75 years ago
October 15, 1943
“Toughest construction gang you could ever find anywhere,” sums up Ensign James Quigg’s opinion of the Seabees, naval construction battalion. Quigg, one of the first Seabee officers from the Grays Harbor area, returned this week to spend a short leave at home.
“The Seabees are trained not only to build most anything, but are trained to fight along with it,” Quigg declared. “They’re given the regular marine commando training and when they go out they’re really rugged.”
Member of the Quigg Brothers Construction company in Hoquiam for the past six years, Ensign Quigg received his commission on March 27 of this year and finished his training in August. Except for one month spent in New York while attending stevadoring school, he was stationed at Williamsburg, Virginia.
50 years ago
October 15, 1968
• No Siree, a steer is not a deer.
That’s what the sheriff’s office has to report to the nimrod who shot a steer belonging to Mike Furquay, five miles from Artic in the North River country.
The steer was shot early Saturday morning.
• Three hunters were reported lost during the weekend, one up the Wynooche and the other two up the Humptulips. All came out of the woods on their own power, not lost, just late.
25 years ago
October 15, 1993
For many elderly Harborites living on their own, a friendly grocery clerk or a thoughtful paper carrier can provide important social contact.
And under the new “gatekeeper” program, the grocery clerk and paper carrier can be part of a real lifeline for seniors who are beginning to have difficulties on their own.
“We’re training people who see older people over a period of time to know what to look for — the signs of deterioration,” says Dean Harris, program manager for adult services at Evergreen Counseling Center.
Someone who sees an elderly person on a weekly, or even monthly, basis, is likely to spot signs of deterioration more quickly than a complete stranger, Harris explans.
Training is conducted in large groups and takes 30 to 40 minutes. Service clubs and businesses can also have the training program brought to them, Harris said.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
