In 1993, GH Farmers Market celebrated its 19th anniversary

From the archives of The Daily World

75 years ago

August 4, 1943

Tuna deliveries were on the upswing again today, while purse seiners continued to swamp the reduction plants with pilchards.

Lars Andersen reported receiving 6,400 pounds of tuna, of which 4,900 pounds was in one delivery by the craft Stranger, owned by Earl Gates. He was out five days. H. McAllister brought in 5,000 pounds in the Sue, a 41-foot craft which was built this year at the shipyard next to Schafer mill in South Aberdeen. C. Nelson’s Ace and Harry Gates each delivered two tons to Ed Kaakinen.

August 5, 1943

Harry Hammond’s Grand Central Grocery is advertising a pound of M.J.B. coffee for 33¢, 49 pounds of Drifted Snow flour for $2.31, one-half gallon of Purex bleach for 24¢ and a pint jar of Best Foods mayonnaise for 34¢.

50 years ago

August 4, 1968

Sunday, no newspaper published

August 5, 1968

• Aberdeen Police today pressed their investigation of two armed robberies Friday and Saturday, and sought to determine whether the two crimes were committed by the same parties.

At 5:25 p.m. Saturday, an armed robber held up the Aberdeen Sears store for $20,000 in cash and checks and some 20 hours after a substantial but lesser sum was taken at gunpoint from the Aberdeen Safeway store.

In the latest development, a Plymouth which matched the description of the car used in the Sears robbery was found by police after a resident on North E St. complained that a car was blocking his alley garage. Police determined that the car was stolen from Ellison Pontiac.

• “Head ‘em off at the pass.”

Col. Tim McCoy, Hollywood’s definitive cowboy star, will visit Hoquiam tomorrow night with Tommy Scott’s Western Caravan stage show, which will perform at 7:30 at the Hoquiam High School Gym under the sponsorship of the Hoquiam Lion’s Club.

Col. McCoy, who has thrilled four generations of youngsters with his quick-draw six-shooting, is the star of more than 200 wild West movies. He is recognized as one of the greatest authorities on the sign language of the plains Indians.

25 years ago

August 4, 1993

The PUD Commissioners are considering raising rates by 9.5 percent in September to keep pace with a jump in the cost of wholesale power from the Bonneville Power Administration.

Combined with last year’s 6.45 percent increase, the hit would mean a total 15.95 percent jump in PUD rates over the last two years.

Because this rate increase comes on top of the old, the combined rate increase for a customer who had a $100 bill two years ago would be about 16.6 percent.

August 5, 1993

• Cramped quarters are a thing of the past in the former armory building that is now the Community Center at 117 E. Third St. in Aberdeen. An $825,000 remodeling project is virtually complete.

An open house — including tours of the once-musty, now-modern basement — is planned for early October. Most of the remodeling was designed to bring the building into compliance with federal access laws for the disabled. The city won a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant, while CCAP, the Aberdeen Museum of History and Community Center reserve funds paid the difference.

• The Grays Harbor Farmers Market and Craft Fair will mark the anniversary of its 19th year on the Harbor with a celebration Saturday at the Wishkah Mall.

The market started in 1975 on Sumner Avenue, later moving to Broadway Street in Aberdeen. The market was located for a short while on F Street and later in the Wishkah Mall.

And now it’s moving day again.

“We are looking forward to our new home on Riverside Drive in Hoquiam,” said market manager Alice Taylor.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom