75 years ago
July 8, 1942
Grays Harbor pilchard industry faced a complete shutdown today as one reduction plant stopped operations and another considered quitting, both claiming the price of $20 a ton is too high for profitable operation.
The Bay City plant has not accepted a single pilchard haul this week and the Strand plant, while it received several small deliveries this week, may stop any day, officials say.
Reduction plant operators said they are losing five to six dollars a ton by processing pilchards at the present price, nearly twice they paid last year.
July 9, 1942
With three sons in the armed forces — one of them believed a prisoner of war — Medard Emard, Aberdeen auto mechanic and veteran of World War I, is resolved to get into the army and “help square things” with the enemy.
“I’m young enough and strong enough to help get my boy off Corregidor or wherever they have him,” he said grimly today. “If I can convince the army of that, I’m going to pack a gun again for Uncle Sam.”
Emard’s eldest son, Arthur, 29, is a machinist’s mate first class in the navy and was stationed at Corregidor when the island fortress was overwhelmed in May. His parents have not heard from him since.
Another son, Menard Jr., 24, is a private in the marine corps and son Douglas, 21, is a private in the army.
50 years ago
July 8, 1967
Functions of the Town of Westport were at a standstill or running on “automatic pilot” as most town employees stayed away from work. Mayor Byron Cramer stated that those who did not return at 8 a.m. Monday would be replaced, and the Westport Volunteer Fire Department formally censured the mayor.
These are the latest developments in the conflict which erupted with the mayor’s firing last Wednesday of Mrs. Helen Beall, long-time town clerk.
July 9, 1967
Sunday, no newspaper published
25 years ago
July 8, 1992
Last Halloween was more trick than treat for owners of the Local Tavern, Dick and Chris Cooper.
Late that evening, a two-alarm electrical fire broke out that reduced the 50-year-old Grayland tavern to a burnt-out shell.
But now, eight months later, the tavern has been rebuilt and has re-opened with the help of local residents. It’s already filling to capacity, more than two weeks before their grand re-opening.
Construction of the new tavern went smoothly — 90 days from pouring the foundation to opening the doors, June 25. Toward completion of the tavern, Cooper said 30 to 40 people turned out on weekends to help with the final steps of re-building.”It was really a community effort,” Cooper said. “People came out to clean and paint the place. We really appreciated it.”
The building was once a steam bath house for the Finnish cranberry growers who populated the area, and owners later added on the tavern, which eventually took the entire place over.
July 9, 1992
Children scampered from cabin to cabin playing hide and go seek. Teens paddled out onto the lake in a canoe and a row boat after munching their way through salmon, hotdogs, potato salad and other summer delicacies.
Just over a year after the main lodge was burned to the ground by the National Park Service, Kamp Kiwanis has risen from the ashes.
About 150 people gathered on the sunny North Shore of Lake Quinault Wednesday to celebrate the camp’s rebirth and to honor the man they credit with making it possible, U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton.
“It’s worked out like this because so many people worked so hard,” Groton said after a brief ceremony.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
