75 years ago
February 15, 1943
The Saginaw Shingle mill will reopen at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning on a two-shift basis after a shutdown of nearly a month. Approximately 100 men will be employed on the two shifts.
Lack of logs kept the mills down, but with the present supply and other logs expected, the managements said it hopes to keep the mill operating steadily.
February 16, 1943
Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian nationalists, has entered a “critical” stage of his fast, now in its seventh day, an official statement said today.
As the fast protesting Gandhi’s six months of internment rounded out its first week, six doctors met to confer on his condition. The 73-year-old spiritual leader was suffering nausea and chills.
A new demand for Gandhi’s release was made in the lower house of the Indian parliament yesterday by nationalist Lakhikant Maltra.
50 years ago
February 15, 1968
• Douglas James, choir director for Hoquiam’s junior and senior high schools, was one of four winners in the Seattle district Metropolitan Opera auditions held on the University of Washington campus last weekend, and he will be appearing on a live TV show tonight.
James, a baritone, will appear on Channel 9’s Video Scope interview program this evening along with the other three district winners. Only one winner will emerge from the regional contest on Feb. 25, and he will go to New York for three months to study with the Metropolitan Opera’s voice coaches.
• Weatherwax High School’s 1968 class Valentine were crowned last night at the annual Swing Concert at Miller Auditorium — sophomore Terri Thompson, junior Kristy Kauhanen and senior Mary Richardson.
February 16, 1968
Aberdeen’s board of freeholders has arrived at four tentative conclusions — after three months of meetings, research and remarkably candid discussions.
• The city should have a seven-man council, instead of the 12-man council it now has.
• The mayor should be elected by the council from among its seven members (the council itself would be elected by the voters.)
• The city should have a full-time manager, employed by the council and answerable to them, to handle the day-to-day administrative problems, appoint department heads and actually oversee the daily “running” of the city.
• The city’s present ward system — now grossly out of balance in terms of voting power — should be abolished; the number of wards could be reduced, the board feels, or wards could be done away with altogether, with councilmen representing the city “at large.”
The board, at its regular weekly meeting last night decided to actually begin writing a tentative new charter next Thursday, and to present the charter to the citizens at several public hearings.
25 years ago
February 15, 1993
Shirley Stuck’s idea of a good time is relaxing over a great cup of coffee and a single, rich, creamy piece of chocolate.
After years of traveling to Seattle with her husband, Charles, she started thinking about opening her own chocolate shop here on the Harbor.
“If any place needed it, it’s Hoquiam-Aberdeen,” she says sitting at one of the small tables in “Chocolate and Elegance,” now open in a renovated home across from the Aberdeen Post Office.
Right now they’re serving espresso drinks, Italian sodas, tea, Dilettante chocolate from the famous Seattle candy maker and a selection of desserts. Soon, she’ll be adding soup and sandwiches to the menu.
February 16, 1993
The Lady Elks surrendered their lead briefly in the fourth quarter in the Class B district girls’ basketball opener Monday afternoon in Montesano before rallying to put away Morton, 52-48.
Kathleen Cooper paced the Elks with 20 points and 22 rebounds while Becky Bodenhamer finished with 14, including two three-pointers.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
