Five Years Ago
November 2, 2005
Emotions ran high among a standing-room-only crowd at the Buckley Multipurpose Center, as citizens gathered to discuss possible locations for the city’s proposed new fire station. The Oct. 25 public hearing, the fist of two meetings scheduled, was called by members the Buckley City Council. They were hoping to gather input from city residents before moving forward with engineering work on the fire department’s proposal to build a new station on he Miller Property near downtown. With several of the city’s volunteer firefighters lining the walls of the council chambers, Buckley Fire Chief Alan Predmore presented attendees with information of the current fire station, which is no longer considered adequate for the department’s needs. The station was built in 1911 and renovated in 1998.
Ten Years Ago
November 1, 2000
When a clump of three White River girls crossed the finish line together at Thursday’s West Central District meet, the Hornets captured their first cross country team title in school history. With Amy Jo Perreault and Brooke Huddleston having already finished in the top 10, the two seniors watched as underclassmen Sara Miller, Lauren Thrasher and Shasha Shultz crossed the line consecutively to secure White River a spot at Saturday’s state competition in Pasco.
Twenty-five Years Ago
October 31, 1985
Anne and Frank Tost have seen a lot of Cumberland history and remember it fondly as the small community gathers this week end to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee. Frank Tost was four-years-old when his parents brought him to Cumberland. “And I’m 73 – so I’ve been here a long time.”… “There were dozens of mines here at one time,” Frank said. “They included the Hyde Mine and Bayne Carbon Fuel Company, and smaller ones like Occidental, Eureka, and Sunset. In about 1919, the Hyde mine had houses built up there and a hotel for the people. Cumberland was booming. It must have had well over 1,000 people.”
Fifty Years Ago
November 3, 1960
Enumclaw voters will join with citizens across the nation next Tuesday to elect a President and Vice President for the next four years, as well as a host of other public officials. It is anticipated that more than 65,000,000 votes will be cast in the Presidential election that pits Vice President Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, against the Democratic standard bearers, Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Lyndon Johnson.
Seventy-five Years Ago
November 1, 1935
Jack Haines, local post office clerk will head the Enumclaw VFW for the year. Other officers elected were John Halden, Louis Hofmeister, Ed Bandli, Ben Pittinger, William Hannus, Martin Anderson, Fred Cockran and Ray Hegstrom.
Enumclaw was yesterday in the grip of the coldest weather ever recorded in October for at least the past 23 years. The mercury dropped to 24 on October 30, the coldest noted in this vicinity. The snow which fell Sunday night was the first ever recorded in October during the past 23 years.
