5 Years Ago

July 27, 2005

George Kranc woke up with a premonition. According to Kranc, 94, a lifelong Enumclaw resident, he knew he was going to hit a hole in one. “I predicted it,” Kranc said. “I don’t know why-this sounds kind of stupid-but I woke up that morning and I thought, ‘you know, I think I might get a hole in one today. I’m going to stop on my way home and take the card down to my son and show him I got a hole in one today.’ And that’s exactly what happened.” For Kranc, his July 19 ace – on the par 3, 120-yard 13th hole at his hometown course – marked the sixth hole-in-one in his more than 60 years golfing.

Here come the champs. The Enumclaw Hornets Junior American Legion won their district tournament championship and will make the trip to the state tournament in Centralia Saturday. Senior Commissioner Russ Alford said this is the first Enumclaw team to make the state tournament in his 17 years in legion baseball.

10 Years Ago

July 26, 2000

Vada the Guernsey cow made Fair history early Thursday morning being the first dairy cow in at least 20 years to give birth at the King County Fair. Vada, owned by Karlie Irving of Fall City, gave birth to a 100-pound bull named Virgil at 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Irving said Vada was due Friday or Saturday, but had been in labor since Wednesday.

Shelly Haven loves flowers. So much so that she bought Young’s Flowers and Gifts in Enumclaw. Haven bought the store at 1527 Cole St. in April when the previous owner Judy Wall was ready to exit the floral business. Haven said she kept the Young’s name because everyone in the Plateau is familiar with it. She didn’t change the store either.

25 Years Ago

July 25, 1985

Attendance at the 1985 King County Fair was down almost 22,000 from last year as the event closed out a five-day run Sunday. Fair officials said attendance stood at 178,455 in contrast to last year’s record-setting mark of 200,291. Officials said the main reason for the lower attendance was the heat wave the Puget Sound area has been enduring.

Tight water restrictions and a ban on Burning remain in effect this week as city officials and residents look for a break in weather that has seen no rain in this area for seven weeks.

50 Years Ago

July 28, 1960

Henceforth tourists and visitors in Enumclaw will have no trouble in locating the church of their choice. The Church Committee of the Enumclaw Kiwanis Club planned and recently installed signs at the four main approaches to the city. The directory is at the south approaches.

The MARY-RUBY is pictured as she was tied up in the Lake Washington ship canal just east of the government locks one day last week. Shown in the left background is a truck from which cattle are being unloaded and herded into pens on the ship’s deck. The cattle were hauled from a South Dakota ranch and will be transported to a 75,000-acre ranch on Kodiak Island. The president of the company that is promoting the venture anticipates that a load of cattle from the Enumclaw area will be consigned to Aleutian Islands in the not too distant future.

75 Years Ago

July 25, 1935

The Enumclaw Garden Club met in the garden of Mrs. C.G. Hanson last Friday afternoon. Gaily striped awning chairs and swings and white lawn furniture created an attractive place to hold the meeting which was conducted by the President, Mrs. John Silknitter.

The long-awaited finals of the Enumclaw City Tennis Championships in the men’s singles and doubles have at last been played. Ernie Dzurick, winner of men’s singles, one of Chuck Smith’s former gridiron greats is the fair-haired boy in the Enumclaw tennis world this week. Dzurick teamed with Bob Campbell to win the doubles championship from Dean Moran and Hugh Sheffer.

Other city tennis champions to date include: Murial Janikula, women’s championship; Pat Smith, girls’ champion, and Helene Falcus teamed with Jeanne Janikula as girls’ doubles champion.

Starting right away throughout the country are the new projects under the new Works’ Administration Program, calling for the return to work of thousands of unemployed in the state and nation.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Such are the parents of a boy, John Edward, born July 17, 1935.