75 years ago
June 29, 1942
Robert “Bob” Taggart, veteran figure of Aberdeen’s police and justice courts, is dead.
Stricken with a heart attack, Judge Taggart died at 7:15 this morning as he was being rushed to a hospital. His death was sudden and a great shock to his many friends, as he apparently had been in good health up to the time of the attack. He was 66 years old.
Respected by his fellow city hall employees and considered a “real friend” even by the prisoners he judged, he had been Aberdeen’s police judge for nearly 25 years.
June 30, 1942
C. C. Haug is a Montesano cobbler who devotes his time to saving souls as well as repairing soles. He is Grays Harbor’s preaching shoemaker.
His work day is spent at his shoemaker machines but he also devotes hour after hour ministering to the spiritual needs of those who look to him for guidance. He serves a far-flung flock, from Matlock to South Bend.
At present he is confronted by the tire shortage. If he were a salaried preacher, he would be eligible for tires. His status as a volunteer preacher is being studied. He isn’t perturbed over his people in South Bend for they have other churches at which they could worship but Matlock — well that’s different. He wonders what his flock there will do since they could hardly maintain a paid minister.
He trusts his tire needs will be met. Meanwhile, he will continue his work as long as his tires will get him back and forth.
50 years ago
June 29, 1967
A tenant was evicted from the Franklin field bleachers earlier this week after Dewey Van Dinter and John Carlson, both on the Aberdeen summer recreational staff, reported to Aberdeen police that the concession stand at the field had been entered, coffee made and snacks had been eaten.
The man had been sleeping under the stands and had left a couple of boxes and suitcases there.
June 30, 1967
Near blindness ended Elmer Arnold’s career as a logger, but it didn’t end his determination and self-reliance.
In his logging days, Arnold was once crushed under three logs and hit in the head with a steel mall. He finally left the woods and logging 10 years ago when he could tell the difference between sunlight and shadow but little else. A childhood case of measles caused gradual vision loss.
Now he is a berry farmer on a spot on the North River between Montesano and Raymond. The logger turned farmer can be seen cultivating his fields on a tractor. “Once I know a piece of ground, I can get around on it just fine,” he says. “I could get a pension but I’d rather make it on my own, if I can and I think I can.”
25 years ago
June 29, 1992
It started with a modest goal: get 200 signatures to put Texas billionaire Ross Perot on the presidential election ballot in Washington state this November.
But by Sunday on the Twin Harbors alone, enthusiastic supporters had topped the state-wide quota six times over.
“The thing has taken on a life of its own,” said Sandra Hermey, the owner of a glass shop in Ocean Shores, and the Grays Harbor convention coordinator for the all-but-declared presidential candidate.
“It’s nice to see people come together from all sides to support Perot and his run for president,” said John Sneed, a millworker and coordinator for the convention at the Nordic Inn in South Aberdeen.
June 30, 1992
Raymond bowler Diana Williams will bid for a berth on the national women’s bowling team next week in California. Between 42 and 50 women will compete for six team spots in the 48-game qualifying tournament.
The reigning state Queens champion, Williams earned a trip to San Diego by winning a qualifying tournament two weeks ago in Albany, Ore. She was the only woman to average 200 in that event.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
