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Peninsula Lookbackfrom the pages of the Peninsula Dajly News1938 (75 years ago)Burgess Greenfield Wilcox, a Clallam County resident for 50 years who was responsible for much of the piledriving for the wharves around Port Angeles Harbor and at other North Olympic Peninsula locations, has died at 75.Born in July 1862 in Minnesota, Wilcox came to Port Angeles in 1888. He was a contractor and railroad engineer by trade.For years with Dan Kelly, he was engaged in the piledriver business while taking a prominent part in the affairs of the young city.He served on the City Council before moving to a farm he purchased near Sequim 20 years ago.Burial will be in Dunge-ness Cemetery.1963 (50 years ago)A disgruntled fisherman with some mechanical ability has formed Port Angeles’ newest industry.It’s the Gene-Ren Tackle Co., located in an automotive shop behind the Lincoln Park Grocery on Secondary State Highway 9-A.The infant firm’s sole product is a fishing-pole holder. It grew out of auto mechanic D.E. “Gene” Ivy’s unhappiness with the holders now on the market.He partnered with Ray Renshaw to open the business, which produces up to 250 of the holders per day.1988 (25 years ago)Eleven second-growth fir trees were felled in Port Angeles’ Lincoln Park because they edged up into the approach zone for a runway at William R. Fairchild International Airport.The trees’ logging was a blessing in disguise, said a city official, because several residents complained that the park is too shaded and cold, that tree limbs fall down, and some worry about children running off into darkened wooded areas.The Port of Port Angeles, which owns the airport, paid for the logging, and money from the log sales will go back into Lincoln Park maintenance.
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Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles, Washington, US
Wed, May 01, 2013
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