75 years ago

December 26, 1942

On battlefronts every day, men risk their lives to discover the location and strength of the military units of the enemy. Yet at home, too many of us are presenting the enemy with information of the same military value, the office of censorship says in a statement.

Do not tell the names of ships upon which sailors serve and do not tell the troop units in which soldiers serve overseas.

The office of censorship says, “We ask editors not to publish these troop identifications and we ask parents and relatives not to reveal them. Don’t give the enemy anything that may lengthen the war!”

December 27, 1942

Sunday, no newspaper published

50 years ago

December 26, 1967

Ping-pong and pool tourneys and a YMCA-sponsored ski trip to White Pass are scheduled for the latter part of this week as the Hoquiam Y bustles with holiday activities.

The deadline for ski trip registrations is tonight, according to Art Pocklington, Y general secretary. There are eight openings and a nominal fee will pay for a seat on the chartered bus that will shuttle members to the snow bound resort on Friday.

The ping-pong tournament is on Thursday for senior high and college students and the pool tourney is for those in ninth grade and up.

December 27, 1967

The Raymond Police Department last night underwent a thorough “changing of the guard” as Mayor Charles Oldani and four others took over operation of the department following the resignation of Chief Dan Lunsford and his five-man force under pressure from Oldani.

While patrol cars from the state patrol and the Pacific County Sheriff’s office prowled the area in a tense situation at midnight, Oldani and Sheriff’s Deputy Jerry Morley took over the night duties from resigning personnel. Taking over later this morning as acting chief of police was Herman Felber of South Bend.

25 years ago

December 26, 1992

Theft of premium cable channels is a big problem on the Harbor, and not just for TCI Cablevision.

Often the thieves ripping off the decoders for premium channels do just that — rip them off.

When they climb up the utility poles or break into apartment complex cable control boxes, cable crooks aren’t too careful about how they remove the decoders.

That means disruption of even basic service for customers and a monumental headache for the TCI repair crews.

Through the end of November, some 1,041 premium channel decoders had been stolen in the Grays Harbor area, according to figures provided by TCI Cablevision.

Fred Comer, general manager for TCI, estimates the damaged equipment and labor costs at $1,200 to $1,500 per month.

December 27, 1992

Elma High School lost more than a dozen of its top students to drunk and reckless driving for one day recently. The “dead’ were only “dead” for a day — this time.

The stories were all part of the annual holiday safety awareness program presented Dec. 17 before the student body at Elma High School.

Produced by the Elma FFA, the program featured an elaborate skit and more than a dozen fake testimonials about the effects of drunk or careless driving.

The program tries to drive home the message that the scenes played out safely in the gymnasium could be for real one night on a cold, dark highway.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom