75 years ago
November 16, 1942
The problem of what to do with worn out silk and nylon stockings, long in the same category with disposal of dull razor blades, has finally been solved. The war effort has come to the rescue and the stockings will be used for powder bags — not the kind of powder for milady’s nose but high explosives.
Of course, many women answered the old stocking question by crocheting them into rag rugs, very handy for wiping muddy shoes. However the defense supplies corporation feels that most women would rather donate them to help wipe up the enemy.
November 17, 1942
Aberdeen’s Bobcat gridders, preparing for their annual clash with Hoquiam high school Thanksgiving Day, today went into secret session until game time.
Prowling around the practice field will be about as healthy as trying to pass a sentry at midnight. Coach Chuck Semancik posted managers and volunteer guards about the field and issued warning that anyone “attempting to spy” on the squad would be dealt with by the gridders themselves.
Meanwhile, Coach Gene Cook said doors at the Olympic Stadium “will be barred” to onlookers from now on until the Grizzlies wind up practice Thanksgiving eve.
50 years ago
November 16, 1967
Stan Lattin, senior planner with the Grays Harbor Regional Planning Commission, gave Cosmopolis city fathers an idea of what county planners thought the town should look like in 1980.
Lattin and Sydney Glover, county planning director, attended to answer questions on the comprehensive plan Lattin has been preparing. The two will again discuss the plan at a Cosmopolis PTA meeting Nov. 27.
Lattin proposed a 12,000 square feet neighborhood shopping facility near Altenau and Franklin streets. Nearby would be a “planned unit development” for multi—family housing.
Lattin also mentioned that parks could be constructed near Holly Lane, above Standford and DeWitt drives, and another to the west of these sites. He envisioned a riverside park with a tree-lined 20-foot-wide walkway. Relaxation and fishing would be the prime purpose of this facility, Lattin remarked.
November 17, 1967
Three men representing the Port of Grays Harbor and a private concern are returning today from a 10-day spur-of-the-moment trip to Japan, where they tried to open up markets for America’s hake fisheries resources.
Henry Soike, port manager for industrial development, Port Commissioner John Yearout and Wes Benefiel, general manager of Pacific Protein, timed their visit with an international meeting on fisheries in Tokyo last week.
25 years ago
November 16, 1992
Although he had applied for it and hoped for it, Wishkah Valley School Superintendent Jim Miller was happily shocked when he learned the school had won a $58,300 grant for two new ball fields.
“I thought $25,000 would be good. I couldn’t believe we’d get the whole amount we asked for, but we sure do need it,” Miller said.
The grant from the E.K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation will allow the district to build a baseball field and a softball field on nearly seven acres adjacent to the school. The land was donated to the district by the ITT Rayonier Co.
November 17, 1992
Politicians who delivered rousing pep talks to 600 Hoquiam High School students quickly found themselves floundering for answers Monday when the clapping died down.
In a show of unity for a timber town hit hard by the closure of the pulp and paper complex and the loss of over 600 jobs, five powerful Democrats held out hope for the future and pledged help for those willing to work.
U.S. Sen.-elect Patty Murray, Gov. Booth Gardner, Gov.-elect Mike Lowry and Reps. Norm Dicks and Jolene Unsoeld fielded questions from the students.
But they had no answers as the frustration and anxiety among young people became painfully evident. Student after student asked them what they intended to do to solve the spotted owl/timber supply crisis.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
