Editor’s note: In the World Gone By column with news from Nov. 11 1943, concerning Hoquiam men who had given their lives in the war, Llewellyn Larson’s name was misspelled.
75 years ago
November 17, 1943
Now playing at the Warners theater in Aberdeen, “Hangmen Also Die!” — the true story of the man and woman who killed Heydrich the bloody Nazi hangman, starring Brian Donlevy and Walter Brennan. Plus the gay musical-laugh hit “Larceny with Music” with Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle.
November 18, 1943
Not alone will the Aberdeen Bobcats and Hoquiam Grizzlies trample the turf of Stewart field for the fame and glory of their respective alma maters in this year’s annual Thanksgiving Day classic, but up in the press box atop the grandstand, two rival sport editors, Ed Stanley of the Aberdeen World and Ade Fredrickson of the Hoquiam Washingtonian, will be trying to out-grimace each other in an effort to augment the gains of their respective eleven for a very special reason of their own.
Each sports editor has waxed long and loud in personally backing his assigned school, and in order to make the stand the more concrete, has promised his side a special theater party if the score ends in their favor. The managements of the D&R in Aberdeen and the Seventh Street in Hoquiam are co-operating with the sport writers, promising to entertain the entire squad and coaching staff of the victorious team.
The result of this friendly rivalry means that the winners will be guests the night after the game at the musical farce, “True to Life” with Mary Martin, Franchot Tone, Dick Powell and Victor Moore, and “Doughboys in Ireland” with Kenny Baker, both opening simultaneously next weekend at the D&R and Seventh Street.
50 years ago
November 17, 1968
Sunday no newspaper published
November 18, 1968
“Always different, always delicious” says the advertisement for workmen’s lunches at the Smoke Shop Cafe, 207 E. Heron in Aberdeen. The $1.10 lunch includes two sandwiches, fresh fruit, cake or cookies and hot coffee.
25 years ago
November 17, 1993
When it comes to elementary schools, newer and bigger isn’t necessarily better, parents of students at Alexander Young School said last night.
About 35 parents and teachers gathered at the school to express their concerns and ask questions about what will happen to A. Young students in the district’s proposed massive building projects.
The building plan calls for the closure of Alexander Young and McDermoth elementary schools with a new, bigger school built to house both school populations at a yet-to-be-selected site.
Burgeoning enrollment and aging, unsafe buildings which are not equipped for technological advances, were the driving forces behind the facilities’ study.
A massive remodel of the high school, a new swimming pool and a replacement for Robert Gray Elementary School are also included in the plan.
November 18, 1993
When the curtain arises at AHS’s auditorium Friday night, the actors’ grace and glamour on stage will belie hours of behind-the-scenes labor that brought “Hello Dolly” to life.
It takes a lot of effort to appear effortless. And a lot of people.
In addition to director Pat Wilhelms’ apparent endless energy and hours of work, a retinue of adult volunteers connected by headphone sets has been one of the reasons she’s been able to put on major musical productions for the past eight years.
“We have incredible support,” she said. “We could not do it without the parents.”
Before she came to AHS, the school hadn’t had a major musical production in 18 years.
So Wilhelms along with choreographer Gayle Russell, stage manager Mike Barkstrom and instrumental combo conductor Hank Bilderback, and dozens of others who have worked behind the scenes have worked feverishly so that the show could go on.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
