75 years ago
October 5, 1944
Clemons Tree Farm today announced that, subject to certain “common sense” rules recommended by Grays Harbor Poggie club, sportsmen will again be permitted to enter and use the private roads on the tree farm this season.
Last year, it was pointed out, some 430 cars registered at the tree farm, averaging three hunters per car. The total game take of registered sportsmen was 220 deer and two black bear.
October 6, 1944
Sportsmen were advised today that hunting and fishing on the Wishkah water shed in the area above the headworks dam is forbidden by the state department of health and the city of Aberdeen.
Violators will be guilty of gross misdemeanor and may be fined $1,000 or sentenced to one year in jail.
Water Superintendent Edwin Bowen explained that the closure is necessary to safeguard the city’s water supply from pollution.
50 years ago
October 5, 1969
First Federal Savings and Loan at 624 Simpson Ave. in Hoquiam is offering 5¼% interest on its savings certificates and 4¾% on its regular passbook accounts.
October 6, 1969
“I’m glad we don’t have to play those guys again,” GHC coach Bud Hake sighed yesterday upon his return from Walla Walla, where his unbeaten Chokers posted a victory over the pass-minded but hard-socking Warriors.
Bruce Spencer, the veteran defensive end from Hoquiam, came out of the fracas with a shoulder separation expected to sideline him for at least 6 weeks. Gary Bowles who has rushed for well over 100 yards in each of the Chokers’ first two contests, suffered a painfully bruised sternum and Ron Smith, defensive halfback ended up with a bruised shoulder.
25 years ago
October 5, 1994
• A portion of the abandoned Saginaw mill in South Aberdeen burned again this morning.
There have been so many fires at the old shake and shingle mill over the years that firefighters lost count a long time ago. There were two minor fire calls there last week.
“I’ve been here for 21 years and I’ve probably been to 35 or more — and when I was on the shift, I was only working every third day,” said Fire Chief Steve Mitchell.
No injuries were reported this morning, but Mitchell said it was possible that transients were living in the old powerhouse section that burned. “There’s no reason for a fire to occur here without someone starting it,” Mitchell said.
The mill was declared a total loss in 1989 after a spectacular blaze that lit the night sky. It was the biggest fire of the year, with a loss of $500,000.
• An emergency siren wailed in Westport as hundreds headed for higher ground. Ocean Shores was on alert and a wave of TV news crews washed into Grays Harbor.
The stage was set. The scene was a waiting game punctuated with anxiety and humor. But Mother Nature — happily — missed her cue.
Grays Harbor — together with the rest of the West Coast — saw barely a ripple in the wake of a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked the coast of Russia and Japan early yesterday. The Pacific Rim’s strongest quake in a quarter-century prompted a warning that a mammoth under-sea wave could be rolling toward Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast.
October 6, 1994
People hoping a quick stick will insure a flu-free winter rolled up their sleeves for nurses giving flu vaccinations this morning.
More than 300 people, mostly senior citizens, turned out Wednesday for the first day of flu shot clinics at SouthShore Mall sponsored by the GH County Health Department.
The department has 5,000 doses of the vaccine available this year. It had 3,330 doses last year and ran out before everyone who wanted one had a shot, said Karolyn Luzzi, the county’s communicable disease nurse.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
