75 years ago
February 27, 1943
The city of Aberdeen was operated on a cash basis throughout the past year and started 1943 with a balance of $61,841 in its coffers.
In fact the city has been paying in cash since April, 1940, said City Comptroller Victor Lindberg. With the good working balance now, the city’s finances probably are in the best shape in history, he asserted.
All the departments kept within their budgets, turning back $12,918 to the current expense fund.
February 28, 1943
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
February 27, 1968
Pfc. Charles Henson, whose mother, Nellie Markham, lives in Cosmopolis, was recently awarded the Army Commendation Medal with V device for heroism while serving as an assistant gunner with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
When a reinforced battalion of Viet Cong attacked his base with mortar and automatic weapons, Henson quickly rushed to his howitzer. He quit firing only when an enemy recoil-less round struck, knocking the howitzer from its position and wounding him. Henson then moved to another gun and helped feed ammunition rounds.
February 28, 1968
East winds moving down the west slopes of the Cascades yesterday, compressing and heating as they went, helped make normally cold and rainy Grays Harbor one of the two warmest spots in the state again yesterday. Temperature hit the 70 mark yesterday at the Moon Island station about 4 p.m.
Second highest in the state, temperature wise, was Quillayute which recorded 69.
25 years ago
February 27, 1993
For 80 years, the Joneses have been keeping Harbor history in focus.
On Sunday, the clan’s current elder, Bill Jones, who has been covering photo assignments since he was in high school, will be honored as the Polson Museum’s Pioneer of the Year for 1993.
“Six months ago I couldn’t even spell ‘pioneer’ and now I are one,” the lanky photographer says, droll as ever.
Grandfather William L. Jones specialized in portraits, father, BB Jones, was interested in doing more commercial work, Bill himself has photographed everything from autopsies, to portraits to industrial work, and now his son, Greg, is carrying on the tradition as the fourth generation of Jones photographers.
February 28, 1993
• Billy’s Restaurant in downtown Aberdeen is undergoing renovation from the ground up — literally.
The masonry building has been gutted so a new, solid floor could be installed to replace one that had developed a characteristic sag to the center.
“Don’t worry,” says the owner, Sonny Bridges. “I’ll be the same old Billy’s, only better.”
• One title down. One even bigger one to go.
The Loggerettes wrapped up the first district title in Wishkah Valley School history, turning back the Toutle Lake Ducks, 48-44, in the Class B Southwest District IV girls’ basketball tournament finals Saturday night in the W.F. West High School gymnasium.
Wishkah took home the traveling trophy, and now is gunning for even bigger hardware — the trophy that goes to the state champion.
The best the Wishkah girls’ basketball team had finished previously was third, in both 1984 and 1985.
Molly McDougall and Sissel Pierce led the Loggerettes with 16 and 12 points respectively, Crystal Teague chipped in nine and Rachele Lewis added eight.
“Anybody we put on the floor contributed for us,” Wishkah coach Rick McDougall said. “It was a fantastic team effort — just like it has been all year.
In accepting the district trophy, McDougall saluted the Wishkah fans, who regularly filled the stands and cheered on the team.
”All you people who have been supporting us these past weeks — you are great, you are just fantastic,” he added.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
