75 years ago
January 26, 1944
Aberdeen and Hoquiam citizens today were urged by Lions club and Boy Scout officials to bundle old papers and magazines and place them in convenient places where they can be easily picked up in district-wide canvasses Sunday.
Abe Miller, Lions club chairman, is directing the Aberdeen drive. Scout Executive Arnold K. Green will direct the Scouts in both communities.
“There is a severe shortage of paper in defense industries for ammunition waddings, packing delicate precision instruments and other war equipment for shipment over seas,” Miller said. “We will make thorough canvasses in Aberdeen, and we urge people to have every scrap of paper they can spare.”
January 27, 1944
50 years ago
January 26, 1969
“I have left a trail of your papers for many miles and in more than one country,” wrote Private Gordon Wheeler of Hoquiam to the Aberdeen World.
“The Irish have read it and also the English. Your paper comes on time with the best of them and with more news than most.
“From what I read in the World I see that Gray Harbor folks are doing their share in this war. I knew they would. They always will be there fighting both in the battle front and the home front.”
“There is a lot of tough going over here but with the support we have from home — we are out to win.”
Wheeler’s letter was written in Italy. He attended Hoquiam High School from 1934 to 1937.
Sunday, no newspaper published
January 27, 1969
Little Bob Matson and rambling Rod Derline meshed 21 apiece Saturday in Eatonville as the fourth-ranked run-and-shoot troop from Elma roared away from Eatonville with a 29-point third stanza and went on to post an impressive 89-70 victory.
Matson, a 5-6 playmaking guard in the Slettedahl-Moxley tradition, turned in the finest performance of his prep cage career.
“Bob really did a terrific job,” said Coach John Donahue. The Eagle mentor also praised junior forward Rich Craighead, who meshed a career-high 17 counters.
25 years ago
January 26, 1994
The Grays Harbor County prosecutor and Aberdeen’s police chief say President Clinton’s State of the Union Address proves the country is ready to get tough on crime.
“I think it’s time that crime got set at the top of the national agenda,” Prosecutor Stew Menefee said today. “I’m glad the president did that.”
Menefee said he hopes Clinton’s proposals will spark “some very healthy discussion. … I’m hoping someone will come up with some answers as a result.”
But Superior Court Judge Gordon Godfrey said the president’s speech didn’t address the real causes of crime — drug abuse and poverty, for starters.
“I wish they’d all quit playing politics,” Godfrey said of the president and Congress. “I wish they’d start doing their job. … Wouldn’t it be nice to get what we pay for instead of a bunch of people shooting from the hips and from the lip?”
“The problem is deep … Drugs and alcohol abuse, health care and housing,” he said. “It’s not just a simple ‘Let’s put more police on the street.’”
January 27, 1994
Aces were wild Wednesday at Highland Golf Course, as two golfers in the same foursome scored holes-in-one.
Ken McMillan of Aberdeen holed out a 7-iron tee shot on the 150-yard third hole for his second career ace. Three holes later, playing partner Kurt Sjostrand used a 4-iron to ace the 170-yard sixth hole. It was his first hole-in-one.
Dan Hartough and Boyd Winter filled out the foursome.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
