75 years ago
Jan. 17, 1942
• A sheriff’s posse struggling up the rugged sides of Spring mountain today found the bodies of Carole Lombard and 21 others strewn for hundreds of yards around the charred wreckage of the TWA transport plane which crashed near Las Vegas last night. Lombard was 33.
• A gang of scrappy Aberdeen Bobcats, short on experience by long on the will-to-win, handed the Hoquiam Grizzlies a 44-32 lacing last night for their fourth consecutive northern division, Southwest Washington conference, basketball victory. The game was played before a capacity crowd of 1,500 at the Miller gym.
Led by a whirling dervish, who answers to the cognomen of Hank Sliva, the Cats landed on their rivals, a-clawin’ and a-snarlin’ and never stopped hawking the ball until the final whistle. Sliva racked up three field goals and four free throws for 10 points and the honors.
Jan. 18, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
Jan. 17, 1967
• Hoquiam councilmen last night dipped into the project’s not yet authorized fund and pulled out approximately $2,000 to help insure the success of the Hoquiam Logger’s Playday show for many years to come. E.J. Hermann, playday committee chairman, who appeared at council to request the city’s help, proposed that if the city would furnish engineering, gravel and drain pipe to improve the drainage at Olympic Stadium, his committee would provide the labor needed for the job.
The last two playday shows were staged before overflow crowds at Emerson Field. Use of the Olympic Stadium will give the loggers’ committee room needed to handle the crowds.
• Aberdeen extensive downtown fire safety inspections got underway Monday afternoon with a team composed of Capt. Robert Dyer and Sigurd Hagfors, driver and pump operator, doing the initial stint in the program. The team covered an area on Heron street which included Kaufman-Scroggs, the VFW and Ellison Optical.
The fire fighters reported some dead fire extinguishers, some storage problems and other minor prevention items which were pointed out to the occupants for correction.
Jan. 18, 1967
Work on the Aberdeen-Hoquiam one-way couplet will proceed as scheduled despite the cutback in federal funds, Rep. Robert Charette, Aberdeen, was informed this morning by Vince Mattson, engineer in charge of priority planning for the State Highways Department.
The decision of the Highways Department is the result of the priority amendment which was sponsored by Senators Robert Bailey and Charette.
25 years ago
Jan. 17, 1992
• Dave Tobin has resigned after four years as Hoquiam High School’s football coach.
He’ll continue as a social studies teacher and Grizzlies’ track coach. “I’m working toward going into administration,” he said. “Professionally and personally that’s the way I’m intending to go. … I think it’ll be exciting to look at new challenges and new goals.”
“I felt all along that I’ve had great support from (Principal) Pete (Hegg) and (Superintendent) Stan (Pinnick),” Tobin said. “I want to emphasize that.”
• Sophomore Anne Greene stepped to the fore in overtime as Elma pulled out a 56-54 decision in a South Central League girls’ basketball game Thursday night in Tenino. Greene scored all four of her points in OT as the Lady Eagles survived a scoreless fourth quarter in which they blew a nine-point lead.
Jan. 18, 1992
Katy Murphy, 18, of Aberdeen, has been accepted in the Up With People post-secondary educational program.
The daughter of Mike and Amy Murphy, she currently attends Aberdeen High School where she is involved in the TAPPP counsel, leadership, AIDS advisory, swim team, Natural Helpers, seat belt safety program and play production.
Following five weeks of staging in Tuscon, Ariz., this summer, Katy will travel for 10 months with a cast of more than 150 from 18 different countries.
The Up With People program, founded in the 1960s, is a college program. Credit is offered through the University of Arizona in career exploration and drama.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
