5 Years Ago
September 14, 2005
Jenny Lindstom and Leslie Bley like their Enumclaw salon to have a taste of the Islands, right down to the relaxed atmosphere and the tropical scents. “We want people who come here to feel comfortable,” said Lindstrom, the daughter half of the mother/daughter team that opened the salon, the Hula Moon, in April in the former Red Door Salon space above This N’ That in the Trommald building on cole Street.
Photo: The Yella Beak Tavern, on Enumclaw’s west side, suffered extensive damage Sunday from fire and smoke. The crews worked to remove what was left of one section of the roof. The popular tavern was badly damaged during a fire in January 2003.
10 Years Ago
September 13, 2000
Like a pied piper, the rainbow-colored hot air balloon drew crowds of curious Enumclaw folk Thursday when it made an unscheduled landing at about 8:25 a.m. behind homes at the west end of Elmont Avenue. Kids on their way to school and folks getting ready for their day followed the balloon through the neighborhood, on foot and in cars, watching it hover over housetops before making a smooth landing.
Richard Johnson smiled and shrugged when asked if he ever dreamed he’d be celebrating his mother’s 102nd birthday. Then Ila Johnson, the birthday girl, piped in, “I never expected to celebrate my 102nd birthday.” Born Sept., 7 1898, in Worthing, S.D., Ila Johnson celebrated her latest birthday Thursday at Evergreen Enumclaw Health Care with son Richard and his wife Betty, staff and other residents.
25 Years Ago
September 12, 1985
Some people refer to them as “747 mosquitoes,” others call them “B-29s,” but regardless of the names, the Enumclaw area is suffering the worst infestation of the giant European crain flies within memory.
Photo: If you’ve been wondering about construction activity at 1356 Cole St., next to the Community Center. It’s the building of a new youth center. The center will serve youths ages 11-18 with a recreation room, games, educational programs a craft room and youth & family counseling. It will also house the offices of Assistant Coordinator Shelly Graves and Coordinator Julie Seizler.
50 Years Ago
September 15, 1960
Construction of the Howard A. Hanson Dam on the Green River 17 miles northeast of Enumclaw found the homestead of Leo, Ed and Henry Koss, three bachelor brothers within the perimeter set aside for the impounded waters, so they moved up higher on the mountainside. The remains of their father, mother, and two brothers were also moved to the higher location.
75 Years Ago
September 13, 1935
Glamour and excitement, thrills and chills, such as Enumclaw has not witnessed in many a day, are paced into the varied program that will celebrate the return of football to these parts next Sunday afternoon, and prove a magnet for visiting throngs expected to swell the opening day’s gathering in excess of any grid inaugural in local history. From the early morning hours, when there is carded skeet shooting at the near by White River Cabin Campgrounds, to the late evening windup at the same location, there is no single moment left unprovided for. Before and during the game the U.S.S. New Mexico ship’s band and the Juvenile Carbonado Drum and Bugle Corps, will perform, The Silver Barons, in their new dress uniforms, will come to grips with the invading hosts of the battleship New Mexico at 2 next Sunday afternoon, the first contest for the Enumclaw Athletic Club’s team.
Members of the Enumclaw Commercial Club were given a first-hand picture of local school affairs, especially pertaining to the housing problem facing the local district at the high school building by Superintendent William Tucker at the meeting Monday noon at Stewart’s Cafe.
Mrs. Clarence Hamilton, Misses Ella MacWhirter and Mabel Swartski and Edward Joswick all of Buckley, spent the weekend at Silver Springs visiting Clarence Hamelton.
