75 years ago
February 5, 1944
• Harbor Plywood corporation, engaged in filling government war contracts, including the construction of prefabricated hospital barracks for the armed forces overseas, will close a part of its large plant here tonight due to inability to obtain logs while the balance is threatened with closure Monday.
President E.W. Daniels said 70 carloads of logs are standing at the port dock under contract to Harbor Plywood corporation, which cannot be unloaded due to the CIO picketing of log booms.
The pond and cutting crews, lathe and drier departments will close tonight, Daniels said, adding that the remainder of the operation will be down Monday night.
• The Hoquiam Grizzlies once again looking like a championship team, ran roughshed over the Raymond Seagulls last night in winning 53-19 at Hoquiam.
The only times in the ball game that Raymond seemed to be in the same class as the Grizzlies were in the second and fourth periods when Coach Gene Cook had his high scoring regulars on the sidelines.
Every man of the Grizzly starting five was well up in the scoring with Eddie Gayda’s 13 points topping the onslaught.
February 6, 1944
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
February 5, 1969
Aberdeen Police now have a miniature laboratory in a box to help them in their war against narcotics.
The box, known as a Narcodal test kit, contains seven reagents which police can use in varying combinations to test for barbiturates, marijuana, LSD, STP, opiates and amphetamines. Police Captain Bebich said the kit will also help in establishing probable cause for search warrants.
February 6, 1969
Aberdeen High School’s swimmers divided a double dual swim meet in Longview yesterday, downing Ft. Vancouver 57-34 but losing to host Mark Morris 58-37.
Individual winners for the Bobcats were Tom Berglund in the breaststroke and Barry Perrine in diving. The medley relay team of Jamie Allman, Bob Messmer, Dave McKay and Todd Berken defeated both Vancouver and Longview schools.
25 years ago
February 5, 1994
The 35-member Wishkah Valley school band has been selected to be one of just a handful to represent “The Best of the Best” at the Washington Music Educators Association conference in two weeks.
“I’m proud of them, I’m extremely proud of them,” said Karl Sorensen, who is in his third year at the school.
During their performance at the state convention, Tim Salsman, director of the UW concert band, will conduct the students. To get them prepared to follow someone different, Sorensen invited HHS band director Roger White to visit and conduct the group. He told them, “you guys are like a sports car, you handle great.”
Next week, Sorensen’s father, Dr. James Sorensen, dean of the school of music at UPS will giver the band another experience with a foreign director.
February 6, 1994
In wrestling, having a good heavyweight does wonders for one’s frame of mind. No matter what happened earlier, your side wins the last match.
Woody Lamont sent Aberdeen fans home happy from Hoquiam Square Garden last night after scoring a pin in the heavyweight title windup of the AA subregional wrestling tournament.
Lamont and Bobcat teammate Chris Pisani, who captured the 141-pound crown, were the only Harbor grid medalists in the seven-school affair that was in essence the Black Hills League championships minus AAA Tumwater.
The two seniors will head a contingent of 11 AHS matmen who qualified for next weekend’s regional tourney in Enumclaw.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
