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

Thursday, Sept. 6, 1990

• A representative of the SanMar Corporation, an apparel-printing company with a new facility in Preston, spoke at the Fall City Business and Professional Association’s Aug. 31 meeting. SanMar, which has been in business for almost 20 years, opened in Preston last year. It is the third largest business of its kind.

• Coral (Barker) Allbee’s memories of the Valley provide inspiration for some of the designs on her award-winning thimbles. It’s been 30 years since she’s lived here, but she occasionally returns to visit her mother, Lorinne Barker, at the North Bend Nursing Center. Allbee creates and paints porcelain thimbles, andhas sold more than 60,000.

• All who are interested in having a swimming pool in the Lower Valley are asked to attend an open meeting on the evening of Sept. 10. Organizers have a starting fund of $80,000.

Thursday, Sept. 9, 1965

• Mr. and Mrs. Ralph White of Snoqualmie have reported the theft of meat, valued at $65 ($489 in 2015 dollars) from their locker in the Cold Storage Lockers in Snoqualmie. Mrs. White said the loss consisted of of the better cuts of meat — the thieves left soup bones, ground meat, etc. Thieves pried the hinges and broke door slats to gain access.

• Worshipful Master Nels E. Mattson invites all Masons to attend the Diamond Jubilee of falls City Lodge Sept. 11. The speaker of the evening will be Most Worshipful Brother Matthew W. Hill who also spoke at the 50th anniversary celebration.

• The Mount Si football team will take the field at Auburn for a non-league contest with Tahoma Sept. 11. Coach Don Lee’s staff reports an average team weight of only 146 pounds. The line averages 159 and the backfield, only 123.