Yes, one of historic Snohomish's landmark sites, The Cabbage Patch Restaurant that many of you may have visited when you visited Snohomish was gutted in the top story of the 1910 former residence near Ave A and First Street Friday morning. The fire was so intensive that the restaurant is our of business for the time being. It had a fireplace, and Victorian charm in appearance, and food to complement its decor. Read about this Snohomish landmark via: Ref. The HERALD, Everett, WA. Date: Sat. Apr 10, 2004 (Good Friday) Section: Headline Site: http://www.heraldnet.com/about Article: Blaze guts landmark Snohomish's historic Cabbage Patch restaurant burns An official says the cause of the fire likely was an electrical problem. By Diana Hefley, Herald Writer Color PIX accompana the article The fire actually started late Thursday night. Owner hopes eatery will be rebuilt. * * * The Cabbge Patch site is say 8/10ths of a mile from where I live and probably 1/10th of a mile from where I was born. My uncle and aunt who raised me from age 3, Mr. and Mrs Herbert O. Ness lived right next door to the house that became the Cabbage Patch Restaurant when they married in 1912. The Restaurant house was built originally in 1910, I understand. The brick building next to it that faces on front street was a motion picture theatre - I believe the name of it was Princess Theatre. I can recall it when it was still in operation. Avenue A beginning at First St was the beginning of my Everett Daily Herald route. I had as many as 92 customers back in 1938-39 and the Herald was $.50/month, but it went up to $.55/mo and several people quit because it was too expensive and the "format" was not to their liking at the time. Politics was included in the "format" ! The Snohomish Fire Station was at the top of the hill on the corner of Ave A and 2nd Street. I live a block and a half east of the Fire Station where I was born and where I grew up right across the Street from Star Mall Antiques and the Collector's Choice Restaurant. That building was the former Washington National Guard Armory when that building was built in 1929 as the armory. WWII profited greatly from the expertise that was developed among the National Guard regular preparedness exercises, as a great number of officers and prepared guardsmen attained their training there. I know because I witnessed their many training exercises from age 6 on to the war years of WWII. I knew most if not all the guardsmen who trained there. Many of their names are on the granite memorial in front of the old Carnegie Library site to this day. Carroll in Snohomish who is back active on ham radio Thanks to a Former Student in PA who retired from FCC and encouraged me to get back on the air again. I'm back pounding the telegraph keys again. I had that student way back in 1959 in a high school radio class. Mike is married to a lady who is a M.D., has her own Clinic in PA. where the retired Mike works in her clinic keeping records and phone calls "ship shape". When a former student sends you a great piece of ham gear (a transceiver) to get you to go back on the air, you know he means business. I had been off the air for the last 8 yrs. doing genealogy - a great diversion but then the gen bug bit me way back in 1983. I love it when I can contact a ham in CT, or MA as they oftentime can talk a bit of genealogy also, even if it is via telegraphy - we love those dotsendashes which sound like music to us - the diehards !!!!!!!!! * * * 30 * * * COMMENT: