75 years ago
November 1, 1943
Aberdeen will blaze with pre-war neon street and store lights tonight as it sheds a 14-months cloak of semi-darkness following coastwide lifting of the dimout at midnight Sunday.
Mayor Walter T. Foelkner said that workmen have been busy over the weekend removing paint from boulevard and other lights under city control. “Many have already been cleared and all will soon be fully illuminated.”
Meanwhile, two P.U.D. crews were replacing painted light globes on the regular street poles with unpainted globes to give off twice or three times as much illumination.
November 2, 1943
Aberdeen’s Boeing plant during the relatively short time it has been in operation consistently has equalled or exceeded its production program, R.A Neale, Seattle, operations manager of the company, told members of the Aberdeen chamber of commerce this noon at a luncheon honoring Boeing officials.
Mr. Neale revealed the answer to the often-asked question of what the Aberdeen plant builds. The tail turret, the famous “stinger” of the Fortress is constructed here, he said. The “stinger” protects the Fortress from the rear, allows the tail gunner to shoot pursuing enemy aircraft.
“As you may know,” Mr. Neale explained, “we are operating two eight hour shifts at the local plant. The great proportion of the personnel is local, and many of them are women workers. This is made possible by reason of the fact that the work is not too heavy or arduous.”
50 years ago
November 1, 1968
The initial step in what may ultimately result in development of a large scale nuclear generating plant in Grays Harbor County was taken today when a preliminary report on nuclear plant siting was submitted to the Grays Harbor PUD Commissioners.
The report points out that the chief benefits of an ocean site are the large amounts of cooling water available and the low risk of earthquake damage.
Two sites were analyzed in the report, one at Roosevelt Beach and the other at Saddle Hill. Both sites would accommodate up to 6 million kilowatts of power. If either site is developed to this level, $1 billion would ultimately be invested in the site.
November 2, 1968
The week-old supermarket strike blockout continues today, after a non-productive union-management session last night at the Morck Hotel.
But it was announced today that C and T Market in Montesano, one of the 14 Harbor markets affected by a wage-fringe benefit dispute, will reopen at noon tomorrow on a limited basis.
“Presently, there are no stores open in Montesano,” said Richard King, spokesman for the market operators, “and because of the numerous retired people in the community without automobiles, it (the dispute) is causing an extreme hardship on them.”
25 years ago
November 1, 1993
South Bend’s Uriah Halpin and Valley’s Shawni Sullivan won individual titles at the Southwest Washington District Class B cross country meet Saturday at Rochester High School.
Halpin notched his third successive district title, covering the 3-mile course in 17:03. Valley’s Cedar Mannan finished second, 48 seconds back.
Valley’s Dave Zieroth, with a time of 18:36, and South Bend’s Tim Jung, with a 19:18, also advanced to state.
Sullivan, a sophomore, was a lopsided winner of the girls’ meet with a time of 21:26. Freshman teammate Stacey Schmidt took second in 23:07.
November 2, 1993
Grays Harbor’s economic prospects will be rosier when the Great American Herb Co. moves to Elma next year, according to county officials.
The Tumwater-based fragrance product company currently employs about 40 people, with an additional 50 temporary jobs during the holiday season.
The plan is for Great American to build a new plant east of Elma, on a lot at the corner of Heise Road and Highway 8. The 16-year-old company imports botanicals from all over the world to make potpourri, lotions and soaps.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
