75 years ago
November 9, 1944
Grayland Cranberry Growers association will sponsor its 14th annual festival Saturday night, Dec. 2, at the Grayland Community hall, it was announced today. The festival had lapsed the past two years due to the army using the building, but will be revived again this year, with added enthusiasm, cranberry growers said.
Daughters of growers will compete for the honor of being “Cranberry Queen.” Elma Anderson’s five-piece orchestra will play for the festival dance.
November 10, 1944
County School Superintendent Blanche Pennick, elected state representative from the 19th district, is the first resident of Grays Harbor county ever to be elected to a state office from that district, records show, and the first woman Grays Harbor has sent to the legislature.
She expects to retain her superintendency while in the legislature on the basis of an attorney generals’ opinion that there would be no conflict in holding both offices, Pennick said.
50 years ago
November 9, 1969
Norma Whitacre has been in South Korea since August. She is a civilian, although she is employed by the Army after having been carefully screened by that branch of the service.
She is a recreation specialist, trained by the Army in Service Club work. She is assigned to Frontline Service Club on the Second Infantry Division Post, near the northern border of South Korea.
Girls like Norma — popularly known as the Ladies in Blue because of their uniforms — staff 250 Army Service Club at home and abroad.
November 10, 1969
Opening performances of “Once Upon a Mattress” were staged Friday and Saturday by the Willapa Players and there is no question that the musical will be termed a smash hit. The sustained applause at the final curtain of the first show is ample evidence.
In the leading role of Princess Winnifred, Kim Hallstrom (the former Kim Nevitt of Raymond) was outstanding. In the Broadway version of the show, Carol Burnett played the part and it vaulted her to stardom. Surprisingly, the antics and mannerisms of Mrs. Hallstrom bore strong resemblance to Miss Burnett. Kim’s voice also suited the part perfectly as she belted out several vocal numbers in a clear and resounding tone.
25 years ago
November 9, 1994
A voter mandate for change may have swept America last night, but in Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Cosmopolis voters chose business as usual.
A measure that might have someday led to the consolidation of all three cities passed overwhelmingly in Aberdeen but failed miserably in Hoquiam and Cosmopolis. In Hoquiam, it was rejected by 57.3 percent of the voters and by 68.9 percent of Cosmopolis voters.
It took a long time for Aberdeen’s Bobcats to get rolling Tuesday night in the rain and mud of Washougal’s Fishback Stadium.
But the Bobcats finally slogged out 10 second half points and that was enough for a 10-6 football playoff victory over the young and stubborn Washougal Panthers.
November 10, 1994
Those who have seen Bob Stewart in action as a colonel in the Air Force Reserve tell of his attention to detail. The Aberdeen grocer’s motto is a classic Americanism: “If you’re going to do something, you may as well do it right.”
The steady stream of shoppers filing into the remodeled and expanded Price Plus is evidence Harborites think his store has the right stuff.
Business was so brisk on Wednesday — the first “official” day marking completion of the year-long project — that when Stewart’s 11-year-old daughter Kristen stopped by after school she was drafted to help round up carts in the parking lot.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom.
