by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
When Jane O’Brien Squires sings, even the birds stop to listen enviously, whether she is soloing or singing with the Sweet Adelines chorus, an organization of which she is an officer. Besides being a much sought-after vocalist, Jane, who lives in Clinton with...
by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
The dignified lady, wearing a diamond tiara and holding the train of her ivory satin ball gown over one arm, was not standing in a ballroom surrounded by admiring gentlemen, as one would expect, judging from here attire. She was standing in a pig pen, up the road from...
by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
The wind was blowing a gale, the rain was pelting down, and even the protected waters of Seattle’s Elliot Bay were raging on a certain day in the early 1920’s when a fireman, named Allen Kelly, looked out across the bay from the fire and police station on...
by James Canby | Feb 24, 2022 | SW People & Families
One morning in 1919, a little boy named John Patton was fairly bursting with anticipation as he raced back and forth on the Maxwelton shore watching the steamship Columbia making its way from Admiralty Inlet to the Maxwelton dock on the incoming tide. The boat was...
by James Canby | Feb 23, 2022 | SW People & Families
It may be true in literature that “east is east, and west is west and never the twain shall meet,” but this does not apply to the waters at the southern end of Whidbey Island. It is there that the eastern waters of Saratoga Passage and Possession Sound...
by James Canby | Feb 22, 2022 | SW People & Families
Clara Calvert, who was destined to become a well known personality in the Maxwelton area, was fair of face and slight of build. When she was 13, she continually appeared tired and wan, which was not surprising. All day long, every day since her 12th birthday, she had...
