Out of the Past: Mount Si alumni plan reunion; Snoqualmie Falls Library to close permanently

The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record's archives:

Thursday, Nov. 15, 1990

Fred Lawrence and Dave Wright, Mount Si High School graduates from the classes of 1953 and 1952 respectively, are spearheading the formation of an alumni association for the school. All interested graduates of Mount Si are encouraged to attend a brainstorming meeting in the school library. The plans had their inception during planning for a 1992 reunion of the classes of 1949 through 1959.

Ward Keller has shot over 5,000 photographs this year and has quite an investment in his World Class Photography project. But the items are selling. Most Valley residents, and a lot of tourists this summer and fall, have seen his stands in local businesses. They feature beautiful color photographs of such attractions as Snoqualmie Falls, Mount Si, the Weyerhaeuser mill, the historic steam train and Franklin Falls and the Alpental ski area.

Thursday, Nov. 18, 1965

• Mr. Herbert F. Mutschler, Director of the King County Library System, has announced that the Snoqualmie Falls Library will be closed permanently as of Dec. 31. The last day that books will be checked out to the public is Nov. 29. The Snoqualmie Falls Library was first opened in 1923 under the sponsorship of the Snoqualmie Falls Women’s Club. After the building burned down and was rebuilt, a special library room was added and has been in use ever since.

• Gloria Morgan, 44, of Fall City and Sharon Sparks, 17, of  Snoqualmie escaped injury when they were involved in an accident at the intersection of 384th Street and S.E. 85th, .4 miles south of Snoqualmie, Nov. 11. Trooper Hyatt, who investigated the accident, reports Miss Sparks, driving a 1961 Corvair sedan, was eastbound on S.E. 85th when she made a left turn and struck the Morgan car.