75 years ago

August 3, 1944

A new Standard Oil service station and garage, a Packard auto agency and parking lot will be built at the site of the old Grant hotel opposite the Hotel Morck, Alex J. Boora, manager of Model Cleaners and owner of the site announced today.

A 15-year ease has been executed to Standard Oil company, which plans future construction of an $18,000 garage and display room. Standard Oil, according to Boora, has subleased a portion of the site to a Packard auto agency for display and sales purposes.

The present old hotel building is being razed and salvaged by John Novalich.

August 4, 1944

Playing at local theaters this week: “Follow the Boys” and “The Invisible Man’s Revenge” at Warners; “Shine on Harvest Moon” and “Action in Arabia” at the Bijou; “Three Men in White” and “Chip Off the Old Block” at the New Hoquiam; “Hitler Gang” and “Louisiana Hayride” at the D&R and 7th Street; and “The Adventures of Mark Twain” at the Monte theater.

50 years ago

August 3, 1969

After ministering to the ailments and injuries and tending to births for Willapa Harbor folks since 1947, Dr. J.C. Profitt, physician and surgeon, announces his retirement from active practice of medicine.

The Profitt Clinic on Robert Bush Drive in South Bend will remain open the remainder of the month for emergencies and the procurement of records by former patients of the doctor.

The doctor came to Willapa Harbor in 1947 serving a year on the staff of the New Riverside Clinic in Raymond before starting his own practice in South Bend.

An avid outdoorsman, Dr. Profitt was attracted to the harbor by the opportunities of hunting and fishing and he has been active in the sports here over the past two decades.

August 4, 1969

Thanks partly to financial assistance from Tokeland, North Cove and Grayland residents plus a helping hand from area visitors, Eugene Landry, Shoalwater artist who is confined to a wheelchair, now has the beginning of his own studio and showroom.

Landry, in the last few years, has turned out several award-winning paintings either from hospitals in which he has spend much time or from the small home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Landry, at Georgetown on the reservation.

While hoping that his showroom soon will be ready for its “grand opening” Eugene is turning out, with his one good hand (the left), more work than ever in enjoyment of the space and light provided by his new studio.

25 years ago

August 3, 1994

Thirty-two teen-agers from Osaka, Japan, are spending three weeks on the Harbor.

The 11 girls and 21 boys and two teacher/chaperones are staying with 31 families in Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Montesano and Cosmopolis. The Japanese students are all 15 to 16 years old.

Mayuko Wantanabe, 15, likes “everything here, especially the culture. My favorite food is my host mom’s spaghetti,” she says.

Her host mom is Aberdonian Lorrie Lane, who also happens to be a teacher-coordinator for Cultural Homestay International.

Lorrie and Tom Lane’s 14-year-old daughter, Dani, will be going to Japan in the summer of 1995 and Mrs. Lane wants to learn as much as possible about the program.

August 4, 1994

An audience of 80 got what it aimed for at Aberdeen City Hall last night.

An ordinance exempting the city from a controversial new gun law was adopted on the spot by the City Council, which usually takes its final vote a week after a public hearing.

A “case-and-carry” law prohibiting the open display of firearms is no longer on the looks in Aberdeen.

The law, part of the anti-crime package adopted by the last Legislature, requires that when weapons are being transported they be in a case, rack or wrapper. However, the Legislature allowed cities and counties to opt out.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom