75 years ago
April 2, 1944
Sunday, no newspaper published
April 3, 1944
Captain Harry C. Smith, former Aberdeen and Elma physician, now a resident of Portland, was a member of the regiment combat team cited by the president for achievement in the New Guinea campaign according to word received by his brother Gale Smith of Houqiam.
He was serving with the medical detachment with an infantry regiment, 41st division.
After medical school, Smith had interned at the Emmanuel hospital in Portand for a year before coming to Aberdeen to work as Dr. M.W. Brachvogel’s assistant for a year and a half before moving to Elma and taking a position as assistant to Dr. A.A. Foote at the Elma General Hospital.
50 years ago
April 2, 1969
Edwin A (Jud) Graham, 62, well known for his work with youth and athletics during a 40-year career with the Aberdeen school system, died early this morning at a local hospital, following an extended illness.
He retired last July as principal of Robert Gray School, a post he held since the school opened in 1954.
His first job with the Aberdeen district was at Washington school and after brief stints at Franklin and McDermonth he went to Weatherwax high school. There he organized B squads in basketball and football for youngsters interested in sports, but not good enough to make the varsity teams.
In 1937, he took over as head football coach, and in 1938 Aberdeen fans chanted “We’re number one” as he led his gridders to the school’s first Southwestern Washington league title in 11 years.
April 3, 1969
• Harley A. Jhanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Jhanson of N. Second street in Elma, has been promoted to airman first class in the U.S. Air Force. Airman Jhanson is assigned to a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command. He is a 1969 graduate of Elma High School.
• David L. Sundstrom, son of Mrs. Gertrude Sundstrum of S. Alder in Aberdeen, was promoted to Army specialist five Feb. 20, while assigned to 599th Ordinance Company, in Thailand as a mechanic.
25 years ago
April 2, 1994
Cody Stone of Hoquiam is 10 days old today. But he already has a nickname and a claim to fame.
“Captain Umbilical,” as some employees at Grays Harbor Community Hospital dubbed him, was one of the stars in a 10 minute baby care video filmed in the obstetrics department Friday.
Scenes in the film include post partum, feeding and bathing a baby, comforting fussy baby, and strapping the infant in a car seat.
Once it’s edited and copied, the film will be given to each new mother when she leaves the hospital.
April 3, 1994
E.H. “Bud” Whiteside, the longtime Harbor-area funeral director, and the Ocean Spray cranberry growers cooperative were recognized for special contributions to Camp Fire during the Orca Council’s Annual Meeting in Olympia.
Whiteside received the council’s John Collier Award for his outstanding contributions in the field of business and finance. He represented Grays Harbor and northern Pacific Counties in negotiations in the last ’80s and early ’90s as Orca Council was formed through the merger of four Camp Fire Councils.
Recently Whiteside provided Camp Fire with a rent-free office above the former Elerding Mortuary in Aberdeen.
Ocean Spray was recognized for its continual support through employees volunteers as personified by Steve Hewett, logistics manager for Ocean Spray, who is the Tyee District Chairman and a member of the Orca Council Board of Directors.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
