Cold snap hits Whidbey with near-zero weather
“Winter threw a Tuesday punch at South Whidbey this week, coming in on a wintry wind and then sticking around to push the temperatures down to levels not seen in years.
“Complicating the problem, gusty winds early Tuesday morning put trees across the power lines south of Coupeville and put out electricity to South Whidbey from 6:20 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. In the meantime, snow which fell light and powdery turned all South Whidbey roads into sheets of glare ice.”
Support of Is. County Fair pledged by commissioners
“Island County’s two commissioners-elect, John Vanderzicht and Ed Christoe, pledged complete support of the Island County Fair during a meeting at the fairgrounds Monday night of the fair directors.
“The two new commissioners, who take office in January, also declared that they plan to continue the present policy of delegating authority for running the fair to the fair directors.
“Those same fair directors, during the evening, re-elected Gust Skarberg as president; Jean Rowe as secretary and Helen Scott as treasurer. They also chose two new officers, Martin Boon of Oak Harbor, first vice president, and George Stockholm, second vice president.
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“During the discussion of the fair’s future, Vanderzicht suggested that more North Whidbey support might be forthcoming if the president of the board were to make talks at meetings of North Whidbey clubs and organizations, such as the Rotary club. He also suggested that the concessionaire chairman visit Oak Harbor during the Fourth of July celebration and perhaps line up some of those concessions for the Fair, which is held in August.”
Eight charged in local court; forfeit $328
“Eight persons forfeited bail in Judge Frank Short’s Langley justice court during the past week; most of them as a result of traffic charges. Total bail money forfeited was $328.
“Those who forfeited bail included Gary Lodell, Clinton; Larry Anderson, Langley; Richard Scriven, Langley; William Johnson, Clinton; Robin Burley, Clinton; Alfred Heggenes, Clinton; Robert J. Wildes, Langley and Elmer Williams, Langley.
Local girl hurt in bad accident near Coupeville
“A heavy 1955 Cadillac driven by Sharon Cattron, 16, of Langley, ripped along the side of a truck between Coupeville and Kennedy’s Lagoon Saturday morning but neither Sharon nor her passenger, Carol Deposit, 15, of Clinton, were seriously injured.
“The Langley teen-ager lost two teeth and had numerous stitches taken to close cuts in her face, but Carol was only shaken up badly.
“Richard Lewis of Oak Harbor, driver of the truck, had only a slight cut on one hand and his son, a passenger in the truck, had no injuries at all, although he was shocked and shaken.
“The Cadillac, owned by Sharon’s father, Francis “Cat” Cattron, was totaled. The entire left side of the heavy sedan was ripped and smashed and state trooper Del Honsberger said it was a miracle that no one was killed.
“Sharon and her passenger were taken to the Island Medical Clinic in the North Whidbey ambulance, operated by Homer Bakker, a former South Whidbey resident. They were released Saturday afternoon after receiving treatment.
“Only an hour or so earlier, a car driven by Robert Boyer of Oak Harbor left the road near Oak Harbor, smashing into a telephone pole and killing the driver.”
