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Yes, Eatonville used to have a bowling alley and here is the Wilson & Son token to prove it. The bowling alley used to be in the building that is now Napa. If anyone remembers bowling there — or better yet, has pictures of the bowling alley — please share! Photo courtesy of Diane Mettler.…
The National Loggers Baseball Team from the 50’s was a championship team. L to R Top: Don Stewart, Mel Ceccanti, Al Mierke, Bob Fore, Jack Lyday L to R Front: Frank Bloom, Frank Lyday, Don Fore, Don Rose, Jack Chappell Jack Chappell “He played baseball in the Army and on the National Loggers Softball team sponsored…
Found several envelopes on Ebay addressed to Mr. Herbert A. Pickert of Eatonville, Wash. in both 1914 and 1913. Amazing they survived over 100 years. There are a few things interesting about these envelopes. First, it that you didn’t need a full address back then. Second, postage was only 2 cents. Lastly, there was a…
Know where you are? You’re looking up Center Street toward the bank. You can see the Van Eaton home perched on the hill. Things change over the years. Wonder what it will look like on 2104? Photo courtesy of the South Pierce County Historical Society. Click on image to enlarge.
Eatonville’s first hospital and staff. In fact, if you look off to the right you can see a carpenter still working on it. “The first doctor, D. A. Martiny, came in 1904. Before 1910 he built The Lumbermen’s Hospital, the first hospital, at the corner of Mashell Ave. N. and Lynch Street across form where…
Lakes and ponds were often used as storage for logs headed to the sawmill. Here were see logs being dumped into Mineral Lake in the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the Leslie Dunlap and family. Click on image to enlarge.
Check out these mixed double teams playing on the EHS courts in 1939. Behind them is the grandstand, not looking all that much different. Baseball, however, took precedent over football. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
The May Pole dance (1928) isn’t the most interesting thing in this picture. Look above the front door, kids are sitting out on the window ledge of the second floor. Student safety must not have been as rigid back then. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
Dressing up was obviously part of the Community Day celebrations in 1931. Check out the top hat costume, as well as the Native American attire. The parrot gets his day is sun too. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge
Eatonville has had tennis courts for decades. Here is a shot of the fields around 1937. Also pictures in the original school house before it was moved to Glacier Park. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton. Click on image to enlarge.
They not only had the Cruiser News in 1931, but also the Junior Cruiser. Here is an issue from April 24, 1931. If you enlarge, you can read the following articles: • Cruisers Victorious in Second League Game • Basketball Boys Honored at Commercial Club Dinner • Annual Sent to Press • Cruisers Defeat Pack…
It’s 1925. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is published in April. In June the Chrysler Corporation was founded and in London the double-decker bus is introduced. Back in Eatonville, in 1925, this was the EHS student body. superintendent was E. P. Todd, and the principal was H. E. Pratt. Photo courtesy of Pat Van Eaton.…
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