I’d like to add a comment or two in regard to Locating Home Plate. Although my parents were Snohomish born and raised, the first home they owned was in the Pinehurst area of Everett. They moved back to their hometown with two children in time for me to enter kindergarten at Central School in 1943.
I don’t know when it was installed but there was a merry-go-round at Averill Field throughout the fifties. It would spin as fast as legs could make it go. It was removed some time prior to the construction of the Hal Moe Pool. Most likely the liability issues we face today led to its demise.
Then there was the baseball field itself. Although I lived across town on Avenue H, I hiked or biked to the field as often as I could. There was usually a pick-up game in progress or someone with whom to play catch. In my teen years, I played for the first Snohomish Babe Ruth team coached by John Miles and after that, Panther baseball. My one regret was that I never quite hit the ball over the high but short left field fence in place at the time.
From Grant Weed, former city's attorney, via email: (5 years ago)
"I batted from that home place literally hundreds of times throughout my baseball career in little league, pony league, colt league, American Legion league and most of all, as Captain of the Snohomish Panther varsity baseball team.
This would have been in the timeframe of about 1963 through 1972. I should know pretty close to where the home plate was. :)
I also watched my Dad and others play on the old Averill Field in the 1950's and early 60's.
Thanks for keeping this segment of Snohomish history alive. Some time I can tell you a lot about the local nuances of the field. There were several."
I never played ball on that field but I did enjoy the carnivals, and once I stopped a game in progress so that Airlift Northwest could land on the field to transport a trauma patient to Harborview. Both of my daughters learned to swim in the pool before it was covered. Didn't the city have to pay for a hazmat cleanup during pool demolition? Snohomish has a great history of parks for its citizens and visitors. Again, thanks for the memories.
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Mr. Blake,
I’d like to add a comment or two in regard to Locating Home Plate. Although my parents were Snohomish born and raised, the first home they owned was in the Pinehurst area of Everett. They moved back to their hometown with two children in time for me to enter kindergarten at Central School in 1943.
I don’t know when it was installed but there was a merry-go-round at Averill Field throughout the fifties. It would spin as fast as legs could make it go. It was removed some time prior to the construction of the Hal Moe Pool. Most likely the liability issues we face today led to its demise.
Then there was the baseball field itself. Although I lived across town on Avenue H, I hiked or biked to the field as often as I could. There was usually a pick-up game in progress or someone with whom to play catch. In my teen years, I played for the first Snohomish Babe Ruth team coached by John Miles and after that, Panther baseball. My one regret was that I never quite hit the ball over the high but short left field fence in place at the time.
Memories,
Dave Kosche
From Grant Weed, former city's attorney, via email: (5 years ago)
"I batted from that home place literally hundreds of times throughout my baseball career in little league, pony league, colt league, American Legion league and most of all, as Captain of the Snohomish Panther varsity baseball team.
This would have been in the timeframe of about 1963 through 1972. I should know pretty close to where the home plate was. :)
I also watched my Dad and others play on the old Averill Field in the 1950's and early 60's.
Thanks for keeping this segment of Snohomish history alive. Some time I can tell you a lot about the local nuances of the field. There were several."
I never played ball on that field but I did enjoy the carnivals, and once I stopped a game in progress so that Airlift Northwest could land on the field to transport a trauma patient to Harborview. Both of my daughters learned to swim in the pool before it was covered. Didn't the city have to pay for a hazmat cleanup during pool demolition? Snohomish has a great history of parks for its citizens and visitors. Again, thanks for the memories.