As the Bainbridge Island Review celebrates its 100th anniversary, here’s a look back at some of the headlines from major, interesting or unusual stories over the years.
Take note of how many connect to things on the island today. And also how times have changed, but much of the news has not.
1929
Grand opening Rainbow Inn
Power company dispenses Xmas cheer with rate reduction
1930
Bainbridge now county champs: beats Poulsbo in basketball 44-19
Auto deaths less in 1929
School board points out $10 million levy is not additional
Blanche Beeson Miller first woman elected to School Board, District 303
New fair exhibit building has aroused considerable interest
North enders to get electricity
1932
Fire destroys Moosmoore Manor
Island boy will take title role in ‘Mikado’ opera
State highway officials make Bainbridge tour
1935
Ferry strike over Gov. Martin’s arbitration plan accepted
1941
Chamber OKs ferry move: endorsed a resolution urging immediate moving of the Fletcher Bay-Brownsville ferry to a direct route connecting the southern end of BI with Bremerton and Port Orchard
Navy wood burning hit in protest to FDR
County budget up $56,294 over 1941
Mrs. Sanders wins $150 as Review contest ends
2 ferries promised
Golf course, auditorium, gymnasium included in plan for center
Bremerton ferry to start in October
1942
J. Komedal is island’s first war death
Seizures of guns made by FBI
Defense school ready
12 aliens arrested
Register firearms Saturday
6 Japanese freed after questioning
Winslow yard gets huge Navy contract
8 more minesweeps to be built
Chamber may urge 30-mile speed
5,000 islanders prepare to register for war ration books
Mrs. Staser to register young island children
First island baby at Mazamar born
Phone directory shows 96 gain in 9 months
School board approves $5 million levy for ballot to boost teachers’ pay
Evacuation fails to stop Cupid at Camp Manzanar
Draft numbers here
They need your blood
‘Lock doors’ at 8:30 on registering
Teachers resign
Bus plan protested
Walter Miller named new principal
‘Last hour’ plea for pickers
Lady Godiva had nothing on these 2 island ladies
Sugar to be rationed in Winslow
Fleet of trucks to search island Saturday for salvage material
Give up idea on garbage collection
Government may bring Mexican farmers here
Island’s wounded ‘killer’ bear to be hunted by Maj. Hopkins
Many facing gas ration delay here
Death if you fail
Munro trailing by 157
We’ll pay $6.67 to first 1943 baby
1943
75 watchers sought for aircraft service
Islanders at Manzanar to move soon
Islanders set for fuel oil registration
Red Cross hits $2,000 mark
Island jail, firehouse get OK
Service for risen Christ due Sunday
Public to see ship launched
28 seniors graduating next week
Board bans school bus for pickers
Fixed prices on 600 foods OK’d here
Housing project in 4 months
Milk supply to be less this winter
They’ve gone to war
Open deer hunting may be restricted
Ban gatherings
Nisei battle hero back
Grade school students to be shifted Monday to relieve overcrowding
Deer season canceled by commission
Replace AWS
Winslow may get small Navy repairs
Raw sewage OK’d
Project sewer violates law, petitions say
Magnuson to be senator?
Wesley Finch becomes 4th war death
75 watchers sought for aircraft service
Shame, shame on naughty us; we forgot doc
Koba elected at Manzanar
Japanese excluded! Illinois city won’t have 2 island Nisei
Bear scares newsboy
Working mothers, schools hit as Mr. Milne urges cure for delinquency
Island wins sewer fight
1944
State park OK’d for island but Faye relative may prevent purchase of site
Footnotes to freedom
Mrs. Walganski pulls son from blazing garage
Nursery for all working mothers set
USS Gayety launching due Sunday
$90,000 bonds sold in 2 days
Yes, there is a war going on, mister: Just ask island phone crew; they know
Young boy scout saves friend’s life
Collect $8,243 for war fund
Indian held after woman is attacked
Schuyler charges ‘smear’ as Review is hit again: 34 attend ‘anti-Jap’ meet
1945
State road considered for island
Shipyards convert to repair work
Ration board penalizes gas users
Winslow Way, teeming with construction plans, marks island prosperity
Lack of help forces dairy delivery cut
Legislators seek change for district
Episcopalians organize St. Barnabas mission: Plan post-war building
Killed in action: PFC Komedal dies in war
Well fall takes life of 3-year-old
Man dies in fight
Hawk gets medal from president
1946
VFW takes over drive for clothes
Republicans to watch state vote
Girl jumps from ferry
Fire season will cause confusion
Sticker candidate wins in school board vote
Smallpox vaccination needed, doctors warn, as epidemic feared
11% increase in school enrollment
Island may lose cash allotments
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Page from 1942
A BIR front page from 1941.
Another from 1941
Page 1 1934
A BIR front page from 1930.
