75 years ago
October 18, 1943
The Tri-City Transit company today announced a series of revised schedules in inter-city bus service to enable industrial workers to arrive at Harbor plants earlier, and to ease the added transportation burden borne by busses since the recent gas ration curtailment.
At the request of industrial plants to get workers on the job by 7 o’clock, the first bus will leave North B street at 6:15 o’clock, meeting the Aberdeen-Hoquiam bus that leaves Aberdeen at 6:25. The first bus will now leave West Sixth street at 6 o’clock in the morning, and the next bus at 6:45. Succeeding busses are at 30-minute intervals.
October 19, 1943
The archway in the Weatherwax high school foyer, after many years of being just an archway without much adornment, has been remodeled so that it now displays two spanking-new trophy cases.
Two windows were installed several years ago, one on each side of the archway, and this summer Richard R. Balkema, high school principal, and Fred Messmer, school carpenter and his son, Fred Jr., evolved the plan for the trophy cases — young Fred did the plans and his father did the carpentry work.
The cases are alike in design and have purple painted linings. The bronze and silver trophies gleam against the purple background.
50 years ago
October 18, 1968
Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Greece Friday to marry one of the world’s richest men, Aristotle Onassis, then went to his private island where they will be married Sunday.
A spokesman for Onasis, announcing the wedding date said she had no further details nor did she have a guest list. The guests will be ferried by helicopter to Scorpios, Onasis’ island, she added.
October 19, 1968
Seaman Jerry A. Schjei, USN, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parker A. Schjei of Blaine Road and Fireman Tom Niemi, USN, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Niemi of 2nd St., all of Aberdeen, participated in the rescue of two downed Marine Corps pilots on the South China Sea while serving aboard the USS Towers.
The Towers, a guided missile destroyer, received the word that the Marine pilots had been hit by ground fire. The pilots were spotted as they parachuted into the water about three miles off the coast. A small boat was sent out when the pilots were within 100 yards of the Towers.
25 years ago
October 18, 1993
• The Urgent Care Clinic at Grays Harbor Community Hospital is now open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
• Now appearing at the Act III theaters at the SouthShore Mall: “The Good Son” starring Macaulay Culkin; “The Program” with James Caan, Halle Berry and Omar Epps; “For Love or Money” starring Michael J. Fox and “The Fugitive” starring Harrison Ford.
Monday night special — all seats $1.95.
October 19, 1993
The Grays Harbor Economic Development Council is hoping the community will get by with a little help from its friends.
That’s the idea behind the “1,000 Friends of Grays Harbor” program advertised on the E.D.C.’s readerboard on Sumner Avenue.
Stan Lattin, director of business development for the E.D.C. is trying to recruit 1,000 “friends” who will help identify businesses that might consider relocating to Grays Harbor.
The primary target group is alumni of Harbor schools, he told the Hoquiam City Council at a workshop session.
“They have that little warm spot in their heart, that loyalty,” Lattin said. And he asked the council members to keep an eye out during travel for newspaper articles about companies looking to relocate.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
