75 years ago
August 22, 1942
Ray Boag, a 1937 Aberdeen high school graduate, wore the wings of a marine corps flier last night when he arrived for a two-week visit with his parents.
Ray, who is 23 years old, enlisted in the naval air corps Oct. 8 in Seattle, and was graduated this week as a naval pilot from the Corpus Cristi training school. He applied for transfer to the marine corps as a flier and was one of about 10 percent of the graduates accepted for such service with the rank of second lieutenant.
Woodson “Woodie” Losli will be graduated Aug. 27, from the army’s Victorville, Calif., air school. For many years, he and young Boag have been pals and both hope “Woodie” gets leave after graduation so they can have a reunion before heading for the battles of World War II.
August 23, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
August 22, 1967
Conducting their regular monthly meeting in Westport for the first time yesterday, members of the State Parks and Recreation Commission learned appropriately enough, what beach residents have suspected all summer — that the most popular single recreational area in the state is the ocean beaches of Grays Harbor and Pacific counties.
According to Parks Director Charles Odegaard’s report, Twin Harbor State Park, Westport, was the first park in the state to pass the 100,000 mark for overnight campers this season, followed by Sun Lakes State Park.
Grays Harbor and Pacific counties’ three state parks, Twin Harbors, Fort Canby and Ocean City, have recorded 12 percent of the day use in all parks and a whopping 17 percent of the total overnight use.
August 23, 1967
“This is probably the greatest thing that has ever happened to the City of Aberdeen, or for that matter, the entire Harbor area,” Mayor Walt Failor said last night as he signed the contract for the construction of the $16 million Wynooche Dam.
The new water storage dam will be constructed by the Army Corp of Engineers. Aberdeen will pay about 78 per cent of the estimated cost.
25 years ago
August 22, 1992
The residents of Emerson Court in Hoquiam will soon benefit from several new services provided by the Coastal Community Action Program, all due to the efforts of the Housing Authority of Grays Harbor.
A 41-year-old building at 301 W. Karr, has been renovated to serve as the office for six CCAP programs, said Philip Perkins, executive director of the Housing Authority.
The services include a Head Start program, parenting classes, daycare and other youth programs.
August 23, 1992
For two people with so much in common, Bob Basich and Max Vekich are not very much alike.
They both grew up in Aberdeen, in its large working-class Croatian community. Both went on to college and successful careers, became active Democrats, and went into state Legislature — and they’ve known each other for years.
Now they both want the same job — Position 2 in the state House of Representatives for the 19th District.
Although their backgrounds are similar, in personal style and approach to politics they are as different as night and day.
Vekich, 37, is a scrapper, who loves wheel-and-deal politics and has a reputation for being a bit of a grandstander.
Basich, 65, has a reputation for playing it safe. He’d rather look for consensus than knock heads and admits he’s not very good at political infighting.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
