75 years ago
November 18, 1942
The Army will use more lumber than steel in the coming year, Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson said today as he told the men in the Northwest’s logging camps and sawmills that they “can render no greater service to the cause of victory that to give us the wood we must have — and give it to us quickly.”
One hundred and twenty-five million tons of wood will be used by the war program in the next 12 months, Mr. Patterson said. “This is 25 percent greater than the tonnage of steel to be used.”
November 19, 1942
Director of Defense Transportation Joseph B. Eastman today began a nationwide program to keep the American public at home.
The “don’t travel” appeal is being worked out by the ODT in collaboration with the Association of American Railroads and the National Association of Motor Bus Operators in an effort to call attention to the gravity of the passenger transportation problem.
“The time is here,” Eastman said, “when all American people must understand … that unnecessary travel can do real and serious harm to the war effort. Conditions will become much worse unless the American public comes to the rescue.”
50 years ago
November 18, 1967
• Thursday approximately 130 children from the second and third grade classes of the Stevens Elementary School in Aberdeen were taken by on an hour-long tour of the locally docked Norwegian freighter, the Rudolph Olsen.
The tour included giving the children the opportunity to see the inner parts of the ship including the galley, captain’s private quarters, crews quarters as well as general storage areas.
• Now playing at the Aberdeen Theater “Bonnie and Clyde” starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty plus the co-hit “Triple Cross” starring Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider and Yul Brynner. At the D&R, James Coburn and Blake Edwards are starring in “Waterhole #3.” “The Long Duel” with Yul Brynner and Trevor Howard is also playing. At the 7th St. Theatre, Jerry Lewis and Janet Leigh are starring in “3 on a Couch” along with Doris Day and Rod Taylor in “Do Not Disturb.”
November 19, 1967
Sunday, no newspaper published
25 years ago
November 18, 1992
Faced with the challenge of responding to the needs of more than 600 displaced millworkers, Grays Harbor College is moving quickly.
Jewell Manspeaker, president of GHC, gave college administrators an outline Tuesday afternoon that identifies what the college can do immediately, in the short-term and in the future.
“I believe Grays Harbor College is the best hope for a lot of people. In fact, for many it may be the only hope,” he said.
But he did temper his enthusiastic proposal with a caveat. GHC has limited funding.
“We do need additional help, particularly from the state Legislature.” Visiting the Harbor Monday, Gov.-elect Mike Lowry vowed, “We will make room at that inn.”
November 19, 1992
Rick Frye will be the first to tell you he has a big heart.
But it’s not compassion he’s talking about.
Frye is on a waiting list to receive a new heart. The one he was born with has become greatly enlarged and is functioning at less than a fourth of what it should be.
“Eventually the heart will fail if I don’t get a transplant,” said the 1971 Aberdeen High School graduate.
Many Harborites may know Frye as a musician who has played in a score of bands on the Harbor over the years, including The Rockies in the early ’70s, Amberain and most recently Backstreet.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
