75 years ago

October 28, 1944

Coach Mill Marx’ Hoquiam Grizzlies moved into the Southwest Washington conference leadership last night with a smashing 20 to 0 victory over the heretofore undefeated Kelso Highlanders at Olympic stadium.

Several thousand fans went wild with excitement in the second half as the Grizzlies smashed the highly rated Kelsonian offense and put on a whirlwind scoring spree to tally three touchdowns after a scoreless first half.

Observers credited the outstanding defensive work of Hoquiam’s “watch charm” guards, Bill Moylan and Jim Moyer, and the running of Larry Pearson with the Grizzlies’ spectacular victory over the favored Highlanders.

50 years ago

October 28, 1969

Street and Lundgren of Aberdeen will design Hoquiam’s new fire station.

The local firm edged Bennett and Johnson of Olympia “by a majority” last night as the council chose the fire station architect in closed session, Mayor Rolland Youmans reported.

The $15,000 fire station will be constructed at Eighth and M streets.

“This will be the first city building we’ve done in Hoquiam,” Robert Street noted this morning, “and we’re quite anxious to demonstrate our abilities. We’re really looking forward to designing this building. It’s an exciting project for us and we’re honored to have been selected.”

25 years ago

October 28, 1994

Montesano wrapped up an undefeated regular season by downing Rochester, 15-10, 15-10, 9-15, 15-4 in a South Central League volleyball match Thursday evening at Montesano.

The Bulldogs were led by the 12 kills of Lindee Glandon. Angie Anderson added seven kills, and Julie Mattson five kills according to Bulldog coach Debbie Gibson.

“Both teams played a great match tonight,” Gibson added. “This win was particularly sweet because they had beaten us the last two years.”

The Bulldogs’ next stop is the Class A district tournament Wednesday at Kalama.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom