75 years ago
November 28, 1942
Mr. and Mrs. John Baecher of West 2nd St. in Aberdeen have four sons in the armed forces and service of the government.
This week they learned that Wesley Cronk, who enlisted in the navy in September and received his training at San Diego, is now at a naval electrical engineering school in Minnesota. He was graduated from Weatherwax High School in June.
Corporal Milton Cronk is skipper of a rescue boat in Alaskan waters and another, Burton, is employed at an air base in Alaska. A stepbrother, John Baecher Jr. is training at the naval signal school in Illinois.
November 29, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
November 28, 1967
Hoquiam’s Saron Lutheran Church has joined forces with radio station KBKW to bring Christmas cheer to servicemen all over the world.
The church and radio station are making it possible for Harborites to send tape recorded “talking letters” to relatives or friends serving with the armed forces of the United States anywhere in the world.
“There will be absolutely no charge for making or mailing these tape recorded messages,” said Rev. Joe Smith, pastor of the church. “This is all free … it’s our Christmas gift to the people of the Harbor area.”
November 29, 1967
County Prosecutor L. Edward Brown warned today that vigorous prosecution is in store for all persons illegally possessing marijuana or dangerous drugs.
His announcements came after Aberdeen Police and Brown’s office completed investigation of marijuana use involving about 14 Harbor youths. No charges have been filed yet.
Brown noted that law enforcement agencies in Grays Harbor County have been kept busy investigating narcotics complaints this year for the first time. His statement indicated that his office had not made a “big issue” of marijuana use because he believed young people “would conclude such products should be strictly avoided.”
25 years ago
November 28, 1992
The day after Thanksgiving has a reputation for being the best sales day of the year and many Harbor businesses reported plenty of cash register activity, despite the recent pulp and paper mill complex closure.
Moe-B Trading Company saleswoman Maria Johnson said “We’ve had constant customer flow since we opened the doors today.”
Photos with a human dressed up in a troll costume at Hoquiam’s Harbor Drug went over so well the store had its best sales day in several years, said owner Alan Smith.
Ernst Home and Nursery manager Jim Gordon estimates sales were 25 percent better than this day last year. People started lining up at 6 a.m. in front of the store and when the doors opened at 7, people went right for Christmas decorations, particularly poinsettias — most people buying “four to eight, just about all they could put in a cart,” Gordon said.
November 29, 1992
Some art students at Grays Harbor College have brought a “little bit of fantasy” to an otherwise bland room in Aberdeen’s state Department of Social and Health Services building.
The students painted a colorful mural, complete with dolphins, cats, palm trees and letters of the alphabet, in a children’s waiting room at the Aberdeen Community Service Office.
The idea originated at a staff meeting, according to John Lein, office administrator. The children’s waiting area “seemed more like a dungeon than a play room,” he said.
Lein’s secretary contacted Erik Sandgren, an art teacher at GHC, who had students in his Design III class and some independent study students design and execute the mural.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
