75 years ago

November 7, 1944

For courageous service and meritorious achievement while participating in flights in the Southwest Pacific area, Sgt. Alvin Zack, aerial engineer, was recently awarded the air medal. Sgt. Zack and his brothers Corp. John Zack, with the engineers in Iran; Corp. Alexander Zack Jr. with the engineers in New Guinea, and Corp. David Zack in the air corps at Yuma, Ariz. are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Zack Sr. of Moclips.

November 8, 1944

In 58 years of barbering, 80-year-old Dan Mitchell, who retired the first of this month, estimates he has cut about 200,000 heads of hair.

He was born in Indiana as the Civil War came to a close, 1864, and went into barbering in 1886, coming to Aberdeen in 1909.

Dan’s shop at 118 Wishkah street was a crossroads of public life in Aberdeen. Politicians and business men met the workers and the average man — all on a common ground. He says many a business deal has been put over while one customer sat in the chair and the other waited his turn.

Most customers have a haircut about once a month, Dan said, some drop in very two weeks and some want a trim once a week.

Dan has almost a longing gleam in his eye when he talks of the days when “every man had his own monogrammed shaving mug on the shelf in the shop.”

50 years ago

November 7, 1969

The Rev. Bradley Morgan of the McCleary Church of God was honored last night as the McCleary Citizen of the Year at the annual awards banquet of the chamber of commerce.

The Rev. Morgan was named Citizen of the Year for his outstanding work in the construction of his new church and his untiring efforts on various community activities. At the banquet it was pointed out that he built the church practically by himself and at the same time took part in almost all community affairs.

November 8, 1969

Saturday, no newspaper published

25 years ago

November 7, 1994

The 4-year-old giggles in the arms of the father he’s known only a few short weeks.

Bright blue eyes shine up at the mother who has been waiting years for him.

“It’s like we’ve always been together,” says Don Lentz Jr., beaming. “I can’t believe he hasn’t been with us since he was born.”

The couple brought their son home to the Wishkah Valley two weeks ago after signing adoption papers in Russia. They named him Peter Donald but are still calling him by his Russian name — Valery.

“Ten minutes after he saw us, he called us mama and papa,” Pam said. “I bawled.”

“I really feel if we’d had one of our own, he wouldn’t have been any cuter or smarter or more wonderful than him,” she added.

November 8, 1994

A standing-room-only crowd waited in vain last night as the Aberdeen School Board discussed several agenda items, but made no mention whatsoever of the fate of Superintendent Sonja Martin.

Rumors have been circulating for a week that the superintendent may be on the way out, but so far, no one has said if or when that might occur.

Martin did not return repeated calls to her home (yesterday). However, she said late last week that she was not planning to resign.

A little more than an hour into the meeting, the School Board adjourned to meet in private “executive session” to discuss personnel matters with Olympia attorney Craig Hanson, who is on a retainer for the school district.

Board President Jane Goldberg invited the audience to return after the closed-door session, but when the board room door opened two hours later, she had little to offer the dozen or so parents and teachers who had waited in the hallway. “The board will not be taking any more action this evening,” Goldberg said.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom