75 years ago
July 18, 1944
• Captain Raymond Kraus of the Marine corps, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kraus of Willapa, was killed in action at Saipan, according to a telegram received by his parents from the war department.
He was born in Raymond and graduated from Valley high school in 1937. He was outstanding in basketball and was a member of the team that won the state basketball tournament in 1936. He was graduated from Washington State College in June, 1941.
In October, 1942, he was sent to officers school at Guanico (sic), Virginia, received his captain’s bars in June 1943 and was sent overseas in January, 1944.
• Veterans’ reemployment committeemen and volunteers today launched a drive to canvass homes with 10,000 questionnaires to obtain a complete picture of the postwar situation in Aberdeen. The drive was started at a ‘town hall” rally last night in the Miller junior high auditorium at which representatives of industry, labor, schools and civic organizations urged “all out” cooperation in the survey.
Volunteers willing to donate a few hours toward helping with the questionnaire canvass are urged to call Aberdeen 32 and submit names, addresses and telephone numbers.
July 19, 1944
Radio shows this evening include “Kay Kyser,” “Mr. and Mrs. North,” “Lum and Abner,” “My Best Girls,” “Great Moments in Music,” “I Love a Mystery,” “Dr. Christian,” “Allen Jones” and “Orson Welles’ Show.”
50 years ago
July 18, 1969
Many public employes and some private workers will have a holiday to mark the scheduled moon landing.
President Nixon declared Monday a national day of participation hours after watching the Apollo 11 liftoff. The New York and American Stock Exchanges will be closed. Most federal employes will be off, except those in emergency services. Many states and cities have given their employes a holiday.
But the Boeing Co., which built a booster rockets for the Apollo 11 mission said, “Our other commitments are so pressing that it is essential that we remain on the job.”
July 19, 1969
Saturday, no newspaper published
25 years ago
July 18, 1994
A spark from a piece of machinery apparently ignited a fire early this morning that caused an estimated $100,000 to the Sharp Bros. stump grinding business on Norton Road in Oakville.
Luckily no one was injured, and the damage could have been much worse had the owners not been on hand to beat down the flames until firefighters arrived, said Oakville Fire Chief Buck Graham.
Graham said that Ron Sharp and his son, John, trained a hose on the flames while Ron’s wife called 911 shortly after 1 a.m.
July 19, 1994
• J.P. Patches, the lovable clown who kept an entire generation of Northwest children entertained, is the grand marshal for the SPLASH torchlight parade in Aberdeen Saturday evening.
J.P. and his menagerie of pals were featured for 23 years on Puget Sound television in what became the longest running locally-produced children’s show in the nation.
The parade is just part of SPLASH, and SPLASH is just one of three events that make up the Family Fun Festival combining Aberdeen’s SPLASH, Hoquiam’s River Festival and Cosmopolis’ World City Day.
• The Amerks needed just four in a row to make it four in a row.
Aberdeen American finished off a four-game unbeaten sweep to the District 3 Little League baseball title — its fourth in as many years — with a 3-0 victory over Willapa Harbor last night at Nelson Field in Montesano.
The team really pulled together,” winning manager Leonard Barnes enthused afterward. “We don’t have any superstars, but everybody contributed. It seemed like somebody different was coming through every game.”
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
