by LACanby | Jun 10, 2021 | What's New Posts, What's New Posts
Throwback Thursday comes from the 1960 Island County Fair. This was a Baby Island Heights entry in the Kiddie Parade. Mayor: Glenn Metcalf, Official Booster: Barbara Long, Sheriff: Candace Christenson, Country Cousin: Rae Jean Malary; Water Commissioner: David Long,...
by LACanby | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog, What's New Posts
Sometimes seeds are planted in young lives which continue to bear fruit years and even decades later. Such is the case with Derel Gabelein, a 32-year-old South Whidbey resident who operates his own wood slab cutting business for furniture making.(His Facebook page is...
by LACanby | Dec 13, 2020 | Notable People, Uncategorized
Thomas John Johns arrived as a 19-year-old on South Whidbey in 1859, shortly after Ed Oliver, but a little before William Johnson.He was born New Year’s Eve 1840 in Plymouth, England, the son of a British sea captain. Young ‘Tommy’ as he was called, became a ship’s...
by LACanby | Dec 13, 2020 | Notable People
In 1937, Austin Marshall opened “Austin’s Store in Freeland. It was located along the highway and is more recently remembered as the Gay 90’s pizzeria.“Deke” was born in Langley in 1894 and died in Freeland in 1974. When asked why friends called him “Deke,” he...
by LACanby | Dec 10, 2020 | Notable People
Joseph Primavera was born in Bologna, Italy and came to Seattle in 1899 where he owned and operated a saloon. Ten years prior, Victor’s mother, Martina had left Italy, to come to Seattle to work in her aunt’s boarding house.Joseph and Martina met, fell in love and...
