Washington.
Sunrise Park was officially opened for the 1934 season last Wednesday, Memorial Day.
Why not haberdashery showers for men? “Just the thing” replies Enumlaw’s leading haberdashers. So men, step right up and make your June wedding known and receive from Enumclaw stores gifts that will make a bride’s shower look tame. Participating are Peoples Cash, Jensen and Co., C.J. Brier Co., J.C. Penney and Rochdale.
Enumclaw High School commencement exercises will be held tonight for 72 boys and girls, the second-largest class in the school’s history.
Lila Shaw announces the opening of the Hi-Waye lunch 1.5 miles north of Enumclaw on the Krain pavement.
Mrs. William Falcus entertained the Candy Circle of the Presbyterian Church on Monday evening.
