75 years ago
October 3, 1942
Miss Marie Adams, for many years an Aberdeen resident and a Red Cross nurse in the Philippines at the time of the Japanese attack, is a prisoner of war in the internment camp at Manila, according to word received by her sister, Mrs. J.B. Kinne. Miss Adams is also the aunt of attorney John Adams.
At the outbreak of the war, Miss Adams was assigned to the army hospital at Fort McKinley, near Manila. She moved with General McArthur’s forces to Bataan peninsula and later to Corregidor.
October 4, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
October 3, 1967
• Hoquiam firemen last night delivered an ultimatum to the city council. Unless they receive a 15 percent pay increase they intend to strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
“Saving of human life is our main concern,” said department spokesman Harold McLaughlin, a fireman for 16 years. “We will go to all fires, but if we determine that the saving of human life is not involved, we won’t fight the fire.”
There are 22 men in the Hoquiam Fire Department. A hoseman now makes $506 a month while a lieutenant draws $533. The chief makes $709.
• The pilot of a U.S. Air Force F106 jet fighter-interceptor was killed this morning after he bailed out of his aircraft, which crashed near a house located east of Raymond at Firdale. None of the occupants of the house were injured.
The plane disintegrated upon crashing alongside the Firdale Road and jet fuel from the aircraft splattered across the road, burning a house owned by Jim LaBreck. The plane left a hole 40 by 25 feet and 20 feet deep.
October 4, 1967
• Deadlocked with the city fathers after nearly three hours of wage negotiations, Hoquiam firefighters last night held a quick caucus and voted to accept the eight percent salary increase offered by the council and a threatened strike was averted.
• A young housewife escaped with her life and little else Tuesday when an F-106 Delta Dart jet fighter crashed into her home near Raymond, showering it with burning material which ignited and subsequently burned it to the ground.
The body of the pilot was located by Henry Drevniak and Jerry Bryant, employees of Ed Kaech, who were logging in the area.
Mrs. LaBrec was at home alone. Robert O’Brien, rural mail carrier out of Raymond drove to a neighboring home and alerted the Raymond fire department and law officers.
25 years ago
October 3, 1992
• Employees of the Twin County Credit Union in Aberdeen stood outside, dabbing their eyes with tissues as the ambulance and paramedics roared up to the building.
But the scene wasn’t as tragic as it looked at first. The tears were the involuntary reaction to the accidental release of Capstun, a repellent used like mace, into the bank.
The small key chain canister of the pepper-based solution mixed with alcohol belonged to an employee. It was in a drawer and apparently snagged on something and began spraying into the bank at about 3:30 p.m.
• The Becker Building, one of the best-maintained and most handsome remnants of Aberdeen’s construction boom in the 1920s, has been sold.
Gerald Werre of Hoquiam, Robert Van Der Maas of Aberdeen and Jim Simmons of Olympia bought Aberdeen’s tallest building from Chuck Swanson for $125,000 — much less that the $300,000 it took to construct the seven-story building in 1926.
Werre said he and his partners were going to try to restore the Becker Building, which sits at the corner of Wishkah and attract more tenants.
October 4, 1992
Vi Nolan, Activities Director at the long-term care unit at Grays Harbor Community Hospital’s East Campus, leads a choir at the facility and Dorothy Mann, a volunteer, accompanies them on the piano.
The choir started as an aftermath of a Bible study group two years ago and has performed on local television, at a day care center, at other nursing homes and for special programs during the holidays.
“Choir members range in age from 67 to 94,” says Ms. Nolan.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
