In 1994, Elma’s Skalicky scored 37 points in win over Montesano

Published 1:30 am Saturday, January 19, 2019

75 years ago

January 19, 1944

R.J. Ultican Remanufacturing company, new customs remilling plant which opened on a single-shift basis yesterday in Aberdeen, cut 80,000 feet of lumber during its first day of operation, Manager Fred Hulbert Jr. said.

The mill buys timbers from local mills, which are sawed into plants to fill orders for eastern lumber yards. It also uses the total output of one “gypo” sawmill which operates in the woods cutting the logs into rough timber for delivery to the Ultican plant.

“We hope eventually to contract with small sawmills for our entire timber supply,” Hulbert said.

The mill is operating with a crew of 28, and additional shifts will be put on as soon as key men can be lined up, he said.

January 20, 1944

Aberdeen, Central Park and Cosmopolis school students turned in more than 104,000 tin cans in yesterday’s salvage drive.

Students collecting the greatest number of cans will share in 125 theater tickets.

Latest reports at the junior high school showed 76,190 tin cans to have been delivered. Jody Greer was made tin can queen with a total of 3,329 cans, and Harry Baumgardner crowned king with a total of 3,500.

50 years ago

January 19, 1969

Sunday, no newspaper published

January 20, 1969

While Richard M. Nixon stood in the spotlight today as the nation’s 37th President, Lyndon Baines Johnson quietly left the national capital, a private citizen for the first time in 32 years.

While Johnson has said he has looked forward to exchanging the 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. address for Ranch Road in Johnson City, Texas, his last days in office have been filled with sentiment and expressions of good will.

“I’m leaving this town with nothing but gratitude and love in my heart,” he said.

25 years ago

January 19, 1994

• Relentless was the word for the Cat Lady defense.

Harassing Centralia into an astounding 46 turnovers, Aberdeen crunched the Tigers, 78-38, in a Black Hills League girls’ basketball game Tuesday night at Sam Benn Gym.

Sophomore Kristen Slane, doing much of her business inside and on fast breaks, led Aberdeen scorers with 15 points.

• Charmed by the spell of the homecourt, Elma’s Summer Skalicky was a woman possessed, scoring 37 enroute to an improbable and thrilling 67-66 overtime victory over arch-rival Montesano in a girls’ South Central League basketball game Tuesday night at Elma.

Down 61-58 in the final five seconds of regulation, Skalicky took an inbound pass, raced the length of the court and put away a game-tying trey at the buzzer.

And she scored all of Elma’s overtime points.

January 20, 1994

• Citing a federal law that he believes violates the spirit of the free enterprise system, a Grays Harbor optometrist asked the Aberdeen City Council last night to reconsider its support of the Isaiah Project.

Dr. Glenn Sundstrom of Elma said he doesn’t believe the federal Department of Energy should undertake a $25 million study on whether to burn weapons-grade plutonium at Hanford and Satsop unless the Price-Anderson Act of 1957 is repealed. That law grants the nuclear industry immunity from much liability in case of disaster, he says.

The nuclear industry shouldn’t be allowed to profit without accepting the risk, he said.

• Citing “overwhelming” public support and the chance to create up to 700 family wage jobs, the Aberdeen City Council last night unanimously voted to endorse construction of a prison in the Harbor area.

The state Department of Corrections is seeking applications from towns and cities that want the next state prison in their backyard. Friend & Friend Enterprises has offered 250 acres about four miles outside Aberdeen off the Westport Highway.

The final decision on whether to submit an application rests with the Grays Harbor county commissioners. They’ll be considering a resolution of support during their regular meeting Monday at Montesano.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom