In 1992, GH College will offer seminar on JFK assassination
75 years ago
Feb. 28, 1942
For many years, Robert E. Taggart, Aberdeen police judge and head of the city’s identification bureau, has been preaching the gospel that everybody ought to be fingerprinted.
Now the bureau looks as though everybody had been converted at once. Pile upon pile of fingerprint cards are stacked about the quarters. More are piling up at the rate of 90 or 100 a day. And the rush is just starting.
Taggart and his crew have to ink some 7,000 Aberdeen school children, more than 2,000 civilian defense workers, several thousand pre-school children as well as commercial fishermen, longshoremen and waterfront workers.
March 1, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
Feb. 28, 1967
About 250 children’s size World War II gas masks were recently discarded at the Aberdeen city dump, according to Mrs. Betty McClelland, GH County Civil Defense coordinator. She said she had received numerous calls in the past two days from people who have picked up the old gas masks at the dump and taken them home in the belief that they are still usable.
She explained that the masks were discovered in storage at the Aberdeen city barn and were discarded when it was learned that the breathing mechanisms were clogged with dirt and dust. “These masks are definitely unsafe for children to be playing with,” McClelland said. “If a child slips one over his head, he could very well suffocate. They’re just as dangerous as a plastic bag, in that respect.”
March 1, 1967
Spanking brand new from bow to stern, the 47-foot combination troller-crab boat “Northern Star” was launched just after noon Saturday from Dorwin Fosse’s South Bend Boat Shop.
Appraised at $80,000, the craft was built for Ernest Summers of Grayland, a native of the area who reports he made his first ocean fishing jaunt when four years old. He has operated his own boat the last 15 years and before that fished with his father, Houston (Hughie) Summers, North Cove, also well-known in the coastal fishing circles.
25 years ago
Feb. 28, 1992
After eight days in Superior Court, the county assessor and Grays Harbor Paper Co. have agreed to disagree on how much the company owes the county.
In the civil trial before Judge David Foscue, attorneys for the paper company contended that the Assessor’s Office overvalued the Hoquiam mill by $18 million in 1990.
The county estimated the mill’s value at $26 million; the company said it was worth $8 million.
Foscue asked Judge Michael Spencer to see if he could mediate a breakthrough.
After a day-long session on Feb. 21, the two sides agreed to let the state Department of Revenue make an independent appraisal of the mill.
Feb. 29, 1992
While murder-mystery weekends attract amateur sleuths with a chance to solve a fictional killing, Grays Harbor College is offering a one-day seminar to explore a real-life murder.
A young president, in full view of hundreds of witnesses and cameras, is assassinated. A suspect is captured within hours, but before he can be charged with murder, he too is killed.
Almost 30 years later, debate rages on about who really committed the murder. Suspects and theories abound, but conclusive proof eludes even the most persistent sleuths.
Dave Connolly, one of hundreds who have studied the assassination of John F. Kennedy, will teach a one day seminar on the event on Saturday, March 7. Connolly, former administrator at St. Joseph Hospital in Aberdeen, divides his time between his home in Montesano and his work as Director of Operations for Pacific Health in Seattle.
March 1, 1992
“There’s no job too small when it comes to getting things done,” said guest speaker Keith Eldridge of KOMO News 4 Saturday at the Community Congress’ daylong session at Montesano High School. “You all fit in somewhere. That’s why you came today.”
By noon, about 100 people had signed in at the 4th Community Congress, discussing their hopes and dreams for Grays Harbor. In a survey of participants, economic development, “people issues,” management of natural resources and education were ranked as top priorities for the county.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
