Dudley Williamson, Jr.
Radio Journalist from South Colby.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Williamson lived on the beachfront in South Colby. Their son, Dudley Jr. grew up in South Colby and attended Colby School. His picture can be seen in the Colby School picture elsewhere on this website. Dud was a handsome young man with a wonderful speaking voice and eventually landed a job as a radio announcer with KOL in Seattle. On August 19, 1939 at 5:00 p.m. Seattle radio station KOL broadcast “THE ROMANCE OF POWER” coast -to-coast, live from Seattle city light’s Skagit River hydro-electric project with Dud as the featured announcer.
Dud continued with radio and moved to Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. In 1945 when “Queen for a Day” did their first broadcast on NBC Radio in Los Angeles, Dud Williamson was the original Host. In 1955 when the program moved to television Dud originated his own radio show titled what’s the “Name of That Song,” also broadcast from Los Angeles. It was very successful and continued for several seasons until Dud’s untimely death. His wife inherited the rights to this program and continued broadcasting the show for a short time, but without Dud’s personality the show just didn’t have the magic and was cancelled.
–Jo Ann Grant Lorden, March 2008
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Thomas Allen Grant
& Georgeina Harding Grant.
Second-generation local merchants and Postmasters.
Thomas, first son of Joseph Squire Grant, followed in his father’s footsteps as a prominent businessman and civic leader in Colby. His wife, Miss Georgeina Harding, and her family resided in Seattle but also homesteaded land in the Banner District, eventually moving over from the mainland. After Tom died, Georgeina ran the Grant business and was postmistress, living just shy of her 102nd birthday (right). For more about these subjects, check other posts on this site.
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Annie Grant Hamilton.
A Sturdy Pioneer Woman of Yukon Harbor.
More will be written about Annie’s remarkable life later, but suffice it to say that she experienced more than most men of the time did before age twenty-one. Her autobiography, which will be printed more fully, provides insight into the life of the 1880’s, lumbering, and what a being a woman in a male-dominated age was like. She is featured in other photos and narriatives on this site.
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This is a very powerful website. I reside in South Colby and how fun to learn the deep history. I stumbled upon this while looking for info for the Yukon Harbor post office. I will definetly be passing this web address to others. Thank you.