75 years ago
October 13, 1943
Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Bullington of Aberdeen Avenue received notice last night from the Navy Department that their elder son, Joe Bullington Jr., navy coxswain, had died of wounds suffered in the service of his country.
He was graduated from Weatherwax high school in June, 1940, and 10 days later joined the United States Navy.
Although exact details were not given, it is understood that he was buried at sea.
October 14, 1943
• Due to the log shortage, Wilson Brothers and Company announced today that the Wilson sawmill will be compelled to close Saturday and will remain closed until the log situation improves. The planing mill and dry kilns will continue to be operated for a time.
The Wilson mill has been furnishing practically all of the lumber used by the Grays Harbor Shipbuilding company, which is located on a site adjacent to the mill.
• Private First Class Roy Percini writes there are a number of Aberdeen and Hoquiam boys stationed at Camp Roberts, California, and the place is “no longer as lonesome as it was at first.”
“It really is swell to see some of your former buddies with whom you played baseball. We’re on the same team again and still winning ball games. I have seen Rich McGhee, Bob Gill and Paul Akerlund, and I have heard from Hank Sliva (at Camp Cooke) and Eddie Blonski, now in North Africa and making the best of it. They all would like to be back home playing ball.”
50 years ago
October 13, 1968
Sunday, no newspaper published
October 14, 1968
There go those Chokers, pouring it on again.
Those masters of the mini-score, Bud Hake’s Grays Harbor grid forces, held the winning low-ball hand for the third straight week Saturday night, 7-0 over Wenatchee Valley, before but not necessarily in view of an estimated 2,017 hardy Stewart Field clients. A dense, bone-soaking pea soup blanketed Aberdeen’s ancient Foggy Bottom during most of the second half.
25 years ago
October 13, 1993
The Port of Grays Harbor will operate painfully close to the margin in 1994.
The $14.4 million budget unveiled Tuesday anticipates fewer log exports than other cargoes for the first time in decades.
The Port predicts operations will stay in the black by a mere $4,797. When it accounts for depreciation and bond payments, the Port will use red ink — about $1.55 million worth.
A poor economy both in the U.S. and worldwide, as well as environmental regulations, are driving the Port’s budget.
“President Clinton’s long-awaited timber plan does nothing for the Olympic Peninsula, except offer grateful relief monies for diversification,” Cliff Muller, the Port’s executive director said in his message to the Port Commissioners.
October 14, 1993
Grays Harbor may not have gangs on every street corner, but there’s more than just “wannabes’ here, Aberdeen police say, emphasizing that they’re monitoring the situation closely.
The warning clearly unnerved many in the crowd of 120 parents at the Aberdeen High School lecture auditorium last night.
The officers answered many questions from parents including, “What is a gang member’s ultimate goal?”
“To have a family,” answered Officer Vince Morales. Young people join gangs to provide them the sense of belonging that’s often missing in the wake of broken and otherwise dysfunctional homes and economic distress, the officers said.
Spend time with youngsters; show them respect, listen to them, don’t call them “stupid, dumb or idiots” or let them believe they are worthless, the officers said.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
