75 years ago
December 29, 1943
One of the finest Christmas presents a man can receive came to James B. Costello, Aberdeen accountant, whose son, Staff Sergeant Kay Costello, is a German prisoner of war.
Christmas Day, Costello received the first word of his son since he was reported missing last July 14, and was later declared to be a prisoner of war. He had not been wounded, it was said. Although held prisoner in an internment camp somewhere near Munich, he is reported to be receiving good care. The word came indirectly to Costello through a former prisoner of the Germans, now in America.
December 30, 1943
John Sherman, international representative of the AFL, meeting today at Hotel Emerson with some 50 AFL pulp and paper mill workers of Rayonier, Inc., confirmed reports that all negotiations have been broken off with the CIO union, and all settlement proposals made by the AFL retracted.
Efforts of the business men’s committee to settle the dispute were unsuccessful, Sherman said.
Sherman, who expects to leave immediately for New York and Washington labor conferences, said he had been advised by government officials yesterday of a vast pulp shortage in the United States.
“There are only three or four mills in the whole nation capable of producing high grade of pulp needed by the government which can be produced by the Hoquiam plant of Rayonier,” he said.
50 years ago
December 29, 1968
Sunday, no newspaper published
December 30, 1968
Some 790 working Harborites were home nestling up to their fireplaces today as the cold weather put a crimp in industrial operations and blocked their driveways and country roads, preventing them from showing up for work.
All major mills on Grays Harbor reported either closure or severely limited operations due to temperatures as low as 13 degrees last night.
Weyerhaeuser closed down its Aberdeen sawmill this morning and sent the crew home; the mill will not operate tonight. One hundred-forty men will thus be out of work until temperatures rise again.
Anderson-Middleton also closed its mill today due to freezing water lines and chains.
25 years ago
December 29, 1993
The volunteer ambulance crew that serves the Pacific Beach-Moclips area has an emergency of its own.
It needs more helping hands.
The six people who currently maintain the North Beach Ambulance service have had to respond to as many as five emergencies in a 24-hour period, says Secretary Ann Imbolt.
Only three of those six have jobs that allow them to be on call during the day, adds Russell Figg, the president of the service.
Figg says the service is looking for men and women at least 17 years old with enough courage, common sense and compassion to join the crew. It’s a real commitment, warns ambulance driver Roger Cordell.
The other volunteers are Shari Cutright, Keith Zang, William Parkhurst and Kelly McMurchie.
December 30, 1993
There was some pain but eventual gain for Hoquiam’s girls.
Mari Galeana’s basket with 22 seconds remaining gave the Lady Grizzlies a 48-46 victory over Sequim in a non-league girls’ basketball game Wednesday night at Hoquiam Square Garden.
The Grizzlies weathered their share of adversity in this one. They started without junior forward Amy Gadwa, out for at least a week with a knee injury, and played the final 13 minutes minus freshman guard Abbi Reynvaan, who aggravated an ankle sprain sustained in practice.
Junior forward Denise Renville led Hoquiam’s scoring with 10 points.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
