75 years ago

June 13, 1944

Now playing at the local theaters: The D and R, “The Hour Before the Dawn” and “Navy Way.” At the Roxy: “Swamp Woman and “Jungle Man.” At the Warners: “Chip Off the Old Block” and “3 Russian Girls.” At the Bijou: “Passage to Marseille” and “Maisie Gets Her Man.” At the New Hoquiam: “Cry Havoc” and “Tom, Dick and Harry.” At the Monte: “Frisco Kid” and “Banjo on My Knee.”

June 14, 1944

Miss America had best bestir herself and stop resting on her laurels, provided the recent observation of Marine Staff Sergeant Harold Schumacher is typical of Yanks in the South Pacific.

The Marine veteran declared cryptically that “Those Aussie women aren’t bad.”

The Schumacher family, formerly of Aberdeen and now of Ventura, Calif., would be hard to beat with Father T.H. Schumacher in the Seabees and twin sons Harold and Gerald in the Marine corps and the army air forces, respectively.

Sgt. Schumacher was with the first wave of Marines to go ashore at Tarawa and won presidential citations for action there and at Guadalcanal. He’s also been based in Australia, Samoa, New Zealand and Hawaii.

50 years ago

June 13, 1969

The special community float to accompany the Weatherwax High School band to the Portland Rose Festival arrived in Portland last night. The float, which took a group of local businessmen a week to complete during their off hours, was driven to Portland by Rich Covall, an off-duty Aberdeen fireman. John Forbes, manager of the GH Chamber of Commerce accompanied Covall.

Theme of the float is fishing country, interpreted in a design by Paul Cozzutto with a replica of a white Burchcraft boat in a blue ocean.

Two contestants for the Miss Grays Harbor title — Cheryl Bogdanovich and Brenda Logan — will ride the float, acting as “fishermen” hooking into a large artificial salmon leaping from the blue flower water.

June 14, 1969

Saturday, no newspaper published

25 years ago

June 13, 1994

“Ready? Begin.”

With that simple phrase, Shirley Lundstrom has helped prepare hundreds of students for the workplace. She can’t count the number of times she’s said it before tests in more than 30 years as a typing instructor.

Lundstrom, 52, will retire from Grays Harbor College this summer after 25 years. Well, she’ll almost retire. She’ll continue teaching a night class for the college at North Beach High School in Ocean Shores.

She’s served 20 years as chairman of GHC’s business division and has been coordinator of the co-op work experience program for 23 years.

She and her husband, Rick, plan to keep the music playing at local celebrations with their dance club Harbor Lights, and she would like to share her talent on the accordian with students in a studio she plans to open in Ocean Shores.

June 14, 1994

Displaced timber workers who have completed the “New Chance” course at Grays Harbor College will get first crack at watershed restoration jobs under a program sponsored by the state.

The “Jobs for the Environment” program was created by the Legislature and operates through the state Department of Natural Resources and the state Department of Fish & Wildlife.

The two Grays Harbor programs are on a list of 10 grants awarded around the state totaling $2.9 million. The grants are to be matched with $2.6 million in local money.

The grant will provide “family wage” jobs for two crews of five for one year. Starting wages will be $10.93 and hour plus full benefits.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom