In 1969, HHS basketball team on its way to state tourney

From the archives of The Daily World

75 years ago

March 16, 1944

All employes of Rayonier, Inc., treated for chlorine gas burns and asphyxia yesterday at Aberdeen General hospital have been released, and are either back at work or at their homes. The pulp mill which resumed operations last night, was operating normally today.

The gas was shut off at about 1:30 o’clock yesterday, having been kept under control two hours by firemen who played water hoses upon it. Two Hoquiam firemen, Dick Large and James Douglas, became ill from the chlorine fumes, while fighting it.

March 17, 1944

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Scott, Route 3, Hoquiam, have received word that their son, Sergeant Glen Scott was killed in action in Italy, February 7, 1944.

He was decorated with the Purple Heart for wounds received in the African campaign. He was also wounded in the battles of Sicily and Italy in which he was engaged following recovery from the wounds received in Africa.

Sergeant Scott graduated from Moclips high school and worked for the Aloha Lumber company prior to entering the service in January, 1941.

50 years ago

March 16, 1969

• A new airport for Ocean Shores, planned for a site near the bay shore at the north end of the peninsula, will be big enough to accommodate regional airline service jets and will cost $700,000, officers of the resort have told the Washington State Aeronautics Commission.

Citing the value of the new air field to the economy of the county in general, former county commissioner John Pearsall said Ocean Shores is now the third-ranking area in the county in production of tax revenue. Only Aberdeen and Hoquiam produce more tax payments, he said.

• Hoquiam’s title bound Grizzlies fought from behind for most of the game at the UPS Fieldhouse last night to finally catch a glimpse of sunshine and then go on to enter the State Tournament semi-finals by defeating the Lincoln Abes 53 to 51.

The Grizzlies will now meet Everett next Friday in the tournament nightcap, set for 9 o’clock.

It will be Hoquiam’s first trip to the Seattle classic in 18 years when Jack Swarthout took the team to the state tournament in 1951. Should they go all the way, the sate championship will be the first since 1939 and 1942 under coach Elmer Huhta.

March 17, 1969

St. Patrick’s Day in Aberdeen was taken in stride by many Irishmen.

At The Daily World, sports editor Ray Ryan appeared for his busy Monday sporting a bright green bow tie, Irish all the way.

Jim Brennan, operator of Brennan’s Hardware noted his store’s annual holiday sale, complete with fresh green carnations for the ladies — “imported from the old sod.”

Robert Hoonan, owner of Bay City Fuel, noted his striped green tie and shamrock, and said of his employes, “‘we’re kind of a United Nations of nationalities over here, but we’re all celebrating.”

25 years ago

March 16, 1994

If a wee bit of blarney you be seeking on St. Paddy’s day, look not farther than Galway Bay.

Not the Galway Bay on Ireland’s mist-swept west coast. We’re talking about the restaurant and pub at breezy Ocean Shores.

Co-owners Bill Gibbons and Barry Bennett are celebrating their first anniversary and St. Patrick’s Day with authentic Irish food, drink and entertainment from 10 a.m. to well past midnight.

There’s tasty stews, corned beef and cabbage and frothy pints of Guiness Stout on tap. If you want blarney on the side, Gibbons and Bennett are pleased to offer more than you can shake a shillelagh at.

March 17, 1994

Actress Linda Evans, her voice choked with tears, pleaded last night with the Aberdeen City Council not to let a state prison be built here.

Evans, who owns homes at Tacoma and Rainier and moved permanently to the Northwest six years ago, said she regularly visits Grays Harbor and left California to escape big-city problems.

Evans, a friend and patient of Montesano chiropractor Fred Loertscher, who is leading a petition drive against a prison, was among the nearly five dozen people who filled City Hall last night.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom