75 years ago
January 29, 1944
Loretta Young and Alan Ladd are the stars of Paramount’s thrilling film of the Far Eastern battle front, “China,” now at the Weir theater. William Bendix, Philip Ahn, Soo Yong, Iris Wong and Sen Yung have the top supporting roles. Recently, Miss Young, at the behest of Mme. Chiang-Kai-Shek, was decorated with the coveted Order of the Plum Bloom for her work on the behalf of China relief. “Heaven Can Wait” is the second feature.
January 30, 1944
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
January 29, 1969
• A Klondike Derby, with sleds, cities and rescues, will be staged by the Twin Harbor Area Boy Scout Council on a field near Brady Saturday.
The fun program, according to William Hranac, Scout Executive, will open with registration at 10 a.m.
The activity, which has been planned for some time, comes when the area is blanketed with snow, and is especially appropriate, Hranac said. The program is by patrol, and from 20 to 30 patrols will take part.
The patrols have built Alaskan-type sleds that will be pulled by the boys on various missions.
Hranac said that compass courses will be laid out and will include stops at “Alaska cities,” designated points on the field. Other activities will include rescue of victims of a simulated fire, first aid and other Scoutcraft applications.
•The new pastor of the Raymond Lutheran church was absolved of the blame for the current wintry weather on Willapa Harbor by formal action of his fellow members of the Raymond Lions Club at their Wednesday morning breakfast meeting.
The resolution adopted by the club read:
“Pastor Harlow Jacobson, recently from Minnesota, should not be held responsible for the Minnesota weather that followed him to Washington State.”
January 30, 1969
Winches mounted aboard anchored tugboats freed the Shokai Maru and its 6½ million board feet of logs this morning from a bank along the Grays Harbor navigation channel two miles west of Moon Island.
The Shokai Maru, which ran aground at 9 a.m. Wednesday and was freed approximately 24 hours later, docked this morning at Terminal One so divers could determine if there is any underwater damage to the vessel.
Capt. R.R. Richards, pilot of the vessel, said that poor visibility due to a severe snowstorm led to the grounding.
25 years ago
January 29, 1994
“They get up and they just keep pounding on you and they don’t let up.”
That was Ocosta coach Mike King’s assessment of the playing style of the Elma Eagles after watching the East County club dismantle his Wildcats, 87-42, in a South Central League boys’ basketball game Friday night at Westport.
The Eagles’ Toby Vaughn led the way with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 steals, with teammate Troy Dougherty hard on his heels with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals.
January 30, 1994
The Quinault Indians are carving a canoe that will carry them through ocean breakers to glory.
“We haven’t had an ocean-going canoe in 70 or 80 years,” said canoe carver Guy Capoeman. “I think it’s something that needs to be done. It’s going to bring back our seamanship.”
Tribal elder Reggie Ward shook a whale rattle and chanted as the costumed Quinault Indian Nation Dancers swayed and paddled the air. Ward said the presentation would help ward off evil spirits from the canoe.
Ward, who is a historian for the Quinaults, said Capoeman has canoe-carving in his blood. His late uncles, Horton and Herb Capaoeman were the tribe’s last canoe builders, Ward said.
The canoe could be launched by March, Capeoman said. The first of three, it is called appropriately enough, “The Beginning” in Quinault.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
